Strong winds and driving rain were seen in Ishigaki, in Japan's southern Okinawa archipelago, as Typhoon Hinnamnor lingered in the area on Thursday, September 1.
Footage recorded by @mellows14605250 shows the conditions on the Okinawa prefecture island. Japan's Meteorological Agency said on Thursday that strong winds produced by Typhoon Hinnamnor were continuing in the area.
The agency said the storm could affect the island of Kyushu to the north as it moved across the East China Sea towards South Korea on September 5. Credit: @mellows14605250 via Storyful. News.com.au: bit.ly/3pGT90C
Favour Kamasah, a 30-year-old farmer together with her one-year-old son, Kofi Semenyo were killed by lightning at Ahlepedo-Dukpome in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region.
Mr Wemegah Eli, the Assembly man for the area, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the deceased, Favour, and son, died on the spot during the process of harvesting groundnut on the farm about 1500 hours.
"The deceased and some farmers were about to leave their farms after experiencing cloudy weather, when the incident happened," he said.
The Ebeko volcano 'decided' to greet pupils on Knowledge Day by throwing out a column of ash during a celebratory ceremony in Severo-Kurilsk, as seen in footage filmed on Thursday.
Gary Boyle Bangkok Post Fri, 02 Sep 2022 17:52 UTC
Flood water inundates cars, one with its lights still on, in Thalang district, Phuket, after hours of heavy rain on Friday morning.
Hours of heavy rain battered Thalang district of Phuket on Friday morning causing serious flooding in many areas, including in front of Phuket airport.
Downpours pounded the district from early Friday morning.
Residents reported flooding in front of Susco Muang Mai petrol station, Muang Thalang School and Phuket international airport. In the worst affected areas the water was waist high. Many cars were flooded, some up to their roof tops.
Richard Davies Floodlist Sat, 27 Aug 2022 16:38 UTC
A flood wave washed luxury hotel off the face of the earth.
The catastrophic flooding continues to cause widespread destruction in Pakistan, where 33 million people have now been affected, according to the government. The situation is likely to worsen over the coming days. and warnings have been issued for rising levels of the Indus and Kabul rivers.
Almost 1,000 Fatalities Reported
The number of people who have died as a result of monsoon rain and flooding in Pakistan since mid-June now stands at 982, including 316 children. The figure represents an increase of almost 300 deaths in the last week. As of 20 August, 692 fatalities were reported.
As of 27 August, 339 people had lost their lives in Sindh Province. Fatalities were also reported in Balochistan (234), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (195), Punjab (167), Azad Jammu and Kashmir (37), Gilgit-Baltistan (9) and Islamabad Capital Territory (1).
Pakistani authorities on Friday warned people in devastated southern Sindh province to move to safer places before more floodwater from the swollen Indus river is expected to hit the region this week.
The town of Shahdadkot in the province saw people moving their cattle through knee-deep water with many buildings also affected.
In May, some parts of Sindh were the hottest place in Pakistan. Now people are facing floods there that have caused an outbreak of waterborne diseases. Although flood waters continued to recede in most of the country, many districts in Sindh remained underwater.
The death toll from the flooding surged past 1,200, officials said Friday, with families and children at special risk of disease and homelessness.
Heavy rain has affected several states of Mexico over the last few days, with flooding or landslide reported in Coahuila, Sinaloa, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Morelos.
Coahuila
Heavy rain affected parts of Coahuila State, Mexico from 30 August 2022, in particular in northern areas of the state. State Civil Protection reported flooding in the municipalities of Acuña and Piedras Negras. One person died in Acuña as a result, one person was reported missing and at least 14 people were rescued. Around 147 mm of rain fell in Acuña in 24 hours to late 30 August.
Severe flooding struck in the municipality of Múzquiz from late 31 August 2022, causing severe damages. The state government said Múzquiz recorded 355.6 mm of rain.
One Ratan Yadav (40), son of Jogi Yadav, a resident of Watizore No 2 village of Kheroni Charali and Mahesh Chauhan (45), son of Paltan Chauhan of Dikhreng Tilha Basti died due to lightning strike on Thursday evening at around 1.30 pm.
According to information, Ratan Yadav and Mahesh Chauhan were hit by lightning strike when they were going to tie their cow, bullock and goat outside their house respectively.
The cow, bullock and goat also died in this lightning strike. Yadav left behind a son and a girl, whereas Chauhan left behind two daughters and three sons. A team of Kheroni police reached the site and sent the body for postmortem.
Flooding in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, has affected over 245,000 people over the last few days. The Ganges is above the danger mark in at least 5 locations, including Varanasi.
According to the National Emergency Response Centre (NERC) in India, flooding has affected over 1,000 villages across 22 districts in the state since 26 August 2022.
Authorities have opened 386 relief camps, which, as of 29 August, were housing 16,562 evacuees. As of 31 August NERC reported 245,585 people were affected. At least 4 people have died in the floods in the last few days.
Teams from National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force and Provincial Armed Constabulary have been deployed for relief and rescue operations.
On 31 August 2022 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath conducted an aerial survey of the flood affected areas and visited victims in Gazipur and Varanasi districts.
World Is Dangerous YouTube Thu, 01 Sep 2022 16:13 UTC
Cars get stuck in flooded Abilene roads, intersections
In Abilene, Lubbock, and the area of Fort Davis, several vehicles became submerged in high water. Numerous reports of high water were made in NW Texas, several cars and homes were flooded.
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