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Transportation infrastructure hard hit as up to 70 millimeters recorded in Mexico City
The rainy season is in full swing once again in Mexico City where a deluge caused havoc yesterday. Heavy rains lashed the city beginning in the late afternoon, causing flash flooding that stranded motorists in their submerged vehicles, forced the closure of key transportation infrastructure and flooded people's homes. Up to 70 millimeters of rain fell on some parts of the city.
The boroughs of Miguel Hidalgo and Azcapotzalco were the worst hit although the deluge also affected other boroughs and the wider metropolitan area. There have been no reports of fatalities.
Last night Mexico City Mayor Miguel Ángel Mancera stated that 2,000 government workers on 20 teams were working to restore affected roads in the capital. Flooding was particularly severe on the city's most famous boulevard Paseo de la Reforma and important ring road Circuito Interior, with some vehicles completely submerged by the rapidly accumulating waters.
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A car drives along Yorkstrasse in Berlin.
A car drives along Yorkstrasse in Berlin.
Berlin has been bashed by an extreme downpour which has left many of its streets flooded. Despite this major hurdle, people are still finding a way to travel around the German capital.
Houses have been evacuated and the Berlin fire brigade had been called to nearly 800 incidents as the city's infrastructure struggles to deal with the widespread floods, Die Welt reports.
Firefighters have declared a state of emergency in the German capital.
Traffic has been hugely affected as many roads have become impassable because of flood water or fallen trees. Sections of the city's A100 motorway have also been temporarily shut.
Public transport has been severely restricted with some subway stations forced to close because of the deluge.
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Jordan Westerberg told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that when the couple came back to his Toyota Camry shortly before 7 a.m. and didn't see the car, they figured it had been towed.
Street workers were gathered at the parking space, a tipoff that something was amiss. That's when Westerberg, 25, found the vehicle in the gaping hole — about 20 feet (6 meters) deep and 8 to 10 feet (2.5 to 3 meters) across — that took up the entire southbound lane of the street, next to a vacant building expected to feature apartments, office space and retail.
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A tornado moves south of Stuart, IA Wednesday, June 28, 2017.
A tornado moves south of Stuart, IA Wednesday, June 28, 2017.
Ripped apart farm structures were littered around Prairieburg after the storm. Most damage occurred in the southern edge of town, the sheriff's office said. A Prairieburg woman was injured in her home after her roof collapsed, according to KWWL. She was transported to the hospital, but she is expected to recover.
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Dozens of acres of land are flooded near Maryville, Missouri.
Dozens of acres of land are flooded near Maryville, Missouri.
Video I took of what appears to be a tornado (unconfirmed) on the ground in far eastern Nodaway County, Missouri. #mowx pic.twitter.com/08fubJRMFJThe heaviest flooding seemed to be focused around Maryville. There were reports from the Nodaway County Sheriff's Office of cows floating across highways east of Maryville. "There have been numerous road closures, we have heard of one water rescue, there have been reports of floating cows, floating livestock up by the Maryville area," said Scott Watson senior service hydrologist with the Kansas City National Weather Service.
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Great white shark
Senior Fisheries Biologist Dr. Greg Skomal told ABC News the increase in the great white shark population off the Massachusetts coastline is correlated to the gray seal population and that numbers are expected to rise even further.
"We've been studying sharks off the coast of Massachusetts for 30 years and our work with white sharks off Cape Cod is relatively recent," Dr. Skomal said on "Good Morning America." "The numbers we're seeing on a relative scale are increasing, in 2014 we counted 80 individuals over the course of the summer and just last summer that went up to about 147. So there is a general increasing trend as more and more sharks recruit to the area."
This season at least six great white shark sightings have already been reported, including a recent sighting off Wellfleet on May 9.
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Sudden hail storm, June 28,2017. Shot in Manotick
Sudden hail storm, June 28,2017. Shot in Manotick
The news release had also stated that hail of two to three centimetres in diameter was possible in Kanata, Ottawa North and Orléans.
The warning had been issued at 5 p.m., even though an brief, intense summer storm had already pelted parts of Barrhaven with hail on Wednesday afternoon.
The icy burst lasted about three minutes, but covered parts of the suburb in icy, pea-sized pellets.
Holy hail, it's icy out there! #barrhaven @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/ZfXVP9CG49
— Steph (Kersey) Kelly (@KerseyKnowsBest) June 28, 2017
The front stoop is just two steps leading down from the front door, said her mother Suzanne Scott-Trammell. Azalea bushes bookend the steps of the house, which sits on a lawn in front of a creek that runs through the town, home to 33,000.
"I felt something sting my toe," said Meg, who was wearing sandals at the time. "I immediately started crying. I thought: 'A snake bit me and I'm gonna die!'"
Comment: For more information read Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection by Pierre Lescaudron and Laura Knight-Jadczyk.