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At first light, storm chaser Brandon Clement got a view of devastated areas of Louin, Mississippi after a deadly suspected tornado hit Sunday night.
Extensive damage was reported in Louin, and videos from the area after the tornado touched down around 11:40 p.m. CDT show buildings that were destroyed, trees snapped like toothpicks and vehicles obliterated by the storm's ferocious winds.
Officials at the National Weather Service office in Jackson, Mississippi, confirmed that at least five tornadoes touched down late Sunday into Monday. Survey teams are assessing the damage in Smith and Jasper counties, where they found damage consistent with an EF-3 twister in Louin.
NETRAKONA: A young man was killed by lightning strike in Kendua Upazila of the district on Monday morning.
The deceased was identified as Arju Mia, 25, a resident of Sat Baruka Village under Sandikona Union in the upazila.
Police and local sources said thunderbolt struck the young man in the morning while he was taking bath in a pond next to his house, which left him critically injured.
Locals rescued him and took to Nandail Upazila Health Complex, where he was declared dead by the on-duty doctor.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kendua Police Station (PS) Ali Hossain confirmed the incident.
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At least 96 people have died following several days of intense heat in two of India's most populous states. Authorities have warned at-risk members of the public to stay indoors to avoid aggravating pre-existing health conditions.
The deceased were primarily people over 60 who had prior health concerns in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh and in eastern Bihar, authorities said. All of the 54 deaths in Uttar Pradesh occurred in Ballia district, where hospitals have admitted a steady influx of patients seeking treatment for heat-related ailments including high fever, vomiting, diarrhea, as well as breathing and cardiac issues.
Uttar Pradesh's health minister, Brijesh Pathak, has opened an investigation into the high number of deaths in the state. Local governments have come under fire from opposition for "carelessness" in not warning the public about the potential health risks of the heatwave, the BBC said on Monday.
As a result of the hailstorm, heavy rain and subsequent flash floods, the roofs of private homes in Bileh Savar and Jafarabad were damaged and many trees were uprooted, Bileh Savar County governor Sahebali Asghari said.
The governor said that heavy rain followed by floods along with strong wind caused damage to as many as 200 private homes in villages in Bileh Savar County.
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WEAR News received videos of the funnel that formed around 11:30 a.m. It could be seen from areas of Okaloosa and Walton counties.
The National Weather Service has initially reported it as a waterspout moving onshore.
It is unclear at this time if the funnel moved onshore, making it a tornado.
© NOAAWater temperatures off the UK and Ireland are as high as 4°C above normal (in black)
The Met Office said global sea surface temperatures in April and May reached an all-time high for those months, according to records dating to 1850, with June also on course to hit record heat levels.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has categorised parts of the North Sea as being in a category four marine heatwave, which is considered "extreme", with areas off the coast of England up to 5C above what is usual.
Comment: Whilst up to mid-May meteorologists were saying that the UK's on land weather had been colder, wetter, with less sunlight hours than usual.
"Half way into the I-10 Twin Span Bridge right outside of New Orleans, [my partner and I] looked to our left and saw a ginormous waterspout heading our way," Foster told Storyful. "We looked at each other in disbelief and contemplated whether or not we should be worried and what we would do if the waterspout hit us," he said. "We ended up putting the pedal to the metal and racing off the bridge safe and sound... We hope everyone else who was on that bridge made it home safely."
On Friday, at least 16 municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul were affected by floods and landslides caused by an extratropical cyclone.
Three people have died and another 12 are missing amid the floods, the G1 news portal reported on Friday, citing local authorities.
About 350,000 households and businesses remain without electricity in Rio Grande do Sul and a number of municipalities have declared an emergency. School classes have been cancelled in over 20 municipalities.
Comment: Update June 19
AFP reports:
Cyclone leaves 13 dead, three missing in southern Brazil as record rain floods streets
A cyclone which tore through southern Brazil has killed at least 13 people and forced thousands from their homes.
Torrential rain and strong winds have caused damage in dozens of towns in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, including its capital Porto Alegre — the latest in a string of weather-related disasters to hit South America's biggest country.
Brazil's civil defence agency on Sunday (local time) said two more bodies were discovered in the coastal town of Caraa, one of the hardest hit by the weather on Thursday and Friday.
There were still three people missing in Caraa on Sunday, after the number was revised down from Saturday's total of 20.
The town of Tramandai was also hit hard, with recorded wind speeds of more than 100 kilometres per hour, according to official figures.
A four-month-old baby is among the fatalities, according to local media, which broadcast footage of a car being swept into a cemetery by powerful winds.
"The water came up to our waist inside the house. Thank God, the firemen arrived quickly and got us out on boats," a woman in the town of Sao Leopoldo told the newspaper Estadao, which did not give her name.
Other people were evacuated by helicopter.
Nearly 5,000 people were left with damaged houses and on Sunday around 84,000 people were without power.
Authorities had pre-emptively evacuated some 80 people from high-risk areas.
Rio Grande do Sul Governor Eduardo Leite visited the worst-affected areas by helicopter on Saturday together with government and rescue officials.
In Caraa, the governor visited a community centre used to shelter hundreds of people whose homes were damaged by the storm.
"The situation in Caraa worries us deeply," he said.
"It is essential that we can, in an integrated manner, quickly map the main affected areas and identify the people who need support."
Mr Leite said state firefighters had rescued about 2,400 people in the past two days.
"Our main objective at this moment is to protect and save human lives, rescue people who are isolated, locate the missing and support families," Mr Leite said.
In Sao Leopoldo, half an hour from Porto Alegre, 246 millimetres of rain fell in 18 hours, "a level never seen before in the history" of the city of 240,000 inhabitants, stressed Porto Alegre Mayor Ary Jose Vanazzi.
On Sunday, streets in the towns of Novo Hamburgo, Lindolfo Collor and Sao Leopoldo were still flooded.
As the rain stopped, soldiers were able to carry out rescue operations in Novo Hamburgo.
Further rainfall and cold temperatures are expected in the middle of next week, however, potentially further exacerbating the situation for those already impacted.
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