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Cloud Precipitation

Unusual summer storm creates flash flooding in West Virginia

Chelsea Bailey and Zoe Rohrich
NBC News
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 14:13 UTC
Flooding in Marion County, West Virginia
© Marion County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency ManagementFlooding in Marion County, West Virginia.

A rare nor'easter-type storm that dropped torrential rains throughout the East Coast and mid-Atlantic region caused major flash floods Saturday and forced the governor of West Virginia to declare a state of emergency.

The low-pressure storm system - which is more typical of winter and not late July - was expected to move offshore by Saturday afternoon, but leave behind a swath of debris and flooded-out homes and roads, the National Weather Service said.

Elsewhere on the East Coast, North Carolina's Outer Banks continued to see mandatory evacuations Saturday - amid heavy thunderstorms moving in during the afternoon - after a construction crew accidentally cut out electricity this week to 10,000 residents and summer visitors.

Officials told The Weather Channel that it could potentially take weeks to restore power to Ocracoke and Hatteras islands.

In West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency in six counties Saturday and mobilized the National Guard to assist in evacuating residents stranded in heavily-flooded areas.
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Cloud Precipitation

Worst floods in 2 decades strike Sakon Nakhon, Thailand

Terry Fredrickson
Bangkok Post
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 16:59 UTC
Rescue workers evacuate people from the flooded Hop Inn in Muang district of Sakon Nakhon.
Rescue workers evacuate people from the flooded Hop Inn in Muang district of Sakon Nakhon.
Tropical depression "Sonca" has lashed Sakon Nakhon, leading to the worst floods in the northeastern province for two decades. Flooding persisted across the Northeast.

Severe floods continue

Flooding persisted across the Northeast and some central provinces, with one death attributed to flooding in worst-hit Sakon Nakhon, as heavy rain continued on Saturday.

18 districts of Sakon Nakhon have been inundated, with water levels ranging from 70 to 200 centimetres. People in some residential areas and critically ill patients at Tao Ngoi Hospital in Tao Ngoi district were evacuated.

One person was killed in Kut Bak district and two were reported missing in Muang district in the worst flooding to hit the northeastern province in two decades.

In Khon Kaen, blind students were evacuated from their school where one metre of water covered the property in Muang district. However, water levels were stabilising overall.

In Nakhon Ratchasima, an earth weir burst and flooded about 10,000 rai of residential and farm properties in 151 villages of Prathai district.

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Info

Climate fraud of the century: IPCC hockey stick untrue

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:15 UTC
Hockey
The court trial of Michael Mann, the creator of the infamous "hockey stick" IPCC proof of CO2 global warming has refused to show his research after a court battle with Dr Tim Ball. Dr Ball called into question Mann's research and Dr. Ball showed that CO2 trails global temperatures, not leads them. Mann still refused to show his publicly funded research and how he came up with the "hockey stick" so was slapped with a contempt of court charge. Fittingly, all the new reports indicate the Earth is entering a grand solar minimum and global temperatures will drop, we see an unusually cold Europe, Asian temperatures down, both poles cooler than average and Arctic sea ice grows yet again for the fourth year in a row.


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Cloud Precipitation

Typhoon Nesat slams Taiwan and China braces for huge farmland flooding

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 16:06 UTC
Typhoon Nesat
Typhoon Nesat
Typhoon Nesat is set to roll over Taiwan late 29th July, 2017, but with the low wind speed it is a rainstorm that has sucked another tropical system into its spin. This will result in a four day rain event after the storm passes, the excess moisture from an adjacent system will push rain total well above 800 mm and flood China's east coast rice fields /terraces, corn fields and buckwheat areas. The atmospheric conditions in this set of storms is unusual to say the least, the colliding tropical systems look like a phoenix pulling away from the Philippines.


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Attention

Shark attacks tourist snorkeling off the Bahamas, bites ankle and foot

Suman Varandani
International Business Times
Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:55 UTC
Shark attacks
A shark attacked a female tourist while she was snorkeling in the Bahamas on Thursday, authorities reportedly said. The woman, who was bitten by the shark on her ankle and foot was hospitalized.

The condition of the woman, who has not been identified, wasn't immediately clear, and Assistant Police Commissioner Stephen Dean said that they did not have enough details about the woman's condition at the time. Authorities also did not reveal the type of shark that attacked the woman, however, the Bahamas has seen several similar incidents recently, mostly involving bull and tiger sharks.

Last month, a North Carolina mother of three was attacked by a shark while snorkeling in the Bahamas, The woman, identified as Tiffany Johnson was snorkeling in a shallow reef while her husband remained back on the boat. Johnson had part of her right arm amputated from the attack.
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Attention

Second shark attack in 3 months off Ascension Island

Simon Pipe
The Telegraph (UK)
Thu, 27 Jul 2017 15:47 UTC
Shark attacks
A second serious shark attack has taken place on the remote British island of Ascension.

Kawika Matsu, a surfer who grew up in Hawaii, was attacked when he fell from his paddle board, 30 metres from the shore. Despite severe injuries, he was able to climb back on to the board to wait for rescue.

The attack happened on Tuesday in English Bay, where a British woman was badly bitten in April as her distraught children watched from the shore. Frankie Gonsalves was saved when her husband punched the shark and two St Helenian men swam out to pull her ashore.

No attacks on humans had previously been recorded in the remote UK territory, in the South Atlantic. Large numbers of sharks have begun coming close to shore since last year, apparently in search of fish.
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Attention

40-foot dead humpback whale found at Eastham beach, Massachusetts

Kacie Yearout
fox25boston.com
Fri, 28 Jul 2017 08:57 UTC
Dead whale
A whale carcass washed ashore in Eastham north of Nauset Light Beach Thursday evening.

Cape Cod National Seashore Chief Ranger Leslie Reynolds said she first learned of the dead whale Thursday afternoon, around 2 p.m. At that time, it was floating about a half mile out from Nauset Light Beach.

"The life guards were watching it...we have a lot of people on the beach this time of year," she said.

The whale washed ashore around 6:30 p.m. Reynolds went and took a look at the 40-foot female humpback, and said she saw no obvious signs of trauma.
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Cloud Lightning

Man on roof likely died by lightning strike during storm in Indian River Shores, Florida

Lamaur Stancil
TC Palm
Fri, 28 Jul 2017 08:29 UTC
lightning
A man found on the roof of an Indian River Shores home likely died by a lightning strike Friday night, authorities said.

The Indian River Shores Public Safety Department is investigating the death, with aid from the Indian River County Sheriff's Office, said Public Safety Director Rich Rosell.

The incident happened shortly before 8 p.m. at a home in River Club, a gated community near State Road A1A, Rosell said. The man's name was not released Friday night.

Paramedics have not ruled out a medical issue as the cause of the man's death, Rosell said.

Friday afternoon's thunderstorms killed a man near Satellite Beach and wounded a second person, authorities in Brevard County said. The two were at SPRA Park when they were hit.

Comment: See also: Lightning bolt hits two men, killing one near Satellite Beach, Florida

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt hits two men, killing one near Satellite Beach, Florida

Lamaur Stancil
Florida Today
Fri, 28 Jul 2017 08:14 UTC
lightning
Lightning struck two men, killing one, iust north of Satellite Beach on Friday afternoon, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office and Brevard County Fire Rescue.

Brevard County Lifeguard Captain Ashley Nolan was the first to respond to help the men. The men were hit at SPRA Park in the 400 block of State Road A1A at the end of Berkeley Street.

"I was just heading home and you could see the lightning strikes and how close it was to the beach," Nolan said. "I see a gentleman darting directly out into traffic, waving for help. I knew instantly that someone had been struck."

Nolan gave CPR to the man and checked his pulse until paramedics arrived.

"I knew he had been down for less than a minute," she said.
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Cloud Precipitation

Severe storm brings torrential rain and hail to Guadalajama, Mexico


Sott.net
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 07:19 UTC
Hail at the Metropolitan Zone, Guadalajara, Mexico
Hail at the Metropolitan Zone, Guadalajara, Mexico on 28 July 2017.
A severe storm brought torrential rain and hail to Guadalajama, Mexico yesterday causing havoc to residents local media reported. Images and videos have been shared widely on social media.

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