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Thunderstorms cause widespread flooding in the Netherlands

Janene Pieters
nltimes.nl
Thu, 02 Jun 2016 20:45 UTC
Flooded streets in Asten, Brabant, 1 June 2016
© @dennisvdkolk/TwitterFlooded streets in Asten, Brabant, 1 June 2016
Meteorological institute KNMI issued a code yellow warning for thunderstorms in the Netherlands for the sixth day in a row on Thursday. The storms are expected to hit the eastern parts of the country during the afternoon and evening.

The code yellow warning applies to the provinces Noord-Brabant, Limburg, Gelderland, Drenthe, Groningen and Overijssel. It'll be in effect between 2:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

According to the KNMI, the storms will be accompanied by strong wind and heavy rains, between 30 and 40 mm/hour. There is also chance of lightning strikes. "Avoid open waters and open areas, do not take shelter under trees. Follow weather reports and warnings", the institute writes.

The A74 highway from Germany in the direction of Venlo will be closed all Thursday due toe flooding, according to traffic service VID.

Floods Netherlands
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Attention

Planetary upheaval: More volcanoes erupted last week than during entire (average) year in 20th century

Mario Picazo
The Weather Network
Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:41 UTC
sinabung
Mount Sinabung is just one of the 130 volcanoes that extend along the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.
Several volcanos around the world were very active last week spewing enormous amounts of ash and gas into the atmosphere and forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. But it's not all just about volcanic activity, there has also been quite a bit of earthquake activity along some the volcano impacted areas, especially in the Pacific Ring of Fire.

During the last 10 days close to 40 volcanos worldwide have been showing signs of activity and great deal of them, 34, are located along the very active Ring Fire.

Considering that in the 20th century the average number of volcanic eruptions was 35 per year, what we are seeing just this week is above last century's average for an entire year. This increasing volcanic activity around the the Ring of Fire is not new...


Comment: Wait, what?! How you they say that after what they said right before it?!
"This is a completely new phenomenon... and it's nothing new!"
Sounds like doublespeak to us.


...the region is home to 452 volcanoes, 75% of all earth's, and geologists have been warning that this 25,000 mile stretch of active and dormant volcanoes is becoming more unstable in recent years.

Comment: The following graph from our WorldView shows a clear increase in volcanic eruptions in the past year:


See also: Shake, rattle and roll: 3 volcanic eruptions and 2 strong earthquakes in 48 hours

We're now seeing what used to be a yearly average occurring every week!

Things are heating up...

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill two in Pirojpur, Bangladesh


en.prothom-alo.com
Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:15 UTC
Lightning strike
Two people were killed by separate peals of lightning in Mathbaria upazila on Tuesday.

The deceased were identified as Khairul Islam, 11, son of Monir Hossain of Betmore village, and Sumi Akhter, wife of Ruhul Amin Sardar of Tushkhali village in the upazila.

Mathbaria upazila nirbahi officer SM Farid Uddin said Khairul died on the spot as a thunderbolt struck him at noon when he went to a beel (water body) in Betmore village to catch fish during rain.

Besides, Sumi was killed by another lightning strike in Tushkhali village while she was working near the house in the afternoon.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills two in Pune, India


The Indian Express
Thu, 02 Jun 2016 20:05 UTC
Lightning
The incident took place near Council Hall police chowky, when the two persons standing under a tree were killed due to a lightening shock around 7 pm, Bundgarden police said.

Two persons were killed after being struck by the lightning which occurred during the pre-monsoon showers that lashed the city on Wednesday evening. The incident took place near Council Hall police chowky, when the two persons standing under a tree were killed due to a lightning shock around 7 pm, Bundgarden police said. Police have identified the deceased as Gautam Laxman Veer (54), a resident of Akurdi who worked as an attendant at the National Institute of Virology, and Balayya Mark Pidatala (63), a resident of Ghorpadi who worked as an attendant at the office of Public Works Department.

The Met department recorded 4 mm rainfall in the city.

Baner, Singhagad Road, Kothrud, Kondhwa, Wanowrie, Maval, Chakan and various parts of Pimpri Chinchwad experienced partiicularly heavy showers. Many parts of the city plunged into darkness after electricity lines snapped. Trees were also reported uprooted at many places.
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Wolf

Pack of dogs attack 14 children in India


Deccan Herald
Thu, 02 Jun 2016 17:23 UTC
Stray dogs
© Sumit MalhotraStray dogs
A pack of stray dogs attacked 14 children playing in front of their homes in Shahenshah Nagar on Wednesday. The injured children are receiving treatment at the SNR District Hospital, while the seriously injured Kulsum (5), Shakina (4) and Tasleem (5) are being treated at the R L Jalappa Hospital.

There are many butcher shops in the vicinity and the waste thrown onto the streets from these shops attract stray dogs. Earlier, the dogs have attacked riders and passersby. Numerous complaints to the municipal authorities about the dog attacks and the reckless disposal of waste on the streets have gone unheard, said the local residents and parents of the injured children.

