The northwest of the Region of Murcia was subjected to huge storms, sudden torrential downpours and even hail yesterday, Wednesday June 21, the first official day of summertime.
Just when it seemed the rainy season was over, the heavy precipitation led the Argos River to overflow in Caravaca de la Cruz and Cehegín, and there were 26 separate calls to emergency services for flooding in people's homes.
According to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), in the area around Caravaca up to 41 litres of water were recorded in just one hour and 11.6 litres in just 10 minutes, causing the rains to wash away several rubbish containers, while hailstones "as big as golf balls," according to one witness also caused heavy damage to the peach, almond and apricot orchards.
Two children died after being struck by lightning at Jalalabad village of Raninagar upazila in Naogaon on Wednesday noon.
The deceased were identified as Samiul Islam, 10, and Rifat Hossain, 3, sons of Lavlu Fakir of the village. Lavlu Fakir has no children except these two sons.
Selim Reza, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Raninagar Police Station, said the two brothers were playing at the courtyard of their house when a streak lightning struck them, leaving the duo critically injured.
Later, they were taken to the Upazila Health Complex where they died.
The bodies were later handed over to the family, the officer added.
Laura Wille Yocham enjoyed a spectacular display of weather from the Sanibel Island beach she was walking along on Wednesday (June 20). She saw a whirling column of air and water mist in the Gulf of Mexico, or more commonly known as a water spout.
"I was out on the beach shelling, turned around and there it was," Yocham said. "So amazing!"
Yocham pulled out her smartphone and took a 17-second video of the awesome display of weather. She is from Kansas and it was her first time seeing a water spout. She is staying at the Island Inn on Sanibel.
"My husband and I got married here at the Inn, on the beach, in 2014." Yocham said. "My husband and I have come every year since 2013. I brought my Mom and her best friend down to go shelling. We're having a blast. So happy to be supporting the Island after Hurricane Ian. Prayers for a full recovery for everyone."
AccuWeather's Tony Laubach captured this incredible video of side-by-side tornadoes forming in Washington County, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 21.
A line of severe storms produced multiple tornadoes Wednesday evening on the Rolling Plains in Texas, killing at least three people and causing significant damage around the northern town of Matador.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported that the storms also produced softball-size hail and wind gusts topping 100 mph (161 kph) in other communities including Jayton, which also was under a tornado warning as the line moved southeast Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service in Lubbock.
Matador Mayor Pat Smith said at least three people had been killed, that others may be injured and that there was "a whole lot of damage," The New York Timesreported.
There were widespread power outages across the Rolling Plains, including more than 700 customers without power in the Jayton area, according to South Plains Electric Cooperative.
The worst damage appeared to be in Matador — a town of about 570 people 70 miles (112 kilometers) northeast of Lubbock in Motley County.
Torrential rainfall and strong winds due to the depression caused by the remnant of Cyclone Biparjoy have left large swathes of land in Banaskantha marooned with farmers suffering heavy damage to their fields.
Deesa taluka has been pounded by 200 mm of rainfall in two days. The region has been paralyzed as connectivity to many flooded villages has been snapped and property worth crores ravaged.
An estimated 500 hectares of land in Deesa taluka alone has been inundated with farms under four to five feet of water.
In a tragic incident, two elephants were killed by lightning strike at the Bamandanga tea estate in north Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday night, forest department officials said.
Jayanta Mondal, additional divisional forest officer of Jalpaiguri division, said, "We have launched a search operation to find our if more elephants died in the forest areas."
"Though the elephants seemed to have died because of lightning strike, the post mortem is being conducted following standard procedure," said a second forest official who visited the site.
Jasperites woke up to the white stuff coming down hard on Monday as a freak snowstorm created an unusual start to the week of the Summer Solstice.
Beginning overnight, as much as 40 cm of snow started falling throughout Jasper National Park, creating a flake of bemusement and an avalanche of frustration for drivers, campers, the RCMP Musical Ride team and everyone else.
"We had a developing low pressure system on Sunday over the central portion of the province. That was associated with a lot of cold air aloft flooding into the province, helping create these quite heavy showers over west-central portions of the province in Yellowhead County, including Jasper and especially the Grande Cache area, and the Hinton area all the way to the B.C. border," said Sara Hoffman, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Roads closed by Jasper National Park, 60 visitors rescued
Due to increased rainfall and snow in some locations, Parks Canada brought 60 visitors to safety after being stranded at Jasper National Park on Monday.
In some locations, the park received more than 100 millimetres of rain and more than 55 centimetres of snow, leading to the closures of two backcountry routes, Miette Road and Maligne Road.
The visitors stranded were hikers on Skyline Trail, paddlers on Maligne Lake, and two full busses of visitors on Maligne Road.
Parks Canada says Miette Road is open for single-lane traffic for those leaving Miette Hot Springs by 7 p.m.
Meanwhile, rangers will provide an update for the opening of Miette Road at a later date.
Maligne Road is expected to remain closed for 48-72 hours to "allow for any avalanches triggered by the storm to come down and to complete debris removal."
The Town of Edson declared a state of local emergency Monday due to rainfall and flooding and just before 6 p.m. residents of Lower Robb were told to evacuate.
Extensive damage was reported in Louin, and videos from the area after the tornado touched down around 11:40 p.m. CDT show buildings that were destroyed, trees snapped like toothpicks and vehicles obliterated by the storm's ferocious winds.
Officials at the National Weather Service office in Jackson, Mississippi, confirmed that at least five tornadoes touched down late Sunday into Monday. Survey teams are assessing the damage in Smith and Jasper counties, where they found damage consistent with an EF-3 twister in Louin.
Comment: Update June 20
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