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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills 3, injures 9 in Chhattisgarh, India

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Three persons, including a minor girl, were killed and nine injured in a lightning strike in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district on Sunday, police said.

The incident took place at around 4:30 pm in Burjudih village under Pandrapath police chowki (outpost) limits, located 400 kilometres from state capital Raipur, an official said.

"As per preliminary information, lightning struck a small eatery in the weekly market of the village that left 12 people injured. Three of them, including the 12-year-old daughter of the eatery's owner, died in a hospital in Shankargarh in neighbouring Balrampur district," Jashpur Additional Superintendent of Police Pratibha Pandey told PTI.

Cloud Precipitation

15 dead, 3 missing after torrential rains in southern China

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News
© XinhuaIn this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people work in a flooded area in Qiubei County in southwestern China's Yunnan Province, Friday, May 27, 2022. More than a dozen people have died in torrential rains across southern China, state media reported Saturday.
At least 15 people have died in torrential rains across southern China, state media reported Saturday.

Eight died in two building collapses from landslides in Fujian province, near China's east coast, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing the Wuping county information office.

Five others died and three were missing in Yunnan province, about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) away in southwestern China, state broadcaster CCTV said in an online report.

Three children were swept away by floodwaters Friday in Xincheng country in the Guangxi region, authorities said. Two died and one survived.


Attention

Body of minke whale spotted near Montreal recovered from river - 2nd in a month

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A dead whale found in the St. Lawrence River northeast of Montreal is likely the second of two minke whales spotted in the area earlier this month.

A Quebec marine mammal research group says the whale was recovered Friday from the waters near Contrecoeur, Que., about 50 kilometres downstream from Montreal.

A post to the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network's website says the male whale, about 3.8 metres long and believed to be one to two years old, was transported to St-Hyacinthe for a necropsy.

The group says the state of the animal suggests it had died between a few days and a week earlier and its skin was covered with a fungi similar to that found on a humpback whale who died after a stay in Montreal in 2020, indicative of a prolonged stay in freshwater.


Cloud Lightning

Major storm hits northern Croatia - hailstones the size of tennis balls reported

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Last night, a major storm in northern Croatia affected the areas of Varaždin, Čakovec, and Koprivnica, tearing down trees, public lighting, and flooding streets. The inhabitants of Varaždin, informed in advance, parked their cars in underground garages.

A new storm in the north of the country, the wind in Bukovac uprooted a tree

A strong wind accompanied by heavy rain and pea-sized hail hit the north of Croatia last night after 10 pm, reports Index.hr.

From the field, the worst was in the area of ​​Štrigova, Ludbreg, and again Veliki Bukovac, where a strong wind knocked down a tree near the NK Bukovčan playground. The hail was small, but it was pouring heavily, and the wind was strong and took some parts off the roofs of people trying to protect their homes from the damage caused by hail the size of tennis balls on Wednesday afternoon.


Fire

Bezymianny volcano emits 15km ash clouds in Kamchatka, Russia

Volcano Bezymianny eruption in Kamchatka, Russia May 28, 2022.
Volcano Bezymianny eruption in Kamchatka, Russia
May 28, 2022.
Bezymianny volcano erupted in Kamchatka, Russia today, on May 28 2022.

A red alert has been issued, with the volcano emitting ash to a height of 15 kilometers.

Residents have been advised to remain clear of the volcano, with a risk caused by smoke and ash in the air.

No tourists or aircraft are allowed in the vicinity of the eruption.

Seven eruptions have been recorded in a 24 hour period, with the potential for further activity. Authorities are monitoring the situation.


Windsock

Sun blocked out as huge sandstorm covers Mafraq, Jordan

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A large sandstorm hit Mafraq in Northern Jordan on May 27th, 2022.

The sandstorm was caused by high winds, with sands displaced by thunderstorms.

Residents were forced indoors, as air was quality reduced outside.

Traffic stopped as poor visibility made travel unsafe to drivers.

The sandstorm lasted for around three hours, however there is the risk for further storms in the region.


Attention

30 dead dolphins found along northwestern Mexican beach

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At least 30 common short-beaked dolphins were found dead in the Gulf of California, or the Sea of Cortez, off the coast of Mexico's northwestern Baja California Sur state, authorities reported Thursday.

After the report, environmental authorities and other civil organizations dispatched representatives to the site, north of the state capital of La Paz, where the members of the Delphinus capensis species - the most common dolphin in the world - were found dead on both Wednesday and Thursday.

Officials with the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (Profepa), in coordination with the Network for Attention to Marine Mammal Beachings for the Coast of Baja California Sur, tallied the number of dolphins found dead along the beaches and ended up removing several other dead individuals that were floating near the coast.

In addition, they took biological samples from the bodies for analysis to determine the cause of death.


Seismograph

Strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake - Banda Sea, East Timor - 4th major quake within 14 hours

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Strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake at 49 km depth

The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near Lospalos, Municipio de Lautem, Timor-Leste, in the morning on Friday, May 27th, 2022, at 11:36 am local time. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.

Our monitoring service identified a second report from Geoscience Australia (GeoAu) which listed the quake at magnitude 6.4. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 6.3, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 6.3.

Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.

Comment: Details of the other three:


Seismograph

Strong shallow magnitude 6.2 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean - 3rd major quake within 7 hours

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Earthquake details

Date & time May 26, 2022 18:10:04 UTC
Local time at epicenter Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 10:10 am (GMT -8)
Status Confirmed
Magnitude 6.2
Depth 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude 49.7844°S / 114.8724°W

Comment: Details of the other two:


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Shallow magnitude 6.4 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia

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Earthquake details

Date & time May 26, 2022 15:37:58 UTC
Local time at epicenter Friday, May 27, 2022 at 2:37 am (GMT +11)
Status Confirmed
Magnitude 6.4
Depth 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude 22.8048°S / 172.0689°E (South Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia)