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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills 3 in Tangail, Bangladesh

Abdullah Al Numan
Dhaka Tribune
Tue, 03 May 2022 08:58 UTC
LIGHTNING
Three people have been killed and one injured in a lightning strike at Kalihati in Tangail.

The incident took place at Hatia Gudara Ghat in Dashkia Union of the upazila on Tuesday morning.

The deceased were identified as Ariful, 16, Faisal, 16 and Mostofa, 25. The injured is Rakib, 21.

Dashkia UP Chairman MA Malek Bhuiyan said Ariful, Faisal, Rakib and Rakib's brother-in-law Mostafa went to bathe in Hatia New Dhaleshwari river in preparation for Eid prayers. At that time lightning struck them at Hatia Gudara Ghat.

Later, Rakib managed to inform his family about the incident. Rakib and others were rushed to Tangail General Hospital where the duty doctor declared Ariful, Faisal and Mostafa dead.
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Snowflake

Rare weather event: Taiwan's highest mountain gets snow in May

Chang Hsiung-feng, Elizabeth Hsu
Focus Taiwan
Mon, 02 May 2022 19:38 UTC
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© Central Weather Bureau
A rare May snowfall hit Taiwan's highest mountain Monday afternoon, caused by strong and very moist easterly winds sweeping through the island, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

It was only the fifth time since 1990 that snow had fallen in May on Yushan, also known as Mt. Jade, following snowfalls there in 1995, 1997, 2000, and 2011. The latest snow has ever been recorded on Yushan in May was on May 31, 1955, the CWB said.

The snow began to fall on the mountain at 1:30 p.m. and lasted until 2:10 p.m. Monday when it turned into rain, the CWB said, but it forecast more snow to come later in the day.

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Windsock

Iraq engulfed by yet another dust storm, leaving dozens hospitalised and flights grounded


The Guardian
Mon, 02 May 2022 09:24 UTC
Dust settled across streets and vehicles and seeped into homes in Iraq's capital Baghdad as the storm hit on Sunday
© Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFPDust settled across streets and vehicles and seeped into homes in Iraq's capital Baghdad as the storm hit on Sunday
Iraq was yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange on Sunday as it suffered the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly common.

Dozens were hospitalised with respiratory problems in the centre and the west of the country.

A thick layer of orange dust settled across streets and vehicles, seeping into people's homes in the capital Baghdad.

Flights were grounded because of poor visibility at airports serving Baghdad and the Shiite holy city of Najaf, with the phenomenon expected to continue into Monday, according to the weather service.

"Flights have been interrupted at the airports of Baghdad and Najaf due to the dust storm," the spokesperson for the civil aviation authority, Jihad al-Diwan, said.

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Cloud Precipitation

Deadly floods strike after 300mm of rain in Guadeloupe

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Sun, 01 May 2022 18:09 UTC
Floods in Guadeloupe, April 2022
© Gendarmerie de Guadeloupe et des Îles du NordFloods in Guadeloupe, April 2022
At least 2 people have died and 1 is still missing after torrential rain caused severe flooding and landslides in Guadeloupe.

The prefecture government said heavy rain began to fall in areas including Le Gosier, Les Abymes and Pointe-à-Pitre during the early hours of 30 April 2022. By the evening over 300 mm of rain had fallen, which is more than during Hurricane Maria in 2017 according to the prefecture government. Météo-France reported 312 mm of rain in Leroux, Le Gosier; 312 mm in Le Raizet, Pointe-à-Pitre and 214 in Les Abymes.

Around 80 firefighters were mobilized and carried out dozens of interventions. Several roads were flooded, causing traffic chaos and forcing many drivers to abandon their vehicles.

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Cloud Lightning

At least 18 people died in April due to lightning and storms in Assam, India


Business Standard
Sun, 01 May 2022 17:44 UTC
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At least 18 people died in Assam in the month of April due to lightning and storms that struck different parts of the state, an official said.

Houses and other infrastructure have also been damaged owing to the inclement weather condition, he said.

The northeastern state has been receiving heavy rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms since the beginning of April, leaving a trail of destruction, the official said.

An Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) bulletin, updated till late Saturday, said three persons were killed by lightning on Friday in Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Dhubri districts.

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Snowflake Cold

May kicking off on frosty note across North America


Weatherboy
Sun, 01 May 2022 11:45 UTC
Chilly temperatures will greet many on the first morning of the new month of May.
© weatherboy.comChilly temperatures will greet many on the first morning of the new month of May.
While the calendar marches forward closer and closer to summer, Old Man Winter continues to hang on tight, kicking off May on a frosty note across many states.

With unusually cold air expected in some parts of the north, the National Weather Service has issued frost and freeze advisories where the early growing season could be impacted by unusually cold conditions.

Portions of California, Kansas, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island are currently under advisories from the National Weather Service due to frost and freeze concerns.
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Fire

More than 1,000 firefighters battle 150 square mile wildfire in New Mexico


The Guardian
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 10:59 UTC
Hermit Peak Fire burning near the San Miguel and Mora County line, north of Sapello, New Mexico on Wednesday 27 April.
© Eddie Moore/Albuquerque JournalHermit Peak Fire burning near the San Miguel and Mora County line, north of Sapello, New Mexico on Wednesday 27 April.
More than 1,000 firefighters backed by bulldozers and aircraft battled the largest active wildfire in the US on Saturday after strong winds pushed it across some containment lines and closer to a town in northern New Mexico.

Preliminary overnight mapping imagery indicated that the fire that has burned at least 166 homes grew in size from 103 square miles on Friday to 152 square miles by early Saturday, officials said.

Ash carried seven miles through the air fell on Las Vegas, population about 13,000, and firefighters were trying to prevent the blaze from getting closer, said Mike Johnson, a spokesperson for the fire management team.

Calmer winds on Saturday were aiding the firefighting effort after gusts accelerated the fire's advance to a point on Friday when "we were watching the fire march about a mile every hour", said Jayson Coil, a fire operations official.

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Homes 'completely blown away' as extreme tornado rips through parts of Kansas


The Guardian
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 10:41 UTC
A badly damaged home in Andover, Kansas after the tornado ripped through the area.
© Travis Heying/APA badly damaged home in Andover, Kansas after the tornado ripped through the area.
A tornado that barreled through parts of Kansas destroyed or damaged dozens of homes and buildings, injured several people and left more than 6,500 without power, officials said on Saturday.

Officials said the suspected twister moved though parts of south-east Wichita and Andover on Friday evening. The Andover fire chief, Chad Russell, said early on Saturday morning 50 to 100 buildings were damaged in Sedgwick county, though it was not immediately known how many buildings were damaged in Andover.

Russell said in some neighborhoods homes "were completely blown away".

Officials said only a few injuries had been reported. In Sedgwick county, three people were injured, including one woman who suffered serious injuries.

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Doberman

State worker investigating dog attack is mauled to death in Red Bay, Alabama

Ashley Remkus
AL.com
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 17:03 UTC
dog attack
A longtime employee of the Alabama Department of Public Health died Friday after she was attacked by a pack of dogs, the authorities said.

The Franklin County sheriff's office identified the employee as Jacqueline Summer Beard. She was 58 and lived in Muscle Shoals.

Deputies found her body while investigating on Crumpton Road in a rural area south of the northwest Alabama town of Red Bay, near the Mississippi state line.

Beard was as an environmentalist supervisor in Franklin, Marion and Winston counties, according to the ADPH. She worked for the health department for almost 17 years.
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Doberman

39 people injured in stray dog attack in Srinagar, India


Telangana Today
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 16:56 UTC
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Thirty-nine people, including 17 tourists, were injured in an alleged attack by stray dogs in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city.

Locals said 39 persons were injured when a pack of stray dogs attacked them in Dalgate area of Srinagar city on Friday evening.

"The injured included 17 tourists and 22 locals. All the injured were shifted to hospital," local eye witnesses said.

Kawaljeet Singh, Medical Superintendent at Srinagar's SMHS hospital confirmed that 39 people with dog bites reported at the hospital.

Dalgate area on the bank of the Dal Lake is the hub of tourist activity in Srinagar city.

People have appealed the authorities to act against the increasing stray dog menace in the city.

Source: IANS
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