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Photo take on May 24, 2018 shows hailstones hitting Hongyuan County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The hail storm continued for 13 minutes, with the largest hailstone measuring 1.5 centimeters.
There's been no reports of injuries or deaths.
© CBS NewsAt Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, eerie blue flames indicate the presence of methane gas.
Residents are also eyeing another disturbing development. After three weeks of gawking at images of bright red lava bursting skyward, the Big Island's focus has shifted to something blue and worrisome: blue flames that indicate the presence of methane gas. Methane gas is a result of the lava burning plants and trees. Scientists say it can trigger explosions if ignited while trapped underground.
"It's the first time, maybe the second time I've seen the blue flames thing. It's very dramatic, very eerie," geophysicist Jim Kauahikaua said.
A report on GMA News by Erwin Nicavera on Saturday identified the fatalities as Rubilyn Muedan, Glenn Gotual, Marites Garzon, and Renilda Villanueva (aged between 41 to 52).
An initial police investigation showed that the victims were working at sugarcane filed when a sudden, heavy rain came, forcing them to take shelter in a hut at the middle of the plantation.
Lightning struck the hut, killing four and hurting six others inside the shelter that had no walls, the police report said.
Four of the six wounded are still recuperating while the two have been discharged from the hospital.
Comment: On the same day 3 people were killed and 5 injured by single bolt in Bangladesh while in Kenya a strike killed a student and injured 21 others.
© Weather ChannelProjected Path
The red-shaded area denotes the potential path of the center of the system. It's important to note that impacts (particularly heavy rain, high surf, coastal flooding, winds) with any system usually spread beyond its forecast path.
The red-shaded area denotes the potential path of the center of the system. It's important to note that impacts (particularly heavy rain, high surf, coastal flooding, winds) with any system usually spread beyond its forecast path.
While it's still way too early to tell if Alberto will gain enough steam as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend, there's a chance the storm could become the earliest land-falling hurricane on record.
Forecasts now call for top winds of 65 mph, 9 mph below the threshold for a Cat 1 hurricane, by Monday when it's near the north Gulf Coast. But shear is expected to drop, with some models opening a window just big enough for a more intense system to develop.
"This thing could become a hurricane," said AccuWeather senior meteorologist Dan Kottlowski, "and people should think about that possibility as it approaches the northern Gulf Coast."
If it does, Alberto would be the first since Alma appeared north of Panama in 1970 and briefly threatened the Caribbean for two days before fizzling south of Cuba.
© AFPTVAn image grab taken from an AFPTV video shows people walking through flood water as they evacuate a flooded area during a cyclone in the Yemeni island of Socotra
Landfall occurred around midnight local time about 40 km west-southwest of Salalah, which is Oman's third-largest city, according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Jason Nicholls.
Mekunu became an extremely severe cyclonic storm with winds equal to a Category 3 hurricane in the Atlantic or east Pacific Ocean prior to making landfall.
A north to northwest track first brought life-threatening impacts to Socotra, as Mekunu passed just north of the island with waves of rain and wind.
A state of emergency was declared in Socotra, a Yemeni island located between the Horn of Africa and Arabian Peninsula, after the storm flooded villages and left at least 40 missing on Thursday, according to the Daily News. Officials fear some of the missing are dead.
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Rick Vaughan, a friend of the boy's family, told the Altoona Mirror that the attack happened just before 6 p.m. when the child's father was cutting grass, heard the mother screaming and discovered "the dog on the boy." The deadly attack occurred in the family's home on Gesser Avenue in Lakemont, which is just south of Altoona.
Blair County Coroner Patricia Ross told WTAJ that the dog was a pit bull and that the boy died of blunt force trauma. News outlets are withholding the boy's name out of respect for the family's wishes.
As scattered downpours pop up around southeast Texas, funnel clouds and waterspouts are appearing as well.
+ Waterspout was spotted near the high school stadium in Texas City at 11:51 a.m.
+ Funnel clouds in Galveston County at 12:05 p.m.
+ Funnel cloud reported near the intersection of Highway 6 and FM 521 in Fort Bend County
+ Funnel cloud reported along FM 1462 in Iowa Colony in Brazoria County at 12:16 p.m.
+ Funnel cloud reported in north Alvin, heading to Pearland in Brazoria County at 12:50 p.m.
+ Funnel cloud reported at Sienna Plantation moving north towards Shadow Creek in Fort Bend County at 12:50 p.m.
Comment: A day later from the same news source (Xinhua) came the following stunning photos: