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Cloud Precipitation

Severe flash floods in Missouri after record rainfall of 7 inches in just 5 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Wed, 27 Jul 2022 10:33 UTC
Flood rescue in St Louis, Missouri, USA, July 2022.
© West County EMS and FireFlood rescue in St Louis, Missouri, USA, July 2022.
Record rainfall caused severe flash flooding in parts of Missouri on 26 July 2022. The Mayor of St Louis has declared a state of emergency, while emergency services have rescued dozens of people from trapped vehicles and flooded homes. St Louis Fire Department reported at least one fatality.

National Weather Service (NWS) St. Louis reported a record 7.02 inches (178 mm) of rain in 5 hours early on 26 July 2022, surpassing the old record of 6.85″ (174 mm) recorded in August 1915.

"Historic rainfall event causing widespread flash flooding this morning," NWS St Louis said, adding that "rainfall totals varied immensely across the area. While some locations were shattering records, others saw only a trace of rain."

The city of St Peters in St. Charles County recorded 12.86 inches (326.6 mm) in 24 hours to 26 July 2022. St Louis saw 7.79 inches (198 mm), and Hannibal and Auxvasse both recorded 6.10 inches (155 mm) during the same period.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill 18 in two days in Uttar Pradesh, India


NDTV
Wed, 27 Jul 2022 10:20 UTC
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A total of 18 people have been killed in incidents of lightning strike in Uttar Pradesh over the past two days, officials said Tuesday.

They said 12 were killed on Tuesday -- seven in Kaushambi and five Prayagraj -- and the rest six on Monday -- four in Ghazipur and two in Bhadohi. According to a government statement, in Kaushambi, five persons in Chail tehsil have lost their lives, while one each died in Manjhanpur tehsil and in Sirathu.

Superintendent of Police of Kaushambi Hemraj Meena said the deceased have been identified as Bittan Devi (60), Basant Pasi (45), Munna (13), Dharmendra (33), Ranjana Devi (19), Ramprasad (50) and Laxmi Devi (31).

The death happened on Tuesday, he said.
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Seismograph

At least 4 dead, 60 hurt as shallow magnitude 7 earthquake hits northern Philippines


Al Jazeera
Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:56 UTC
A handout photo made available by the Bureau
© Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)/EPAA handout photo made available by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) shows a collapsed building following an earthquake that Abra province in the Philippines main island of Luzon
Shallow quake was measured at above 7 magnitude and collapsed buildings near the epicentre in northern Abra province.

At least four people have died and 60 others were injured by a powerful earthquake in the northern Philippines, the country's interior minister has said.

The 8:43am (00:43 GMT) quake on Wednesday struck the mountainous and lightly populated province of Abra on Luzon, the country's main and most populous island, causing small landslides and collapsing some houses. The tremors caused high-rise towers to shake more than 400km (249 miles) away in the capital, Manila, which is located on the south of the island.

The earthquake was measured at a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 by the US Geological Survey (USGS), 7.2 by the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) and 7.3 by the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

Phivolcs later revised the magnitude down to 7.0. Still, the earthquake was strongest to have hit the Philippines in years.

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Incredible double waterspout off the coast of Gelendzhik, Russia

Meteored
YouTube
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 20:17 UTC
spouts
This impressive phenomenon formed in the waters of the Black Sea, forcing the evacuation of some beaches.

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Sun

Recent heatwave shows real science is being ignored - normal weather is treated as a catastrophic event

Chris Morrison
Daily Sceptic
Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:25 UTC
heat wave britain fear porn scary
© BBCMetOffice UK punts the climate fear porn, July 2022
The recent brief heatwave in the U.K. and parts of Europe provides a textbook case of how the weather is being catastrophised to serve the interests of the command-and-control Net Zero agenda. The U.K. heatwave was exceptionally hot, but according to Professor Cliff Mass, this "extraordinary extreme event" is a sign that "global warming played a very small role in this event".

According to Mass, the golden rule of climate extremes is: "The more extreme a climate or weather record is, the greater the contribution of natural variability and the smaller the contribution of human-caused global warming."

Mass is Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington. He does not rule out the involvement of human-caused global warming, but is dismissive of much of the ludicrous scaremongering that dominates the media. "The truth and overwhelming evidence provide a different story: the recent European heatwave is mainly the result of natural processes, but was enhanced modestly by human-caused global warming," he writes.

