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80-mph winds rip through Washington, DC, causing significant damage across metro

Andrew Wulfeck, Aaron Barker
Fox Weather
Sat, 29 Jul 2023 17:24 UTC
Trees down in the 1200 block Queen St NE in DC
© DC Fire and EMSTrees down in the 1200 block Queen St NE in DC
Severe storms on Saturday produced wind gusts of hurricane force around the District of Columbia, downing trees and leading to widespread power outages.

First responders were busy in the first hours after the storm responding to calls of trees on top of homes and cars and called the damage in some neighborhoods "significant."

Videos and photos from K Street in the heart of the district to neighborhoods in the sprawling suburbs of Maryland and Virginia showed nearly the same scenes - uprooted trees and snapped limbs nearly everywhere you turned.

The National Weather Service said wind gusts with storms that tore through the nation's capital were estimated to have topped 80 mph and were accompanied by torrential rainfall and frequent lightning.

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Floods, landslide after severe thunderstorm in south Trinidad - up to 5 inches of rain in just 3 hours


Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
Sat, 29 Jul 2023 13:34 UTC
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Severe thunderstorms caused flash and street floods in parts of south and central Trinidad yesterday evening, causing girdlock traffic and leaving some residents and commuters trapped in houses and cars.

The inclement weather included a funnel cloud that developed in the Gulf of Paria and was spotted from as far east as Princes Town. It touched down in the open fields of Woodland as a tornado. However, no damage was reported from it.

Within a three hour period, between 3.30 pm and 6.30 pm, four to five inches of rain fell in San Fernando, triggering significant flooding when the Cipero and Vistabella rivers burst their banks. The Cipero river burst its banks along Cross Crossing and Gulf View. It also burst in Green Acres, flooding several homes there.

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Violent storms in South Tyrol, Italy: flooded roads, landslides, bridges swept away by the water

Laura DeRosa
greenme.it
Sun, 30 Jul 2023 12:13 UTC
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Flooded roads, bridges swept away by water, cars hit by landslides, dangerous flooding. This happened during the night in South Tyrol, where violent storms accompanied by strong gusts of wind hit various areas, particularly affecting the Val Pusteria, Casies and Valdaora.

The hamlet of Sorafurcia remained partially isolated due to the flooding of the Rio Furcia, in Colfosco a landslide hit several cars, fortunately without causing injuries, and other landslides were reported in Scena, Parcines, Verdins.

The Fire Brigade intervened to contain the disaster and in these hours they continue to work to bring the situation back to normal.

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Multiple whirlwinds reported in Poland

Robert Zielinski
DobraPogoda24.pl
Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:56 UTC
Whirlwind in Mazovia in the Garwolin district, July 28, 2023.
Whirlwind in Mazovia in the Garwolin district, July 28, 2023.
In the humid and unstable air, in the presence of a low and frontal zone, favorable conditions for the initiation of scattered storms appeared over Poland. As we predicted, phenomena occurred in many regions.

A number of condensation funnels appeared in the areas of the storm cells, at least one of which was in contact with the ground. In this case we are talking about a whirlwind. A funnel of swirling air appeared in Samorządki in the commune of Górzno in the Garwolin poviat in Mazovia.

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Multiple dust devils spotted at volcano eruption site in Iceland

Volcoholics
YouTube
Mon, 24 Jul 2023 11:00 UTC
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Huge dust devil takes to the sky. Captured on Iceland volcano eruption webcam. Starts at around 0:45 Other smaller dust devils are also seen.

Iceland Volcano recorded from our live stream of the 2023 eruption.

Fagradalsfjall is an active tuya volcano formed in the Last Glacial Period on the Reykjanes Peninsula, around 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Reykjavík, Iceland. Fagradalsfjall is also the name for the wider volcanic system covering an area 5 kilometres (3 mi) wide and 16 kilometres (10 mi) long.

Most recent eruptions are 2021,2022 and 2023.


Comment: Another was filmed on July 27:



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Watch: Video shows massive lightning bolt striking Boston


CBC News
Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:33 UTC
Lightning striking Boston during Thursday evening's storms.
© CBS BOSTONLightning striking Boston during Thursday evening's storms.
The lightning strike that blasted bricks off a brownstone in Boston's South End Thursday evening appears to have been caught on video.

