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Lightning strike kills 9 cows in Clare, Ireland

A passer-by, driving along the scenic Dunlicky Road cliff drive, reported seeing a number of animals lying in a field with their ‘legs in the air.’
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A passer-by, driving along the scenic Dunlicky Road cliff drive, reported seeing a number of animals lying in a field with their ‘legs in the air.’
As many as nine cattle have been killed following a lightning strike in Co. Clare.

The incident happened this afternoon at Dunlicky on the coast road near Kilkee in the west of the county.

Met Éireann had issued a weather alert for most of the country warning of thunderstorms and torrential downpours in areas with a risk of hail and localised flooding.

A passer-by, driving along the scenic Dunlicky Road cliff drive, reported seeing a number of animals lying in a field with their 'legs in the air.'

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Tornado filmed in Makiivka, Ukraine

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Strong tornado hits Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast - Ukraine, June 13, 2020.


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Waterspout filmed off the coast of Nong Han, Thailand

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Waterspout, marine tromba off the coast of Nong Han - THAILAND, June 12, 2020.


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Large hailstones, flooding in NE Calgary from massive storm

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A covering of hailstones in Calgary
Northeast Calgary was pounded by a storm on Saturday evening. Large hailstones have fallen in some areas, and photos on social media show flooded roadways.

It started around 6:30 p.m.

Some vehicles became stuck on the Deerfoot, partially submerged in water.


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6.2-magnitude earthquake hits near Northern Mariana Islands

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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted 415 km north of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands at 21:08:30 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 614.72 km, was initially determined to be at 18.9196 degrees north latitude and 145.1144 degrees east longitude.

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Giant jellyfish sprites recorded over Europe

Red Sprites from MCS storm over Slovakia
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Red Sprites from MCS storm over Slovakia.
Sprite season is underway in Europe. On June 13th, Czech photographer Daniel Ščerba-Elza recorded these giant jellyfish over a mesoscale convective thunderstorm.

"My camera was set up in the Jeseniky mountains," says Ščerba-Elza. "The sprites were more than 200 km away, across over border with Slovakia." Considering the distances involved, the jellyfish must have been nearly 50 km tall, measured from heads to tentacle-tips.

"The storm was very active," continues Ščerba-Elza. "During my observing session, I observed more than 30 clusters like this."

This kind of hyperactivity may be boosted by Solar Minimum, happening now. During this low phase of the solar cycle. cosmic rays from deep space flood into the inner solar system, allowed in by the sun's weakening magnetic field. Some models hold that cosmic rays help sprites get started by creating conductive paths in the atmosphere. That would make the summer of 2020 a good time to look for jellyfish in the sky.

Comment: Extremely bright 'jellyfish' sprites easily visible with naked-eye over Colorado


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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes NE Taiwan

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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of northeast Taiwan at 4:19 a.m. this morning (June 14), according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

The epicenter of the temblor was located 85.3 kilometers southeast of Yilan County Hall at a focal depth of 54.8 km, according to CWB data. Taiwan uses an intensity scale of 1 to 7, which gauges the degree to which a quake is felt at a specific location.

The quake's intensity registered as a 3 in Yilan County, Hualien County, Nantou County, Hsinchu County, Taitung County, Yunlin County, and Chiayi County. An intensity level of 2 was registered in Taipei City, Taoyuan City, Keelung City, Taichung City, New Taipei City, Miaoli County, Changhua County, Chiayi City, Kaohsiung City, and Tainan City.

A lesser intensity of 1 was felt in Hsinchu City, Pingtung County, and Penghu County. No injuries resulting from the quake had been reported at the time of publication.

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Waterspout filmed in Tekir Göleti, Turkey

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Waterspout, marine tromba spotted in Tekir Göleti - TURKEY, June 12, 2020.


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Summer flood hits Anduze, France

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Severe flood hits Anduze - FRANCE, June 12, 2020.


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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits near Japan's Ryukyu Islands

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6.7 magnitude earthquake near the southern Japanese islands of Ryukyu.
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake has occurred at sea, near the southern Japanese islands of Ryukyu. So far, no tsunami warning has been issued. A powerful tremor was detected off the coast early on Sunday, the country's weather agency said. The epicenter is estimated to be around 160 km below the surface.

Despite the depth, the quake was felt in Okinawa, as well as Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu, according to local media. No information on possible damage or casualties was immediately available.