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Floods in Sindhupalchowk, Nepal, June 2021.
Floods in Sindhupalchowk, Nepal, June 2021.
Disaster authorities in Nepal have reported over 70 incidents of rain damage, flooding and landslides since 15 June 2021. As many as 26 of Nepal's 77 districts have been affected.
Ten people died in recent flash flooding in a remote highland areas of nearby country Bhutan on 16 June 2021.
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As of early 17 June, 5 people have died, 19 were reported missing and 14 people were injured as a result of floods, landslides and heavy rainfall in Nepal. As many as 50 houses have been completely destroyed and dozens of others damaged.
The worst of the flooding struck in Helambu, Sindhupalchowk District, where 2 people have died, 6 injured and 15 reported as still missing. Flooding struck on 15 June 2021. Damage assessments are ongoing.
The quake, which struck at 1705 GMT Sunday, had an epicentre located 938 kilometers northeast of Ngunguru, on New Zealand's North Island, at a depth of 10 kilometers, the USGS said.
There were no immediate reports of damage or a tsunami. The tiny Kermadec Islands are mostly uninhabited.
Source: AFP
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Floods in Slidell, Louisiana after heavy rain from Storm Claudette, June 2021.
Floods in Slidell, Louisiana after heavy rain from Storm Claudette, June 2021.
The National Weather Service (NWS) New Orleans said 8 to 10 inches (203 mm to 254 mm) of rain fell across portions of the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi Coast, with some areas near Slidell seeing more than 10 inches.
Gulf Coast Flooding
Flooding was reported in coastal Mississippi, in particular in areas of in Jackson and Hancock counties. Reportedly residents were trapped in their homes due to flooding in Shoreline Park, Hancock County.
In Louisiana, severe flooding affected parts of St. Tammany Parish, mostly in Slidell where flood waters swamped city streets and damaged dozens of vehicles and some buildings.
Damage assessments in Slidell are ongoing. The Parish Government said, "St. Tammany Parish, specifically Slidell, received about 10-12 inches of rain overnight, per the National Weather Service. Saturday morning, Parish President Mike Cooper and other local elected officials visited the neighborhoods that sustained some of the most rainfall to assess damages."
Roads, vegetable gardens, farmsteads and houses were under water. In seven settlements, 35 residential houses and 44 household plots were flooded, 7 wooden bridges were destroyed, 4 road sections were partially flooded, and transport links were disrupted.
The emergency mode was introduced in Gazimuro-Zavodsky, Mogochinsky, Nerchinsky, Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky, Sretensky, Chernyshevsky and Shelopuginsky districts. In the Nerchinsk region, six villages were cut off from the regional center because of the bridge destroyed by the flood. In the city of Baley, another bridge over the Unda River was closed due to damage. In some settlements, residents were evacuated from flooded houses.
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Floods in Gisborne District, New Zealand, June 2021.
Floods in Gisborne District, New Zealand, June 2021.
Gisborne Civil Defence said that serious flooding in Tokomaru Bay has forced some families to self-evacuate. The State Highway SH35 north and south of Tokomaru Bay is closed. Gisborne District Council said at least 4 other roads have been washed out or blocked by landslips. Local media said flooding has damaged a bridge and roads in Waipiro Bay, isolating around 15 houses.
Flooding was also reported along the Wharekahika River. Civil Defence said some families have self-evacuated and teams were working with those families along with Police and Fire and Emergency.
Four people were injured when a wild bear attacked people inside a residential neighbourhood in Sapporo, Japan on Friday.
The bear was seen wandering through the streets of Sapporo in the early hours of Friday, triggering a number of calls to police.
Over the next eight hours police said the bear injured a woman in her 80s, a man in his 70s and a man in his 40s.
The bear then forced its way into a military camp, injuring a soldier at the gate, before making its way onto a runway at a nearby airport.
The bear finally fled into the woods, where it was shot.
It could provide clues to how extraterrestrial life might develop on other planets.
Antarctica is experiencing an unusually cold start to winter, cold which is threatening to break the icy continent's lowest temperature ever recorded-the -89.6C (-129.3F) registered at Vostok Station on July 21, 1983.
'Spare a thought for the hardy crew who are wintering down in Antarctica,' reads the opening paragraph of a recent newshub.co.nz article, 'who are experiencing near-record breaking cold this week of -81.7C (-115F)'-logged at Japan's Dome Fuji Station.
Antarctica New Zealand science tech Jamie McGaw, who is camped 2,400km away from Dome Fuji, at Scott Base, says he "can't even imagine that extreme cold".
"I mean, the coldest I've experienced here, even in wind chill, is the -60Cs and that is pain — that is any bare skin exposed feels like it's on fire."
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"They are the highest clouds in the atmosphere, forming from ice crystals about 80 km above the earth's surface in the mesosphere," explains Michael Carter, a meteorologist at The Weather Network. "For comparison, the top of a typical tall thunderstorm cloud is about 12-15 km above the surface."
The ice particles are also 1/1000 the width of a human hair.
According to Carter, they are usually much too faint to be seen, but they can become visible during the twilight hours, as was the case in the Calgary area Wednesday night. This occurs when the setting sun is still illuminating the high atmosphere, while to an observer on the surface the sun is already below the horizon.
"Just unbelievable noctilucent clouds this evening...only seen around this time of year!," tweeted The Weather Network's Kyle Brittain who captured the rare phenomenon in Calgary.
Comment: Update: The Hindu reports on June 20: