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Cloud Precipitation

Jammu and Kashmir suffer heavy losses to orchards due to hailstorms


Fresh Plaza
Mon, 24 May 2021 18:57 UTC
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Northern Jammu and Kashmir were lashed by a devastating hailstorm, causing heavy damage to standing crops and fruit trees. Fruit growers in the valley have expressed concern over the damage caused to apple blossoms, walnuts, pears and other standing crops due to heavy hail storm yesterday. It struck several areas of northern Kashmir, especially the upper belt of Rafiabad block Rohama.

A Representative of the affected farmers called for comprehensive compensation to the orchardists and farmers who suffered heavy losses due to heavy rains followed by a heavy hailstorm on Friday evening. According to urdupoint.com, he alleged that whenever natural calamities cause damage to the fruit and other crops, the worse affected people had always been assured compensation and even surveys were being conducted.

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Cloud Precipitation

Floods affect 60,000 in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Wed, 26 May 2021 11:56 UTC
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Flooding has affected almost 60,000 residents of Bandung Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia. Thousands of homes have been inundated.

According to the the regional disaster management agency, light to heavy rainfall from 24 May caused the Citarum River and tributaries to overflow, flooding areas of Dayeuhkolot, Baleendah, Bojongsoang, and Margarahayu sub-districts of Bandung Regency. Flood waters were up to 2.5 metres deep in some places. Many affected areas were previously flooded in January and again in March this year.

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Fire

Nyiragongo volcano erupts in DR Congo triggering evacuation in Goma - Death toll reaches 32 - UPDATE


RT
Sat, 22 May 2021 22:26 UTC
volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo
© REUTERS/Olivia AclandA general view shows smoke and flames at the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo May 22, 2021
Mount Nyiragongo near the Congolese city of Goma has erupted, sending flames into the sky and spreading a strong smell of sulfur in the vicinity. The government has activated an evacuation plan for the city.

The volcano began erupting around 7:00 pm local time on Saturday. Footage shared online shows Nyiragongo spitting smoke and fire into the air, turning the night skies red.

The Mount is located some 10 km (6 miles) north of Goma, a city of some 670,000 people, which in turn is only 1 km (0.6 mi) away from the Rwandan border.


Comment:

Update: Aerial images show the destruction to the region in east Democratic Republic of Congo after the nighttime eruption of Mount Nyiragongo sent thousands of terrified residents fleeing in panic.


More footage of the lava flows:


Update 2: AP reports on May 24:
Death toll from Congo volcano eruption rises to at least 32

Officials say the death toll from the volcanic eruption in eastern Congo two days ago has risen to at least 32 people, while residents search for missing loved ones amid destroyed homes on the outskirts of the eastern city of Goma where aftershocks were detected. The head of Civil Protection for the North Kivu province gave the updated death toll, saying it is likely to keep rising. Joseph Makundi says some people were killed by the lava, some from resulting car accidents and others from inhaling toxic gas released from the cooling lava. Mount Nyiragongo turned the sky fiery red Saturday night and spewed torrents of lava into villages, killing people and destroying more than 500 homes.



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China braces for summer floods as 71 rivers exceed warning levels

David Stanway
wtvbam.com
Wed, 26 May 2021 10:50 UTC
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China is bracing for a heavy flood season with 71 rivers already exceeding warning levels, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday, as meteorological authorities warned that global warming is fuelling more extreme weather.

Rain in some parts of central and southern China has hit record highs in recent weeks even though overall precipitation is about 10% lower this year compared with last year, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.

Water levels on the Yangtze and its tributaries were expected to rise further over the next week, the ministry said, and it warned of major floods throughout the country from June to August.

Some monitoring stations are issuing alerts, with the Wuhan city section of the Yangtze river in central China more than two metres higher than the normal at this time of the year as a result of heavy rain upstream.

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Cloud Lightning

Deadly Cyclone Yaas hits India's eastern coast - at least 3 killed


Al Jazeera
Wed, 26 May 2021 10:25 UTC
A man wades through a waterlogged road after rains ahead of Cyclone Yaas at Digha in Purba Medinipur district in the eastern state of West Bengal
© Rupak De Chowdhuri/ReutersA man wades through a waterlogged road after rains ahead of Cyclone Yaas at Digha in Purba Medinipur district in the eastern state of West Bengal
Heavy rains and howling winds are lashing eastern India as the COVID-stricken country's second cyclone in as many weeks makes landfall, killing at least three people in Odisha state and forcing more than 1.2 million people to seek shelter.

Cyclone Yaas, packing gusts of up to 140kmph (87mph), made landfall at about 9am local time (03:30 GMT) on Wednesday, destroying tens of thousands of houses, forcing the closure of the busiest regional airport in the city of Kolkata, and bringing storm surges to coastal areas.

In Odisha, one person died in Keonjhar district's Panchapalli village and another in Balasore district after trees fell on them, local officials told Al Jazeera. In the state's Mayurbhanj district, the dead body of a 15-year-old boy was found in a pond at Jagannath Khunta village by a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team.


Comment: Victims of cyclone Yaas have been posting updates:





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Cloud Lightning

42 cows killed by lightning bolt that also hit farmer in China

John Feng
Newsweek
Tue, 25 May 2021 10:02 UTC
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A farmer in southern China lost 42 cows when he and his cattle herd were struck by lightning during a thunderstorm on Monday.

Officials in the town of Sanjia, which is in Dongfang in the Chinese province of Hainan, said the victim was knocked unconscious by the bolt of electricity, but he was not in any life-threatening condition.

Footage circulating on Chinese social media sites showed villagers and local government officials surveying the farm following the freak weather incident. The lifeless brown cattle can be seen scattered across the field while survivors remain cooped up nearby.

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Snowflake Cold

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Same exact event separated by 150 years


Adapt 2030
Wed, 26 May 2021 01:48 UTC
China ultramarathon
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Ever heard of the Children's Blizzard? How does this connect to the recent events during the Ultramarathon in China where unexpected storms took down the most fit and mentally prepared of our entire species.


Comment: 21 runners dead as extreme weather hits China ultramarathon

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Earthquakes in Congo raze buildings, stoke fear of second volcanic eruption


Reuters
Tue, 25 May 2021 21:07 UTC
Lava from the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo
© APLava from the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo cuts through Buhene north of Goma, Congo, May 24, 2021.
An earthquake on the border of Congo and Rwanda razed buildings in the city of Goma on Tuesday and stoked fears a nearby volcano would erupt again three days after dozens of people were killed and 17 villages were destroyed by lava.

The quake, measured at 5.3 magnitude by the Rwandan Seismic Monitor, was the largest of over 100 tremors that have followed the eruption on Saturday of Congo's Mount Nyiragongo volcano, one of the world's most active and dangerous.

"We know that children were injured when a building collapsed on Tuesday just a few steps from the UNICEF office in Goma," the U.N.children's agency said.

The quake appeared to have destroyed several buildings in the city of two million, and a witness said at least three people were pulled from the rubble and taken to hospital.

It struck at 11:03 a.m., originating in Rugerero sector in western Rwanda, according to the Rwanda Seismic Monitor.


Comment: Nyiragongo volcano erupts in DR Congo triggering evacuation in Goma - UPDATE

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Attention

Ebeko volcano in the Kuril Islands, Russia throws ash to a height of 3 km


Teller Report
Mon, 24 May 2021 19:18 UTC
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The volcano Ebeko on the Kuril island of Paramushir ejected a column of ash to a height of 3 kilometers during the eruption, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Sakhalin Region reported.

"This morning, the Crisis Management Center of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Sakhalin Region received information that an ash release occurred on the Ebeko volcano to an altitude of 3 km," RIA Novosti reports.

As it gets thinned, the plume spread southeastward for a distance of up to 5 km.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, no ash falls were observed in Severo-Kurilsk.

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Snowflake

Snow blankets Qilian Mountains, China in early summer


Global Times
Tue, 25 May 2021 12:26 UTC
The photo captured on May 23, 2021 shows a snowfall on the Qilian Mountains,
© China News Service/Cheng LinThe photo captured on May 23, 2021 shows a snowfall on the Qilian Mountains, on the border of Qinghai and Gansu provinces. Qilian Mountains have an average altitude of 3,500 meters above sea level, renowned by rugged landscape.

Comment: In the same region (Gansu province) recently: 21 runners dead as extreme weather hits China ultramarathon

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