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The research cell of the Save the Society and Thunderstorm Awareness Forum published the report on Thursday, according to a press release.
The report said that at least 31 people were killed by lightning strikes in April, of whom 20 were male and 11 were female.
It also said that at least 43 people were killed by lightning from May 1 to May 8. Of them, 34 were male and nine were female.
Severe storms caused over 900 miles of damage from Kansas to eastern North Carolina, resulting in 13 reports of tornadoes. The storms appeared to impact the country in clusters, with Tennessee, southern Illinois and northern Alabama being the hardest hit by tornadoes. There were also hundreds of hail and damaging wind reports in other nearby states.
Two Tornado Emergencies - the most dire warnings from the National Weather Service - were issued in Maury, Marshall, Rutherford and Williamson counties in Tennessee and Dekalb County in Alabama. This came after two other Tornado Emergencies were issued earlier this week in Oklahoma and Michigan, marking the most Tornado Emergencies in a three-day period since March 31, 2023.
Additionally, 136 Tornado Warnings and 563 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were issued on Wednesday.
SOTT Focus: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - April 2024: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs
A rare quadruple solar flare exploded almost simultaneously on 23 April, followed by an X-class solar flare on 30 April, causing widespread radio blackouts across the Pacific region.
This activity could be responsible for some energetic events in the last part of April:
- USA: Unusual tornado outbreak in at least 5 states.
- Guangzhou, China: Unusually strong tornado kills 5, injures 33.
- Saudi Arabia: Heavy rainfall and widespread flooding.
However, el Niño caused extreme heat, and dry conditions in parts of North, Central, and South America, affecting crops and leading to water rationing in some countries, such as Mexico and Colombia.
An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale struck Taiwan's east coast on 3 April. More than 100 aftershocks, including one with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5, rattled the island. At least nine people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in the strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years.
It is worth adding that Ventusky and other weather mapping systems picked up two large wave anomalies between Antarctica and southern Africa on the 10th and 25th of April. Ventusky tried to sweep the first one under the rug, but there was silence after the second. These events have led to much speculation, but the patterns and measurements most likely indicate massive outgassing.
Landslide near windfarm site
SSE said the peat slip happened in an area of hillside at Upper Kergord in the centre of the islands on Tuesday afternoon.
As a safety precaution the energy company said all work had been stood down and an investigation was under way to assess the extent of damage to the hillside.
Nobody was injured in the incident.
This morning, Snowbird announced that it had surpassed 600 inches of seasonal snowfall and—weather and conditions permitting—will remain open through at least Memorial Day.
Like several other ski resorts throughout the West, Snowbird has benefitted from a late-season snowstorm cycle.
"We got 3 more inches overnight, bringing our storm total up to 36 inches," the resort's daily snow report reads. "This refresh should set us up really well to keep skiing some great snow through the remainder of our spring season."
Snowbird averages 500-plus inches of snow during the winter.
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Videos and images shared on social media showed parts of Kajang inundated by waters almost at knee length, with vehicles caught in the flood waters.
The flash floods also caused several main roads in Kajang to be closed, with social media users informing others to use alternative roads and to be careful.
The snow storm caused roads and schools in the area to close.
Spring showers are bringing May flowers north of the equator, but our friends to the south are bundling up as Fall settles in.
Bariloche, Argentina, on the other hand, has skipped Fall entirely and has jumped straight into Winter with four to eight feet of snow falling in the first week of May of 2024.
Ski resorts aren't expected to open for over a month, but as you can imagine, that's not stopping skiers from getting after it.
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Authorities have advised locals in the Santiago Metropolitan Region to dress accordingly and drive carefully. According to data from the Office of the Superintendent of Electricity and Fuels, 225,000 people are currently experiencing electricity supply issues.
While snow in the capital is unusual, it is not unheard of. In July 2020, snow appeared in the eastern part of the capital, specifically in the commune of Lo Barnechea. In July 2017, Santiago residents woke up to rare snowfall that blanketed the capital and caused widespread power outages.
