Efforts to contain a wildfire in Turkey's northwestern Canakkale province continue on Wednesday, as several villages are evacuated. (August 23).
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Efforts to contain a wildfire in Turkey's northwestern Canakkale province continue on Wednesday, as several villages are evacuated. (August 23).
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Storm clouds over Stuttgart on Thursday.
Storm clouds over Stuttgart on Thursday.
Several trees came down at a campsite in Lindau on Lake Constance, resulting in six people getting injured, one of them seriously.
For security reasons the authorities cleared the site and around 900 campers spent the night in a public hall.
A campsite in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance was also evacuated, with around 300 people having to spend the night in a gym hall. No injuries were reported.
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A house is shown burning during a wildfire in Avanta, near Alexandroupolis, in northern Greece. Hot, dry and windy conditions have seen dozens of wildfires break out across the country.
A house is shown burning during a wildfire in Avanta, near Alexandroupolis, in northern Greece. Hot, dry and windy conditions have seen dozens of wildfires break out across the country.
Greek police activated the country's Disaster Victim Identification Team to identify the bodies, which were found near a shack in the Avanta area in the northeastern Alexandroupolis region, Ioannis Artopios, a spokesperson for the fire department, said in a televised statement.
Given no reports of missing people had been filed in the area, authorities were examining the possibility the casualties were migrants who had entered the country from the nearby border with Turkey, Artopios said.
Hot, dry and windy conditions have seen dozens of wildfires break out across the country. On Monday, two people died and two firefighters were injured in separate fires in northern and central Greece.
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A tree was downed in storms in Lansing, Michigan, on Friday, August 25.
A tree was downed in storms in Lansing, Michigan, on Friday, August 25.
The storms marched from southern Michigan into Ohio overnight, threatening powerful wind gusts of up to 85 mph, hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter and possible tornadoes. Northern portions of Ohio are under flood watches until 8 a.m. ET Friday due to excessive rainfall.
A large and "extremely dangerous" tornado was confirmed near Williamston, Michigan, in Ingham County at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service Offices in Detroit and Grand Rapids.
The mere thought of what happened to 52-year-old William Traweek horrifies his niece Angel Traweek. It was on Crow Avenue, not even a mile from downtown Berry, where five dogs attacked Traweek on Monday, August 21.
"I can't imagine him getting drugged down here by multiple dogs," said Angel Traweek.
And that is precisely what happened, according to the police department. Police Chief Gerald Dedeaux says William Traweek had car trouble and decided to walk the half-mile or so to his brother's house. That's when it happened; a vicious attack, bloody and scary. The dogs pulled the man some 25 yards from the original point of attack.
Las Leñas base area on the morning of August 23rd, 2023.
The forecast may have materialized the most at Las Leñas Resort in Argentina when it reported over 11 feet of new snow at mid-mountain over the last four days. You can tell they were excited when they posted on their Instagram page earlier this week with the caption "This is how we are today August 22. It's the moment!"
It happened late Wednesday, Aug. 23, on Sand Key in Clearwater, just west of Tampa.
"She was found dead on a sidewalk in her condominium complex," police said in a news release.
A passerby at Bayside Gardens IV discovered Kathleen M. Carrick's body around 7:45 p.m. "after storms rolled through the area," WTVT reports.
7 buildings collapsed after heavy rain triggered landslide in Himachal's Kullu district.
As per reports, emergency response teams, such as the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), have been deployed to rescue those who are feared trapped in the landslide. Now, the Kullu buildings collapse video is spreading like wildfire on social media with netizens shocked and slamming the government over unplanned infrastructure in the hilly areas.
Sunday's floods, caused by heavy rain, were so rapid people could not escape.
The group was exploring the underground Neglinka, a tributary of the city's main river, the Moskva.
The search operation had ended and efforts were being made to formally identify the dead, investigators said.
The Civil Defense said a man identified as Carlos Marino Martínez died in the city of San Cristobal after being swept away by floodwaters. The agency initially said he was one of its volunteers, but later corrected the information saying it misidentified a uniform he was wearing. They did not provide further details. Two women in that city also were injured following a landslide, officials said.
"Franklin is now located north of the Dominican Republic, but outer bands from the system could bring some localized additional heavy rain Thursday," said weather.com senior meteorologist Chris Dolce. "That might cause isolated flooding in areas that are vulnerable because of Wednesday's soaking."
Comment: In adjacent country: At least 18 new deaths reported in Greece wildfires