The first tropical threat of the hurricane season in Florida drenched the southern part of the state, leaving behind flooded streets, motorists calling for help from stranded cars and even a sewage overflow.
In Miami, drivers faced slashing rains and impassable streets that disrupted the city and surrounding areas throughout Saturday. The city's fire department responded to several people caught in cars amid the rising waters, rescuing residents from flooded areas and bringing them to higher ground. Six high-water vehicles with mammoth tires were deployed in the city, the department said on Twitter.
Winds of 40 miles per hour did not meet the threshold necessary for the system to be classified as Tropical Storm Alex, but they did slosh water into the downtown area, which lapped up against sandbags and door frames.
The storm brought more than 10 inches of rain to Miami over a 72-hour span, according to AccuWeather. Key Largo, about 70 miles south of the city, received 11 inches, and Biscayne Park, north of Miami, was hit with 11.6.
Summer weather is back in Wyoming as evidenced by Tuesday's weather. It was nice and springy in some areas while other parts of experienced a bit more excitement like tornadoes, funnel clouds, and hail.
The National Weather Service of Cheyenne sent out a note on Wednesday morning wondering if anyone had more information about a funnel cloud spotted just east of Lusk.
"Quite the capture!" they wrote of the "brief tornado" which was taken near Duck Creek Ranch just north of Highway 20 at around 2:30pm.
The photo was taken by Garrett Wurdeman and shared with KNEB-TV in Nebraska.
Tornado Chaser Reed Timmer was paying attention to this twister. He had high regard for it.
A severe storm brought damaging wind and hail to Omaha, Nebraska, on Tuesday, June 7, footage shows.
A severe hailstorm turned a street in Omaha into a flowing river as strong storms affected Nebraska on June 7.
Severe thunderstorms were expected to also affect parts of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri on Tuesday.
Jimmie Johnson filmed this video that shows floodwaters washing down a street and hailstones falling during the storm.
The local National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the area, forecasting possible tornadoes, hail, and wind gusts up to 75 mph on Tuesday.
Two people including a woman were killed in a lightning strike in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Thursday morning.
The deceased were identified as Khairul Islam, 48, and Merina Begum, 37.
Officer-in-Charge of Shibganj Thana Chowdhury Jobaer Ahmad confirmed the news.
They were collecting mangoes during a storm at Akhina village under Chakkiti union of the upazila. The thunderbolt struck them, leaving them dead on the spot, he said.
Farms across France were hit by heavy hail and fierce storms over the weekend, the National Farmers' Union Federation (FNSEA) said on Monday, while their counterparts in Italy warned of the impact of drought on crop yields.
Hail, strong winds and torrential rain caused damage in nearly 65 departments of France, affecting wheat as well as fruit crops and vineyards, the FNSEA said in a statement.
"The damage is very significant, with some farms seeing 100% of their crop affected," the statement said.
The wheat harvest is approaching in France, the world's fourth-largest wheat exporter.
Comment: For months, world leaders have been warning of a looming global famine, and it would appear that unless unprecedented action is taken it's unlikely that the last two years (and more) of incompetence and corruption - exemplified by the lockdowns - can be rectified, and, indeed, mass starvation is up ahead:
Heavy rain has affected areas of southern Chile and southern Argentina since 06 June 2022. Flooding in Chile has damaged roads and homes, prompting evacuations. Meanwhile one person died and serval were injured after the rain triggered a mudslide in the province of Río Negro, Argentina.
Areas of Los Ríos Region in Chile and Río Negro Province in Argentina saw over 50 mm of rain in 24 hours to 07 June 2022.
Belgium was hit by thunderstorms and banks of heavy rain on Sunday, causing flash flooding that disrupted rail traffic, closed motorway exits, and led to the evacuation of a nursing home and affected festivals.
While the Brussels-Capital Region was spared from any damage, the flooding mainly occurred in the city of Landen in the Flemish Brabant province, where the rain caused the heaviest floods in 20 years.
The municipality's crisis unit was deployed but had difficulty reaching critical locations, Landen mayor Gino Debroux told VRT. "Our municipality has been very badly affected. The crisis unit has come together."
As a result, rail traffic between Landen and Ezemaal was disrupted from 14:30 until 19:00 and diverted via Hasselt. Delays of over an hour were reported, and replacement buses were deployed between Landen and Leuven. The international Thalys and Eurostar trains were also disrupted.
Comment: For months, world leaders have been warning of a looming global famine, and it would appear that unless unprecedented action is taken it's unlikely that the last two years (and more) of incompetence and corruption - exemplified by the lockdowns - can be rectified, and, indeed, mass starvation is up ahead:
- Egypt's finance minister echoes warning of looming global famine where 'millions could die', intends to remove country's bread subsidies
- Wheat crops across the planet under threat from extreme weather, world output set to drop for first time
- 20+ million affected by African droughts
- Hailstones pile up as heavy storms hit Germany - up to half-a-metre high
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