A WBZ-TV camera atop 200 Clarendon Street, previously known as the John Hancock Tower, shows the massive bolt hitting a building at 7:05 p.m.

Boston Fire District Chief Robert Counihan said "the chimney kind of blew up when it got hit by lightning."

Neighbors said the lightning strike rocked their homes, comparing it to "an explosion." Bricks were thrown onto cars and an iron fence was knocked over by the bricks.

Luckily there were no reports of anyone getting hurt.

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Typhoon Doksuri hammers China, bringing floods and landslides to southeastern province -14 inches of rain in 12 hours

Echo Xie
South China Morning Post
Sat, 29 Jul 2023 10:37 UTC
Firefighters evacuate residents after Typhoon Do
© cnsphotoFirefighters evacuate residents after Typhoon Doksuri causes flooding in China’s Fujian province on Friday.
Typhoon Doksuri has caused widespread flooding and landslides in the southeastern province of Fujian after making landfall on Friday morning.

As it moves north and deeper inland, the cyclone will bring extreme rainfall to Beijing and its neighbouring provinces, affecting 130 million people, according to the National Meteorological Centre.

Meteorologists said the intensity of rainfall in northern China from Saturday to Tuesday could reach or exceed a 2012 downpour in Beijing that killed 79 people.

As of Wednesday morning, the heaviest rainfall so far in this year's flood season had affected more than 37,000 people in the district, with at least 15 dead and four missing, according to the state broadcaster CCTV.


Comment: There was also severe flash flooding due to a another downpour further west inland in the province of Sichuan a day earlier on July 27:


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Lightning deaths increase in India as compared to 2022

Nuzhat Khan
Indiaspend.com
Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:57 UTC
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On July 5, 15 people reportedly died after being struck by lightning in Bihar; seven people, including two children died from lightning in Uttar Pradesh on July 7; 22 people died, and eight children suffered burns in UP, from lightning on July 11.

Between April 1 and July 25, 429 people have died from lightning in India, up from 300 that died in the same period in 2022, according to data put together by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based public interest research and advocacy organisation, and shared with IndiaSpend by Kiran Pandey, Programme Director of the Environment Resources Unit at CSE. They collate data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Disaster Management Division and media reports.

As of July 25, Bihar had recorded the maximum number of deaths (160), higher than the same period last year when it recorded 57 deaths, Pandey said.
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At least 21 dead and 40 rescued after a wind-tossed boat overturns in the Philippines


battlefordsnow.com
Thu, 27 Jul 2023 17:26 UTC
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At least 21 people died and 40 others were rescued after a Philippine passenger boat overturned Thursday when it was lashed by strong winds in Laguna Lake southeast of Manila, police said.

Police said rescue operations were continuing, but did not immediately provide figures for the total number of people on board the MBCA Aya when it capsized in Rizal province.

The boat capsized when its passengers moved to one side of the boat in panic when it was battered by fierce winds about 46 meters (about 150 feet) from Kalinawan village in Binangonan town, the coast guard said.

The Rizal provincial police said it immediately launched a search and rescue operation with the help of the coast guard and other local authorities and at that least 40 people were saved but 21 others drowned.


Comment: Related: Typhoon Doksuri (Egay) leaves at least 6 dead and displaces thousands in the northern Philippines

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Best of the Web: Giant Italy hail sets European record twice in five days

Jonathan Erdman
The Weather Channel
Wed, 26 Jul 2023 18:56 UTC
Record-breaking 19 cm hailstone in Italy
Record-breaking 19 cm hailstone in Italy
Severe thunderstorms in Europe appeared to set a continental hail record twice in the span of five days in Italy.

T​he most recent rash of severe weather on Monday included supercell thunderstorms that dumped giant hail from parts of northern Italy into neighboring Slovenia.

O​ne massive oblong hailstone recovered Monday night in Azzano Decimo, about 35 miles northeast of Venice, Italy, was estimated to be 19 centimeters - almost 7.5 inches - long.

A​ccording to the European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL), this was the largest diameter hailstone of record anywhere in Europe.

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