Dog attack

Comment: See also: Pack of stray dogs kill 10-yr-old child in Baheri, India; death toll reaches 9 in 18 months

92-year-old woman dies following attack by pack of dogs in Olympia, Washington

3-yr-old boy dies following attack by stray dog pack in Warangal, India

Baby found dead in Fraser Town, India; police suspect dog pack attack

Woman mauled by pack of 6 dogs dies in Dallas

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Attention

Dead minke whale found washed up on Fife beach in Scotland

Sarah Vesty
Daily Record
Thu, 02 Jun 2016 16:44 UTC
Dead Minke whale on the beach at St Andrews
Dead Minke whale on the beach at St Andrews
A 23ft whale has washed up on a popular Scots beach after becoming tangled in fishing gear and drowning.

The mammal, which is believed to be an adult male Minke whale, was spotted lying on the West Sands beach in St Andrews, Fife, on Wednesday evening.

Experts from the SRUC's Marine Animal Strandings Scheme travelled to the scene today to carry out an autopsy on the massive mammal.

Members of the public are being urged not to touch the whale and to simply observe it from afar over fears the animal could be carrying infectious bacteria.

Expert Dr Andrew Brownlow said: "There's a huge public interest in this because they're amazing animals that are from our coastline and I think there's a certain level of wonder about the size of them given that they are mammals.
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Cloud Lightning

Two farmers were killed by lightning bolt in Cambodia

Pav Suy
Khmer Times
Thu, 02 Jun 2016 15:05 UTC
Lightning
Two farmers were killed by a lightning strike in Banteay Meanchey province yesterday, according to police.

The men, a father and his son-in-law, were changing their tractor's tires near their rice field in Thmey Thma Pouk district's Khang Lech village on their way home at about 3:30pm when the storm struck, district deputy police chief So Chhea said.

"The two men were at the rice field changing their wheels after plowing the rice field in the rain while traveling back home. Our forces went to the scene, but the victims had already died. They were under a large tree when the lightning struck," Mr. Chhea said.

He added that in a given year there are typically two to three lightning-related deaths in the area. Last year, a fisherman was struck and killed nearby.

Phum Thmey commune police administrator Yim Sokha identified the father-in-law as 50-year-old Yong Ya and his son-in-law as 31-year-old Ky Sophal.
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Attention

Shark bites off surfer's leg near Perth, Australia


BBC
Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:35 UTC
Emergency services tend to the injured surfer
© Mandurah Mail Emergency services tend to the injured surfer
A surfer is in a critical condition after a shark bit off his leg at a beach in Western Australia.

Ben Gerring, 29, was in the water near Mandurah, south of Perth, when the attack occurred.

The attack occurred at around 16:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on Tuesday, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.

Local media reports said Mr Gerring was resuscitated before he was taken to hospital. He has undergone surgery and remains in a critical condition.

"He was right out the back looking to get a big wave, one of the set waves that had been coming through during the day," Brian Williams, president of the Mandurah Boardriders Club and friend of the victim, told ABC.


Ambulance and police officers help a critically injured surfer after a shark ripped off his leg in an attack in Western Australia
© AFP/Getty ImagesAmbulance and police officers help a critically injured surfer after a shark ripped off his leg in an attack in Western Australia
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Hardhat

Space rock? Two waves of loud booms shake ground, shatter windows in Iasi, Romania

TW
The Watchers
Thu, 02 Jun 2016 13:48 UTC
Iasi, Romania
© Ana via Romaniadacia.wordpress
Two waves of very loud explosions were heard in and around the Romanian city of Iasi around 10:30 UTC (13:30 local time) on June 1, 2016. Witnesses say that sonic booms were heard in a diameter of 50 - 75 km (31 to 46 miles) around Iasi, shattering windows and shaking the ground two times within 15 minutes.

Although there are no official explanations as of yet, reports we received describe the event as similar to the February 2013 meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, injuring more than 1,000 people and damaging more than 3,000 structures.

Our reader from Iasi said:
It felt like a group of waves, that hit one after the other. Some glass was broken in apartments, the furniture was shaken, but it was not a simple earthquake, and the sound was identical to a sonic boom and very very similar to this Russia meteor sound shockwave.
The weather was very cloudy, so I can't tell if there was any smoke or trace of anything. 15 minutes after the first wave there was another. It was less powerful, but it lasted longer, for about 5 minutes. After the bang, lights from the house and the TV turned themselves off and came back on after a few seconds.

No one knows what happened, but a lot of people heard and felt it, from the center of the city to the areas located some 50 or 75 km from the center. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any news about craters found or recordings of the event yet. There are some photos of shattered glass, and one local mall was affected, but officials either keep quiet or they answer it wasn't them.

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Snowflake

Rare 'snow' hits tropical Zimbabwe

Robert
Ice Age Now
Wed, 01 Jun 2016 13:22 UTC
Snow in Zimbabwe
© Mlandeli Ndlela
Reached a depth of 30 cm (12 inches)

The "Zimbabwe Snowfall" of last Friday was not a hoax, but real. Albeit it was technically not snow, but a form of sleet, frozen rain. There have been thunder storms and very low temperatures.

It is the first time this weather phenomenon has been experienced in tropical Zimbabwe. The depth of the ice was 30 cm and it all happened within a small radius of 5 km.

A real trail of destruction was left behind, vegetables and houses were damaged, trees were being stripped off of their leaves while many small animals like rabbits and snakes died.

The meteorological services department has described the "snow" that fell in lower Gwero last Friday as a rare sleet phenomenon that has taken place in the country for the first time in history."

Earlier news items were a bit skeptical, but it turned out it was not a hoax, it was really true.

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