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Cloud Precipitation

Areas in Yemen covered in white due heavy hailstorm during the peak of summer


YouTube
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:20 UTC
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In a rare spectacle that captivated residents, Mount Sabr, overlooking the city of Taiz (southwest Yemen), was blanketed in white on Friday, July 17, 2026, following a heavy hailstorm that swept through the highlands.

Videos circulating online showed hailstones covering the mountain's slopes and peaks, an exceptional weather phenomenon that evoked memories of winter despite the arrival of summer. The scene was widely captured by citizens using their mobile phones.

Mount Sabr is one of the most prominent mountain ranges in Yemen, and its peaks occasionally experience unique weather phenomena. However, the density of the hail that covered large parts of it this time made the scene resemble a rare winter wonderland in mid-July.

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Attention

Regina couple killed in bear attack at McTavish Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada

Lisa Risom, Laura Gillis
CBC News
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:05 UTC
Jay and Deb MacDonald were spending time at their cabin when they died in a bear attack this week, family members say.
Jay and Deb MacDonald were spending time at their cabin when they died in a bear attack this week, family members say.
Family members are mourning the loss of Regina residents Jay and Deb MacDonald, saying the couple died in a bear attack at McTavish Lake on Wednesday.

Deb MacDonald's brother, Donjames LeBlanc, said he had visited with Deb at his home just before the couple left for a trip to the cabin.

"They were going to go up and do a little fishing and so on," LeBlanc said.

The couple flew into McTavish Lake to stay at their cabin, which they also leased out, he said.

"They didn't respond to calls that we forwarded to them, so [the family] contacted the police."

The couple had previously talked about the numerous black bears in the area, he said.

McTavish Lake is a fly-in lake approximately 90 kilometres north of La Ronge as the crow flies.
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Doberman

Animal rescue worker reportedly killed in dog attack in Manitoba, Canada

Morgan Modjeski
winnipegfreepress.com
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:53 UTC
Amanda Nobiss, 37, has been identified by family as the woman who was killed in a reported dog attack on the Sandy Bay First Nation while she was volunteering with K9 Advocacy Manitoba.
Amanda Nobiss, 37, has been identified by family as the woman who was killed in a reported dog attack on the Sandy Bay First Nation while she was volunteering with K9 Advocacy Manitoba.
Police are investigating after a woman died on the Sandy Bay First Nation, reportedly after being attacked by dogs.

The woman was identified by family as 37-year-old Amanda Nobiss.

"It's just disbelief," said Sherri Nobiss, her mother, in a phone call. Her family is devastated by the loss. "You just want to know what has happened."

She said Amanda was a dedicated animal advocate who was volunteering with K9 Advocacy Manitoba in the community at the time. Amanda, who was from Winnipeg, is pictured with a dog in almost all of her photos on social media.

"She was just a very caring and kind person who obviously had a great love and passion for animals, but also for the people she connected with and interacted with."

She said her daughter regularly spent time on First Nations to help with dogs.

"It was a passion of hers," she said. "Trying to help the community and the connect with the people who live in the community to help with the dog population."
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Tsunami

Flash flood kills 4, leaves 4 others missing in Vietnam


The Hindu
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:36 UTC
Lai Chau steps up flood response after deadly flash floods
Lai Chau steps up flood response after deadly flash floods
At least four people were killed and four ​others were missing after a ‌flash flood swept through a mountainous ​village in Vietnam's northern ⁠province of Lai Chau, state media reported on Saturday (July 18, 2026).

The flood in Muong Than ‌village early on Friday (July 17) after days of heavy rains ‌in several parts of northern ‌Vietnam ⁠also injured seven people, reported ⁠the Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam is prone to deadly storms and floods during the rainy ​season that ‌peaks from July through September. Natural disasters, mostly floods, killed 489 people in the country last year, ‌according to government data.

The Vietnam ​News Agency report had photos showing red mud and ⁠flood water blanketing the village, with rocks and wood logs piling in ‌a corner of a damaged road.

Since Wednesday (July 15), landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rain have also damaged roads, power grids and hundreds of houses, as ‌well as inundating 238 hectares of ​crops in the region, according to the government's disaster management agency.

Several ⁠parts of northern Vietnam are forecast ⁠to receive heavy rain of up to 250 millimetres on ‌Saturday (July 18), the agency said, warning of more flash floods and ​landslides.

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Lightning

Lightning kills nearly 100 black-nosed sheep on a Swiss alp


swissinfo.ch
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:22 UTC
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© Keystone-SDALightning kills 97 black-nosed sheep on a Valais mountain pasture
A bolt of lightning killed 97 blacknose sheep on an alp in the Swiss canton of Valais on Thursday night. Around 80 animals survived the lightning strike during a night-time thunderstorm on the Eggerhorn alp in the Binntal valley.

