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© National Park ServiceIn this Saturday, April 7, 2018 photo released by the National Park Service, floodwaters cover Cooks Meadow and the pedestrian trail through Cooks Meadow in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite, Calif. Sections of Northside Drive, Southside Drive, and Sentinel Drive remain closed due to high water in the roadway. Parts of Yosemite National Park remained closed as the Merced River peaked several feet above flood stage through the Yosemite Valley.
Forecasters said up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rain fell over two days as rivers swelled in Northern California.
Roads within Yosemite Valley were swamped by up to 4 feet (1.2 meters) of water that affected electrical and water systems. Most facilities reopened at midday, but officials warned that traffic could be slow as cleanup work continues.
The area was closed Friday as a powerful "Pineapple Express" storm moved through. The heaviest rain was in the northern Sierra and in coastal counties from San Francisco north to Mendocino during a 48-hour period ending Saturday afternoon.
© Gavin DurrantThe American bittern poses for its many admirers at Suffolk Wildlife Trust's Carlton Marshes nature reserve, near Lowestoft.
Twitchers from many parts of Britain have been converging on Suffolk Wildlife Trust's Carlton Marshes, near Lowestoft, to see an American bittern - a species rarely seen in Britain and never before in Suffolk. Related to the great bittern for which East Anglian reedbeds are famous, the rare transatlantic visitor is distinguished by its smaller size, longer bill, greater contrast in its wing pattern and, most obviously, prominent brown neck stripes.
Tennis ball-sized hail smashes windows and damages roofs as huge storm downs trees in northern Texas
The ice storm only lasted 10 minutes, but hailed down with fury, covering the ground in white
The massive storm saw thunder, heavy rain, and hail fall from the sky Friday night.
The deluge released a heavy downpour of hail around 7pm Friday for about 10 minutes, sending the balls of ice flying through the air, destroying windows and cars.
Locals shared the astonishing images of the hail on social media, where the balls of ranged from the size of a pea to a tennis ball, according to NBC.
Several people shared video footage of the torrential storm that covered front lawns in white as millions of pieces of hail fell to the ground.
In some footage viewers can hear the thuds and taps of the heavy ice balls hitting the earth.
Scotland is facing its coldest spring for 39 years, forecasters have warned.
The country is on course for a severe cold snap with snow expected on high ground over the coming days.
The Met Office have warned that up to two weeks of freezing temperatures could lie ahead due to unusual polar conditions.
The phenomenon, known as a Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW), saw a warming of usually colder air over the North Pole last month.
Witnesses tell EastIdahoNews.com the birds suddenly fell into a parking lot near Yellowstone Highway and Lincoln Road in Idaho Falls around 7 p.m. It's likely they were struck by lightning.
Workers with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game arrived with a truck and picked up the geese, according to witnesses.
EastIdahoNews.com is working to get more information from IDFG and will post additional details as we receive them.
A woman died and four people were injured, according to a local storm report by the National Weather Service.
A source tells us the woman is Kourtney Lambert.
The people were struck at Woodpecker Mud Bog, officials say.
A source tells Action News Jax the strikes happened at about 2:50 p.m. near a camper where people were seeking shelter under the camper's gooseneck.
The source says a 23-year-old woman was struck and killed instantly.
Comment: In Asia fatalities caused by lightning strikes during the past week across India include a woman killed in Bengaluru, 3 struck in separate incidents in Jaipur and 2 hit by bolts in Odisha while in Jamalpur, Bangladesh a teenage boy succumbed.
© Agence France -Presse/Anto SembiringIndonesian schoolchildren walk together at Sipandak elementary school in Tiga Pancur village in Karo, North Sumatra on Feb. 19, 2018, as thick volcanic ash from Mount Sinabung volcano rises into the air following another eruption. Sinabung roared back to life in 2010 for the first time in 400 years and has remained highly active since.
When Bali's Mount Agung started rumbling last September, authorities on the Indonesian resort island -- mindful of the destruction the 3,000-meter volcano had caused in 1963 -- began warning residents to evacuate. Tremors of varying intensity continued until Nov. 21, when it finally began to erupt, forcing as many as 140,000 people to seek refuge. More than four months later, it still hasn't stopped.
On Jan. 23, Mount Kusatsu-Shirane, about 150km northwest of Tokyo, astounded the Japan Meteorological Agency when it suddenly erupted 2km from one of 50 areas around the country kept under constant video surveillance. Falling debris killed a member of the Ground Self-Defense Force who was skiing nearby and injured five others.
At much the same time, Mount Mayon in the Philippines began spewing ash and lava, displacing more than 56,000 people.
Then, in mid-February, Mount Sinabung in Sumatra, Indonesia, blew spectacularly, sending billowing pillars of steam and superheated ash over 7km into the air. People fled, and schoolchildren ran home wailing.
Sinabung's eruption was followed in late February by a magnitude-7.5 earthquake in Papua New Guinea, its worst in a century. Earlier in the month, a magnitude-6.4 quake rocked Taiwan's Hualien County, tilting buildings and killing 17.
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Comment: View as well: Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Baseball games delayed by Global Warming and winter continues across the Northern Hemisphere
Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: North Atlantic icebergs expected until late JUNE, Arctic still -30C and icebergs in shipping lanes