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Landslide triggered by heavy rain kills10 in Mizoram, India


The Indian Express
Wed, 06 Jun 2018 14:21 UTC
The Lunglei District Disaster Response team and local volunteers rushed to the spot for rescue.

The Lunglei District Disaster Response team and local volunteers rushed to the spot for rescue.
At least 10 people, including six women, died in a landslide in Lunglawn area of Mizoram's Lunglei town on Monday night, reported news agency PTI.

According to the police, the landslide, triggered by heavy rain, swept away a two-storey semi-pucca building. Two families were living in the building. Of the four people rescued, one sustained injuries.

The Lunglei District Disaster Response team was pressed into action to conduct rescue operations and clear the debris. Local volunteers reportedly rushed to the spot to help as well.

Heavy rains are expected in the state today as well, as the monsoon, which arrived over the northeast states on June 1, gradually progresses.

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Bug

Massive swarm of midges visible on Cleveland weather radars

Paula Bolyard
PJ Media
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:46 UTC
midge closeup
© entomart
In what has become an annual ritual in Northeast Ohio in June, the Lake Erie midges have descended upon the area, traveling in swarms large enough to show up on weather radars in Cleveland. The tiny mosquito-like insects are more of a nuisance than a danger, but area meteorologists and residents had plenty to say about them nonetheless.
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Attention

Homes and roads damaged by floodwater in Varna, Bulgaria

Richard Davies
FloodList
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:03 UTC
In Varna, several streets, underpasses and buildings were flooded after heavy rain battered Bulgaria’s third-largest city

In Varna, several streets, underpasses and buildings were flooded after heavy rain battered Bulgaria’s third-largest city
Over 70 mm of rain fell in the port city of Varna on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, flooding streets and causing severe traffic disruption.

As much as 71.5 mm of rain fell in 24 hours between 04 and early 05 June. According to WMO figures, the city would normally see 46 mm of rain during the whole of June.

Quoting the regional governor of Varna, Stoyan Pasev, local media said that the floods and stormy weather had damaged at least 40 houses in the areas fo Aksakovo, Kumanovo and Klimentovo. At least 1 family has been left homeless.

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Attention

Dead minke whale washes up in East Yorkshire, UK

Lucy Leeson
Hull Daily Mail
Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:22 UTC
WHALE

A dead whale has been discovered washed up on an East Yorkshire beach.

The four-metre long male minke whale was found washed up on the north side of Hornsea beach at around 8pm on Tuesday.

The Hornsea Coastguard team arrived and sadly discovered the dead whale.
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Fire

Fuego volcanic eruption in Guatemala buried villages under meters of hot ash

Nina Lakhani
The Guardian
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 08:20 UTC
In San Miguel Los Lotes close to Guatemala's most active volcano, firefighters are working hard, but hope is slim
Residents flee El Rodeo village after the Fuego volcano erupted
© CNN
Residents flee El Rodeo village after the Fuego volcano erupted.
A rescue crew emerges from an immense cloud of fine grey dust carrying two stretchers that hold bodies recovered from houses engulfed by blistering lava from the nearby erupting Fuego volcano.

The recovered bodies are tightly wrapped in dusty white sheets. One barely fills half the stretcher - a young victim of the most deadly volcanic eruption to hit Guatemala in decades.

The official death toll from the Fuego disaster is 69 but the final number is likely to be far higher, with scores of people missing from dozens of communities cut off by the devastation.


Comment: That number has since been revised to 75. Another 200 people are missing.





Comment: This was an exceptional eruption, even for fiery Guatemala; its deadliest volcanic eruption since 1902.

Meanwhile Hawaii's Kilauea is still highly active following its strongest eruption in a century.

Earth's rockin and rollin!

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Attention

Swimmer dies after shark attack in Brazil

Brad Hunter
Ottawa Sun
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 19:08 UTC
It is believed a tiger shark like this one attacked the teenager.
© GETTY IMAGES
It is believed a tiger shark like this one attacked the teenager.
A beautiful day at the beach turned into every man's nightmare for a Brazilian teenager.

Jose Ernesto da Silva had his penis ripped off by a shark as he swam with pals over the weekend, according to reports.

Shocked onlookers rushed into the water to assist the terrified young man and pulled him from the ocean.

He died in hospital Monday.

The 18-year-old had been instructed by lifeguards to come closer to shore prior to the attack, Brazilian media reported. Signs warned that deeper water could result in an attack.
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Cloud Precipitation

Severe summer hailstorm destroys fruit trees in Cyprus

Evie Andreou
Cyprus Mail
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 14:19 UTC
heavy hail in the Troodos Mountains temporarily turning the landscape and road network white.

Heavy hail in the Troodos Mountains temporarily turning the landscape and road network white.
Torrential rains and enormous hailstones that created a winter wonderland at the start of summer by blanketing the mountains in white caused mixed feelings on Monday, as some gushed over the rarity of the phenomenon while others mourned their destroyed crops.

The hailstorm lasted for about an hour in the early afternoon and left almost no fruit on trees. The produce the storm destroyed included pears, cherries, nectarines and peaches.

"In around a month we would have begun cutting nectarines and peaches, then apples. Now, there's nothing left to cut," producer Vlamis Avgousti from Amiandos told state broadcaster CyBC.

He said that the intensity of the hailstorm and the size of the stones had damaged trees so badly that "we will have a problem also next year".

Community leader of Amiandos, Kriton Kyriakides, said this was the first time in his life he had experienced something like this in summer.
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Cloud Precipitation

Severe hailstorm smashes windshield, nose of American Airlines plane, forces emergency landing in Texas


Sputnik
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 13:36 UTC
American Airlines plane damaged by hailstorm

American Airlines plane damaged by hailstorm
American Airlines flight 1897 was forced to make an emergency landing in El Paso, Texas, Sunday night after the Airbus A319 suffered severe damage during a hail storm over New Mexico.

The Phoenix-bound flight, which had departed at 6:57 p.m. local time from San Antonio, was forced to divert to El Paso roughly an hour after takeoff.

According to reports, none of the 130 passengers or the crew members aboard the flight suffered any injuries; however, a few lunches were lost to the severe turbulence, The Dallas News reported.

Photos shared on Twitter show the plane's nose dented inward and windshield severely cracked.


Comment: What's up with the weather? Huge hail stones damage multiple commercial planes

Rome to Milan plane encounters violent hailstorm, destroys its nose cone and shatters cockpit window

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Airplane

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Hail damages US aircraft, huge hail in Italy and June snow for Canada


Adapt 2030
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:11 UTC
American Airlines plane damaged by hailstorm

American Airlines plane damaged by hailstorm
An American Airlines flight over Texas was forced to make an emergency landing after being heavily damaged, smashed and battered by a sever hail storm which shattered the nose cone, windshield and side windows of the plane. Huge hail stones in Italy and record snow in Newfoundland St Johns Canada on June 4th, buy the media quickly removed the videos, but I was able other images on Twitter.


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Comment: Rome to Milan plane encounters violent hailstorm, destroys its nose cone and shatters cockpit window

What's up with the weather? Huge hail stones damage multiple commercial planes

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Snowflake

Global cooling: Snow in June for Newfoundland, Canada


Global News
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 09:21 UTC
snowman
Some people waking up in parts of Newfoundland got a wintry jolt when they looked out their window this morning and saw white.

Areas around Gander and St. John's got a light dusting of snow as temperatures dipped to about -1 C, with a wind chill of about -7 C.

Some called it a cruel Spring joke that yielded some bemused Twitter comments.

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