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Lightning strikes kills five in Andhra Pradesh, India


Telangana Today
Sun, 07 May 2017 16:24 UTC
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Sudden thundershowers across Andhra Pradesh also led to disruption of traffic and power outage in different parts of the state.

Five persons were killed after they were struck by lightning in separate incidents after sudden thundershowers lashed parts of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.

The deaths were recorded at Brahmanapalli in Gopavaram mandal of Kadapa, Maddikera in Kurnool district, Mannegunta at Venkatagiri mandal in Nellore district and Dakkali also in Nellore district. Seven others were injured at Santipuram in Chittoor.

Heavy rain lashed the Rayalaseema districts including Chittoor, Kurnool, Kadapa and Anantapur, accompanied by strong gales. Two persons sustained injuries while at least 45 goats perished at Kalthur of KVB Puram mandal in Chittoor district. Thunderstorms in Tirupati led to traffic jams and power shutdown as several trees and electric poles got uprooted.

Comment: Elsewhere in India over the weekend 2 were killed by lightning in Jamshedpur, with another 3 fatalities in Odisha.

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Hailstones the size of baseballs strike Madras, Oregon

A.J. Kato
ktvz.com
Fri, 05 May 2017 09:13 UTC
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Mike Halsey was busy cleaning up the mess Friday after giant, baseball-sized hail from Thursday night's storm pummeled his Madras home.

"About 15 minutes into the hail storm, the front window ended up breaking in our house. Two of our children ended up waking up, crying, screaming," he said. "After, we come outside to find the damage to the truck, the house, the tree all over the place and then planters, small things here and there."

He said his insurance won't cover any of the damage.

The storm damaged businesses as well as homes.

Karen McCarthy owns Madras Garden Depot. She said the extreme weather damaged her greenhouse, as well as some of her outside plants.

"It just totally took the tops off all the tulips that were outside. I mean, they were decapitated," she said.
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Unusual wind storm hits Vermont, New York

Ryan Hanrahan
NBC Connecticut
Sat, 06 May 2017 08:29 UTC
Vermont wind storm
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An unusual "gravity wave" induced wind storm produced wind gusts of hurricane force in parts of western Vermont and eastern New York Friday afternoon. The unusual wind storm occurred suddenly in the late afternoon and appears to be driven by what is known as a gravity wave.

A gravity wave is a wave (think just like the ocean) that occurs in a stable atmosphere. This vertical wave pushes the air up and down just like a ripple in a pond after you toss a rock into it. We can see this perturbation in the atmosphere by looking at the surface pressure on a barometer.

These two pressure traces from Williamstown, MA and Stockbridge, MA in the Berkshires show a sharp drop and rise in the atmospheric pressure just after 4:00 p.m. This happened as the gravity wave moved over Massachusetts - the ripple overhead in the atmosphere produced a quick drop and rise in the pressure.

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Pressure trace from a home weather station in Stockbridge, MA (above) Williamstown, MA (below) showing a sharp drop in pressure as the gravity wave passed.
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Egyptair crash: No trace of explosives on victims, says French newspaper


UK Guardian
Sat, 06 May 2017 18:32 UTC
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Le Figaro says French investigators have ruled out theory that bomb was responsible for disaster last May that killed 66 people

French investigators have found no traces of explosives on the bodies of French victims of Egyptair flight MS804 that crashed into the Mediterranean last year en route from Paris to Cairo, a newspaper has reported.

Le Figaro's report, which a source with knowledge of the matter confirmed to Reuters, contradicts Egyptian investigators who said in December that traces of explosives were found in the remains of victims of the flight.

Comment: Chances are this was yet another commercial plane 'taken out' by the increasingly extreme weather on our planet, or, as a result of one of the many exploding space rocks that have been seen in our skies.

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Lightning strikes kill 3 people in Bangladesh


en.prothom-alo.com
Fri, 05 May 2017 08:45 UTC
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Three people, including a farmer, were killed in lightning strikes in Jessore and Gopalganj districts on Friday, reports UNB.

