Two people died, dozens more were injured and significant damage was caused when a massive storm hit Zagreb on Wednesday afternoon, July 19. Both victims were hit by falling trees.
Emergency services were still restoring power to streets and buildings the following morning. Rivers of rainwater swept down the city's main street of Ilica and public transport was shut down on certain routes. There was further destruction across the region, with fatalities reported in Slovenia and Bosnia, before the storm made its way towards Serbia.
Kentucky's governor declared a state of emergency Wednesday after historic rainfall inundated parts of the state and forecasters said additional storms on "extremely saturated ground" overnight raised fresh flooding concerns.
The big picture: Gov. Andy Beshear urged people to "pray for Mayfield and areas of Western Kentucky impacted by significant flooding from last night's storms" as officials responded to the damage. The city in Graves County is still recovering from a December 2021 tornado that left 57 people dead, the Washington Post notes.
Flash flooding has hit central Moscow causing major disruption.
Torrential rain swept through the city on Monday, flooding the streets. The metro system was forced to halt some of the lines because of the downpours and poor visibility. The main building of the Moscow State University could also not be seen through the rain from street level.
Various groups of people were seen wading their way through the water as they made their way to work.
At least 110 people have been injured in a violent hailstorm which struck a region of northern Italy.
Pictures show hailstones the size of tennis balls that landed on towns and villages in Veneto, the area surrounding Venice in the country's north-east, yesterday.
Luca Zaia, the president of the region, said 110 people had been injured by the hailstones and broken glass, as well as by falling.
He said: 'I thank once again the rescuers and technicians who intervened in the immediate aftermath of the events and who continue in these hours with the restoration works and census of damages.'
Heavy rainfall has caused several landslides in Cundinamarca Department in Colombia.
According to the Governor of Cundinamarca, Nicolás García Bustos, 15 people died and 6 were injured after a massive landslide struck the village of Naranjal in the Municipality of Quetame, overnight 17 to 18 July 2023. The landslide buried or destroyed 22 homes and authorities are continuing to search the area for several people still feared missing under the rubble.
A road bridge was also destroyed and a long stretch of an important highway has been blocked, causing severe disruption to travel in the area. The road connects the capital Bogota to the southeast of the country.
The governor declared a state of emergency following the disaster. He said, ""The declaration of emergency allows us to allocate immediate resources for the attention of the emergency that leaves a balance of 15 dead, 6 injured, affecting 22 houses, roads, electrical networks and bridges. All our commitment to the region to overcome this emergency.
Typhoon Talim skidded across the southern provinces of China on Tuesday, toppling trees and signboards before weakening to a tropical storm. Talim landed in the coastal city of Beihai, Guangxi province, at 5:45 am local time, packing wind speeds of 90 km (56 miles) per hour, according to state media, citing the regional meteorological bureau.
Local authorities in the cities of Fangchenggang and Beihai suspended classes, public transit and outdoor construction work as officials warned of torrential rains and storm surges. In the city of Nanning, the national railway suspended 69 passenger trains, while 12 others trains were shifted to alternative routes.
On Chinese social media, residents of Beihai posted photos of uprooted trees and motorbikes crushed under wind and rain-driven debris. State broadcaster CCTV showed emergency workers clearing felled tree branches from streets and highways.
This waterspout spun up near St. Ignace, Michigan on Tuesday, July 18. Photo provided by Brenda Horton.
A big waterspout spun up over the Straits of Mackinac just before lunchtime on Tuesday, at a time the National Weather Service had issued a special marine warning for boaters and anyone out on the water in that area.
The eastern Upper Peninsula and parts of northern Lower Michigan have been in an unsettled weather pattern today that is expected to continue as a Clipper system moves through the area.
The resulting waterspout over the Lake Huron side of the Straits made a very photogenic sight for those aboard the late morning ferries headed to and from Mackinac Island.
Brenda Horton, an island summer resident, was on board a Shepler's ferry leaving St. Ignace when she saw the waterspout.