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Snowflake

New Zealand ski resort closes due to too much snow


SnowBrains
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 18:43 UTC
Is there even such a thing as too much?!
Is there even such a thing as too much?!
Ski resorts in the southern hemisphere are having a great season with massive snowstorms dumping feet of snow on the mountains. In fact, there was too much at this ski field in New Zealand.

Mt Lyford Alpine Resort near Christchurch announced on social media on Friday that it would not be opening—due to too much snow.
SORRY We tried. We are not going to make opening today. There is just too much snow on our road, the visibility is not improving. The lifts also have a good amount of rime ice on them so we will be spending the rest of the day getting everything sorted for a sunny Saturday with plenty of pow.

- Mt Lyford Alpine Resort
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Cloud Precipitation

Central African Republic - Floods cause fatalities, hundreds of homes destroyed

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Tue, 26 Jul 2022 17:32 UTC
Flood damage in Bangui, Central African Republic
© Croix-Rouge CentrafricaineFlood damage in Bangui, Central African Republic, July 2022.
According to local media reports, heavy rain and flash flooding affected the capital Bangui and surrounding areas. The city recorded 183 mm of rain in 48 hours to 23 July 2022.

At least 3 children were reported missing after being swept away on the floods in two separate incidents. Six people were taken to hospital to be treated for injuries sustained during the severe weather. Around 250 homes collapsed and many more were damaged or flooded, leaving thousands homeless. Some of those left homeless took refuge in religious buildings or schools. There were no reports that the Ubangi River had broken its banks.

Severe weather also affected other areas of the country. In the prefecture of Lobaye, situated south of the capital, 9 people from the same family died in the village of Bouchia due to falling trees. Further north in Haute-Kotto prefecture, heavy rain caused the walls of a house to collapse in Bria, leaving one person dead and 3 injured.

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Cloud Lightning

Lighting strikes kill 20 in a day in Bihar, India

Nitish Chandra
IndiaTV
Tue, 26 Jul 2022 17:12 UTC
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Lighting strikes claimed the lives of at least 20 people in separate incidents in eight districts of Bihar on Tuesday, officials said. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced an ex-gratia of Rs four lakh while extending his condolences to the family of the deceased.

"My deepest condolences to the affected families. An ex-gratia of Rs four lakh will be given immediately to the next of kin of all the deceased," the CM said in a statement issued on Tuesday.

He also appealed to the people to keep vigil during bad weather and follow suggestions issued by the disaster management department. "Stay at home and stay safe in bad weather," he said.

Kaimur district reported the highest number of seven deaths in lightning strikes, followed by four each in Bhojpur and Patna and one each in Jahanabad, Arwal, Rohtash, Siwan and Aurangabad.

(With Inputs from PTI)
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills 2 in Jharkhand, India


New Indian Express
Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:47 UTC
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Two persons including a woman were killed when lightning struck them in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on Tuesday.

The victims Balram Yadav (56) and Manmati Devi (45) were grazing cattle in a field when thunderbolt struck, killing them on the spot on Monday, the police said.

The bodies have been sent to Medinirai Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem.

Deputy Commissioner Anjaneyulu Dodde told PTI that a compensation of Rs 4 lakh would be provided to the victims family from Disaster Management fund.

Source: PTI
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Attention

Video shows peat landslide in Shetland, two documented in just one month

Dave Petley
Advanced Earth Space & Science
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:53 UTC
landslide peat
The 24 July 2022 landslide at Vidlin Junction in Shetland. Image from the Shetland News.
The Shetland islands, off the far north coast of Scotland, are covered with large amounts of blanket bog. In such settings, exceptional rainfall and/or disturbance of the peat by human activity can trigger peat landslides - there was for example a large failure at Scalloway in Shetland in 2012 and there were multiple peat landslides in a heavy rainfall event in Shetland in September 2003 (Dykes and Warburton 2008).

On 4 July 2022 a landslide was triggered on the Mid Kames Ridge in Shetland. There is a Youtube video of the setting of the Mid Kames Ridge taken from a drone, including views of the access roads and pads for a large windfarm, which includes 103 turbines across several sites, and which is under construction by Viking Energy. There seems to be little dispute that the peat landslide was associated with the windfarm construction.

Comment: Check out the awesome and rather terrifying video of a peat landslide from 2020, which, notably, was also blamed on a nearby windfarm: Huge landslide at peat bog in Donegal, Ireland

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