That's what many Calgarians had to deal with on Sunday evening, as the thunderstorm that rolled into town brought with it a significant hailstorm.
Nickel-sized balls of hail fell on YYC, making many front yards look like winter all over again.
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That's what many Calgarians had to deal with on Sunday evening, as the thunderstorm that rolled into town brought with it a significant hailstorm.
Nickel-sized balls of hail fell on YYC, making many front yards look like winter all over again.
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Motorists stranded in flood waters in Washington, D.C
Motorists stranded in flood waters in Washington, D.C
Videos have surfaced on social media in which the raging floodwaters turned roads into rivers. One social media user captured a video while driving through high floodwaters in the Virginia Avenue Tunnel on Monday morning and said, "You're going to need a boat to pass underneath the Virginia Ave. underpass on I-66 in NW D.C."
Several water rescues were performed as high waters overflowed the roads. Local officials urged motorists to stay off the roads on Monday morning due to flash floods. Numerous roads in downtown Washington, D.C., as well as surrounding areas, were closed on Monday morning due to the heavy floodwater.
Pete Piringer, a spokesman for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, told local news station WTOP that "all our folks are deployed right now" at about 8:30 a.m. He said "the storm drains are overwhelmed."
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A deep fissure discovered in the Mojave Desert near Ridgecrest, the epicenter of the M6.4 earthquake in Southern California on July 4, 2019. Picture by
A deep fissure discovered in the Mojave Desert near Ridgecrest, the epicenter of the M6.4 earthquake in Southern California on July 4, 2019. Picture by
On the Fourth of July, people from Los Angeles to Las Vegas felt the ground shake. Books fell off library shelves, trees collapsed, and cracks spidered through building walls and highway asphalt.
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake was centered in the California city of Ridgecrest, about 175 miles northeast of Long Beach. It ended a five-year drought in California's seismic record: Before yesterday, the ground had not shook in the state since a magnitude 6 quake struck Napa in August 2014, causing $1 billion in damages.
Comment: Other parts of Italy were also hit on either the 6th or 7th of July:
Severe hailstorm in Turbigo, Lombardy, north Italy on July 6th! Report: Meteo Reporter Storm pic.twitter.com/CrIvbCUIWt
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) July 8, 2019
Giant hail in Godego di Sant'urbano, north Italy today! Report: ReteMeteoAmatori pic.twitter.com/44L7nd5s7r
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) July 6, 2019
Severe hailstorm in Cavallino, Veneto, NE Italy yesterday, July 7th! Report: Silvia Masetti pic.twitter.com/hEX6Qf22gD
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) July 8, 2019
Hailstorm in Ogliano di Conegliano (TV), NE Italy yesterday, July 7th. Report: Walder Del Pio Luogo pic.twitter.com/rLMJECdiyV
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) July 8, 2019
This substantial accumulation of hail was recorded in the south on the 5th:
Huge amounts of hail in Vaglio Basilicata, south Italy on July 5th. Report: @MeteoBasilicata pic.twitter.com/ROjURgmiHT
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) July 8, 2019
Damage caused by some of the larger hailstones:
Busted windshield (busted car...) in the area of Vercelli, NW Italy on July 6th. Report: Meteo Tras os Montes pic.twitter.com/64E5dIxSX4
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) July 8, 2019
Roofs in the area of Vercelli, NW Italy decimated by a severe hailstorm with hail 6-8 cm across on July 6th! Report: Centro Meteo Piemonte CMP pic.twitter.com/kRVoDkfzgi
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) July 8, 2019
Very large hail in the area of San Fior (TV), NW Italy on July 6th! Report: Tornado in Italia pic.twitter.com/IPt4pgIHvC
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) July 8, 2019
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The sinkhole
The sinkhole
The girl told authorities she was sitting behind the Uta Halee administrative building when she felt the concrete begin to crack. As she stood up, the ground crumbled beneath her and she fell into the hole, trapping her underneath dirt and concrete, the Omaha World-Herald reports.
The Omaha Fire Department used a rope to remove the girl from the massive trench after they entered the hole and used airbags to remove the concrete from the girl's legs, the Herald added.
At least five people have died and hundreds more injured in massive floods sweeping Siberia on Saturday, Russian media has reported. President Vladimir Putin travelled to the affected area as he returned from the G20 summit in Japan.
