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What Happened on the Sunshine Coast?
On the afternoon of the storm, residents in the Sunshine Coast faced unexpected weather. Hailstones, some as large as tennis balls, fell from the sky. These large hailstones can cause severe damage to homes, cars, and vegetation. The intense storm brought heavy rain and strong winds, adding to the chaos.
Local authorities and meteorologists quickly alerted the community. Warnings were sent out through various channels to ensure everyone was aware of the dangers. It is crucial for residents to stay informed during such weather events.
The incident took place at around 1. 30 pm in Joratarai village under Somni police station area, they said.
After being alerted, senior administration and police officials rushed to the spot.
"As per preliminary information, eight persons, including some school children, died in the lightning strike.
Besides, one person was reported to be injured and was hospitalised," Rajnandgaon Superintendent of Police Mohit Garg told PTI over phone.
Further details are awaited, he added. Garg and the district collector were on way to the village.
Earlier this month, seven men were killed and three were injured after they were struck by lightning in Balodabazar-Bhatapara district.
PTI
© YonhapWater volume in a local stream in Daejeon gets bigger due to heavy overnight rains, Saturday.
An 89-year-old man was found dead in a reservoir in Jangheung, South Jeolla Province, after falling into a drainage ditch near his home on Saturday, according to disaster safety officials as reported by Yonhap news agency.
The southwestern region was hit with torrential downpours, with Yeosu receiving up to 400 mm and Jangheung, Gangjin and Suncheon experiencing more than 300 mm of rainfall since Thursday.
More than 1,030 hectares of farmland in South Jeolla Province were damaged, while 300 tons of grain stored in Jangheung were flooded.
The floods have also destroyed 212,111 houses, flooded 357,832 hectares (885,000 acres) of fields and drowned 69,659 heads of cattle, said the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Chad.
All of the country's provinces had been hit, Chad's water and energy minister Marcelin Kanabe Passale told journalists Saturday morning, warning of more trouble to come.
"The waters of the Logone and Chari rivers have reached a critical height likely to cause obvious serious flooding in the coming days," Passale said.
Thunderstorms have been ongoing in the region for days now.
Satellite imagery below displays vegetation blooming, with its southern extent creeping further northward into the arid desert, particularly when observing the change between September 2023 and September 2024.
Since mid-July, the ITCZ has shifted further north, more so than usual, pushing thunderstorms into the southern Sahara, as noticeable on the WeatherRadar above.
This shift in the ITCZ may also impact the rest of the Atlantic hurricane season, with a northward shift in the ITCZ thunderstorms also displacing the usual location of atmospheric waves that travel westwards from Africa into the Atlantic, a key ingredient for the birth of tropical systems.
© NASA MODISGreen vegetation creeping northward in the Sahara on September 13th 2024.
Reuters quoted European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) as saying that the earthquake struck at a depth of 129 kilometers below the surface of the earth, with no initial reports of damage or casualties as a result of the earthquake.
Last August, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Jujuy Province in northwestern Argentina.
© ETV BharatWomen grieve the death of a boy in dog attack in Saharanpur
The incident unfolded in Rampur Maniharan police station area, where a pack of ferocious dogs attacked the boy while he was playing. It is learnt that the boy identified as Vishant, son of Vinay, a resident of village Mazra Qazipura of Rampur Maniharan police station area, was playing in the field on Thursday when a pack of dogs attacked Vishant.
Hearing the boy's screams, his father Vinay and mother Sapna, who were working in the field, ran towards the spot. But, before they could reach the spot, the pack of dogs dragged the child and entered the field leaving him writhing in pain due to grievous injuries in his belly.
The driver of the truck escaped by jumping out of the window.
"The incident occurred around 4 P.M. on the premises of the City Post building when the truck came for the cleaning of drainage line in the area," said Fire Officer Subhash Jadhav to The Hindu. The fire brigade rushed to the spot immediately and tried to retrieve the truck using JCB.
The officer also stated that no one was hurt in the incident. The driver also escaped by jumping out of the window. At least 500 sq. feet of the area around the place of the incident have been barricaded. The depth of the crater is 25 feet.
Meanwhile, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is in Pune, attending the programme organised to mark veteran journalist Nanasaheb Parulekar's birth anniversary. During the event, he remarked that the "transport sector of India is going to change". The development of infrastructure will increase employment opportunities, trade, and business.
Waterspouts spotted as heavy rain intensifies across the island
Video footage sent to Times of Malta shows at least four waterspouts of different sizes across Marsascala and off the coasts of Mellieħa and Sliema.
The videos shows columns of rotating wind similar in appearance to the dense, dark storm clouds above stretching down from the sky.
In Mellieħa and Sliema, the waterspouts can be faintly seen throwing up water into the air as they intersect the surface of the sea below while in the footage shot in Marsascala, only the top of a waterspout is visible above the skyline.
Comment: Related to the flooding in the region: Thunderstorms are bringing unprecedented greening to the southern Sahara desert