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Flash floods toll rises to 7 in Jazan, Saudi Arabia as heavy rain wreaks havoc in Mecca

Ramadan Al Sherbini
Gulf News
Wed, 07 Aug 2024 13:54 UTC
Flood havoc in Mecca region.
Flood havoc in Mecca region.
The death toll due to flash floods resulting from torrential rains that hit the Jazan region in south-western Saudi Arabia has risen to seven, according to a Saudi media report

The dead included a couple who were swept away in their car by flood waters while driving on a road linking the governorates of Al Aridhah and Ahad Al Msarihah in south east of the Jazan province.

Another man and his wife died after the partial collapse of a bridge connecting the governorates of Sabya and Abu Arish, Sabq news portal reported. Other members of the family were injured in the incident.

Later, civil defence teams retrieved bodies of three persons including two teenagers, and a 35-year-old man, who died in a flooded wadi (valley) in Jazan.

Heavy rain continued to lash different parts of Jazan until Wednesday morning. Rainy weather is likely to continue in the region.


Comment: Earlier report from 4 days prior: Flash flood kills one in Saudi Arabia's Jazan

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Tsunami

Flood inundates at least 100 homes, triggers state response in Juneau, Alaska - flooding a foot higher than last year's record-breaker

Claire Stremple & James Brooks
Alaska Beacon
Tue, 06 Aug 2024 13:32 UTC
A drone image shows widespread flooding in the Mendenhall Valley on Tuesday morning.
© Rich RossA drone image shows widespread flooding in the Mendenhall Valley on Tuesday morning.
Forty-three people spent the night in Juneau's emergency shelter at Floyd Dryden Middle School on Monday night as a record-high flood from the Mendenhall Glacier inundated homes.

Deputy City Manager Robert Barr said the total number of people who evacuated their homes is likely several times that; shelters are usually a last resort for people who cannot stay with family, friends or in a hotel.

"You can imagine how hard it would be to wake up with water in your house, not expecting there to be water in your house," he said.

The Juneau Assembly declared a local disaster emergency and requested state and federal assistance in an emergency meeting at noon Tuesday. Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared the flood a state emergency on Tuesday morning, and a federal disaster request is expected soon.

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Hardhat

Hailstorm havoc: Calgary airport and Alberta battered by cricket ball-sized hail on August 5

Natalia Gumińska
MSN
Wed, 07 Aug 2024 12:32 UTC
Harsimran Singh inspects hail damage
© Jim Wells/PostmediaHarsimran Singh inspects hail damage to his car in the northeast community of Redstone on Tuesday. Behind him, the siding on his neighbour's house was shredded by hail during Monday's storm.
Great chaos ensued in the Canadian province of Alberta and at Calgary Airport. A strong hailstorm significantly damaged the terminal building. Tourists claimed that the hail was the size of cricket balls.

The process of cleaning and estimating the damages from the hailstorm, which came with strong gusts of wind, is currently underway in the northern part of Calgary, in the province of Alberta. Meteorologists are still tracking the storm cell. Warnings of dangerous precipitation are still in effect in some regions.

We were pretty scared. Normally, I don't get scared during storms, but even I found myself a little bit like, 'oh, don't stand too close to the windows, said Netanya Winterburn, a resident of the Sage Hill district, as quoted by CBC News.

Broken car windows, dents in roofs, completely destroyed garden furniture, and all kinds of plants - these are the issues that the residents of the area now have to deal with.

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9 dead, 3 missing after mudslide in Nepal


MyRepublica
Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:57 UTC
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The body of 3-year-old Arush Thapa has been recovered from the landslide debris at Arupata, Badigad Rural Municipality-10 in Baglung. A team of security personnel deployed for the search operation to find the missing recovered the body.

With this, the death toll has reached nine in the Badigad landslide, with three people still missing.

Earlier, three people who were seriously injured in the landslide that buried their house at Arupata on Tuesday were rescued. Due to inclement weather, the injured could not be taken to a health facility immediately and were treated by health workers from the Nepali Army. They have now been taken to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.

The other injured have been taken to the Primary Health Centre in Burtibang.

Nine people were killed and 10 others injured when a landslide buried the house of Jog Bahadur Budha on Tuesday morning.

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Doberman

3-month-old boy dies from injuries after pit bull attack in Rochester, New York


13wham.com
Tue, 06 Aug 2024 11:33 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A 3-month-old boy died from his injuries after he was apparently attacked by dogs on the city's northwest side over the weekend, according to police.

Officers responded to Bidwell Terrace around 1 p.m. Saturday for a report that dogs had attacked an infant.

First responded found the boy with severe trauma, according to police. He was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Police said two pit bull-type dogs believed to have attacked the boy were seized from the home, as the circumstances leading up to his death remain under investigation.

A city spokesperson expects the dogs will be euthanized once the investigation is complete and a court order is received.

No charges have been filed. Anyone with information is asked to call the Rochester Police Department Major Crimes Unit at (585) 428-7157 or email MajorCrimes@CityofRochester.gov.

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Cloud Precipitation

Tropical Storm Debby drenches Georgia and South Carolina with rain, high water - foot of rainfall in 24 hours


AP
Wed, 07 Aug 2024 10:57 UTC
Savannah Fire Advanced Firefighters
© AP/Stephen B. MortonSavannah Fire Advanced Firefighters Andrew Stevenson, front, and Ron Strauss carry food to residents in the Tremont Park neighborhood that where stranded in flooding from Tropical Storm Debby, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Savannah, Ga.
Tropical Storm Debby drenched coastal cities in Georgia and South Carolina, stirred up tornadoes and submerged streets with waist-high floodwaters Tuesday, just the beginning of a prolonged storm that could dump staggering rain totals of up to 25 inches (64 centimeters).

Charleston and Savannah, Georgia, took the first blow, with up to a foot (30 centimeters) of rain falling along the coast between the two cities in just over 24 hours. Police blocked all roads into Charleston's downtown peninsula to everyone but essential workers and emergency personnel. Dozens of roads were closed in the historic city because of flooding similar to what it sees several times a year because of rising sea levels.

As Debby swirls just offshore, the heavy rain is expected to move north into parts of South and North Carolina that have already seen two billion-dollar floods in eight years.

In one Savannah neighborhood, firefighters used boats to evacuate some residents and waded through floodwaters to deliver bottled water and other supplies to those who refused to leave.

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Fish

Three-metre-long oarfish washes up on tourist beach in Salinas, Ecuador

Ryan Fahey
Mirror
Tue, 06 Aug 2024 10:29 UTC
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A fearsome three-metre-long oarfish has washed up on a tourist beach.

Holidaymakers and locals were stunned to spot the deep-sea beast on the sand. Beachgoers gathered around the rarely seen fish to pose for photos. The animal's long carcass was then removed from the beach by the authorities in the coastal city of Salinas, in Ecuador yesterday.

Considered a harbinger of earthquakes by some, locals have now been left wondering if a natural disaster is about to strike the area. Local Carlos wrote: "Let's get ready to see what's coming." Sebastian commented: "No way am I going to go to the coast this week."

Yet Romel remarked: "Oarfish come to the surface because they're very sensitive to the movement of the tectonic plates. But their appearance does not precede an earthquake." Another added: "I bet nothing happens in the coming days."

Oarfish are considered one of the longest fish in the ocean and can measure up to 17 metres in length and weigh over 441lbs.

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Cloud Precipitation

11 more perish in floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Ahtesham Khan
The Express Tribune
Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:39 UTC
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As many as 11 people, including five children, were killed when roofs of houses collapsed due to rains in Tank and Karak districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

Due to the heavy rains, a flood alert was issued in the rivers passing through Peshawar, Nowshera and Charsadda.

During the recent monsoon rains, the number of people killed in various incidents across the province soared to 53. The CM and governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have expressed their sorrow and grief over the loss of life and property.

The rains are continuing in the upper and plains of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, while flooding persists due to a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF)in Chitral. As per reports, there was still a high level of flooding in the Chitral River.


Comment: At the end of July: At least 35 dead from floods in northwest Pakistan

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SOTT Focus: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - July 2024: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs


Sott.net
Mon, 05 Aug 2024 22:43 UTC
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Rainy season in the northern hemisphere is breaking records again pointing to an accumulation of cometary dust, volcanic particles, and electric imbalance of our Earth electric field.

After battering the Caribbean and parts of southeastern Mexico, Hurricane Beryl dumped heavy rain and flooding in Texas, knocking out power to nearly 3 million homes and businesses. Vermont and New England were also hit hard by the remnants of Beryl, with more than 6 inches of rain in 24 hours causing flash flooding that affected large areas.
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Cloud Precipitation

Strong hailstorm hits the city of Turin, Italy causing a lot of damage on August 2

Marco Castelli
ilmeteo.it
Sun, 04 Aug 2024 13:14 UTC
hailstones as big as walnuts, trees fall on the road on cars
Violent hailstorm in Turin: hailstones as big as walnuts.
A strong thunderstorm hit the city of Turin around 6:00 PM on Friday, August 2.

The storm core caused local lightning, strong winds and hail, even medium-sized, which also destroyed the rear windows of some cars parked in the central-eastern neighborhoods of the Piedmont capital.

Temperatures plummeted from 32 to 24 degrees in the space of about ten minutes.

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