Emergency Situations Minister Yevgeny Zinichev told Interfax news agency that five people, one of whom is believed to be a child, have died as the massive Lake Baikal and Angara River have begun to burst their banks. At least 350 people have been injured, 100 of whom have had to be treated at local hospitals.
At least 10,000 people are affected by the floods brought on by torrential rains. At least 50 villages on the shores of Lake Baikal are inaccessible, and the larger city of Bratsk has also been affected. More than 4,000 buildings have been destroyed as well as many bridges and roads.
Comment: View more dramatic film: 500 people evacuated from flood-stricken town in eastern Siberia - water 13 meters deep
Update: TASS reports on July 1:
A spokesman for the local emergencies services said that 13 people were also reported missingUpdate: TASS on July 8 reports:
The death toll from heavy floods in Russia's Siberian Irkutsk region has reached 14 people. Thirteen more people are missing, a spokesman for the local emergencies services told TASS on Monday.© Kirill Shipitsin/TASS
"According to preliminary data, 14 people died, 13 more are rmissing. As many as 153 people, including one child, were hospitalized," he said.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko said earlier 12 people had died in the floods and nine were missing.
Floods in the Irkutsk region began in late June after torrential rains. A state of emergency was declared in the flood-affected areas. The water level in the river Iya has risen seven meters above the critical mark. As many as 83 settlements in six districts have been affected by the disaster. More than 6,600 residentail houses, which accommodate more than 32,000 people, have been flooded. On Sunday night, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in the city of Bratsk on the situation in the flooded areas.
Twenty-three people have died in the area hit by a powerful flood in the Russian region of Irkutsk, eight more people are being searched for, a spokesperson for the regional emergency agencies told TASS on Monday.
"Another dead body was found in the emergency zone. The overall number of those who died [in the flood] is twenty-three. Eight more people are missing," the spokesperson said.
Per earlier reports, 22 people died and 11 were missing. According to the data available on Monday morning, 233 residential buildings remain flooded in the Oktybrisky settlement in the Chunsky district and in the town of Tulun. In total, 10,900 residential building, where 34,234 people live, were flooded in 110 communities since the flood struck in late June.
© Kirill Shipitsin/TASS
Mogocha saw a weak frost of -0.8°C, easily beating the previous minimum for this day of +2.3°C set in 1965.
In Sretensk on July 5 a new record low of +4.8, which is 1.7 degrees lower than the previous one set in 1965.
© China’s National Meteorological Center
Rainfall in China 80 June to 07 July, 2019.
Rainfall in China 80 June to 07 July, 2019.
Severe weather has been affecting the province since last week. Jiangxi province activated a state of emergency on 05 July. Since then further heavy rain has fallen in the province. According to China's National Meteorological Center, 225.6mm of rain fell in Guangchang in 24 hours to 07 July. Lichuan, also in Jiangxi Province, recorded 169.5mm during the same period.
Chinese news agency Xinhua, quoting Jiangxi Province flood control headquarters, said that a total of 14,900 hectares of cropland have been affected with 900 hectares destroyed. The floods also destroyed 34 houses. Direct economic losses are estimated at around US$45 million.
"There is no heat out there," says FMI Meteorologist Jari Tuovinen.
Instead, Tuovinen adds, there will likely be a new cold record-or-two set along Finland's Eastern border on Monday, July 08 — a chilly 10C (50F) is predicted, which could bring new low daily-max temperature records for the month of July to the region.
Norway is expecting even colder temps — locally, a few degrees C below zero is in the forecast.
© Reuters / Valentin Flauraud
The meteorological calamity led to the classification by Meteo France of most of the country as being at the second-to-worst 'level orange' weather threat on Saturday. But Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, located on the border with Switzerland and Italy, was hit the hardest.
One video captured a swimming pool that looked as though it was boiling, due to the massive hailstones falling into the water.
Comment: Last month hailstones the size of GRAPEFRUITS battered countries across Europe. In southeast France hail the size of ping-pong balls decimated orchards and vineyards.
Meanwhile in Mexico last week a severe hailstorm left Guadalajara with 5 FEET of accumulated hail.
Comment: See: Southern California hit by 7.1 magnitude earthquake just one day after M6.4 tremor - the largest for 20 years
Gaping sinkholes and massive fissures are occurring all over the planet: