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Waterspout spotted off Saint Lucia's northwestern coast

Keryn Nelson
St. Lucia Times
Thu, 25 Sep 2025 09:40 UTC
Waterspout spotted off Saint Lucia's northwestern coast on Thursday afternoon. Photo courtesy Ronald Raoul
Waterspout spotted off Saint Lucia's northwestern coast on Thursday afternoon. Photo courtesy Ronald Raoul
A waterspout was seen hovering over the sea off the northwestern coast of Saint Lucia around 1:50 p.m. on September 25.

The funnel-shaped cloud was visible from several vantage points, including the Castries city centre, where bystanders captured photos and videos that quickly spread online.

"I had to stop to capture this... what is this? Is that a tornado forming? ... Oh my God, oh no! This is amazing," one person can be heard saying in a video circulating on social media.

Another observer told the St. Lucia Times, "At first I was like, 'Is that a tornado?' Especially considering the gloomy weather at the time. After my initial surprise, I just thought it looked pretty cool."

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Lightning

Lightning strike kills Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources employee

Maia Pandey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Thu, 25 Sep 2025 09:28 UTC
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A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources employee died from a lightning strike in Kewaskum earlier this week, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said in a Sept. 25 news release.

Authorities began searching for Adam Zirbel, 48, on the evening of Monday, Sept. 22 after he did not return from working in the New Fane Trail area for the day. Zirbel, who was from Plymouth, worked as a forester for the DNR.

Officials found Zirbel's vehicle in Fond du Lac County and then continued the search to the border between Washington and Fond du Lac counties. At 7:40 p.m., they found him dead in a wooded area in Kewaskum, the sheriff's office said. A lightning strike had been documented in the area at 10:15 that morning.

Along with the Washington County Sheriff's Office, the Kewaskum Fire Department, Fond du Lac County authorities and the DNR were involved in the search.
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Attention

Russia: Bear attacks man during city rampage that left a woman, 84, dead and saw boy, 12, survive mauling by playing dead

Will Stewart
Daily Mail
Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:25 UTC
Footage shows his amazing escape, slamming the backseat car door shut just at the second the beast pounced on its hind legs.
Footage shows his amazing escape, slamming the backseat car door shut just at the second the beast pounced on its hind legs.
This is the moment a man miraculously cheated death today by clambering into his Toyota when a giant wild brown bear pounced on him.

Footage shows his amazing escape, slamming the backseat car door shut just at the second the beast pounced on its hind legs.

The same rampaging predator killed and scalped a woman pensioner in an attack on a sports field near a nursery school close to the centre of Russian city Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
The woman, 84, was rushed to intensive care but could not be saved.

The bear also staged a terrifying attack on a boy, 12, as he fled from the bear on Okeanskaya Street near a sports centre.

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Wolf

Fourth wolf attack claims girl's life in a district of Uttar Pradesh, India


Republic World
Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:19 UTC
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The locals of Baba Patav village of Majhara Taukli area in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district are living in extreme fear and distress, given the attacks on children by wild animals.

A young girl was rushed to a hospital on Wednesday evening after being attacked by a wild animal, presumably a wolf, and she was declared dead. A total of four incidents have been reported in the Bahraich district within the past 15 days of sudden attacks by untamed animals.

Bahraich District Magistrate (DM) Akshay Tripathi told reporters that more than 20 forest department teams are engaged in resolving the issue, along with 21 teams from the Panchayat and Rural Development Departments.

This is a village under the Kaiserganj tehsil, and this is the third fatality by an animal attack in this particular village. Currently, over 20 teams from the Forest Department are working with thermal drones and additional drones. We have also deployed 21 teams from the Panchayat and Rural Development Departments for this particular village. We have asked the villagers to keep their children in safe locations," DM Tripathi said.
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Tsunami

Super Typhoon Ragasa causes flooding as it's violent winds tear through southern China


Forbes Breaking News
Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:05 UTC
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On Wednesday, Super Typhoon Ragasa made landfall in southern China.

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Snowflake

Expanding early season snow cover in Russia


climateimpactcompany.com
Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:29 UTC
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Discussion: Early season snow cover has developed over North/Northeast Russia (Fig. 1). The snow cover in that region for later September is above normal (Fig. 2). Snow cover expansion is likely.

The GFS 15-day temperature anomaly forecast indicates widespread cooler than normal temperatures with snow snowfall across Northern Russia and the attendant cool air mass extending southward (Fig. 3). Although the early season snowfall in this region is above normal, the snow is not unusual.

