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Giant 'lightning man' photographed looming on the horizon in Dorset, UK


The Sun (UK)
Mon, 05 Jun 2017 19:57 UTC
Martin had jumped in his car when he saw the storm from approaching and caught this snap
© Martin DolanMartin had jumped in his car when he saw the storm from approaching and caught this snap
A giant lightning man has shocked villagers after it was snapped looming on the horizon after appearing over Dorset.

Photographer Martin Dolan said he couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the shot and noticed the figure of a giant emerging from the dark skies.

Martin captured the electrifying figure after racing to a church near his home in the early hours after spotting a storm approaching.

He said: "I was looking out the window when I saw a flickering. It didn't stop so I took a closer look, thinking it was a faulty street lamp.

"It took a good few minutes until my brain caught up with my eyes and I realised this was an approaching storm front.
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Cloud Lightning

Four people killed, six injured by lightning bolt in Arunachal Pradesh, India


Business Standard
Mon, 05 Jun 2017 19:50 UTC
LIGHTNING
© Representational Image
Three children and a woman were killed and six others injured after being struck by lightning in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday, an official said.

The tragedy occurred at Gandhigram village in Vijaynagar area under Changlang district.

The deceased have been identified as Jalina Yobin, 12, Chanisa Yobin, 14, Chathiya Yobin, 13, and Shalida Yobin, 38 (all female).

Out of six injured, one is said to be in very critical condition warranting immediate air evacuation for further treatment.
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Arrow Down

Landslide kills at least 3 in Tripura, India


ANI
Sun, 04 Jun 2017 18:59 UTC
LANDSLIDE
Landslide following incessant rain has killed three of a family in Dhalai district of Tripura while one more was critically injured in the incident.

The tragic incident took place at Vidyamohan Chowdhury Para of remote Dhalai district last night in which a tribal mother along with her two minor children and her husband were buried under mud after a big chunk of hill slipped into their house.

The deceased was identified as 47-year-old Kajal Kanya Debbarma and her two minor children.

However, Rooti Debbarma, the head of the family was rescued in a critical condition and shifted to hospital by a joint team of fire-fighters and disaster management.
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Cloud Lightning

Deadly thunderstorm hits Russia's Sverdlovsk region

RT
YouTube
Sun, 04 Jun 2017 17:54 UTC
Storm in Nizhny Tagil, Russia
© YouTube/RT (screen capture)
A powerful storm hit Sverdlovsk Region on Saturday, killing at least one person and injuring three others. Footage from the area shows the destruction sustained by the storm in Nizhny Tagil. Over 30,000 people were forced to go without electricity and dozens of building were damaged as a result.


Comment: Less than one week ago 16 people died in Moscow, with at least another hundred injured, after the worst storm to hit the city in living memory, and probably the worst since the 19th century. See also:

Updates: Worst ever natural disaster: Death toll from Moscow storm rises to 16 (VIDEOS)

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Propaganda

NASA hit piece on Industrial Age warming and volcanic cooling

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Mon, 05 Jun 2017 15:59 UTC
volcano
A new article by NASA to answer the question if a Warming Earth is natural, they focus on CO2 emmissions, and talk about the pre-industrial age, but never show charts of pre-industrial age, but tell you how natural change occur too slowly through history and that its all "human caused" quick rises in temperatures. I added many pre-industrial temperature graphs, volcanic cooling events and current May 2017 temperatures which are down -0.1C since May 2016.


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Fish

Huge fish kill on Puget Sound, Washington

Keith Eldridge
Komonews
Sun, 04 Jun 2017 15:24 UTC
Dead anchovies
© KOMODead anchovies
A massive fish kill on Puget Sound is being blamed on the recent holiday weekend hot weather. Thousands of anchovies have washed up on the shores of Case Inlet at Belfair.

"It's sad. It's really sad," said beach resident Kristen Wiseman. It has residents worried about what did this.

The people who live along with the beach say the fish started showing up a couple of days ago.

"I saw a little bit come in and it's like 'what is that shiny stuff in the water?'" said Wiseman.

That shiny stuff turned out to be a massive fish kill with the tide leaving the carcasses stranded on the beach and even higher up during high tide.
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Attention

Up to 40 fur seal pups found dead near Kaikōura, New Zealand


RNZ
Sat, 03 Jun 2017 15:09 UTC
A fur seal pup (file photo).
© 123rfA fur seal pup (file photo).
The Department of Conservation (DOC) said they were found south of Ohau Point in mid-May.

Three were sent to Massey University for necropsy.

DOC regional operations director Roy Grose said there were no signs of physical injury and based on early diagnosis, two of the pups likely died of pneumonia.

He said other factors such as biotoxins, viruses or bacterial infections had not been ruled out and pups had died because of starvation or environmental factors in the past.

DOC said it would keep monitoring the situation but the deaths were unlikely to affect the wider Kaikōura fur seal population.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolts kill 2 family members and 20 goats in Maharashtra, India


India Today
Sun, 04 Jun 2017 13:07 UTC
LIGHTNING
© Representational Image
A mother and her son were killed today in Hudi village of the district after lightning struck them, a senior district official said.

Babytai Jayawant Bule (40) and her son Vikas (14), both residents of Tulsinagar village, had gone to Hudi to harvest groundnuts, when the incident took place, he said.

In a separate incident, 20 goats were killed when lightning struck them in village Katkheda, the officer added.

Source: Press Trust of India
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Wolf

Woman dies after being savaged by two dogs in Galway, Ireland


Irish Independent
Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:11 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
A woman has died after she was attacked by two dogs in a horrific incident in Galway. Emergency services were called to the scene in the village of Moycullen at approximately 3pm yesterday.

Independent.ie has learned that the woman, named locally as Teresa McDonagh, who was aged in her 60s, was attacked by two bullmastiff dogs at a home.

The animals were shot dead by neighbours who came to Ms McDonagh's aid at a house in Knockarasser, near Moycullen, Co Galway. It is believed she was visiting a relative at the time.

Ms McDonagh suffered horrific injuries in the attack and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her remains were moved to University Hospital Galway yesterday evening. A post-mortem is now expected to take place on the woman's body.
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Cloud Grey

Awesome time-lapse video of Undulatus Asperatus clouds in North Dakota

Mike Olbinski
YouTube
Sat, 03 Jun 2017 05:00 UTC
Undulatus asperatus clouds North Dakota
© YouTube/Mike Olbinski (screen capture)
All spring I chase storms across the United States to collect footage of supercells, lightning, tornadoes and whatever I might find. Generally I don't release any time-lapse clips from those chases until I put out my final end of season compilation film. But last night in North Dakota was too unreal to let sit on my hard drive for months.

We were chasing northeast of Bismarck, North Dakota and as storms were dying out, we decided to go for a lone cell on the backside of a line of storms. We knew it had a hail core on it and we were hoping that we might get some nice sunset color at least on the storm as it moved past us, and hopefully some lightning bolts. But we had no idea what we were about to encounter. The clouds were taking on a very different, curvy, wave-like appearance and suddenly we knew what we were seeing.

Undulatus asperatus clouds are a rare phenomenon and actually the newest named cloud type in over 60 years. I've seen tons of photos of them, but never anything like what we witnessed last night. We had a storm with hail in front of us and flashing lightning which was fantastic. But then we had this layer of undulatus clouds flowing across our view.


Comment: Further evidence of our changing atmosphere? See also:

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