Greece braced for adverse weather conditions this weekend, some of Athens' northernmost suburbs covered in snow since the early hours of Saturday.
Mountainous areas on Evia and Lesvos islands were also in white on Saturday morning, local media reported.
The former was expected to bear the brunt of the weather. According to the Greek National Meteorological Service (EMY), heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast on the islands of Evia, Sporades, Cyclades, Dodecanese, and Crete, as well as heavy snowfall at high altitudes in East Macedonia, Evia, Attica, and Crete.
The heavy rains that fell in Havana on Friday caused severe flooding in several municipalities.
Images and videos circulating on social media reveal the extent to which the waters have risen in the lowest areas of the city.
The meteorologist Raydel Ruisanchez shared photos and videos on Facebook taken on Libertad Street in the Santos Suárez neighborhood, Diez de Octubre municipality.
"As we had anticipated, the rains became heavy in areas of the west," emphasized the expert.
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In the last 24 hours, heavy and locally intense rains have occurred towards areas of the northern coast of Las Tunas in eastern Cuba with accumulations that have exceeded 100 and 200 mm.
For the rest of the day, both the GFS weather model, and the mesoescale model WRF show significant accumulation towards areas of the center of the country, which come to be to lesser measure for the western region and concentrated towards the north coast, these rains may come to be again strong and intense.
The situation continues to be related to the transport of low clouds coming from the sea and abundant moisture content in the different layers of the troposphere.
By tomorrow these unstable conditions will move further west over the western region.
Bird enthusiasts have been flocking to Terra Nova National Park to catch a glimpse of a Steller's sea eagle. The bird is usually found in Asia. As Troy Turner reports, the rare bird may stay in the area if the winter continues to be mild.
Tony Cortes, Jaylan Wright whnt.com Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:24 UTC
The Marshall County Coroner said the man who was found dead at a mobile home park in Albertville Sunday died due to a dog mauling.
At around 11:00 a.m. Sunday, the coroner's office said it responded to the mobile home park located at 100 Greenwood Drive in Albertville and found 40-year-old Francisco Batz-Lux, of Albertville, dead outside.
According to the coroner, evidence on the scene along with trauma to Batz-Lux led investigators to reach out to the Alabama Department of Forensic Science for an autopsy to be performed.
The Marshall County Coroner said that based on the findings of the medical examiner and evidence on the scene, Lux's death was ruled accidental and it was determined he died as a result of a dog mauling.
The incident is still under investigation by the Albertville Police Department.
Greece has been in the grip of a wet weather front named Elena since Christmas, causing traffic disruptions and flooding across the country, authorities said Thursday.
In Athens, many northern and southern suburbs residents woke up on Thursday to heavy rainfall, which flooded dozens of houses and swept away cars. The Fire Brigade received at least 40 telephone calls to pump out water and remove fallen trees from roads.
Elena delivered the heaviest rainfall in Attica's mountainous areas of Vilia and Penteli, far from the severe flooding experienced in the southern suburbs. The worst-hit areas included the port region of Piraeus and nearby Alimos.
The Peace and Friendship Stadium in the southern seaside area of the Greek capital near Piraeus Port was also flooded, and authorities are still assessing the damage, Xinhua news agency reported.
At least 13 people have died and 15 more have been injured as a result of flooding in four departments in Haiti, the AlterPresse news agency has reported, citing the country's Civil Defence Commission.
Over the course of several days, the flood has destroyed over 500 houses in the Haitian departments of Nord, Nord-Ouest, Grand'Anse, and Nippes, the agency said on Thursday, adding that about 100 houses have been damaged and more than 16,500 remain flooded.
One person has been declared missing.
Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime has announced the creation of a special interagency unit for coordination of a swift and effective response to the downpour and flooding.
Ma. April Mier-Manjares Inquirer.net Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:53 UTC
Heavy rains brought by the shear line on Christmas Day caused floods in at least 44 villages in Camarines Sur and left two dead in separate incidents in the province and in nearby Camarines Norte.
In a report on Thursday, the Camarines Sur police said Jeffrey Lamitao, 41, was found dead in an irrigation canal at Barangay Lourdes Young in Nabua town around 2 p.m. on Wednesday.
Police said Lamitao was last seen walking near the irrigation at 6 a.m. that day.
In Camarines Norte, a resident of Lupi town in Camarines Sur, who was not identified in the police report, was also found dead in Basud town at 11:45 a.m. after he was reported missing on Christmas Eve.
An initial police report said the victim was swept away by floodwaters while riding a carabao and crossing the spillway at Barangay San Vicente in Lupi at 9 p.m. on Tuesday.
Aaron Barker, Scott Sistek Fox Weather Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:19 UTC
A swath of severe weather spawned multiple tornadoes in southeastern Texas Thursday, part of a multi-day severe weather threat sweeping across the South through the end of the week.
Emergency managers in Texas' Wharton County southwest of Houston reported three tornadoes during the afternoon as a line of severe storms rolled across the Lone Star State.
"There are no reports of severe damage or injuries yet, but we'll be assessing the situation over the next few hours," Srubar told FOX Weather soon after the twisters struck.
One of the tornadoes touched down near Highway 59 and damaged some barns, according to Wharton County Office of Emergency Management.
Closer to Houston, a spotter reported some damage in Meadows just across the Harris County line due to a brief tornado, according to the National Weather Service office in Houston.
To the northeast of the city, the NWS reported a waterspout over Lake Houston moved onto land near Huffman. Minutes later the NWS took another report of a tornado sighting to the northwest of Dayton.
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