Powerful storms in Olešnice in the Blansko region have left the town looking like winter. The streets were covered with hail, making many of the streets unnavigable.
Firefighters worked until late at night dealing with the aftermath of the storm, which according to meteorologists was possibly a dangerous supercell. Other regions are also dealing with the aftermath of the storm.
This is not the first time that a freak storm has wrought havoc in Olešnice. Twenty years ago, another severe storm brought heavy rainfall and flash floods, leaving two dead.
A woman from a First Nation in northern Saskatchewan says she's mourning her older brother after he was attacked by two dogs while mowing a neighbour's lawn.
Giselle Thomas of Witchekan First Nation says her brother, 43-year-old Noel Thomas, was killed June 1 when the neighbour's dogs charged at him from behind and bit his leg and hand.
She says neighbours walking by heard her brother yell for help and had their dogs attack the other dogs to get them off him.
Giselle Thomas says her brother stood for a little bit and walked around then suddenly collapsed.
She says 911 was called, but her brother was pronounced dead at the scene.
Around 300,000 people of five upazilas of Sylhet district have been marooned due to an onrush of water from upstream and heavy showers.
Low-lying areas, inclusive of houses, roads, educational institutions and shops of the upazilas, were inundated.
There have been heavy rains since Wednesday morning, which worsened the flood situation.
More than 300 villages, educational institutions, and roads in Companiganj, Gowainghat, and Jaintapur upazilas went under water. Forty-two shelters have been opened in Gowainghat for the flood-hit people.
Richard Davies Floodlist Fri, 17 Jun 2022 09:51 UTC
Disaster authorities in Nepal report heavy rain has caused flooding and landslides in the country over the last few days, causing fatalities and destroying homes.
In a period from 10 to 17 June, 7 people had died, 4 houses were destroyed, 4 were damaged and a total of 18 families affected.
Two people died when flash floods struck in Khandachakra municipality in Kalikot District of Karnali Province on 16 June.
Heavy rainfall has also caused landslides in at least 11 locations. One person died on Tripurasundari rural municipality, Dhading District, Bagmati Province on 10 June, and 2 more fatalities were reported in Paribartan Rural municipality, Rolpa District Lumbini Province on 12 June.
Two further fatalities were reported after a landslide in Anbu Khaireni Municipality in Tanahu District on 15 June 2022.
At least 6 people have died in a landslide Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), after heavy rainfall on 16 June 2022.
The landslide occurred in Mossikro in the commune of Attécoubé. At least 2 homes collapsed, burying residents inside. Search and rescue teams from Police, Civil Protection and the Military Fire Service (GSPM) attended the scene. As of late 16 June, firefighters confirmed 6 people had died and 2 were injured. The injured were taken to Treichville University Hospital by ambulance.
As much as 113 mm of rain fell in 24 hours to 16 June in Abidjan.
Yesterday afternoon there was one of the largest and strongest hailstorms in the upper Modena Apennines, from Frignano (from Serramazzoni to Lama Mocogno, from Fiumalbo to Pievepelago) to the entire Dragone Valley (Frassinoro, Montefiorino and Palagano).
In the evening, the regional network detected 70 mm of precipitation on the Cimone (which remained 'whitened' above 1500 meters above sea level), 40 on the Polle, and from 25 to 30 mm in the downstream municipalities.
Impressive the size of some hail up to about ten centimeters immortalized at Dogana di Fiumalbo, Palagano, Serramazzoni and La Verna di Montefiorino.
In Pievepelago there were no grains of exceptional size as elsewhere, but here the accumulations in the town have reached 20 centimeters in height, bringing a mid-winter landscape.
While much of the province has rain on the brain, it looks like winter forgot to leave one community. It's still a winter wonderland in Elkford, B.C., which is blanketed in a thick layer of snow.
Lightning struck 30 small cattle in a high-altitude pasture in the Toktogul district of Jalal-Abad region, Head of the Jalal-Abad regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Abdulnasir Zakirov said.
The accident happened on the night of June 14-15 at Ak-Tash pasture.
Cattle breeder Rustom Tagaikulov sustained damage in the form of 30 sheep and goats.
A historically massive tundra fire is burning within approximately 3.5 miles from the lower Yukon River community of St. Mary's, according to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the fire agency responding to the blaze. The fire has moved 1.5 miles closer to the community since Saturday. It has also spread eastward and is approximately 7.5 miles from Pilot Station. To the west, it is burning 18 miles from Mountain Village. A second fire is burning 24 miles north of Mountain Village. Meanwhile, a different fire is moving closer to upper Kuskokwim River communities.
"The next 72 hours are critical," the BLM wrote in a statement on Sunday morning.
Approximately 145 people from St. Mary's, Pitkas Point, Mountain Village, and Pilot Station have flown to Bethel where they are being housed at the National Guard Armory and Gladys Jung Elementary School. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation is organizing the flights and housing. On Saturday, eight Red Cross volunteers arrived in Bethel to assist.
