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Snow 23 FEET deep in the Andes - international crossings closed

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 20:05 UTC

© Rio Negro/Nicolás Canter
Copahue and the surrounding village are covered by snow, which reaches seven meters in this Neuquén paradise.

As the storm passed through Argentina and Chile, heavy snowfalls left international crossings closed, with walls on both sides of the route of up to 5 meters (16 1/2 ft) of snow (national 242); extreme temperatures with thermometers that have marked 23 negative degrees.

The storm in Ecuador in the Andean area of Píllaro, in the center of the country and entrance to the Llanganates National Park, left a snowy surprise of up to 30 cm (12 inches).

Since the end of June, Patagonia has been punished with heavy snowfalls and severe low temperatures which make it difficult or impossible to travel between towns and cities. Asphalt or gravel roads are the basis of these accumulations of ice and snow, which in many cases are very dangerous to travel. For example, National Route 40 at night, in some sections, is closed. Route 237 that goes to Neuquén also presents a similar panorama.

Almost 4 million people and 3.3 million animals affected by ongoing floods in Assam, India - over 13 million hectares of crops damaged

huaxia
Xinhua
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 18:52 UTC

Gagolmari village in Marigaon, Assam

Flooding in India's northeastern state of Assam has affected over 3.9 million people, officials said Friday.

The floods have hit 27 districts in the state.

According to officials at Assam Disaster Management Authority, the ongoing flooding has affected 3,218 villages and damaged cropland spreading over 13 million hectares, besides affecting over 3.3 million animals.

On Thursday, the floods claimed five lives, which took the death toll to 71.

Massive sea tornado appears off the coast of New South Wales, Australia

3w-News
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:12 UTC

A giant tornado formed over the sea this week as an east coast low continues to batter the New South Wales coastline with heavy rain, damaging winds and huge waves.

A fisherman in a boat near Stanwell Tops, 57km south of Sydney, captured the moment a terrifying wind tunnel shot from a dark cloud into the ocean on Tuesday.

'It is just the cloud refuelling isn't it?' the fisherman is hearing joking, as the water spout extended into the sky.

A vortex continued to churn for several seconds before its tail began to fade and the funnel was slowly sucked up into the cloud.

Large waterspout spins off Louisiana's Black Bay

Yahoo! News
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 11:54 UTC

A waterspout was seen spinning off Black Bay in Plaquemines County, Louisiana, on Tuesday, July 14. Justin Derouen captured the video while working aboard a jack-up barge boat in the area, he said.

Derouen told Storyful he shot the video from a distance of a mile and a half. "[I] was able to get pretty amazing footage of Mother Nature at work," Derouen said.

The National Weather Service in New Orleans gave a significant weather advisory for the southeastern Plaquemines Parish area on July 15. The storm was expected to bring winds reaching up to 30 mph (48 km/h).

Credit: Justin Derouen via Storyful

Hailstones up to baseball-size destroy thousands of acres of crops in Western Minnesota

John Lauritsen
CBS Minnesota
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 11:38 UTC

Much of the weather talk lately has centered around tornadoes in Ottertail County.

But a hail storm last weekend did significant building and crop damage from Kandiyohi County to Nicollet County. Wind speeds reached 50 miles an hour and at times the storm dropped baseball-sized hail. It was a blow for farmers when commodity prices are already down.

"We had a wonderful crop. Best we've had in this area in five years," said Curt Burns, farmer and crop consultant.

Surprise summer flash flood inundates Palermo, Italy

Al Jazeera
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 19:05 UTC

Firefighters in the Italian city of Palermo have worked through the night searching for people thought to have been trapped in a car in a flooded underpass after the most "violent" rainstorm in memory, according to local officials.

The rain, which reportedly fell intensely for several hours, caused widespread flooding in Palermo on Wednesday and resulted in the hospitalisation of two small children for hypothermia, Italian news agency ANSA said.

As the underpass search continued, police said they had received no report of people missing.

Leoluca Orlando, mayor of Palermo on the island of Sicily, described the downpour as "the most violent rain in the history of the city since at least 1790, equal to that which falls in a year".

Comment: Another report by EuroWeekly states that 2 people died trapped inside a car.

Thousands affected by flooding after weeks of rain in Colombia

Floodlist
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 13:34 UTC

Bridges were destroyed by floods in Meta

Wide areas of Colombia have seen heavy rainfall since the start of July. According to the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD), the rain has caused over 80 incidents of flooding or landslides in 19 departments of the country, with over 5,000 families affected.

Meta, Putumayo and Antioquia Departments

Flooding in Meta Department affected the municipalities of El Castillo, Lejanías, El Dorado, Guamal, Cubarral, Granada, Acacias and Villavicencio. The departmental government reported on 06 July that 1,245 families were affected and 131 families evacuated. Twenty-four homes, several bridges and over 1,000 hectares of crops have been damaged. The Meta government said the Ariari, Guape, Guamal, Guayuriba, Urichare, Cumaral and La Cal rivers all overflowed after heavy rain in early July.

Hundreds of homes were damaged by flooding in Sibundoy and Mocoa municipalities of Putumayo Department on 04 July, 2020. Media report over 2,000 families were affected.

Flood inundates villages in northwest Iran - roads to 50 cut off

Tasnim News Agency
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:45 UTC

Heavy rainfall caused flooding in dozens of cities and villages in Iran's northwestern province of Ardebil, forcing many families to leave their homes.

Roads to some 50 villages have been cut near Meshkinshahr, Ardebil Province, due to the heavy rain and flooding.

Necessary measures are underway to reopen the roadways to the areas.

Two villagers have gone missing after the flash floods and a search operation is underway.

Southern South Korea hit by devastating downpours - almost 11 inches of rain in 24 hours

Yonhap News Agency
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:20 UTC

© Yonhap
A flooded stream in Daejeon has stopped passers-by as the city saw downpour on Monday that continued from a day before.

Some 200 millimeters of rain pounded South Korea's southern regions on Monday, leaving several people dead and causing traffic accidents, flooding and destruction of roads, houses and facilities, officials said.

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), 277 mm of rain fell in Sancheong of South Gyeongsang Province for one day by 2 p.m., followed by 228 mm in Buan of North Jeolla Province, 210 mm in Geoje, west of Busan, 158.2 mm in Gwangju and 160.2 mm in Daejeon.

In the southeastern province of South Gyeongsang, the per-hour precipitation reached 30 mm, while southwestern coasts, Incheon and five Yellow Sea islands close to the North Korean border were put under a strong wind advisory, the agency said.

Heavy rain, extreme hailstorm leads to flooding in Gyumri, Armenia

Ruptly
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 11:50 UTC

Streets and basements in Armenia's second-largest city of Gyumri were flooded after heavy rainfall and hailstorm on Monday.

The storm left roads and vehicles partially submerged, and traffic disruptions were also reported in other parts of the northwestern Shirak Province.

Vehicle and property damages were also reported across the region, with many experiencing power outages.

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Storms

Snow 23 FEET deep in the Andes - international crossings closed

Almost 4 million people and 3.3 million animals affected by ongoing floods in Assam, India - over 13 million hectares of crops damaged

Massive sea tornado appears off the coast of New South Wales, Australia

Large waterspout spins off Louisiana's Black Bay

Hailstones up to baseball-size destroy thousands of acres of crops in Western Minnesota

Surprise summer flash flood inundates Palermo, Italy

Thousands affected by flooding after weeks of rain in Colombia

Flood inundates villages in northwest Iran - roads to 50 cut off

Southern South Korea hit by devastating downpours - almost 11 inches of rain in 24 hours

Heavy rain, extreme hailstorm leads to flooding in Gyumri, Armenia

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