Given the constricted polar ice cap (Fig. 4) and early season colder wind extending across open water, advection snows can occur in far northern latitudes especially Northern Russia in early autumn. Of course, the snow cover biases the region cooler and can influence the prevailing weather pattern across Eurasia which features a partial extension of the cool regime described southwestward beneath a longwave trough and into the Black Sea region.
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Lightning

Caddie dies after being hit by lightning on golf course in Bangkok, Thailand


Gary Boyle
Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:20 UTC
An image captured from a video shows rescuers assisting a caddie amid heavy rainfall after she was struck by lightning at a Bangkok golf club on Sept 18. She died in hospital on Tuesday, according to a relative.
© Wassayos NgamkhamAn image captured from a video shows rescuers assisting a caddie amid heavy rainfall after she was struck by lightning at a Bangkok golf club on Sept 18. She died in hospital on Tuesday, according to a relative.
A caddie who had been struck by lightning during a rainy round of golf in Bangkok died on Tuesday.

The incident happened on Thursday at The Legacy Golf Club located on Panya Indra Road in Khlong Sam Wa district of Bangkok, where four golfers and four caddies were on the 17th hole.

Emergency responders were called to the scene at 5.30pm after being told that the caddies had been injured by a lightning strike. One of them, identified as Anurat Changsi, 37, sustained severe injuries and was taken to Sinphaet Hospital.

On Tuesday, a relative of Ms Anurat posted on Facebook that she had died of her injuries. The post drew numerous messages of condolence. The most liked message was from a woman who shared her experience about working as a caddie.

"One truth about being a caddie is that if the golfer doesn't stop, we can't stop. We walk in the rain and crouch down when there's lighting," a part of her comment reads.

"The best thing is to stop immediately when it rains, for the safety of both parties."
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Arrow Down

Terrifying moment busy road is sucked into massive 160ft water-filled sinkhole outside hospital sparking evacuations in Bangkok, Thailand

Sabrina Penty
Daily Mail
Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:39 UTC
A vehicles stands near a massive sinkhole that opened on Samsen Road near Vajira Hospital, in Bangkok, Thailand, September 24, 2025
A vehicles stands near a massive sinkhole that opened on Samsen Road near Vajira Hospital, in Bangkok, Thailand, September 24, 2025
A portion of a busy road in Thailand's capital collapsed dramatically on Wednesday, leaving a 160ft-deep sinkhole in the ground.

Terrifying footage showed the moment a road dramatically gave way in front of Vajira Hospital in central Bangkok, pulling down several electricity poles and leaving water pipes exposed.

Vehicles were seen attempting to reverse as the floor opened up while pedestrians ran away from the site.

Images of the aftermath of the incident showed how the hole was filled with water after pipes burst.

Dozens of police and city officials cordoned off the site, while a pickup truck teetered precariously on the edge of the hole.

No casualties were reported, but three vehicles sustained damage, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said.


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Tsunami

Four dead, 250,000 affected as monsoon floods sweep central Thailand


Malay Mail
Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:09 UTC
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Four people were killed in flooding in central Thailand, the nation's disaster agency said today, with more heavy rain forecast this week during the annual monsoon.

More than 250,000 people across several provinces on the Chao Praya river basin were impacted by the floods this week, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said in a statement.

Two men drowned in Ayutthaya province, north of the capital Bangkok, while moving their belongings through floodwaters, and another was killed after his rowboat capsized in Phetchabun province.

In Phichit province, a 17-year-old girl was killed driving her motorbike through a flooded area.

The meteorological department forecast more heavy rain in Thailand's north, central and eastern provinces, including Bangkok, until Friday, with the possibility of flash floods.

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Tsunami

Taiwan floods: 14 dead and 152 missing, 10k evacuated, flights disrupted (UPDATE)

Jay Hilotin
Gulf News
Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:00 UTC
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Mud, debris, floodwaters have heavily damaged or destroyed infrastructure in eastern and southern Taiwan — including the collapse of the Matai’an Creek Bridge and flooding of a railway station and train lines.
At least two persons reportedly died and 30 more are missing as Taiwan is grappling with serious flooding after heavy rains and storm-induced damage, particularly in the east and southern regions of the island.

Authorities reported 30 people missing in Hualien County following the breach of a barrier lake in the mountainous terrain.

2 confirmed dead

Reuters reported that two people have been confirmed dead in the area as a result of flooding, according to fire department reports.

The flooding submerged streets up to rooftops in some parts of Guangfu. Mud, debris, floodwaters have heavily damaged or destroyed infrastructure — including the collapse of the Matai'an Creek Bridge and flooding of a railway station and train lines.


Comment: Update September 24

The South China Morning Post reports:
At least 14 people are dead, 34 injured and 152 missing after torrents triggered by Typhoon Ragasa overwhelmed a landslide lake and tore through a township in eastern Taiwan on Tuesday, devastating entire neighbourhoods.

Firefighters from across Taiwan searched through the night, going door-to-door in Guangfu township, Hualien county, where many elderly residents living on ground floors were feared trapped.

By Wednesday morning, the water had receded from the town centre, but homes and streets remained buried under mud, rocks and debris, according to the county fire department.

Survivors described scenes of chaos as two waves of floodwaters engulfed the community, forcing them to shelter overnight on upper floors and rooftops.


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