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Stuff happens: Sewage spouts 100ft into the air over Hammersmith Bridge in London as storm drain erupts

Jacob Phillips
Londonnewsonline
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:29 UTC

A Hammersmith resident was left stunned as a sewage-laden geyser shot 20 metres into the air outside of his home - for the second time in 13 days.

Heavy rainfall battered the capital yesterday afternoon, causing a storm drain to burst open, spewing water and sewage into the air 100ft over Hammersmith Bridge.

Architect Peter Brill had witnessed the sight for the first time just two week earlier.

The Queens Wharf resident is now worried children are at risk of playing in the sewage if nothing is done to fix the issue.

Mr Brill said: "There was a rumbling sound before it exploded. Then it kept on exploding.

"It was like a geyser at Yellowstone National Park. It was very surprising. I was told 90 per cent is clear water but 10 per cent is sewage."

Comment: London hit with flash floods after torrential rain

Lightning bolt strikes multiple people on beach in Naples, Florida

Zach Barrett
nbc-2.com
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 08:50 UTC

A lightning strike leaves one person with moderate injuries and others with minor injuries after being hit by the bolt on Clam Pass beach.

Witnesses say the lightning strike happened around 6 p.m. on Monday. First responders arrived at the Clam Pass State Park in Naples for the call.

A worker at a nearby hotel said he was carrying a chair cushion to keep him from getting wet from the incoming storm when the bolt hit so close to him his hat fell off and he hit the sand.

Monday's lightning strike makes three separate incidents of people getting hit by lightning in the past ten days.

At least eight killed in 20-car pileup in Utah sandstorm

The Guardian
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 06:11 UTC

At least eight people have been killed in a 20-vehicle pileup during a sandstorm in Utah, the highway patrol said.

The crashes happened on Interstate 15 near the town of Kanosh on Sunday, the agency said in a news release. Several people were reportedly taken to hospitals in critical condition. Ground and air ambulances were used to transport crash victims.

The pileup occurred during a period of high winds that caused a dust or sandstorm which reduced visibility, the highway patrol said.

Five of the eight people killed were in one vehicle, while two others were in another vehicle, according to a news release. Another fatality was in a third vehicle.

Violent hailstorm destroys hundreds of cars on highway in northern Italy

Amar Mehta
Sky News
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 23:20 UTC

A violent hailstorm has brought traffic to a halt on one of Italy's main highways, injuring a number of people and smashing car windows.

The storm hit part of the northern stretch of the road between Milan and Naples, which runs for almost 500 miles.

Hundreds of cars were pelted with hail, forcing drivers to pull up by the roadside and causing authorities to close part of the road for a short time.

Footage broadcast by Italian weather channel Meteo Weather 24, showed vehicles with smashed windscreens, stopped on the road as the storm passed.

Comment: Look at the size of those things! They're practically the size of megacryometeors:

RT further reports that:

The hailstorm not only battered people's homes and property, but also devastated fields, vineyards, and orchards in the area, with the damage to agriculture estimated in the millions.

Crop failures due to natural disasters this year are unprecedented.

Thousands evacuated in flood-hit Philippines

Gretchen Malalad
CGTN
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 19:11 UTC

A man on a bicycle wades through a flooded

Typhoon In-Fa left the Philippines last Friday but continues to enhance the southwest monsoon.

Heavy rains over the weekend flooded different parts of the capital Manila and other provinces in Luzon and Visayas region. The disaster agency reported that 44,563 individuals were evacuated and are staying in 81 evacuation sites across the country.

Mary Jay Versoza and her whole family were evacuated from the coastal neighborhood of Baseco Compound in Manila City. Her house was flooded waist-deep and she was worried for the safety of her young children. Her family is staying at the Baseco Evacuation Center along with 277 other families.

Each family was provided with a modular tent, food and other necessities. But Versoza's worries are not yet over.

Heavy sandstorm engulfs China's northwest Dunhuang, causing chaos in ancient Silk Road city

South China Morning Post
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:54 UTC

Heavy sandstorm with dust clouds towering at least 100 metres (330ft) high hit China's Dunhuang city on July 25, 2021. Home to the Mogao caves, a Unesco World Heritage Site, Dunhuang is located in the Gobi Desert, known for its harsh climate and living conditions.

