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Late winter storm dumps 10 inches of snow overnight in Lexington, Kentucky

Trees weighted down by heavy snow fell on vehicles on Hartland Pkw.
© Charles BertramTrees weighted down by heavy snow fell on vehicles on Hartland Pkw. In a Lexington. Reports of up to 10 inches of snow in parts of Central Kentucky.
A winter storm that dumped up to 8 to 10 inches of snow in Lexington overnight clogged secondary roads and weighed down or broke limbs and power lines Monday.

Lexington police responded to three injury collisions and 41 non-injury collisions from 4:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Officers also responded to 73 motorist assists in that time frame and 65 traffic hazards, such as trees down, low hanging wires and particularly poor road conditions. Some of those included vehicles that ran off the roads.

Susan Straub, a spokeswoman for the city of Lexington, said since around 4:45 a.m. the vast majority of those 65 traffic hazards -- about 50 -- were for downed trees. City crews were working to remove the road hazards, Straub said.


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Hailstorms, unseasonal rains damaged 476,000 hectares of crops in February across India

Maharashtra has been the worst hit so far
© Javier CandeiraMaharashtra has been the worst hit so far.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, informed the parliament today that hailstorms and unseasonal rains have caused huge damage, especially to northern states in India. Hailstorms and unseasonal rain caused damage to 4.76 lakh hectares of crop in February in Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Karnataka.

While responding to an unstarred question regarding damage to crops due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms, he said Maharashtra has been the worst hit so far, with the state having the highest share of crop areas affected. Maharashtra is followed by Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh (see Table). Around 300,000 hectares of crops like jowar, gram, wheat and horticulture crops like orange, grapes, bananas, and vegetables were damaged.

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Rare hailstorm kills girl and scores of animals in Ghana

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Four communities in the Krachi East Municipality have suffered from a rare hailstorm accompanied by strong winds that ravaged property, killing a girl and scores of domestic and wild animals.

The affected communities are Ayiramu, Katanga, Yabrae and Kparekpare, where Abena Manu, a six year old girl, was trapped by a falling wall, which killed her instantly with two others being injured in the millieu with broken bones..

The injured are recuperating at the Worawora Hospital in the Biakoye District.

The large ice pellets also killed ducks, fowls, goats, lambs as well as bush rabbits, grass-cutter and partridges.

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Woman dies after lightning strike in Nepal

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A woman from Letang municipality-9 in the district died while two others got injurywhen the lightning occurred last night.

The lightning coupled with rainfall struck 32 year old Gita Ghimire, who later succumbed to injury during the treatment at a local Pathari Hospital.

Two others injured in the incident are- Gita's sister-in-law, Menuka Ghimire, and neighbour Dhan Bahadur Rai.

Police Inspector at Area Police Office, Letang, Khagendra Khadka informed that the injured ones were undergoing treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences.

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More than 700,000 animals in Mongolia die from severe wintry weather

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A total of 710,740 animals have died so far this year in Mongolia due to the extreme wintry weather known as "dzud", the country's meteorology service said Wednesday.

The dzud is a brutal weather phenomenon in Mongolia where a dry summer followed by a frigid winter kills vast numbers of livestock either by starvation or cold.

Snowfall covered up to 50 percent of the country, with 66 administrative subdivisions in 12 provinces experiencing dzud or near dzud conditions, Mongolian National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring said in a statement.

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At least two dead as severe storms batter Southwest US

US Southwest storm damage
© KLTVAuthorities have confirmed that at least two people were killed during severe thunderstorms in the Southwest Saturday night
Authorities have confirmed that at least two people were killed during severe thunderstorms in the Southwest Saturday night.

'Please be aware that there was one fatality at the Brushy Creek campground and not four, as was mistakenly reported initially,' Marion County Sheriff David McKnight said on Facebook.

Authorities said the deceased 'was a 40 year woman from southeast Texas'.

Another death was reported by Longview Police.

Police told KLTV that a 41-year-old man was killed during the storms at the Flamingo Mobile Home Park when a tree fell on his mobile home.

His 12-year-old son was rescued and was taken to the hospital. The child's injuries are still unknown.

The severe storms started to move through the area around 10.30pm Saturday night and continued until around 6am Sunday morning, according to KTSB.

The storms produced large hail, sometimes in excess of two inches in diameter, damaging wind gusts over 70mph.

A video showed golf ball-sized hail in the De Berry, Texas, area.

Comment: Severe hailstorm causes damage for many across Arkansas (VIDEOS)


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Severe hailstorm causes damage for many across Arkansas (VIDEOS)

Multiple reports of windows broken due to the hail storm
© Brandon CarterMultiple reports of windows broken due to the hail storm
An early evening severe weather event Saturday night will have insurance adjusters busy this week.

Several reports of broken windshields and roof damage have been reported as anywhere from pea-sized to baseball sized hail moved through the state.

KATV viewers sent in dozens of videos and pictures as the storms pushed through around 7 p.m. Saturday night.


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Lightning bolt kills 16 at Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda

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At least 16 people were killed and dozens injured when lightning struck a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda on Saturday.

Most of the victims died instantly when lightning hit the church in the southern district of Nyaruguru, local mayor Habitegeko Francois told a reporter.

Two people died from their injuries, and 140 people were rushed to hospital and health centres.

Lightning also killed a student in the area on Friday, the mayor said.

The weather accident in the mountainous region near the border with Burundi took place around midday on Saturday while parishioners of the town of Gihemvu were at a church service.

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Deadly storms wreak havoc in Thailand

Thailand storm damage
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One person was killed by lightning as thunderstorms and strong winds wreaked havoc in 24 provinces this week, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Friday.

Fourteen of the provinces hit are in the Northeast, four in the North, two in the Central Plains, two in the eastern region and the two others in the South.

From Monday to Thursday, gusting winds damaged 1,239 houses and structures in 189 villages in 57 districts, and brought down trees and electricity poles that blocked roads, causing widespread local blackouts and disruption.

A 46-year-old man died when his shelter in a rubber plantation was hit by lightning during a storm in Chachoengsao's Tha Takiab district on Wednesday.

Local authorities provided initial relief to the affected villagers, as people were warned to be alert for more stormy weather on Friday and Saturday.


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Late winter storm dumps two feet of snow on Kenai Peninsula highways in Alaska

Snow removal underway in downtown Seward.
© City of SewardSnow removal underway in downtown Seward.
A late-season winter storm that brought more than two-feet of snow to parts of the eastern Kenai Peninsula has created hazardous driving conditions along the Seward Highway and dangerous road conditions on the eastern Sterling Highway.

State Department of Transportation and Public Facilities road crews have encountered the heaviest snowfall totals-- more than two-feet deep-- from Seward north through Moose Pass and up to Turnagain Pass.

Due to existing snow and the anticipation of additional snowfall this weekend, DOTPF cautions drivers to expect dangerous to hazardous road conditions through the weekend in the areas hit heaviest by the snow.