Earth Changes

Heavy snowfall in June!? Photos of Idaho's historic weekend weather - 17 inches of snow at Tamarack Ski Resort!

Maddie Capron
Idaho Statesman
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 19:47 UTC

Snow hit parts of Idaho hard this weekend — yes, in June.

The National Weather Service in Pocatello said it hasn't issued a winter weather product in June in at least 15 years.

"Winter in June is Snow much fun!" the Pocatello forecasters said on Twitter. "We haven't issued a Winter Weather product in June in at least 15 years. And here it is!"

Tropical Storm Cristobal dumps 11 inches of rain on Jackson County, Mississippi

Warren Kulo
Gulf Live
Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:52 UTC

Earl Etheridge was right. It rained -- a lot.

Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall along the Mississippi coast Sunday, with the rains arriving well before the storm made landfall and continuing throughout the night and into Monday before abating.

Etheridge, the county's emergency management director, said as much as 11 inches of rain fell in many parts of the county and the highest wind speed recorded at the Emergency Operations Center was 46 mph.

The highest storm surge -- 5.5 feet -- was recorded at the mouth of the Pascagoula River. Etheridge noted the storm arrived in conjunction with astronomical high tide, which already had water levels at two feet above normal.

Comment: Drone footage of the coastal flooding at Mandeville in the neighboring state of Louisiana:

Flooding hits Mexico City after severe hailstorm

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YouTube
Tue, 09 Jun 2020 17:13 UTC

Severe flood, hailstorm hits Mexico City - MEXICO, June 8, 2020.

Snowplows deployed to the canyons in rare June snowstorm in Utah - FOOT of snow on Alta Ski Area

Tamara Vaifanua
Fox News
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 10:11 UTC

UDOT has to send the snowplows up the canyons for a June snowstorm.

A June snowstorm brought snow to the Cottonwood Canyons and caused winter-like driving conditions Monday morning for a few hours.

Signs at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon warned of debris in the road after several mudslides and rockslides came down.

UDOT snowplows were dispatched to both Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons.

Since the weekend, several inches of snow have fallen causing some pretty big rocks to come down.

Comment: A FOOT of snow reported to have fallen on the Alta Ski Area:

Heavy and cold rain in the valley gave us fresh snow up in the mountains. Accumulating to over a foot of fresh snow, it was a June pow day! A quick skin to the top the collins lift and back down. Everyone was out enjoying it as the parking lot was half full.

Weather swings in Siberia as extreme heat is followed by June snow, tornadoes and floods

Svetlana Skarbo
The Siberian Times
Tue, 09 Jun 2020 09:16 UTC

Russia's coldest region harvests first berries and mushrooms weeks ahead of schedule.

All four Red Book orchids are blooming in the south of Krasnoyarsk region - two weeks earlier than scheduled - but people can't get to them due to a flood.

An angler in the Altai region films clouds of thousands of mosquitos swarming around his fishing boat.

He laughs and swears in disbelief as this is the first time in his life that he sees so many blood-thirsty insects.

Acute hailstorm slams Moncalieri in Italy

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YouTube
Tue, 09 Jun 2020 08:49 UTC

Severe hail storm hits Moncalieri, Torino - ITALY June 7, 2020.

Summer flood hits Orihuela in Spain

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YouTube
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 08:42 UTC

Severe flood hits Orihuela, Alicante - SPAIN, June 8, 2020.

9 killed by lightning strikes in Odisha, India

KalingaTV
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 08:22 UTC

As many as nine people were killed after being struck by lightning in different places of Odisha on Monday.

According to reports, two women were killed in Raidihi and Dandaragari villages Dhenkanal district. Lightning struck them while they were sitting on the veranda.

Likewise, a minor boy was killed at Majhiguda village under Papadahandi block of Nabarangpur district.

Moreover, one each persons were killed at Birsa Munda Playground in Anandapur of Keonjhar district, Baradanga village under Mahakalapada in Kendrapara district, Baragudipada village in Jagatsinghpur, Mohana in Gajapati, Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district and Cuttack district.

June snow for Montana, Idaho brings up to a FOOT of powder to northern Rockies

Travis Fedschun
Fox News
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 21:49 UTC

Snow falls along Interstate 15 near Elk Park, Montana on June 8, 2020

The summer solstice is just under two weeks away, and yet parts of the northern Rockies resemble a scene out of winter on Monday.

The National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Prediction Center (WPC) said heavy snow has developed across parts of Idaho and Montana.

The NWS office in Missoula said a band of moderate to heavy snow developed along the Interstate 90 corridor from Deer Lodge to Butte, bringing several inches to the region.

Forecasters said an "anomalously cold and vigorous upper trough for early June," is swinging through the western U.S and northern Plains, bringing the threat for severe weather.