In Jessore, two people and a cow were killed at Nishchintpur village of Jhikargachha upazila after being struck by a thunderbolt.

The deceased are Yunus Ali, 25, son of Akbar Ali, and Jasimuddin, son of Tajuddin.

Masud Karim, officer-in-charge of Jhikargachha police station, said the lightning struck them while they were going to a field in the morning.
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Seven killed and two injured by lightning strikes in Bangladesh


Dhaka Tribune
Fri, 05 May 2017 18:11 UTC
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Two bullocks that farmer Younus were taking to the field also died when struck by lightning.

Seven people, including five farmers, died in lightning strikes in five districts on Friday.

Our Jessore correspondent reported that lightning strikes accompanied by thundershowers claimed the lives of two men in the district.

Farmer Younus Ali and Jashimuddin were heading to the field when they were struck.

Two bullocks that Younus was taking to the field also died in the same strike.

In Gopalganj, one farmer died and two others were injured when struck by lightning.

Comment: Elsewhere in Asia there were 2 fatalities due to lightning recently in Cambodia with another one in Nepal.

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Heavy rain and gales damage crops in Andhra Pradesh, India


The New Indian Express.
Tue, 02 May 2017 19:12 UTC
Damaged maize
Damaged maize
Heavy rain and gales lashed the upland areas of West Godavari district on Monday, causing extensive damage to horticulture crops. Chintalapudi, Lingapalem, T Narasapuram and Kamavarapukota mandals experienced rainfall. Eluru, the district headquarters, also witnessed rainfall, which brought respite to people from heat wave conditions.

Maize crop which came to harvest was badly damaged. The untimely rain also caused extensive damage to mango and banana crops.

Harvested paddy crop left in the fields was also damaged. Banana farmers of Mudicharla, Vemulapalli and Badarala villages were affected as the strong gales ravaged the plantations.

In Rangapuram, papaya crop was damaged. The untimely rain also affected mango orchards in Bogolu, Mulagalampadu, Tochilakarayudu Palem, Singagudem, Lingapalem and Malleswaram.
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Sandstorm leaves Beijing with yellow skies and 'beyond index' pollution


RT
Thu, 04 May 2017 17:57 UTC
The Forbidden City is seen during a dust storm in Beijing
© ReutersThe Forbidden City is seen during a dust storm in Beijing, China May 4, 2017.
A sandstorm blowing into China has shrouded Beijing in smog and pushed its pollution to even more dangerous levels than usual. Children and elderly people have been advised to stay indoors, and dozens of flights have been canceled.

Sand and dust began blowing into Beijing from Mongolia and Inner Mongolia on Wednesday afternoon. It has since affected an area of up to 1.63 million sq km, according to China's National Meteorological Center.

By Thursday afternoon, the city's air quality index (AQI) jumped from under 100 to 621 - from "moderate" to "beyond index." It went down slightly in the evening, but remained at "beyond index" levels.
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Record hailstorm strikes Nakhon Phanom, Thailand


Thai Visa
Thu, 04 May 2017 14:04 UTC
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Record hailstorm in 30 years hit Renoo Nakhon district of Nakhon Phanom province yesterday pummeling ping-pong ball size hailstones on a hundred of houses and vehicles for hours, causing damages in the areas.

Residents staying outdoor were forced to take under cover as the ping-pong sized hailstones falling as the storms lavashing several vilages in the district late afternoon.

They said that they have never experienced such big size hailstones before in the past 30 years, and it was the worst hailstorm.
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Unprecedented hailstorm strikes Sanandaj, Iran


Press TV
Wed, 03 May 2017 13:53 UTC
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An unprecedented spring hailstorm has hit the northwestern Iranian city of Sanandaj, taking the residents by surprise.

While hailstorms are common in Sanandaj in spring time, the ferocious hailstorm, which started on Wednesday morning, left the capital city of Sanandaj in Kordestan Province like snow-covered cities, with tractors sent out to clear ice from streets.

The hailstorm also inflicted damage on vehicles, disrupted traffic for several hours and caused flash floods.

Several other cities and villages across the province were also hit by hailstorms and flash flooding.

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