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Flood of a lifetime: Dramatic scenes across Texas as Hurricane Harvey stalls over the state dumping record-setting precipitation

Cheyenne Roundtree and Jennifer Smith
Daily Mail
Tue, 29 Aug 2017 14:43 UTC
Hurricane Harvey

An aerial photograph reveals the huge swathes of flooded land in Houston, Texas on Sunday. Hurricane Harvey blustered through the town on Friday and Saturday, bringing with it unprecedented downpour and triggering life-threatening floods.
The flood of a lifetime has hit Texas after the violent winds of Hurricane Harvey began to die down, with the state expecting another 50 inches to pour down upon the region in record-setting precipitation.

The destructive path of the hurricane began to take shape on Sunday, with a striking collection of aerial photographs laying bare its damage for the first time.

Highways lay submerged in water where abandoned cars bobbed alongside rescue boats taking residents to safety, as Galveston County estimates up to 1,200 people had to be rescued from the 'life-threatening' waters.

At least five people are dead and dozens are injured after 130mph winds and unprecedented floods swept through the southeast pocket of the state on Friday and Saturday.

There is even more rain on the way - a record-setting 50 inches - and emergency response teams have been stretched to their limit as the state was hit with 11 trillion gallons of water, according to reports.
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Wet and fungus cover crops during Grand Solar Minimums, California's already started

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:29 UTC
stripe rust

Stripe rust
One of the things to consider if wetter growing conditions when the grand solar minimum progresses through the next 20 years, this will lead to decreased yields, fungus, stripe rust and leaf spot pathogens on the foods we eat as they grow. California is already experiencing this and it is targeting test crops of Durham wheat. N.E USA also with the blueberry crop and somehow soils are cooler than normal in Illinois.

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3-year-old girl recovering after shark attack in Stuart, Florida

Luli Ortiz
cbs12.com
Mon, 28 Aug 2017 13:05 UTC
Shark attacks
A 3-year-old girl was hospitalized after she was bitten by a shark Sunday afternoon, the Martin County Sheriff's Office said.

The incident occurred at Bathtub Reef Beach around 1:19 p.m., according to Martin County Fire Rescue.

The girl was transported to St. Mary's Medical Center by helicopter with leg injuries, deputies said.

Jessica Marshall, a Stuart resident and mother of two, loves going to Bathtub Reef Beach, which is very popular among children and families.

"I can't imagine the horror," she said. "Everyone's worst fear is a shark bite."

The beach is now shut down for the remainder of the day.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills man in Gulf Shores, Alabama

James Gordon
local15tv.com
Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:29 UTC
Lightning
A powerful lightning strike in Gulf Shores on Saturday has claimed the life of a 24-year-old man from Birmingham.

Family and friends confirm 24-year-old Taylor Harsh of Mountain Brook died as the result of the lightning strike.

Five other men where on the beach at the time with Harsh.

Shortly after 3 P.M. Saturday it was only but a spot on the local radar, a storm system had formed over Oyster Bay and it was heading South.

"We leave, when we hear thunder we leave," said Carol Cordon who lives across the street from where the fatal strike to place.
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Cloud Precipitation

Louisiana braces for Harvey's rain

Deanna Hackney and Darran Simon
CNN
Tue, 29 Aug 2017 03:30 UTC
Storm Harvey

Rescue boats help flood victims in Houston, Texas after Tropical Storm Harvey.
New Orleans officials on Monday ordered city facilities and schools closed as the state braced for Harvey's rains and wind. And the city's mayor issued a warning. "Based on the weather, and out of an abundance of caution, I am recommending that everybody stay home tomorrow," Mayor Mitch Landrieu said Monday afternoon.

The outer bands of Harvey, which remains a tropical storm, are expected to shower New Orleans with heavy rains days after the storm flooded Houston and pummeled east Texas, forecasters say. New Orleans is under a flash-flood watch and could see localized flooding, according to CNN meteorologist Taylor Ward.

The city could see 4-8 inches of rain over the next 48 hours, he said. "If all goes well, we won't see catastrophic flooding like in Houston," Ward said. "We'll only see minor flooding."

Comment: Houston declares flash flood emergency, unprecedented 1.2m rainfall - UPDATES

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Two dead, 25 missing after landslide in Bijie, China


NDTV
Mon, 28 Aug 2017 18:04 UTC
A landslide in Southwest China struck 34 homes, leaving 2 dead and 35 missing
© AFP
A landslide in Southwest China struck 34 homes, leaving 2 dead and 35 missing
A landslide struck some 34 homes in southwest China on Monday, killing two people and leaving another 25 missing in the latest natural disaster to hit the country, according to the local government.

Rescuers pulled six people out of the rubble, including the two who died, in a township in Bijie city in Guizhou province, authorities said in a statement on their website.

A search is continuing and local authorities sent tents, quilts and camp beds to the site, it said.

A video posted on the Twitter account of the official People's Daily showed the side of a hill collapsing, with dirt rushing across the outskirts of the town as onlookers shouted in fright.

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Eight killed in landslide at gold mine after heavy rain in Burkina Faso


eNCA
Mon, 28 Aug 2017 17:56 UTC
FILE: Gold is one of Burkina Faso's main exports
© Felix Dlangaman
FILE: Gold is one of Burkina Faso's main exports
A landslide at an gold mine in central Burkina Faso that followed heavy rains has killed eight people, local authorities said on Sunday.

The accident happened on Saturday at Nagrire, "leaving eight people dead and five slightly injured," said Bernard Bouda, mayor of nearby Gogo commune, who travelled to the scene of the tragedy.

The dead were buried on the spot and the wounded taken to hospital in Gogo, a local judicial source said.

The landslide came after heavy rains in the region in recent days, which burst a dyke in the area, the source added.
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Cloud Lightning

Tropical low headed toward Carolina coast likely to grow stronger becoming a tropical storm

Abbie Bennett
The News and Observer
Sun, 27 Aug 2017 19:00 UTC
August 2017 tropical storm carolina coast
© National Weather Service
A tropical low headed toward the coast of the Carolinas on Monday and Tuesday could grow stronger, becoming a tropical storm.

A tropical storm watch was issued for the North Carolina coast Sunday evening.

The National Hurricane Center on Sunday reported that an elongated area of low pressure, previously over northeast Florida, had emerged over the western Atlantic and was about 60 miles east of the coast of Georgia.

Showers and thunderstorms associated with the system increased and became better organized, meaning the low will likely become a tropical depression or storm Sunday night or Monday before it merges with a cold front. If it becomes a storm, it will be called Tropical Storm Irma.

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Attention

Hurricane Harvey aftermath: Army Corps of Engineers will release water from two Houston dams to prevent more severe flood damage


RT
Mon, 28 Aug 2017 14:33 UTC
houston flood
© Adrees Latif / Reuters
Residents wade through flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas, U.S. August 27, 2017.
The US Army is beginning to release water from two Houston reservoirs which have risen too quickly as a result of Tropical Storm Harvey. The move will cause flooding to nearby homes.

The water is being released from the Addicks and Barker dams into Buffalo Bayou, the main body of water running through Houston.

The move is necessary in order to prevent uncontrolled water flowing from the dams, the US Army Corps of Engineers said in a statement.

"If we don't begin releasing now, the volume of uncontrolled water around the dams will be higher and have a greater impact on the surrounding communities," said Colonel Lars Zetterstrom, Galveston District commander of the Corps, as quoted by Reuters.
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Cloud Precipitation

Homes, cars and roads damaged by massive hailstorm in Grado, Spain

Adam Smith
Metro (UK)
Mon, 28 Aug 2017 13:34 UTC
Massive Hailstorm Damages Cars And Homes In Spanish Town

Massive hailstorm damages cars and homes n Spanish town
Windows were broken and roads damaged during a huge hailstorm in Spain this weekend.

On Saturday for five minutes hailstones fell from the sky with such ferocity residents in Grado had to duck for cover for their own safety.

The northern Spanish town was also battered by rain during one of the worst weekends of weather in Spain this year.

The town in Asturias has over 10,000 people and homes were left with broken windows and damaged roads.

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