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Tornado hits Pampanga, Philippines


gmanetwork.com
Fri, 23 Jun 2023 19:33 UTC
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A tornado wreaked havoc in Bacolor, Pampanga on Thursday, damaging several homes, establishments, and a church, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Friday.

Based on NDRRMC's initial report, the tornado occurred in Barangay Cabalantian, particularly in Sitio Banlic and Cabalantian Church area at 5:30 p.m. as they experienced heavy rains and thunderstorms.

"Some homes were reported with minor damage, detached power lines, and fallen trees," the NDRRMC said.

According to the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3), one person sustained a minor injury and was brought to Makabali Hospital for medical treatment.

At least 32 structures, including 26 houses, five business establishments, and a church, were damaged due to the reported tornado, the PRO3 said.

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Caught on video: Rope tornado moves through southwest Wyoming


Fox Weather
Fri, 23 Jun 2023 14:30 UTC
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Danny Patterson took video on Friday afternoon of a rope tornado moving through Little America, Wyoming. The area was under a Tornado Warning at the time.

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Lost Fiordland penguins found on the coast of Western Australia, far from New Zealand breeding site 4,000 kilometers away

Emily JB Smith and Teri Campbell
abc.net.au
Fri, 23 Jun 2023 14:01 UTC
One of the sick penguins recovers in a paddling pool.
© Emily SmithOne of the sick penguins recovers in a paddling pool.
Sean Hazelden was recuperating after an icy morning swim when a tiny figure emerged from the surf and staggered up the beach.

It took one step, and another, and fell onto its face.

The Esperance resident rushed over, scooping up the skeletal traveller in his arms.

"When I went over to pick it up it was really emaciated," he said.

The black-and-white bird, crowned with a flourish of yellow feathers over each eye, was a Fiordland crested penguin, one of the world's rarest penguin species.

The emaciated penguin had likely been at sea since February or March, and should have been almost 4,000 kilometres away on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island, ready for breeding season.

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Orcas off coast of Scotland repeatedly ram yacht

Joe Pinkstone
The Telegraph
Wed, 21 Jun 2023 18:55 UTC
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© Killer Whales / Orca PodAn orca pod off the coast of Scotland that may be the one that attacked a lone sailor off Shetland.
Scientists believe that a killer whale pod in North sea may have been educated by the Mediterranean orca Gladis.

A killer whale has repeatedly rammed a yacht off the coast of Scotland, it has emerged, in an attack reminiscent of those seen 3,000 miles further south near Gibraltar.

The orca is said to have made contact with a small boat off the Shetland coast in the North sea as a solo sailor embarked on a trip from Lerwick to Bergen, Norway.

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Woman attacked by pitbull has died of her injuries in Burlington, Ontario

Brenda Jefferies
Haltonhillstoday.ca
Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:23 UTC
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Our sister site, BurlingtonToday, has confirmed that one of the victims of a violent dog attack at a home on Caplan Crescent earlier this month has died of their injuries.

According to published media reports the woman, who was taken to hospital in critical condition on June 6, passed away 10 days later.

"I can confirm that the victim in the hospital tragically passed away on June 16," said Halton Regional Police media relations officer Steve Elms in an email, noting that the HRPS is not in a position to identify the victim.

"There are no criminal elements to this investigation," he added. "Pending any new information, our involvement at this point is minimal."

A second resident of the home sustained serious injuries in the attack, while a neighbour who tried to help was not hurt. Police tried to subdue the dog using a taser, but ultimately shot and killed it to stop the attack.

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34-year-old man killed by lightning in Haute-Savoie, France


TF1 News
Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:48 UTC
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The drama unfolded in front of many witnesses. A 34-year-old man died of lightning Thursday afternoon in Gaillard (Haute-Savoie), according to our information.

Due to strong stormy activity, Météo-France had placed several departments on Thursday June 22 in orange vigilance, including Haute-Savoie.

It was shortly after 5 p.m. that the man was struck by lightning after opening his umbrella in a parking lot on the site of the Bayer pharmaceutical factory in this town of 11,500 inhabitants, located southwest of Annemasse. He died instantly.

Thirty witnesses to the lightning were taken care of by the department's medico-psychological emergency unit.

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Sarasota man caught a waterspout on video off Siesta Key, Florida


Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Thu, 22 Jun 2023 11:16 UTC
Len Besterman with Sarasota Experience photographed this waterspout over Roberts Bay from Nora Patterson Bay Island Park.
Len Besterman with Sarasota Experience photographed this waterspout over Roberts Bay from Nora Patterson Bay Island Park.
Len Besterman, a social media content creator with Sarasota Experience, was driving north on Siesta Key, with plans to go to St. Armands Key Wednesday when he saw black clouds coming in, and figured his next stop would be rained out.

He checked an online weather radar app and thought, "I bet you we get some spin somewhere."

Besterman decided to stop at Nora Patterson Bay Island Park and that's when he looked south over Roberts Bay near Edwards Islands Park and saw the waterspout start to form.

He started filming; it took between three and four minutes for the waterspout to fully form. He got to the top of the steps at the park's restroom facility "and when I got to the top there you could actually see the water coming up and I started filming again," Besterman said.

Ross Giarratana, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Ruskin, said conditions lately have been favorable for waterspouts.

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Tonga's Hunga eruption produced the highest-altitude lightning flashes ever


Tech Explorist
Fri, 23 Jun 2023 17:48 UTC
The eruption produced 2,600 flashes per minute.

The 15 January 2022 eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Volcano produced a “supercharged” storm in the plume that had the most intense lightning ever recorded in a storm, according to a new study in AGU’s journal Geophysical Research Letters.
© Felix Mittermeier/UnsplashThe 15 January 2022 eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Volcano produced a “supercharged” storm in the plume that had the most intense lightning ever recorded in a storm, according to a new study in AGU’s journal Geophysical Research Letters.
The Hunga Tonga - Hunga Haʻapai volcano in the South Pacific Ocean erupted on January 15, 2022, continuing to break records. The eruption generated a plume of ash, water, and magmatic gas at least 58 kilometers (36 miles) high. Despite blocking satellite views of the vent and making it more challenging to monitor changes in the eruption as it progressed, the towering plume provided scientists with vital information about the eruption's size.

A new study revealed that the eruption created a "supercharged" thunderstorm that recorded the most intense lightning ever. During the eruption, there were approximately 200,000 lightning strikes in the volcanic plume, with the rate reaching a maximum of over 2,600 strikes per minute, according to the experts.

Scientists have now been able to gaze into that plume, plucking out new stages of the eruption's life cycle and obtaining insight into the strange weather it caused thanks to high-resolution lightning data from four sources previously never used together.
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Video shows Florida deputy swept underwater, appears 100 feet away during flood rescue

Francisco Guzmán
USA TODAY
Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:23 UTC
Escambia County sheriff's deputies assist a man rescued from floodwaters on Friday, June 16, 2023. The citizen and a deputy were both sucked into a drain pipe during a rescue attempt.
© Escambia County Sheriff's OfficeEscambia County sheriff's deputies assist a man rescued from floodwaters on Friday, June 16, 2023. The citizen and a deputy were both sucked into a drain pipe during a rescue attempt.
A Florida deputy is "lucky to be alive" after being sucked into a drainage pipe and swept underwater for about 30 seconds after trying to help a stranded driver who was stuck in the flood, authorities said.

Escambia County has experienced severe weather and heavy rain over the past few days, and those weather conditions were at a peak Friday morning when deputy William Hollingsworth was on patrol, Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said in a statement on Facebook.

At around 1:39 a.m. local time in Pensacola, Florida, Hollingsworth exited his patrol car and approached a man who was trapped in rising waters, Simmons said.

When Hollingsworth got closer, he saw the man get swept underwater and quickly "rushed to his aid without regard for his own safety," Simmons said in the statement.

As Hollingsworth attempted to rescue the man, both were sucked into a drainage pipe and swept underneath a roadway on Hwy 98.

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Storms and heavy rain flood roads, block railway lines in Germany


ABC News
Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:40 UTC
Vehicles drive through a flooded section of the A59 highway as heavy rain falls, Thursday evening, June 22, 2023, in Duisburg, Germany.
© Christoph ReichweinVehicles drive through a flooded section of the A59 highway as heavy rain falls, Thursday evening, June 22, 2023, in Duisburg, Germany.
Storms and heavy rain across a large swath of Germany flooded roads and forced the closure of some major railway routes on Friday, but there was no immediate word of any injuries.

Germany's national weather service had warned earlier this week of severe storms with significant amounts of rainfall, which hit on Thursday.

In the western city of Duisburg, the fire service said it rescued several people from cars that got stuck on flooded streets. Shops were flooded and streets inundated in the northern city of Braunschweig, and there were similar reports from Kassel. In Hattersheim, near Frankfurt, trees fell on houses and cars, German news agency dpa reported.

Germany's national railway operator, Deutsche Bahn, said that the main line between Hamburg and Berlin was closed because of storm damage, as was a major north-south route between Kassel and Goettingen.

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