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Freak storm hits South Trinidad, roof torn from University

Radhica Sookraj
Guardian
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:33 UTC
Gusty winds tore off the roof of the University of Trinidad and Tobago's south campus on Sunday destroying more than $12 million worth of equipment and displacing more than 1,500 students.

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Warnings as thunderstorms and hail hit large areas of New South Wales, Australia


Sydney Morning Herald
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:23 UTC
Sydney hail
© Gordon McComiskieA hail storm left its mark on Richmond earlier today.
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for a large swathe of NSW, with heavy falls of hail and rain and damaging winds predicted.

Heavy hail falls were hitting Sydney's west this afternoon.

The Bureau of Meteorology warned the storms were likely to bring large hailstones and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and damaging winds in the warning area into late today.
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Freak Storm wreaks havoc in Linden, Guyana

Denis Scott Chabrol
Demerara Waves
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:15 UTC
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© Demerara WavesOne of the damaged houses at Amelia's Ward.
A less than half-hour freak storm in Linden has left millions of dollars in damage and several persons homeless in its wake.

The roofs of seven houses in Amelia's Ward, Linden were Monday afternoon blown off during a freak storm. No one was injured.

Region 10 Chairman, Sharma Solomon said telephone and electricity services were not disrupted but the there was "significant damage" to the houses.
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Flash flooding, landslides hit northern India, 33 dead


Trust.org
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:56 UTC
India Uttarakhand
© WikipediaUttarakhand state, India
Flash flooding has triggered landslides in northern India leaving 33 dead and 35 missing, reports children's charity Plan International.

Heavy monsoon rains swamped Uttarakhand state, in the foothills of the Himalayas.

Dozens of homes were flattened across eight villages in the early hours of the morning, killing villagers in their sleep.

"Houses were buried in the debris of mud and rocks and many lives of both people and livestock were lost as a consequence," says Plan's emergency response manager in India Murali Kunduru.
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Tornado watches issued for New York City and much of Eastern U.S. Coast

Miguel Llanos
NBC News
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:51 UTC
NYC tornado watch
© The Weather Channel
Tornado watches were issued for much of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Tuesday, part of a storm front that brought high winds and heavy rain. Power outages were reported in the Washington, D.C., area and air travel was disrupted across the region.

Major cities within the tornado watches include New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The watches also cover parts of Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

Wind gusts up to 70 mph are possible in those areas, the National Weather Service said in issuing the watches, some of which run through 11 p.m. ET.
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Snowflake

Ice Age Cometh: Winter in September as thousands of sheep trapped in 'unprecedented' Iceland snowdrifts

Robert Felix
Ice Age Now
Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:38 UTC
"Unprecedented" cold and snow in Iceland.

Thousands of sheep (13,000) buried alive in snowdrifts is nothing short of disastrous.

Here's a video showing the rescue of a sheep buried by snow.


Snow in North Iceland in early September is not unheard of but snowfall of two to three meters overnight at this time of year - when the sheep are still in highland pastures - is highly unusual.

Two to three meters (7-11 feet) of snow overnight! That's a small taste of what the mammoths experienced.
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Better Earth

Typhoon Sanba rocks South Korea with huge waves


NBC News Photo Blog
Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:05 UTC
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© Yeosu City/AFP/Getty ImagesWaves caused by Typhoon Sanba slam into the coast of Yeosu, about 460 km (286 miles) south of Seoul, South Korea.
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© Yonhap News Agency/ReutersHigh waves beat upon a coast road in Busan, about 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Seoul Sept. 17.
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© Yonhap News Agency/APHigh waves caused by Typhoon Sanba crash onto a beach in Yeosu, south of Seoul, South Korea, on Sept. 17.
Typhoon Sanba, packing winds of 137 kilometers (85 miles) per hour, slammed into South Korea on Monday, bringing torrential rains across the country and shutting down flights, ferry services and cutting power to many. At least one person died and tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate. Full story.
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Newfoundland braces for Leslie landfall, rain already soaking Atlantic Canada


The Canadian Press
Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:59 UTC
Leslie
© HANDOUT/ReutersHurricane Leslie (C) and Hurricane Michael (R) are seen in this NOAA handout satellite image taken September 6, 2012.
Forecasters say the centre of tropical storm Leslie will almost certainly make landfall Tuesday in Newfoundland, though precisely where is still up for debate.

The Canadian Hurricane Centre in Halifax says Leslie could touch down on the island as a marginal hurricane or a strong tropical storm.

Forecaster Chris Fogarty says the storm's circulation is about 800-kilometres in diameter and its effects will be far-reaching.

He predicts wind gusts could top 100 kilometres an hour in parts of Newfoundland, with strong gusts also expected in Cape Breton.
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Heavy Pakistan monsoon rains triggered flashfloods - 78 people dead and more than 1,600 houses destroyed


NYDailyNews.com
Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:59 UTC
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Pakistan floods: monsoons bring more misery to millions
At least 78 people have died and dozens more injured in torrential rains and flash floods that have wreaked havoc in Pakistan over the past three days, a government spokesman said Monday. Heavy monsoon rains which began falling last week have destroyed more than 1,600 houses and damaged a further 5,000, Irshad Bhatti, a spokesman for the country's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) told AFP.

"A total of 78 people have died and 68 injured in rains and flash floods in the country so far," he said, adding that the casualties were caused mostly by houses collapsing and people being caught in floods.

The worst-hit region was Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where 32 people have died and 26 injured in several districts, he said, adding that 83 houses were totally destroyed and another 4,200 were partially damaged.

In the northwestern district of Swabi eight Afghan refugees were killed when the roof of their mud house collapsed overnight, police official Mohammad Ali said.
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"This is Brooklyn. Who ever thought there'd be a tornado!"

Magee Hickey
PIX 11
Sun, 09 Sep 2012 08:32 UTC

New York - The cleanup in Canarsie will resume tomorrow after a second, much stronger tornado touched down and created a two-block swath of destruction here in this corner of Brooklyn.

And what's got people in Canarsie really amazed about this twister is how it destroyed one house and left the houses right next door undamaged.

The winds were clocked at 110 mph in Brooklyn, compared to another twister in Breezy Point, Queens, which had 70 mph winds. Both tornados were about 150 feet wide.

"This is Brooklyn, who ever thought there'd be a tornado," Zorina Khan told PIX 11's Magee Hickey.

Mrs. Kahn showed me her daughter's house on Avenue N where the entire roof had been ripped off. The tornado also dislodged a chunk of concrete that just missed a sleeping baby by inches.

"It was a huge piece, maybe 50 or 60 pounds and the baby was so close to it," Mrs. Kahn said. "But the baby is fine, thank God."
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