Earth Changes
Ringsted, Iowa received 11 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Des Moines. Rock Valley received 7 inches. Hull received 6.5 inches. Rock Rapids received 8.3 inches.
Nearby Sioux Falls, South Dakota got 5.2 inches, the most snowfall on any date in the city dating back to 1893, according to the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls. Sioux City got 3.7 inches, an April 12 record, and the second-most snow in recorded history there on Easter.
Winds gusts also hit more than 50 mph Sunday at airports in Ottumwa, Ames, Marshalltown and Des Moines, according to the NWS.
The landslide occurred on the morning of Good Friday, April 10th.
The natural disaster destroyed homes, gardens and livestock and fish farms in the industrious village of Duanigle Gowe, located at the foot of Mt Wilhelm.
Sieland Herman Banda, a physiotherapist with the Kundiawa General Hospital, and who is currently at Kegesugl, said the landslide occurred near the Mt Wilhelm Secondary School.
Flooding was reported in over 20 locations in the south of the city. Two houses collapsed in the flooding in the San Pedro de Guajaló neighbourhood, where the Fire Department were called on to carry out rescues. Around 10 other homes were damaged. No fatalities were reported.
Jorge Yunda Machado, Mayor of Quito, said "All emergency services activated and working in floods south of Quito."
The news comes just a week after Ukrainian officials discovered a huge radiation spike in the area where the first fires began.
As the fires continue to spread, there are growing concerns that if it goes too close to the reactor, which exploded back in 1986, there could be radiation contamination.
The storm is expected to continue through Sunday night across southern South Dakota. Several counties in the southern part of the state have been issued a winter storm warning through the day, including Minnehaha County.
Sioux Falls has received over 5 inches of snow as of 1:30 p.m.
So far, officials say hundreds of structures have been damaged by the storms.
Two people are dead in Lawrence County, Mississippi, according to Monticello Fire Chief Lyle Berard, saying there were reports of two tornadoes in the area."It's pretty bad," he said "We have downed trees and multiple homes with major damage."
The Mississippi State Emergency Management Agency confirmed the Lawrence County deaths. It said on Twitter that one person had died in Walthall County and there had been three confirmed fatalities in Jefferson Davis County.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency over the storms.
"This is not how anyone wants to celebrate Easter Sunday," Reeves said in a statement. "The state and our first responders are working around the clock and will not rest until this is over. We are mobilizing all resources available to protect our people and their property."
Photographer Amanda Walden captured a beautiful image of what appeared to be a rainbow over her home in Danabaai. However, the rainbow was without its arc, leaving Walden wondering why it appeared this way.
"I photographed this "flat rainbow" earlier today from my home in Danabay (Mosselbay)," Walden wrote in a Facebook post." A cold front is moving through the area. Could somebody please explain why it isn't arched like "normal" rainbows?"
The deceased have been identified as 13-year-old Rajmani Rai and 38-year - old Nirmala Bishwokarma from Kopilasgadhi rural municipality-1 of the district. The lighting along with rain has hurt nine persons.
Nirmala Bishwokarma's daughter Mankala, 14, and son Asan, 6; 45-year-old Dhaniram Rai, 18-year-old Manisha Bishwokarma and 38-year old Man Kumari Rai. They are severely injured.
A spokesperson for the Oregon State Parks Department, Chris Havel, says there are no plans to do anything with the carcass.
Havel says they're asking people to stay away.
"People need to stay home to help control the spread of Covid-19," he said.















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