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Mr Asuman Baluku, a resident of Kisagazi Village, Nyamwamba Division, said his family is homeless.
The father of eight revealed that he received a phone call from his sister at around 2am on Thursday night asking him to move his children from the house after reports emerged that River Nyamwamba had flooded.
"I got stuck after dropping my children at the neighbours because the floods had already cut me off and swept off all my properties. I am now stranded with nothing to eat," he said.
Mr Hamanda Kikundi, also a resident, said the floods swept away his garden of vegetables.
The hailstorm and persistent downpour has caused millions of rupees worth of losses to farmers, locals said. Farmers of Pakhal Valley have demanded of the K-P government to declare emergency in the area and provide them relief.
Growers across Hazara division were narrating tales of colossal losses owing to the heavy rainfall during the last two weeks. Unusual rains in May has damaged ripened wheat grain, fruits on trees and exacerbated chances of flash foods.
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Heaven in the city of Havana has given its inhabitants a double show in less than a week.
As happened on May 2, this Friday, Cubans could see a solar halo from various points in the capital, which generated great expectation.
The event this Friday was even bigger, because at times a double ring was seen around the Sun, as reported by the Forecast Center, of the Cuban Institute of Meteorology, through Twitter.
The optical phenomenon was captured in photographs that were shared on social networks.
On May 7, the National Weather Service out of Marquette, Wisconsin, tweeted about the cold forecast: "Colder temperatures are on the doorstep. A surge of winter-like conditions will return tonight into Fri. with some lake-effect snow."
This video was taken from the NWS Marquette office, showing their forecast come to fruition. The caption with the video said, "Sure doesn't look like May 8."
Snow flurries were also reported across Ohio and Pennsylvania on May 8.
Credit: NWS Marquette via Storyful
Ontario woke up a massive heap of snow
The unseasonable snowfall is the result of a polar vortex sweeping over the region that's expected to last throughout today and into the weekend.
"Sandhaug in Hardangervidda had a total of 17 minus degrees, " Meteorologists wrote on Twitter.
In Hardangervidda, temperatures of around zero degrees during the day, says Tone Christin Taule, on-duty meteorologist at Vervarslinga in Western Norway.
Comment: A continuation of the recent snowy weather in the region witnessed at the end of April:
Also related: The month of May brings record (sometimes historic) cold to both hemispheres
4 May 2020 - The first snowfall of the year occurred in Bariloche, Argentina. (Almost 1 month before 2019 snow)
Rio Negro city of Bariloche this Monday it registered the first snow fall in some neighborhoods.
In this way, winter was brought forward a month with the first snowfall of the year. In 2019, the first snow fall was on the summit of the hills on April 5, although the city was covered in white on May 29.
Comment: Also pertinent: The month of May brings record (sometimes historic) cold to both hemispheres
The body of Dr. Nancy Shaw was found in a ditch early Thursday morning.
The Lyons Police Department says autopsy results confirm a well-known doctor and noted pet lover died from animals that police are trying to find.
Police spotted a car on around 3 a.m., pulled over on the wrong side of the road, car running and the door open.
"Got out of the patrol car to investigate and found a female that was deceased in the ditch," Lyons Police Chief Wesley Walker said.
Comment: The month of May brings record (sometimes historic) cold to both hemispheres