Flood kills 19, destroys homes in Kano, Nigeria

Fanen Ihyongo
The Nation (Nigeria)
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:43 UTC

No fewer than 19 persons have been feared dead in Doguwa local government area of Kano State after a vehicle conveying them was washed away by floodwaters at the weekend.

The incident followed a torrential downpour in the city that lasted several hours, destroying properties estimated at over N100 million.

"Human beings and domesticated animals, including birds, as well as foodstuff were destroyed, as several homes were submerged in the flood," Saidu, a resident, said.

Village Head of Doguwa settlement, Alhaji Yusuf Umar, confirmed the incident to newsmen, saying 15 bodies have been recovered while search has been intensified to recover the bodies of the remaining four victims.

Umar narrated that the vehicle conveying the dead was washed away by the flood after its engine went off in the middle of a bridge on Friday night.

Shanghai cancels flights as Typhoon In-Fa lashes eastern China

Al Jazeera
Sun, 25 Jul 2021 17:38 UTC

Two international airports in the Chinese city of Shanghai have cancelled all flights and authorities banned outdoor activities as Typhoon In-Fa lashed eastern China with high winds and heavy rains.

In-Fa landed in the Putuo district of the city of Zhoushan, a major port in the eastern province of Zhejiang, at 12:30pm (04:30 GMT) on Sunday, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing the China Meteorological Administration.

The storm hit as central China is still reeling from record flooding that killed at least 58, cut off power and forced the relocation of more than 1 million people.

"We will make every effort to ensure the safety of people's lives and property, and do everything to minimise disaster losses, and strive to achieve the goal of no deaths and few injuries and economic losses," said Yuan Jiajun, Zhejiang province Communist Party secretary, during an inspection of preparations on Saturday, official media reported.

Al Jazeera's Sara Khairat reports.

Lightning strikes kill 5, injure 18 in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, India

Newsable.asianetnews.com
Sat, 24 Jul 2021 15:34 UTC

Five persons were killed and 18 others injured in four incidents of lightning strikes in Madhya Pradesh's Panna district, the district officials said on Saturday.

According to district authorities, the incidents took place at Ureha, Pipariya Daun, Choumukha and Simrakhurd villages of Panna district on Friday.

While Ureha, Pipariya Daun and Choumukha villages reported one casualty each, two women were killed in the lightning strike at Simrakhurd, it was stated.

A 70-year-old man was struck by lightning when he ventured into a forest for grazing cattle in Simrakhurd, while another person died in Pipariya Daun and a 65-year-old man was killed in Choumukha, sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Rachna Sharma said.

Comment: On the same day (July 23) strikes killed 3 people in the state of Assam.

Two killed as tornado hits Hebei province in China

ZHANG YU
China Daily
Thu, 22 Jul 2021 20:21 UTC

Two villagers were killed after a tornado hit Qingyuan district in Baoding, North China's Hebei province, on Wednesday afternoon, according to a report by Hebei Daily.

Donglyu village in the district was slammed by the tornado at around 5 pm, leaving several factories damaged. The district also experienced wind and hail for about 30 minutes.

The local government dispatched rescue teams including firefighters and utility workers to the district immediately after the tornado occurred and repaired some damaged electricity circuits and gas pipelines. Other disaster relief work continues.

Many cities in Hebei have suffered rainy weather for about three days, with some southern and western parts hit by rainstorms.

The province's meteorological bureau issued a red alert for rainstorm on Thursday morning. Some parts in Handan, Xingtai and Shijiazhuang will continue to see heavy rains. Handan borders Henan province, which has been hit hard by rain disasters in the past two days.

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Storms

Stuff happens: Sewage spouts 100ft into the air over Hammersmith Bridge in London as storm drain erupts

Lightning bolt strikes multiple people on beach in Naples, Florida

At least eight killed in 20-car pileup in Utah sandstorm

Violent hailstorm destroys hundreds of cars on highway in northern Italy

Thousands evacuated in flood-hit Philippines

Heavy sandstorm engulfs China's northwest Dunhuang, causing chaos in ancient Silk Road city

Flood kills 19, destroys homes in Kano, Nigeria

Shanghai cancels flights as Typhoon In-Fa lashes eastern China

Lightning strikes kill 5, injure 18 in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, India

Two killed as tornado hits Hebei province in China

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