May snow in Upper Michigan
The May 1 snowfall received mixed reactions from social media users. While many users expressed disappointment, a select few expressed excitement about the latest snowfall.
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May snow in Upper Michigan
The May 1 snowfall received mixed reactions from social media users. While many users expressed disappointment, a select few expressed excitement about the latest snowfall.
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"Yesterday and today snow came back on the northeastern mountains of Italy," says Dr Poletto.
"This is a photo taken this morning by Massimo, a friend of mine, living near Pordenone
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However, he says that by the time his deputies got there, there was no evidence of people nor explosions
Residents in the area report hearing loud explosions that shake their homes several times over the span of a few months.
One mother says the explosions frighten her children and her pets, but she also worries for other vulnerable populations.
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This is a 'fire rainbow' (or the scientific name: circumhorizontal arc - here's one from a year ago on WHNT.com.)
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The Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Service described the discovery, which was widely shared online, as "peculiar".
Nicknamed Monty Python, the baby carpet python died just weeks after it was found in March.
Experts said the snake's third eye, on top of its head, appeared to be a natural mutation.
Rangers discovered it near the town of Humpty Doo, 40km (25 miles) south-east of Darwin.
The 40cm-long (15 inch) reptile had been struggling to eat due to its deformity, officials told the BBC.
Mount Superior
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File photo of Gros Morne
Andre Beyzaei, who captured this footage, told Storyful it's not common to see this amount of snow around western Newfoundland at this time of year. "We usually see something like this in January or February," he said.
Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning on Wednesday for the Rocky Harbour area due to the continued snowfall.
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Large dust storm hits Najaf, Iraq.
Large dust storm hits Najaf, Iraq.
More than 60 people were also injured after the storm swept through several cities on Monday.
A video filmed in Najaf, where local media reported one person had died, shows a huge sand-coloured cloud slowly descending on the city.
Photos and video footage shared on social media show extensive damage to buildings and cars crushed by the storm.
Victims are said to have suffered from injuries including suffocation and wounds caused by falling debris.
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Tropical Cyclone Fani gathers force in the Bay of Bengal. It is set to hit the east coast of India on Friday.
Tropical Cyclone Fani gathers force in the Bay of Bengal. It is set to hit the east coast of India on Friday.
Emergency crews deployed to Odisha state as storm packing 205km/h winds bears down on the east coast
India has begun the evacuation of 800,000 people and deployed emergency personnel as the country's east coast braces for a severe cyclonic storm.
Tropical Cyclone Fani, located in the Bay of Bengal and packing wind speeds up to 205 km (127 miles) per hour, is expected to make landfall on the coast of Odisha state on Friday.
The state's authorities said they hoped to have evacuated 800,000 people from the state's coastal districts by Thursday morning.
Odisha has also moved in thousands of disaster management personnel to help those living in mud-and-thatch homes in low-lying areas take shelter from Fani.
"We are making best efforts to inform them about the cyclone and move these vulnerable people to cyclone shelters," Bishnupada Sethi, the state's special relief commissioner, said.
The neighbouring coastal states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have also been put on high alert.
India's national disaster management authority (NDMA) said sea conditions were "phenomenal" over the west-central Bay of Bengal area.
Over two dozen tornadoes were reported yesterday after a severe weather system crashed through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri.
Kenneth Eppler, spokesman for the Bryan County Emergency Management, confirmed the death of 58-year-old Debby Boyd Tuesday in Bokchito, Oklahoma.
Eppler told weather.com her husband, Allen Boyd, was also injured when the storm tore through the town in Bryan County, about 150 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. He is hospitalized with undisclosed injuries.
In east Tulsa, the body of a 55-year-old man was recovered from a vehicle that was found submerged in about 15 to 20 feet of water in a flooded creek, Andrew Little, public information officer for the Tulsa Fire Department, told KJRH on Wednesday. The identity of the man has not been released pending family notification.
Comment: This deadly dust storm is just the latest extreme weather event to hit the region recently. See also: Flash-flooding, dust-storms, hailstorms, and even snow: Entire Mid-East & North Africa regions pummeled all month long with extreme weather