Scott Sistek Fox Weather Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:02 UTC
At least 80 people were injured Wednesday evening during an outdoor Louis Tomlinson concert in Colorado when a storm carrying golf-ball-sized hail moved over the stadium and relentlessly pelted the crowd.
Medics raced to the Red Rocks Amphitheater just after 9 p.m. to find 80 to 90 people injured - mostly cuts but some victims with broken bones, according to West Metro Fire. Seven people were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Videos from the crowd show a chaotic scene as people were struck by the hail, with victims showing off multiple welts and bruises as hail piled up on the ground and torrential rains instantly turned parts of the stadium into raging rivers.
The northwest of the Region of Murcia was subjected to huge storms, sudden torrential downpours and even hail yesterday, Wednesday June 21, the first official day of summertime.
Just when it seemed the rainy season was over, the heavy precipitation led the Argos River to overflow in Caravaca de la Cruz and Cehegín, and there were 26 separate calls to emergency services for flooding in people's homes.
According to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), in the area around Caravaca up to 41 litres of water were recorded in just one hour and 11.6 litres in just 10 minutes, causing the rains to wash away several rubbish containers, while hailstones "as big as golf balls," according to one witness also caused heavy damage to the peach, almond and apricot orchards.
Two children died after being struck by lightning at Jalalabad village of Raninagar upazila in Naogaon on Wednesday noon.
The deceased were identified as Samiul Islam, 10, and Rifat Hossain, 3, sons of Lavlu Fakir of the village. Lavlu Fakir has no children except these two sons.
Selim Reza, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Raninagar Police Station, said the two brothers were playing at the courtyard of their house when a streak lightning struck them, leaving the duo critically injured.
Later, they were taken to the Upazila Health Complex where they died.
The bodies were later handed over to the family, the officer added.
Nearly 3,000 head of cattle died from hypothermia in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state in recent days, according to a statement posted on the website of local veterinary services on Wednesday.
The deceased animals represent a tiny fraction of Brazil's cattle herd of about 224 million head and their deaths and are unlikely to compromise beef production at meatpackers like JBS, which operate in the state.
But they drew attention as they are uncommon. Temperatures in the most affected areas ranged from 6 to 9 degrees Celsius (43 to 48 degrees Fahrenheit), according to local press reports.
Alcides Torres, owner of agribusiness consultancy Scot Consultoria, said local cattle breeds can withstand the low temperatures of the country's winter, which started today.
"Brazil exports live cattle for slaughtering in Turkey below snow," Torres said. "It was the cold but there was something else."
A video taken by tourists recorded a monster avalanche in the snowy mountains of Oytagh Glacier Park in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on June 19.
Large masses of snow tumbled down from the mountaintop and quickly covered the hillside.
Workers at Oytagh Glacier Park believe the recent rise in temperature caused the snow to melt, resulting in the avalanche.
The site of the avalanche is a no-man's land. So far, there has been no report of casualties or property damage.
Laura Wille Yocham enjoyed a spectacular display of weather from the Sanibel Island beach she was walking along on Wednesday (June 20). She saw a whirling column of air and water mist in the Gulf of Mexico, or more commonly known as a water spout.
"I was out on the beach shelling, turned around and there it was," Yocham said. "So amazing!"
Yocham pulled out her smartphone and took a 17-second video of the awesome display of weather. She is from Kansas and it was her first time seeing a water spout. She is staying at the Island Inn on Sanibel.
"My husband and I got married here at the Inn, on the beach, in 2014." Yocham said. "My husband and I have come every year since 2013. I brought my Mom and her best friend down to go shelling. We're having a blast. So happy to be supporting the Island after Hurricane Ian. Prayers for a full recovery for everyone."
AccuWeather's Tony Laubach captured this incredible video of side-by-side tornadoes forming in Washington County, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 21.
A line of severe storms produced multiple tornadoes Wednesday evening on the Rolling Plains in Texas, killing at least three people and causing significant damage around the northern town of Matador.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported that the storms also produced softball-size hail and wind gusts topping 100 mph (161 kph) in other communities including Jayton, which also was under a tornado warning as the line moved southeast Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service in Lubbock.
Matador Mayor Pat Smith said at least three people had been killed, that others may be injured and that there was "a whole lot of damage," The New York Timesreported.
There were widespread power outages across the Rolling Plains, including more than 700 customers without power in the Jayton area, according to South Plains Electric Cooperative.
The worst damage appeared to be in Matador — a town of about 570 people 70 miles (112 kilometers) northeast of Lubbock in Motley County.
Torrential rainfall and strong winds due to the depression caused by the remnant of Cyclone Biparjoy have left large swathes of land in Banaskantha marooned with farmers suffering heavy damage to their fields.
Deesa taluka has been pounded by 200 mm of rainfall in two days. The region has been paralyzed as connectivity to many flooded villages has been snapped and property worth crores ravaged.
An estimated 500 hectares of land in Deesa taluka alone has been inundated with farms under four to five feet of water.
In a tragic incident, two elephants were killed by lightning strike at the Bamandanga tea estate in north Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday night, forest department officials said.
Jayanta Mondal, additional divisional forest officer of Jalpaiguri division, said, "We have launched a search operation to find our if more elephants died in the forest areas."
"Though the elephants seemed to have died because of lightning strike, the post mortem is being conducted following standard procedure," said a second forest official who visited the site.
