This footage by Rod Hummel shows the watery vortex extending from a patch of dark cloud looming above the lake. Credit: Rod Hummel via Storyful
Earth Changes
This footage by Rod Hummel shows the watery vortex extending from a patch of dark cloud looming above the lake. Credit: Rod Hummel via Storyful
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A residential area in Gävle covered in water on Wednesday.
A residential area in Gävle covered in water on Wednesday.
Just before 3am on Wednesday, fire and rescue services in the Gävle area sent out an official warning, urging people to stay at home due to heavy rain and flooding.
The warning was lifted later in the morning, but people were still told to be cautious after landslides were reported and roads caved in.
"Police are therefore urging residents of the Gävleborg region not to head out on the roads unless they have to. Police are also urging travellers not to come to Gävleborg," read a statement on the regional police authority's website on Wednesday.
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The storm left a path of devastation in Großheide, Aurich district.
The storm left a path of devastation in Großheide, Aurich district.
The foul weather hit the town of Grossheide in Germany's northwestern Lower Saxony state on Monday evening. The powerful storm ripped roofs from houses, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees, as some terrified locals filmed a funnel cloud raging over nearby fields.
Footage published on social media showed a huge grey whirlwind swirling over a grove not far from Grossheide and forcing people to seek shelter in their homes. Some said they have never seen anything like it in the area before.
The epicenter, with a depth of 47.09 km, was initially determined to be at 58.0238 degrees south latitude and 25.4706 degrees west longitude.
Another tropical storm called Henri formed from a depression a couple hours after as it loomed over Bermuda.
Tropical Depression Grace is expected to produce heavy rainfall in regions surrounding the south Hispaniola coast with possibility of flash flooding and mudslides as well as stronger tropical storm conditions as it reaches the Gulf.
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Bihar Chief minister, Nitish Kumar, surveys the floods in Bihar, India August 2021
Bihar Chief minister, Nitish Kumar, surveys the floods in Bihar, India August 2021
Flooding has affected wide areas of the state for the last 10 days. As of 11 August, seven rivers in the state were above the danger mark in 15 locations, including the Ganges. Over 250,000 people were affected by floods across 125 villages in 5 districts.
Flooding has continued to worsen since then. The Disaster Management Department in Bihar reported on 16 August that flooding has affected 2.7 million people and 2,176 villages across 15 districts in the state. The department said that as many as 12 people have lost their lives.
Over 85,000 of those affected have moved from flooded homes to safer areas, many of them with the assistance of boat teams from the State and National Disaster Response Forces (NDRF). On NDRF team rescued a victim who had taken refuge on the roof of a hut for 2 days.
Flooding occurred after days of heavy rain in the region. Local media reports citing local officials said over 380 households have been affected or displaced across the 3 states since 11 August.
Police in Jigawa state said 21 people died after two vehicles crashed into a bridge that had collapsed following heavy rains and floods in the state on 15 August 2021. One of the vehicles was a bus said to be carrying 18 passengers. The disaster occurred in Gwaram Local Government Area (LGA) which is situated near the Bunga River (also know as the Jama'are or Jamaari) close to the state border with Bauchi.
Snow at Semonkong Lodge in Lesotho.
The South African Weather Service issued a warning before the weekend that the snowfall might be "disruptive" in some parts of the country.
Some areas like the Afriski Mountain Resort in Lesotho received more snowfall than expected, causing road blockages and power outages.
According to Peter Peyper, managing director at the resort, they expected 5-10cm of snow, but instead received over 20cm of snowfall.
FILE PHOTO: This photograph shows a red sprite appearing over a lightning strike at night, from space. This picture was taken in early 2015 from astronauts aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 44, and includes a multi-tendriled red sprite: an example of a transient lightning event.
Rain. Clouds. Thunder. The stratosphere has none of those things. Weather up there is pretty dull. Except when the lightning starts....
Researchers call them "blue jets." The elusive discharges leap into the stratosphere from thunderstorms far below. They are rarely seen, but storm chaser Rob Neep was able to capture some over Sonora, Mexico, on August 3rd:
The tragedy happened in field 22 located at the exit to Nacuché Espita, the teammates of the now-deceased commented that, although the sky was clear, the weather began to change, so the thunder began to be heard and in the blink of an eye. The 17-year-old soccer player was hit, one of the young people who was next to him at the time of being hit by the lightning was injured and is in the Tizimín hospital.
Municipal police and paramedics from the municipality of Tizimín and SEMEFO arrived on-site and cordoned off the area to carry out the rigorous procedures. The family and friends of the young man asked those present to respect the body of their loved one, so many observed from away without comment.
According to data from the authorities, it was an instantaneous death, but it will be determined in the autopsy that will be carried out after the analysis of the experts.
Comment: A day earlier lightning killed one man and injured 3 others in the Philippines while 2 farmers were fatally struck in Bangladesh.
Comment: The signs that a great shift is occurring on our planet, and beyond, is undeniable:
- Volcanoes, Earthquakes And The 3,600 Year Comet Cycle
- Rare recurrent nova outburst visible in constellation Ophiuchus
- HUGE meteor fireball lights up western China's dark morning skies
- 1,000+ earthquakes rattle Yellowstone in July - the most in a single month since 2017
- Stunning iridescent clouds snapped above skies of Siberia's Belukha mountain
- Gigantic jet photographed piercing the sky in China
- Strange but beautiful skies: Noctilucent 'tornado' cloud, auroras, double and twin rainbow plus a midnight rainbow
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