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Six tourists killed, dozens injured as freak storm batters Halkidiki, Greece


BBC
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 04:33 UTC
Greece storm damage
© REUTERS
The weather caused damage across the peninsula.
Six tourists have been killed and at least 30 other people injured in a violent storm that swept across a region of northern Greece.

Gale-force winds, heavy rain and hailstorms lashed Halkidiki, near the city of Thessaloniki, late on Wednesday, officials say.

A Czech couple died when their caravan was blown away, and two Romanians and two Russians were also killed.

A state of emergency was declared and more than 100 rescue workers deployed.

Charalambos Steriadis, head of civil protection in northern Greece, described it as an "unprecedented phenomenon".

The storm followed a spell of very hot weather in Greece with temperatures soaring to 37C (98F) over the past two days.

Images and video posted on social media show trees toppled, cars overturned and buildings damaged.

"It is the first time in my 25-year career that I have lived through something like this," said Athansios Kaltsas, director of the Nea Moudania Medical Centre which treated many of the injured.

"It was so abrupt, so sudden," he said.


Comment: On Italy's Adriatic coast storms wreaked havoc with hailstones as big as oranges.

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Storms wreak havoc on Adriatic coast, Italy - with hailstones as big as oranges


ansamed.info
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 19:14 UTC
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Orange-sized hail hurts 18 in Pescara, 200 pines down nr Ravenna

The Adriatic coast was hit by storms on Wednesday with many people in Pescara injured by hailstones as big as oranges and 200 historic pine trees felled near Ravenna, as well as flooding there and in many other parts of the Romagna, Marche and Abruzzo seaboards including Pescara hospital.

At least 18 people including a pregnant woman were hurt by hailstones as big as oranges in Pescara in Abruzzo.

The victims were taken to the town's ER unit.

The pregnant woman suffered injuries to her face and head, ANSA sources said.


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Violent hailstorm destroys crops in Foggia area, Italy


Fresh Plaza
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:06 UTC
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A violent hailstorm hit the Foggia province on Thursday 4th July 2019 destroying various crops in the Ascoli Satriano, Candela, Sant'Agata, Deliceto and Cerignola municipalities.

Confagricoltura Foggia reports that the damage is considerable especially when it comes to fruit, but that it will take a few days to make an assessment.

Local producer Angelo Ippolito explains that "apricots, peaches and vineyards were the most affected. A violent hailstorm with strong winds destroyed much of the crops. Some hail stones were actually the size of an apricot."

Insurance surveyors arrived the day after and estimated damages to 95% of the crops. Producers were ready to start harvesting on July 5th.
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Damaged agricultural acreage could reach one million hectares due to dry weather in Spain


Fresh Plaza
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:58 UTC
dry earth
According to data on the agricultural acreage affected by the dry weather, provided by Agroseguros, it is estimated that the total figure will rise to more than 980,000 hectares. To date, 643,000 hectares have been damaged, with Castile-Leon and Castile-La Mancha as the most affected autonomous regions, with 376,000 and 109,000 hectares damaged, respectively.

According to the agro-insurance company, and based on the data available on June 24, the acreage affected and the total expected in the various autonomous regions is as follows: Andalusia 32,658 ha (37,920), Aragón 35,738 ha (60,379), Castile-Leon 376,117 ha (585,019), Castile-La Mancha 108,684 ha (182,455), Catalonia 10,760 ha (12,500), Navarre 17,614 ha (28,325) and the rest 61,651 ha (75,995).
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China launches emergency response to floods


Xinhua
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:34 UTC
Aerial photo taken on July 9, 2019 shows the flooded Xingmazhou in Binzhou New Village of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province.
© Xinhua/Chen Zeguo
Aerial photo taken on July 9, 2019 shows the flooded Xingmazhou in Binzhou New Village of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province.
China's disaster relief authority launched a level IV emergency response on Tuesday evening, as continuous rainstorms swelled water levels of rivers in some provinces, the Ministry of Emergency Management said Wednesday.

The Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters dispatched four work teams to Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Guizhou to guide relief work, the ministry said.

A total of 50 rubber boats were allocated to Jiangxi to help the province with flood relief.

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Rare deepwater whale dies on Gulf Islands beach, Florida

Annie Blanks
Pensacola News Journal
Tue, 09 Jul 2019 12:20 UTC
A rare Beaked whale, one of the deepest-diving whales, was found beached on Gulf Islands National Seashore on Monday afternoon.
© Navarre Beach Fire Rescue
A rare Beaked whale, one of the deepest-diving whales, was found beached on Gulf Islands National Seashore on Monday afternoon.
An extremely rare whale was found washed up on the beach on Gulf Islands National Seashore Monday afternoon, the second time in as many months that a rare deepwater whale has been found on a Panhandle beach and died as rescuers tried to save it.

The whale Monday was discovered on the beach at Gulf Islands, just east of Navarre Beach. The whale was a species of beaked whale, which is typically a deep-ocean whale and very rarely seen close to the Gulf Coast, according to Britany Baldrica, Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge Marine Mammal Stranding Team coordinator.
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Over 62,000 affected by floods with 145 villages under water in Assam, India


India Today
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:49 UTC
flood
The flood situation in Assam turned serious on Tuesday with over 62,000 people getting affected across eight districts.

The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said 145 villages are under water and 3,435 hectares of crop areas have been damaged.

The situation could turn worse as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast enhanced rain in the northeastern states including Assam in the next few days.

Around 62,400 people are suffering due to flood in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Barpeta, Chirang, Golaghat, Jorhat and Dibrugarh districts.

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Rare oarfish washes ashore in Aklan, Philippines

Gabriela Baron
Manila Bulletin
Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:39 UTC
Oarfish
© Rizza Castillo
A 10.5-feet oarfish was spotted along the coast New Washington in Aklan, Monday morning.

According to Rizza Castillo, one of the owners of a fishing vessel, a fisherman spotted the oarfish while they were waiting for their lantsa (vessel) onshore.

"First time may makaraya iya nagdagsa sa New Washington." (This is the first time an oarfish appeared off the coast of Washington)," she said.

Residents tried to return the fish to the shore, but it was already weak and it shortly died.
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US breaks 125-year precipitation record as Gulf Coast prepares for tropical system

Max Golembo
WTVD-TV
Tue, 09 Jul 2019 08:29 UTC
Gulf Coast storm
The Gulf Coast is bracing for heavy rainfall from a potential tropical storm system as officials revealed that the country has broken the record for the wettest 12-month period for the third time this year.

The news comes as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that there have been six $1 billion weather and climate disasters so far this year. Since 1980, there have been 250 such events -- an average of six a year.

A tropical depression is expected to form in the Gulf by Thursday and will likely hit somewhere between the western Florida panhandle and the northern Texas coast, the National Weather Service announced Tuesday.

The system has the potential to produce heavy rainfall in the affected areas, but it is too soon to determine the magnitude and location of any potential wind or storm surge impacts at this time.

Rainfall in the U.S. has broken records a stunning three times this year, with above- to much-above average participation in the Deep South through the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys as well as the East Coast, according to the NOAA.

The precipitation total for June was 3.3 inches in the contiguous U.S., about .37 inches above the average, according to NOAA. The contiguous U.S. saw 19.05 inches in total precipitation in the past year, 3.74 inches above the average and the wettest such period in the 125-year record.

Flooding persisted along many of the major river systems and their tributaries across the central U.S., including the central and lower Mississippi River, the Missouri River and the Illinois River.
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5.9 magnitude earthquake hits southwest Iran, felt in Kuwait and Iraq


Gulf News
Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:38 UTC
Iran earthquake
The Kuwaiti National Seismic Network said Monday that tremors were felt earlier in the country, which were caused by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit early morning West of Iran.

The tremors lasted for seconds and it was felt in various parts of the country according to KUNA. Adding that no casualties were reported on the ground.

Iran is located on major seismic faults and experiences one earthquake per day on average.

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