One of the sheep farmers affected confirmed a report by the Valais-based online portal pomona.ch. He also confirmed that during the course of Friday, nearly 100 animal carcasses had been airlifted by helicopter from the site of the lightning strike.

Sheep farmer Kilian Schnydrig said the sheep had all been kept in the same place to protect them from large predators. Just a few years ago, keeping them together overnight in this way would not have been necessary. According to pomona.ch, the animals were in a night pen when the lightning struck.
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Arrow Down

Landslide triggered by rain buries buildings, killing at least 8 in Pengshui County, China

Wesley Rahn with Reuters, AP, dpa
Deutsche Welle
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:48 UTC
A section of hillside collapsed in a rural part of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality
© Huang Wei/XinhuaA section of hillside collapsed in a rural part of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality
A section of hillside collapsed in China's Pengshui County near the city of Chongqing on Friday morning, killing at least eight people as it buried several residential buildings and trapped an undetermined number of people, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

Thirty four people have been reported missing.

Images from state broadcaster CCTV showed rescue crews combing through massive rocks and debris at the site, located on a steep slope next to the Wujiang River.

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Sun

Europe recorded 10,000 excess deaths during late-June heatwave, data show

Kate Abnett
Reuters
Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:17 UTC
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European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave that engulfed the west of the continent in late June, official data showed.

The vast majority — more ​than 9,000 — were among people aged 65 and above, according to data published by EuroMOMO, a network backed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the World Health Organization.

Extreme heat can kill by causing heat stroke, or aggravating cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, with older people among the most ​vulnerable.

"To have this kind of excess at this time of year is unusual. It's ​really high," Lasse Vestergaard, Chief Physician at Denmark's Statens Serum Institut, which hosts ⁠EuroMOMO, told Reuters.

"It is difficult to explain this high excess mortality by anything but the extreme ​heat," Vestergaard added.
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Seismograph

Shallow 7.3-magnitude earthquake hits off coast of southern Mexico, tsunami alert lifted - aftershock of mag. 6


France24.com
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:52 UTC
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A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico and parts of Central America on Friday, seismologists said, with a tsunami alert briefly issued for a stretch of the Pacific coast.

Residents felt intense tremors in the Mexican states of Chiapas and Oaxaca as well as in Guatemala and El Salvador, AFP journalists confirmed. Authorities have not yet reported any victims.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake's epicenter was located offshore some 48 kilometers (30 miles) from the town of Aquiles Serdan, at a depth of 18 kilometers.

The Mexican seismological service recorded more than 30 aftershocks of various magnitudes, measuring as high as 6.8.

The US government issued a tsunami warning for Pacific coastal areas of Mexico and Guatemala, but later said the threat had passed.


Comment: The USGS reported a shallow aftershock of mag. 6 about half an hour later.

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Tsunami

2 dead in Texas Hill Country flash flood - Guadalupe River rose 32 feet in just 4 hours - 20 inches of rain in 48 hours, 6 months worth of rain

yJulia Jacobo, Dan Peck, and Kenton Gewecke
ABC News
Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:35 UTC
Flooding blocks off G Street along the Guadalupe River, July 16, 2026, in Kerrville, Texas.
© Joel Angel Juarez/APFlooding blocks off G Street along the Guadalupe River, July 16, 2026, in Kerrville, Texas.
At least two people have died as a result of the flash-flooding emergency currently ongoing in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed on Thursday.

One man and one woman were swept away in floodwaters, Abbott said. The man was in an RV at the time, he added. More than 230 people have been rescued so far, he added.

Rescue operations are underway for people stranded in homes and potentially larger facilities, with 2,350 emergency personnel responding, according to the governor.

For the third day in a row, torrential rain prompted flash flood emergency warnings for Texas Hill Country as water levels in creeks and rivers rose rapidly.

Three flash flood emergencies were issued Thursday across Texas Hill Country.

As of early Thursday morning, there were two flash flood emergencies, impacting Kerrville -- the city where the deadly Camp Mystic flooding occurred in July 2025 -- Hunt, Uvalde and Knippa.

Evacuations and water rescues were reported in all four areas, with warnings of life-threatening flash flooding and reports of water entering buildings.

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Tsunami

Powerful summer storm floods hundreds of homes in Russia's Urals


Al Jazeera
Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:35 UTC
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Heavy rain and strong winds battered Russia's Ural regions, more than 440 homes flooded in the Sverdlovsk region prompting evacuations.

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