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Flash-flooding hits UK as huge thunderstorms sweep country: more than month's worth of rain fell within hours

Rob Cooper
The Daily Mail, UK
Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:14 UTC
  • Around 50 homes hit by flash flooding in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, following heavy downpours
  • Entire months rainfall hits Pershore, Worcestershire, in the space of three hours as the area is hit by 56mm of rain
  • Two flood warnings and 13 flood alerts put in place by the Environment Agency
  • Up to 40mm of rain could hit the east of England in the space of a few hours today
More than 50 homes have been hit by flash flooding as parts of Britain were hit by a month's worth of rainfall in the space of a few hours after the heatwave came to an end.

Nottinghamshire Police said houses in Southwell were particularly badly hit by the extreme weather, while numerous properties, businesses and roads across the county were affected.

Today the Environment Agency had two flood warnings in place in Somerset and 13 active flood alerts as Britain was braced for further downpours.
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Flooded: Cars are completely submerged in water in Southwell, Nottingham, last night after a heavy downpour
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Summer soaking: A car is almost completely covered by muddy water after a downpour caused flash flooding in Southwell, Nottingham, yesterday
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Cloud Lightning

Incredible mammatus clouds in U.S. Midwest herald massive downpours, 'turns air yellow'


The Daily Mail, UK
Wed, 24 Jul 2013 09:38 UTC
Bulbous formation turned sky over Iron Mountain orange

Weather phenomenon, known as Mammatus, can be sign of storm

Ominous clouds gathered over a Michigan city on Monday night, leading residents to question what was causing the bulbous formations and if they were a sign of rough weather ahead.

As the orange-tinged clouds were spotted at about 8.30pm above Iron Mountain, residents posted pictures of them on social media to see if anyone could identify what they were.

Meteorologist Jeff Last was finally able to resolve the mystery through Twitter, when he identified the phenomenon as Mammatus.

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Strange forecast: Joe Nottage took pictures of the clouds as they gathered over Iron Mountain
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Cloud Lightning

Severe thunderstorm causes widespread damage in Lethbridge, Alberta, 17 July 2013 - Second major storm to hit Canadian city in one month


CTV
Sun, 21 Jul 2013 06:47 UTC
There was significant damage in the wake of a storm that blew through Lethbridge in southern Alberta on Wednesday night.


Comment: This is the second time in one month that Lethbridge has been hit with a severe weather emergency!



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Cloud Lightning

Storms in Quebec, Ontario leave thousands without power


CBC News
Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:59 UTC
High winds blamed for death of a 21-year-old woman at Boucherville, Que., swimming pool.

High winds caused by storms that swept through parts of southern Ontario and Quebec are being blamed for the death of 21-year-old woman and the loss of power to hundreds of thousands of people in both provinces.


A 21-year-old woman died after she was struck by a falling tree branch at pool in Boucherville, Que., on Montreal's south shore. Two other people were hurt - a 6-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman.

By midnight, about 400,000 customers in Quebec were still without power in the wake of severe storms that passed through the province. High winds and falling tree branches are to blame for the outages, Louis Olivier Batty, a spokesperson with Hydro-Québec, said earlier Friday.
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Cloud Lightning

Huge storm brings hail, multiple tornadoes to Saskatchewan, Canada

Lauren Strapagiel
Canada.com
Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:47 UTC
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© BRYAN SCHLOSSER/Regina, Leader-PostDark clouds as the storm passed near Regina, Sask. on Monday, July 15, 2013.
It was a wild day of weather yesterday in parts of Saskatchewan as a large storm cell made its way through the province.

Much of the southern part of the province were put on alert with tornado and severe thunderstorm watches through the afternoon and evening. Although it wasn't quite as "Oklahoma-style" as Weather Network chief meteorologist Chris Scott predicted on Twitter, it sure packed a wallop.
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Cloud Precipitation

Monster hail storm causes major damage in Irricana, Alberta, Canada

Sara Wilson
Rocky View Weekly
Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:30 UTC
Residents of Irricana, are cleaning up after a monster thunderstorm rolled through town July 6, leaving more than a foot of hail in its wake.


Life-long residents are stunned as photos and stories emerge of the devastation of the storm.

"Never in all my years," David Butters, resident of Irricana since 1974 said, while showing off the flooding and destruction along First Street. "I've never seen anything like this."

He's not the only one.
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Bizarro Earth

'Very anomalous weather pattern' - Heat wave building into the Ohio Valley and eastern United States


NASA
Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:21 UTC
A very anomalous weather pattern is in place over the U.S. for mid-July. Trapped between an upper level ridge centered over the Ohio Valley and the closed upper level low over the Texas/Oklahoma border, atypical hot, muggy air is stifling a broad swath of the eastern U.S. The closed low is expected to drift west toward New Mexico bringing heavy, localized rain to some areas and temperatures running 10-20 degrees below mid-July averages. Across the east, temperatures will warm well into the 90's and stay there through the week. This image was taken by the GOES East satellite at 12:45 p.m. EDT on July 15, 2013.
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© NOAA/NASA
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Cloud Lightning

'Extremely unusual' storm system moving backwards across United States through end of week


TheWeatherSpace.com
Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:59 UTC
A low pressure system that started in the Eastern United States has retrograded under a ridge of high pressure to the north over the last couple of days. This system is moving from east to west, which is extremely unusual for this hemisphere. We've seen these move east to west for a short period of time, but this one will make it to Southern California by the time it weakens.

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The upper level system is known as an easterly wave, however I'd like to call it a super easterly wave based on the distance it is going to travel. This particular system will have traveled from one side of the country to the other once it has stopped moving west, diving from there into Mexico, gathering up monsoonal moisture to be put into Nevada and Southern California later in the week into next week.

Rainfall estimations across parts of Central Texas could be over 2-4″ of rain, with more rain (above 6+" possible in parts of South-Central Texas. Severe storms, including tornadoes, hail, and damaging winds will be possible from Texas, New Mexico, and parts of Arizona through the next few days.
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Bizarro Earth

India says nearly 6,000 missing a month after devastating floods


Rueters via Yahoo News
Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:26 UTC
India officially declared on Monday that nearly 6,000 people were missing a month after flash floods ravaged large parts of its northern state of Uttarakhand, but stopped short of saying they were presumed dead.

The figure of 5,748, based on tallies of missing persons from around the country, was the first official estimate following weeks in which the numbers of dead and missing fluctuated wildly from a few hundred to several thousand.

Their families will now be eligible for financial relief, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna told a news conference, adding that his government would pay 150,000 rupees ($2,500) to families in the state, besides compensation from the federal government.
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© REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui Posters of missing people, caused by the flash floods and landslides, are placed on a gate as an Indian Air Force helicopter lands at a base in Dehradun, in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand June 26, 2013.
"We are not getting into the controversy whether the missing persons are dead or not," said Bahuguna. "We are abiding by what the families of the victims say, and if they think that they haven't come back and have no hope as well, (then) we are providing them monetary relief."

The official death toll still stands at 580, an official of the National Disaster Management Authority told Reuters. More than 4,600 of the missing in Uttarakhand had come from elsewhere in India, said the official, who declined to be identified as he was not authorized to speak to the media.
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Bizarro Earth

Northern India hit by worst flooding in 50 years: 100 villages swamped in Bihar


The Extinction Protocol
Fri, 12 Jul 2013 09:09 UTC
Flood waters entered over 100 villages in Bihar in the past 24 hours, forcing people to abandon their homes, as many rivers in the state rose and posed a threat to other villages too, officials said Thursday. All the inundated villages are in the flood-prone districts of Purnea, Araria, Kishanganj, Muzaffarpur and Katihar. "Flood waters entered more than 100 villages of Amaur block in Purnea, Forbesganj and Sikti in Araria and Kochadham in Kishanganj. In Muzaffarpur, dozens of villages were inundated in Aurai and Katra blocks," an official of the state disaster management department said.

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The department officials told IANS that fear of floods is gripping villages again in Bihar, with water levels rising in several rivers following heavy rain in the state and in the catchment areas in neighbouring Nepal. "Water levels in the Mahananda, Bagmati, Kamla Balan, Gandak, Bodhi Gandak and Kosi rivers are showing rising trend over the past two days, threatening hundreds of villages in over half a dozen districts," the official said. An unconfirmed report said that at least eight people, including three schoolgirls, have drowned in the flood water.
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