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Cloud Precipitation

Hawaii floods, mudslides destroy homes and close roads - UPDATE

Ada Carr
The Weather Channel
Sun, 15 Apr 2018 13:07 UTC
Destructive Flooding and Mudslides Batter Parts of Hawaii
Destructive flooding and mudslides batter parts of Hawaii
Mudslides and flooding triggered by heavy rain spread damage and shut down roads in Hawaii over the weekend.

At least two homes were torn from their foundations in Kauai, HawaiiNewsNow.com reports. Officials say the houses appeared to be empty at the time of the incident. Dozens more homes were reported flooded or otherwise damaged.

Roadways had to be closed due to flooding and debris, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports. Friday, officials shut down Kalanianaole Highway because of flooding that left vehicles stranded in over a foot of water.



Comment: Update - 17.04.18:

Hundreds of people were evacuated from Kauai, Hawaii, after 2ft of rain lashed the island in just 24 hours causing heavy flooding and landslides reports the Daily Mail:
'It's definitely the worst storm in recent memory,' said county spokeswoman Sarah Blane. Some residents said it was worse than Hurricane Iniki in 1992.

The National Weather Service recorded 28.1 inches (71.3 centimeters) of rainfall in Hanalei between 2am Saturday and 2am Sunday. The record for a 24-hour period in Hanalei was set in 2012 at 28.54 inches.

'It's highly likely that the record was broken by heavy rainfall after the gauge stopped recording,' said meteorologist Chevy Chevalier. The weather service is trying to figure out why the gauge stopped recording, he said.




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Attention

Second shark attack at Gracetown, Western Australia after 41-year-old man bitten


The Sydney Morning Herald
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:59 UTC
Jason Longgrass, 41, is treated by paramedics after he was bitten on his right leg at Lefties, the second shark attack in Gracetown today.
Jason Longgrass, 41, is treated by paramedics after he was bitten on his right leg at Lefties, the second shark attack in Gracetown today.
A second man has been attacked by a shark off Gracetown on Monday just hours after a surfer was mauled in the same area.

Jason Longrass was bitten by a shark just hours after Alejandro Travaglini, a father of two from Margaret River, was attacked by a great white at Cobblestones surf break.

Channel 9 reporter Michael Stamp told 6PR a the 41-year-old Denmark man was mauled at Lefthanders break about 2.40pm, just two kilometres south of the first attack.

Mr Longrass said he had not realised the beach was closed, and said he saw a four-metre white pointer coming towards him.

Paramedics were treating him at the beach for reported minor leg injuries.
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Umbrella

Colombia: Floods kill a dozen people and displace 1,000


TeleSur
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:19 UTC
flood Colombia
© Reuters FILEThe rainy season in Colombia usually lasts until June
Marquez instructed all municipal and regional administrations to activate contingency plans and prepare for possible preventive evacuations.

Flooding from persistent rains have claimed the lives of 12 people in Colombia and displaced more than 1,000, EFE has reported.

Director general of the National Unit for Risk Management, Carlos Ivan Marquez Perez, told reporters that "flood alerts (have been issued) in the sectors surrounding the Magdalena, Cauca and Atrato rivers."

Marquez has instructed all municipal and regional administrations to activate contingency plans and prepare for possible preventive evacuations. "Do not let your guard down, you always have to maintain prevention and care mechanisms," he warned.

He added that Narino, Choco, Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Antioquia, Santanderes, Boyacá, Cundinamarca and the zone of the Coffee Axis, are currently under flood watch following heavy rains on Saturday.

The rainy season in Colombia usually lasts until June.

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Cloud Precipitation

Hailstones of the size of cricket balls damage hundreds of houses in Meghalaya, India


The Shillong Times
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 11:16 UTC
File photo
File photo
Hailstones of the size of cricket balls accompanied by heavy rain and thunder damaged hundreds of Assam-type houses at Shangpung, Nangbah and the adjoining areas in West Jaintia Hills on Sunday afternoon.

Around seven hundred houses were damaged in Shangpung alone.

Sources informed that the incident occurred around 2 pm. Rain accompanied by small hailstones also affected the Seng Khihlang Lympung at Sabahmuswang, Thadlaskein as most of the faithful had to take shelter either under a tree or inside their vehicle.
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Cloud Precipitation

Over 1,500 houses damaged, crops devastated as hailstorms hit northern Vietnam


VN Express
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 11:10 UTC
Hailstorms late on Saturday damages an orchard in Son La Province.
© VnExpress/Minh ThaoHailstorms late on Saturday damages an orchard in Son La Province.
The storms have left many without a roof over their heads and destroyed crops that were ready for harvest.

