Earth Changes
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Flooded streets and submerged houses after heavy rainfall, in Warangal district on Sunday.
Flooded streets and submerged houses after heavy rainfall, in Warangal district on Sunday.
Almost 15 million people have been affected and around 850 people have lost their lives as a result of this year's monsoon in India, according to figures from the Ministry of Home Affairs Disaster Management Division (DMD).
Telangana
Flooding that began in Telangana last week has now affected the districts of Jayashankar Bhupalpally , Hyderabad, Mulugu, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Warangal urban, Warangal rural, Karimnagar, Mancherial, Komaram Bheem, Nirmal and Peddapalli.
The Godavari river is still above the danger mark at Bhadrachalam and Dummugudem in Bhadradri Kothagudem district.
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A partially damaged building is seen amid debris in Masbate Province, August 18, 2020, after an earthquake struck the Philippines.
A partially damaged building is seen amid debris in Masbate Province, August 18, 2020, after an earthquake struck the Philippines.
It was the strongest earthquake in eight months in the Philippines, which lies on the "Ring of Fire," a seismically active belt of volcanoes circling the Pacific Ocean.
"My things at home fell down and my neighbours' walls cracked and some collapsed," Rodrigo Gonhuran, 30, told Reuters from the central town of Cataingan, which has a population of more than 50,000 people and is near the epicentre.
One man, a retired police colonel, was killed when his three-storey house collapsed, while four people suffered minor injuries, provincial administrator Rino Revalo told DZMM radio station.
A dust storm can be seen on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020 on Interstate 10 near Picacho Peak, Arizona.
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Magnificent red jellyfish
Magnificent red jellyfish
Some of them chase red sprites or the tentacle-like spurts of red lightning in the sky during a storm. They happen so fast that sometimes people would think they are only hallucinating. The European Space Agency said that these sprites are ultrafast electricity traveling through the atmosphere at 37 and 50 miles up and move toward space.
#WeatherWednesday An immense Jellyfish Sprite briefly appeared above a distant thunderstorm on July 2nd, 2020. Sprites are large electrical discharges associated with lightning strikes, and occur high above storms in the mesophere and lower ionosphere. Image credit: S Hummel. pic.twitter.com/RXkgVs1Gbu
— McDonald Observatory (@mcdonaldobs) August 12, 2020
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Smoke from a wildfire, one of several that comprise the Deer Zone fires, billows over unincorporated Contra Costa County, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020
Smoke from a wildfire, one of several that comprise the Deer Zone fires, billows over unincorporated Contra Costa County, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020
More than 4,500 buildings remained threatened by the fire burning toward thick, dry brush in the Angeles National Forest. Firefighters already battling the blaze in steep, rugged terrain with scorching heat faced more hurdles when hundreds of lightning strikes and winds up to 15 mph (24 kph) pushed the flames uphill.
"We set up a containment line at the top of the hills so the fire doesn't spill over to the other side and cause it to spread, but it was obviously difficult given the erratic wind and some other conditions," said fire spokesman Jake Miller.
The landslide, which occurred on Friday in the district's Jugal Rural Municipality, also damaged 37 houses in Lidi village.
Among the 18 victims, there were 11 children, four women and three men, Superintendent of Police Prajwol Maharjan, chief of District Police Office, Sindhupalchowk, told Xinhua news agency.
The local administration has relocated affected people to a nearly safe location.
"A nearby hill has also remained split open and there are 25 houses below that hill," said Maharjan.
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The rare weather event was spotted over the Bristol Channel at the weekend
The rare weather event was spotted over the Bristol Channel at the weekend
The rare weather event, spotted near Portishead on Sunday afternoon, happens when strong gusts of wind rotate from the base of a cloud all the way down to the water below.
The phenomenon was spotted by a number of social media users, including Dr Arthur Richards, who tweeted footage from Somerset at around 4pm.
The spiralling cloud was visible for around 15 minutes, according to onlookers, and appeared to create a spray from the sea.
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Lightning streaks across the Bay.
Lightning streaks across the Bay.
We've collected some submissions from KQED listeners, readers, and staff, as well as some great shots from around the Bay Area social media-sphere.
Enjoy the odd weather while you can: San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose are expected to get sunny by Sunday afternoon, though there is still a chance of thunderstorms Sunday night, according to the National Weather Service.
Comment: More spectacular clips from the crazy weather/fires in California: