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Lightning strikes claim 3 lives in Telangana, India


The Hans India
Sat, 27 May 2017 14:42 UTC
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Lightning took the lives of three people of the district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Nannuri Krishna Reddy of Narsingbatla of Nalgonda mandal, Tanneru Raja of Koppolu of Gurrampodu mandal and Osman of Tummadam of Nidmnoor mandal.

Reddy and Raja were hit by lightning while taking shelter under trees, Osman was hit while working in his field. Meanwhile, the untimely rains coupled with strong gales damaged fruit orchards, especially mango and sweet lime.

The rains threw public life out of gear in several parts of Nalgonda, Suryapet and Yadadri districts. Power supply was snapped in many places. However, the showers brought respite to many who were struggling due to rising temperatures.
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Black bear attacks jogger near Merritt, British Columbia

Michael Potestio
Merritt Herald
Fri, 26 May 2017 14:24 UTC
Black bear

Black bear
Access to the Norgaard view point has been blocked off by conservation officers attempting to locate a bear that attacked a jogger on that hill yesterday afternoon (May 25).

Conservation Office inspector Tobe Sprado said the jogger had hiked up to the flagpole and was proceeding back down another trial along the hillside when a brown-coloured black bear began pursuing him.

Sprado said the bear chased the man for about 500 metres.

"While he was confronting the bear he fell down," Sprado said. "The bear made contact with him and swiped at him with his paws, [but] he was able to get up and beat the bear off with sticks and rocks," he said adding that the bear left the man alone after that.

The man then continued down the trial and went to the hospital where he was treated for minor scrapes he sustained from the bear attack, Sprado said.

The attack was possibly predatory in nature, and occurred at about 2:30 p.m.
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Lightning bolt kills 2 in Saptari, Nepal


The Himalayan Times
Fri, 26 May 2017 09:20 UTC
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Two persons have been killed by a bolt of lightning in Saptari district on Friday, police said.

Police identified the deceased as 25-year-old woman Rubina Chaudhary of Surunga Municipality-4 and 40-year-old man Surendra Mukhiya of Hanumannagar Kankalini Municipality-4 in the district.

Both of them died on the spot, according to police.

It has been learned that both of them were struck by a thunder bolt while working in their field.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill 6 people in West Bengal, India


India
Fri, 26 May 2017 09:00 UTC
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Six people were killed in lightning in three West Bengal districts on Friday evening as a thunderstorm swept across the state's north-western part triggering rain, police said.

While three people lost their lives in Purulia district, two others were killed in Birbhum and one in North Dinajpur district.

In Purulia district's Arsha area, three people were killed and at least nine injured when they were struck by lightning.

"These people had gathered in front of a mosque for their weekly religious rituals when the storm hit. Three people were instantly killed in lightning while nine others got injured and were shifted to the nearby hospital," an officer from Arsha police station told IANS.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes take 5 lives in 2 separate events in Bihar, India


Firstpost
Fri, 26 May 2017 08:52 UTC
Lightning
Five people were killed and two others injured today in separate incidents of lightning in Bihar's Katihar district, officials said.

Among the killed were three farmers.

A 62-year-old farmer and his brother in-law were killed by lightning while they were working in a maize field at Laxmipur Bundh tola, circle inspector Sadanand Mandal said.

A 30-year-old woman suffered burn injuries in another incident of lightning in the same locality, he said.

Another 52-year-old farmer was struck by lightning at Jaja village and was declared brought dead when rushed to the hospital, Kadwa police station in-charge Ajit Kumar said.

Yet another man was killed by lightning at Riwaganj village and a 14-year-old boy was struck at Azampur tola.

A 16-year-old youth was also injured at Azampur tola.

Source: Press Trust of India
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Cloud Lightning

6 women die as lightning bolt hits chimney in Tamil Nadu, India


The Hindu
Fri, 26 May 2017 08:46 UTC
Lightning
Six women workers were killed in Chengam in Tiruvannamalai district when lightning struck a chimney at a rice mill on Friday.

There was heavy downpour accompanied by thunder and lightning in Chengam and adjoining areas.

At least seven workers from Sorpanandal village were working in the mill at Dhalavai Naickanpettai in the town.

When the lightning struck, they were in the building located adjacent to the mill.

The building collapsed in the impact and the workers were caught underneath.
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Cloud Precipitation

Floods, landslides kill at least 91 in Sri Lanka; over 100 missing


Reuters
Fri, 26 May 2017 10:22 UTC
Sri Lanka landslide
© REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
A military official walks through the mud during a rescue mission at the site of a landslide in Bellana village in Kalutara, Sri Lanka May 26, 2017.
Floods and landslides in Sri Lanka have killed at least 91 people while more than 100 are missing after torrential rain, officials said on Friday, as soldiers fanned out in boats and in helicopters to help with rescue operations.

The early rainy season downpours have forced hundreds of people from their homes across the Indian Ocean island.

"There are at least five landslides reported in several places in Kalutara," said police spokesman Priyantha Jayakody, referring to the worst-hit district on the island's west coast.

"Rescue operations are still taking place."

The disaster management center said 91 people had been killed and 110 were missing.

The center said 38 deaths were reported from Kalutara while 46 were reported from the central southern district of Ratnapura.

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Igloo

Need funding for climate science? - Lie about the data!

Tony Heller
The Deplorable Climate Science Blog
Fri, 26 May 2017 05:34 UTC
Arctic sea ice extent is almost exactly "normal."
Sea Ice extent
© University of Colorado Boulder
Source 2017
There has been a huge increase in extent since this date last year.
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Bizarro Earth

Vinton County, Ohio has its first recorded earthquake, 20km deep and 3.8 magnitude

David Lee
WOUB
Fri, 26 May 2017 15:17 UTC
vinton county oh
An earthquake around 12:24 p.m. on Wednesday near Elk Township of Vinton County had worried individuals calling 911.

"People were just wondering what was going on," said William Faught, the director of the Vinton County Emergency Management Agency, who also felt a tremor from the earthquake.

"It's the first indication that we have in our catalog of any earthquake occurring in Vinton County," said Jeff Fox, a seismologist at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).

He classified yesterday's earthquake at a 3.8 magnitude instead of the 3.4 magnitude that was reported through the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). John Bellini, a geophysicist at the USGS, didn't think much of yesterday's event other than it being another sporadic earthquake. Bellini says yesterday's earthquake did not reach the level of intensity to do any real damage.
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Ice Cube

'Climate Change' Clobbers French Wine Crop

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That?
Sun, 07 May 2017 14:58 UTC
france vineyards frozen 2017
© John Hodder – Collection CIVC
Walter Sobchak writes:

Unseasonable late April weather damaged vineyards in France and England

French Bordeaux vineyards could lose half of harvest due to frost on Sat May 6, 2017
REUTERS BORDEAUX, France "Bordeaux vineyards in southwest France could lose about half of their harvest this year after two nights of frost damaged the crop at the end of April, a wine industry official said on Saturday. ... Wines from the Cognac, Bergerac, and Lot-et-Garonne regions had also been affected ... 'For Bordeaux wines...we estimate that the impact will be a loss of about 50 percent, depend on how many buds can regrow'".

English vineyards report 'catastrophic' damage after severe April frost

GUARDIAN.COM "Chris White, the chief executive of Denbies Wine Estate in Surrey, said up to 75% of its crop was damaged by last week's sub-zero temperatures: "The temperature dropped to -6C and at that level it causes catastrophic damage to buds," he said. White said staff had worked in vain using special fans and heaters to protect the vineyard, which at 265 acres in the UK's biggest, after an Arctic blast swept across the UK. ... 'It's been a stark reminder of the difficulties faced by wine producers in the country, and yes ... at this moment we are asking ourselves whether we were mad to try and grow vines in England,' said Wenman"
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