Hailstorms and strong winds hit Vietnam's northern mountainous region on Saturday evening, damaging houses and destroying crops.

In the northeastern province of Bac Kan, authorities said that over 1,000 houses had been damaged in an hour-long hailstorm that bombarded three districts with hailstones of up to three centimeters (1.2 inches) in diameter, the size of a grape, according to local media.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill 10 people and 12 cattle across Karnataka, India


The New Indian Express
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:57 UTC
lightning
Ten people were killed and six injured in lightning strikes in separate incidents in Yadgir, Raichur and Vijayapura districts on Sunday. The lightning strikes also killed 12 cattle in Yadgir.

Many parts of North Karnataka and Hyderabad received rainfall coupled with thunderstorms. Hailstorms were also reported from many places.

Yadgir district alone reported death of six people due to lightning. In Halgera village, 35-year-old Kumar and Murgesh (30) died on the spot when lightning hit them. Four people who were with the victims suffered injuries and have been admitted to a government hospital in Yadgir.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 31 sheep on farm in Logan County, Kentucky

Kelly Dean
wbko.com
Sun, 15 Apr 2018 10:33 UTC
dead sheep
Crist Byler is a retired truck driver and now a sheep farmer in Logan County.

Byler spends his Sunday afternoon on the farm- an average day at work as he tends to his sheep.

"It's my livelihood, it's what I do," said Byler.

On Saturday morning, he pulled up to the farm to take care of his sheep to find a horrible scene - one he certainly didn't expect.

"This was all just covered in sheep right here. Dead," explained Byler as he shows the scene under the tree where the sheep once laid.

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Snowflake

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Spring blizzard Xanto, snow in Morocco and Arctic ice recovers, media distracts


Adapt 2030
Sun, 15 Apr 2018 10:01 UTC
Blizzard Xanto
Blizzard Xanto
With all of the media distractions underway, you know that a look right while the real action is looking left, which would be blizzards across the US and Canadian grain belts that will prevent planting until mid May at best. Spring blizzard Xanto rolls across the land shattering snow and clod records, decimating anything that bloomed, sprouted, budded , emerged or started growing already this spring. The agricultural losses will be stupendous, and add o the fact that two more winter storms are on the way, uhmmmm I mean two more BLIZZARDS. Heavy snow in Morocco, Spain, France and thick hail in Italy will round it out.


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Snowflake Cold

3 killed as violent spring snowstorm blasts Midwest US


RT
Sun, 15 Apr 2018 22:16 UTC
3 killed as ‘historic’ snowstorm blasts Midwest US
© Shannon Stapleton / Reuters3 killed as ‘historic’ snowstorm blasts Midwest US
At least three people have been killed, including a sleeping two-year-old girl, as a violent spring storm has battered the Midwest with powerful winds and heavy snow.

The storm front swept across the Midwest this weekend, leaving large swathes of the region blanketed in snow. The city of St. Paul in Minnesota was forced to declare a snow emergency, while nearby Minneapolis is predicted to receive more than 50 centimeters of snow by the time the storm passes through the region.

Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, which serves the two cities, was forced to cancel nearly 500 flights. Airport officials said the snow was falling too fast for plows to keep runways clear. Hundreds of crashes were reported across the state. Some 300 thousand houses were without electricity.

Comment: The US has been battered by snow storms since the beginning of winter, spring is here and the cold weather is not abating:

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Bizarro Earth

Lake Michigan pier briefly submerged during 'Great Lakes meteotsunami'

Brandon Champion
MLive.com
Fri, 13 Apr 2018 06:12 UTC
Lake Michigan meteotsunami
© Todd and Brad Reed Photography)These photos of the Ludington North Breakwater were taken just 10 minutes apart by Ludington photographer Todd Reed on Friday, April 13.
Photos taken by a Michigan photographer captured the dramatic rise of Lake Michigan near Ludington.

MLive Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa reports that a quick rise in water level known as a seiche caused the lake to rise 13.9 inches in just 42 minutes around 12:30 p.m. on Friday, April 13.

Photos captured by Ludington-based photographer Todd Reed provide evidence of just how dramatic the phenomenon also known as a "Great Lakes meteotsunami" was.

Thunderstorm induced seiche causes Lake Michigan to rise over foot in less than hour

Docks were damaged as the water level rose quickly.

The first photo taken around the time of the seiche shows the Ludington North Breakwater almost completely covered by water.

"The water was as high as (I) had seen since Nov. 10, 1975, the day the freighter Edmond Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior. Water was also flooding the beach and the end of Ludington Avenue," Reed said in an email.


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