One person has died in a lightning strike in Salyan district. The deceased has been identified as Dal Bahadur Karki, 56, a resident of Laxmipur Satkhola, Kalimati Rural Municipality-1.
Karki was struck by lightning when he went to a shed near his house on Monday evening. He was seriously injured and rushed to the District Hospital Salyan for treatment. Unfortunately, the doctor declared him dead.
Karki was also the principal of the Kali Devi Secondary School.
A unique rainfall event is about to unfold across the Sahara desert, otherwise known as the driest place on Earth. The amount of rainfall might not seem large by normal standards, but a large part of the Sahara will get well over 500% of normal monthly rainfall in August and September.
It's not very often that the Sahara desert experiences these rainfall events. They are very rare, less than once per decade on average, but they are usually a sign that something is perhaps changing in the Earth's weather system, indicating an unusual state of the Atmosphere.
The driest place on Earth
Sahara is called the driest place on Earth because it receives little to no yearly precipitation. It is the world's largest and hottest desert, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east. It covers over 9.2 million square kilometers (3.6 million square miles).
Emily Mae Czachor CBS News Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:35 UTC
Killer whale.
Orcas slammed into a sailboat off the coast of northwestern Spain on Sunday, damaging its rudder and prompting a complicated rescue operation that left one crew member seriously injured, officials said, marking the latest incident of the predators attacking a vessel in the region.
It wasn't known exactly how many orcas — also known as killer whales — were involved in the attack near O Roncudo along the rocky cliffs of the Spanish province of Galicia. Spain's maritime rescue service said two people on board the boat, called the Amidala, sent out a mayday at around 4 p.m. GMT to the dispatch center in Cape Finisterre, an area also marked by rocky shores and, at the time, rough seas.
The man and woman who crewed the Amidala haven't been identified by name, but the rescue service described them as Belgian nationals. Their boat sailed under the Finnish flag.
Comment: Other cetaceans also seem to becoming quite aggressive of late, see:
Heavy rain overnight Monday triggered partial flooding in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi and its surrounding areas, local authorities said.
Sochi Mayor Andrey Proshunin said the Khostinsky district, located on the foothills of the western Caucasus mountains, received around 12.5 centimeters (4.9 inches) of rain between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
"After midnight, the water level in the Khosta River reached dangerous levels, and the basement of a hospital was flooded," the mayor said, referring to one of the rivers that flows through the district.
Proshunin said emergency responders pumped water overnight to clear the worst-hit areas.
The death toll in Nigeria due to devastating floods since Aug. 16 has risen to 49, with at least 470 people injured, the country's emergency management agency said Monday.
A flood dashboard by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) updated on Monday showed that the northern states of Jigawa, Adamawa and Taraba were hit hard by the flood after days of intense rainfall.
A total of 43,519 people have been displaced by the flood, according to the agency.
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Floods have wreaked havoc across 11 districts in Bangladesh affecting over 4.8 million people, and resulting in 15 deaths, according to the language daily of the country Prothom Alo.
The disaster management and relief ministry was quoted as saying by the language daily that Cumilla and Chattogram districts saw four deaths each, three died in Cox's Bazar, and one each in Feni, Noakhali, Brahmanbaria, and Lakshmipur districts.
The floods, which began on August 20, has impacted Feni, Cumilla, Khagrachhari, Noakhali, Chattogram, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Brahmanbaria, Sylhet, Lakshmipur, and Cox's Bazar districts.
Road and rail communications between Dhaka and Chattogram have been halted as various sections of the railway lines and highways remain submerged.
The death toll in the devastating flood has risen to 27 as the deaths of four more people in Cumilla were reported Tuesday.
Among the deaths, 10 were in Cumilla, five each in Chattogram and Noakhali, one each in Feni, Khagrachhari, Brahmanbaria, Lakshmipur and three were in Cox's Bazar districts. Besides, two persons are missing in Moulvibazar district.
The disaster management and relief ministry gave updates on the flood situation this afternoon.
Feni, Cumilla, Chattogram, Khagrachhari, Noakhali, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Brahmanbaria, Sylhet, Lakshmipur and Cox's Bazar districts have been affected in the ongoing flood since 20 August.
As many as 5,619,375 people have been affected by the flood in 541 unions and municipalities under 74 upazilas in 11 districts.
A violent wave of adverse weather hit Northern Italy on August 26, 2024, bringing intense downpours and extraordinarily large hail, with particular repercussions on the Lombardy region.
The effects of this extreme weather event were devastating, with numerous floods and severe disruptions for the population. The province of Brescia was among the hardest hit areas, suffering significant damage due to unusually large hailstorms. Cars, structures, and crops were severely damaged.
In particular, valuable crops were seriously compromised, with negative impacts on the local economy.
Even Malpensa Airport experienced considerable problems: a heavy hailstorm caused water infiltration, leading to further difficulties and flight delays, with numerous inconveniences for passengers. This extreme weather event adds to a series of similar phenomena that have hit Italy in recent months, demonstrating a clear trend towards increasingly unstable and dangerous climatic conditions.
Ten people have been killed in a landslide in northern Ethiopia's Amhara region, according to state media, in the latest natural disaster to strike the country.
The Amhara Media Corporation (AMC) quoted local administrator Tesfaye Workneh as saying on Saturday that "10 people have died in the disaster" and four bodies had been pulled from the mud.
The report did not indicate what time the landslide occurred on Saturday in the North Gondar zone in Amhara or whether there was a search ongoing.
Eight people were seriously hurt in the disaster and were receiving treatment, the AMC said, quoting the local official.
As many as 2,400 people have been "displaced by the disaster and are currently sheltered in local social institutions", it added.
At least 60 people have been killed after a dam burst because of heavy rainfall in war-torn Sudan.
Search operations are currently underway, but there are fears that the death toll could be even higher.
The Arbat dam has a capacity of 25 million cubic metres, and is the main source of drinking water for the coastal city of Port Sudan, where the military government is based.
After being ravaged by 16 months of civil war, Sudan is now experiencing torrential rains and floods that have killed dozens and forced tens of thousands from their homes.
The collapse of the dam in Red Sea state is one of the worst incidents, washing away farms and villages downstream.
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