Heavy rain since 21 April has caused flooding and landslides in the south of Bahia State in Brazil, forcing thousands to leave their homes.
According to the state government, 26 municipalities in Bahi have been impacted by the heavy rainfall. The worst of the damages have occurred in the municipalities of Santa Cruz Cabrália, Ilhéus, Belmonte, Porto Seguro and Itapebi. All five local authorities have declared a state of emergency.
A strange incident in Rajasthan gave sleepless nights to people. The incident took place in a village in Jhunjhunu district. Here an ice ball weighing more than 20 kg fell from the sky. There was a loud explosion as soon as this ball of ice fell on the ground. People came out of their houses due to its sound.
In Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district, such a strange incident took place on Monday which shocked everyone. There was a stir among the people due to the fall of some heavy object from the sky. This incident is of Kidwana of Surajgarh. A big ball of snow fell from the sky on Monday late evening in a field here. There was also a loud banging. People got scared after hearing the sound of explosion in the village. Panic broke out. A large number of people reached the spot to watch.
For the second consecutive day, parts of Trinidad recorded more than an average April month's rainfall in a few hours. The torrential rain triggered street and flash floods across parts of central, north-central, and northwestern Trinidad during the afternoon on Monday.
Which areas were affected?
As thunderstorms and heavy rainfall swept across Trinidad, flooding was first reported in Claxton Bay, along the Southern Main Road. As rain moved north, floods quickly began in Port-of-Spain along the typical flood-prone areas. Flooding occurred along Richmond, Edward, St Vincent, Charlotte, Park, Pembroke, Abercromby Streets, and Independence Square North and South. City Gate at South Quay in Port-of-Spain temporarily became impassable. Only one of the four eastbound lanes on St Joseph Road, exiting Port-of-Spain, was passable early Monday afternoon due to flooding.
A tragic incident occurred when a couple and their two children were struck by lightning while seeking shelter under a tree during a sudden rainstorm. The family had been returning from a wedding ceremony in Sarwadi and had stopped their bikes under the tree when the tragedy occurred.
A tragic incident occurred on Kurkheda-Desaiganj road in Tulsiphata where a family of four was struck by lightning while seeking shelter under a tree during a sudden rain and thunderstorm. The lightning strike killed all four on the spot. The victims were identified as Bharat Rajgade (35), his wife Ankita Rajgade (29) and their two children Bali Rajgade (2) and Devashi Rajgade (4). The incident happened around 6:45 pm.
Lightning which struck livestock, has killed six cows, two sheep and two goats at Kundakere village in the taluk yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon, rains accompanied by thunder and lightning began to lash in the village during which two goats, two sheep and five cows belonging to one Rajappa and one cow belonging to one Basavanna of the village died when lightning struck them leaving the owners of the livestock in distress as this was the only way for them to earn their livelihood.
Two persons were killed in a lightning strike in the Chandwak area here on Sunday evening, officials said.
Santu Ram (65) and Jeera Devi (45) were grazing goats in Ramgarh village when suddenly it started raining. They were struck by lightning while they were taking the herd to a safer place, District Magistrate Anuj Kumar Jha said.
The bodies have been sent for postmortem, the officials said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the loss of lives, the CM's office said.
The chief minister has instructed that Rs 4 lakh each be paid to the family members of the deceased, it said.
Heavy snow fell in central Colorado, on Saturday, April 22.
Accumulation would be more likely in the mountainous areas of the state, and travel disruptions were possible in mountain passes, the National Weather Service said.
This footage by @hiracing shows heavy snow falling in his backyard in Woodland Park, a suburb of Colorado Springs. In another Tweet, he showed that 4 inches of snow had accumulated in his area. Credit: @hiracing via Storyful
For some Michigan cities the snow tallies for this winter did pile up much higher than normal. Like many winters in Michigan we can also find areas that had less than normal snow amounts.
Far southern Michigan had about normal snowfall this winter. Most cities in southern Michigan have come between 5 inches below normal and 5 inches above normal for the snow season. The Grand Rapids area has had over 33 inches more snow that normal.
Just up the road at Muskegon the snowfall has only tallied 60 inches, which is 27 inches below normal. Working our way up into northwest Lower, most cities had just slightly above normal snowfall. Traverse City at 114.5 inches of total snow is 14 inches above normal. Crossing the Mackinac Bridge, Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette both have significantly more than normal snow totals.
Several parts of the coastal city of Mombasa were flooded on Saturday after a heavy downpour.
The heavy downpour started in the wee hours and continued for the better part of Saturday.
The downpour left many roads and streets flooded.
Residents took to social media to express their disappointment at the condition of the roads and posted advisories to apprise people of the situation.
The heavy rains also caused street flooding and congestion in most parts of Mombasa and left stall owners along the Mombasa-Kwale highway counting after flood waters swept their structures.
A tornado that tore through two villages in central Myanmar near the capital Naypyitaw killed eight people and destroyed more than 200 houses, a rescue worker said Saturday.
The tornado hit Aung Myin Kone and Tadau villages on Naypyitaw's southern outskirts at around 6:10 p.m. on Friday, Thet Paing Soe, a leading member of the Doh Lewe charity organization, told The Associated Press.
He said local charity organizations had transported 128 people to hospitals, and 232 houses in the two villages were destroyed.
Comment: On the same day 10 livestock were killed by a strike in Karnataka, India: