Sasha Vella Loving Malta Thu, 11 Aug 2022 12:03 UTC
A dramatic waterspout was spotted circling around the three Maltese islands earlier this morning.
Footage and photographs sent to Lovin Malta show the waterspout going around various locations around the Maltese islands, at around 10am this morning.
The waterspout was spotted from Comino's Blue Lagoon, on the way to Ramla Bay from Xagħra, Gozo, Paradise Bay, and other localities in the north of Malta.
Waterspouts occasionally form when cold air moves across and results in large temperature differences between the warm water and the overriding cold air.
Three farmers were killed by lightning in Wagan town and three canals and their tributaries in Qambar-Shahdadkot district developed breaches, which destroyed recently planted paddy saplings on hundreds of acres during heavy rain on Tuesday.
In Larkana, it started raining heavily in the morning, inundating low-lying areas and main roads. The Met office recorded 35 millimeter rainfall in the city within 55 minutes, which caused gutters to overflow and pool rainwater before trade centres and hospitals.
The rainwater also accumulated in two underpasses connecting the city with healthcare facilities and district and divisional offices.
Buses taking on water, collapsing walls and heavy traffic frustrated Istanbulites on Monday as downpours and flash floods gripped the Turkish megalopolis.
In the early hours of Monday, downpours began hitting the European and Asian sides of the city during rush hour. Streets and roads at lower altitudes that lack drainage were submerged with rainwater which also inundated some shops. The Grand Bazaar, the city's most famous and historic marketplace, was also hit by floodwaters while shopkeepers struggled to clean up their shops in the market and the nearby shopping district Eminönü. The main road in Eminönü was also clogged due to floodwaters.
In Fatih, where Eminönü and the Grand Bazaar are located, downpours ripped apart pavement stones, blocking a street, while rainwater overflowing from clogged drainage pipes flooded the streets elsewhere. In the Yenikapı district, two vehicles were trapped in a flooded underpass, with firefighters helping the stranded drivers.
In Sarıyer, raging waters from the Bosporus combined with floodwaters inundated a main coastal road while the Kağıthane stream almost overflowed its banks on the European side of the city. Two vehicles fell into sinkholes when streets collapsed due to floodwaters in the Gaziosmanpaşa and Avcılar districts.
Idris Mukhtar, Alex Stambaugh, Mike Saenz and Nimi Princewill CNN Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:24 UTC
Dozens of people have died in flooding in parts of Nigeria.
At least 50 people have died and "many" displaced after recent torrential rains caused flooding in northern Nigeria, Sani Yusuf, executive secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) for Jigawa State said.
"When you go around [Jigawa State], we lost about 50 people to the flood," Yusuf told reporters on camera Sunday from the city of Dutse, which was broadcast by local media.
Yusuf said at least 237 homes had been damaged in the area of Balangu alone, forcing people into temporary camps. Eleven temporary camps have been set up for those displaced, he said.
Nigeria's Federal Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Sadiya Farouq also visited Jigawa State recently to distribute relief materials, the federal ministry tweeted.
Weyburn area producers have begun harvesting, but a hailstorm on Sunday evening had an impact on some of the crops in the field, some suffering 100-per-cent damages. There were also some reports of vehicles damaged by hail on Highway 13 in the Weyburn area.
While harvest is underway in other parts of the province, particularly in the southwest, farmers in the southeast are just getting underway with some crops.
Just south of Weyburn, Dan Cugnet began his harvest a week ago with fall rye, and noted while that crop looks "exceptional", the hail from Sunday night is going to hurt the crops still in the field.
"After a late start and cooker spring, we have had perfectly timed rains and this heat is bringing everything in. Other than some disease pressure in the area for pulse crops like peas and lentils, everything looks terrific," he said.
Saturday in Laramie changed from a pleasant summer day to a sledgehammering-deluge of heavy rain and large hail, with lightning strikes directly over town.
A "monsoon" storm hit Laramie at about 4 p.m., in some places dumping more than 2 inches in of rain in less than two hours. Streets became ponds and curbside gutters turned into roiling rivers.
A sunken green space near Scout Park just east of north 22nd Street became an impromptu lake. It drew curious onlookers after the storm past, as well as a few bolder souls who waded out into the water.
During the peak of the storm, hailstones large enough to hurt came hurtling down; venturing outside without a hardhat would have been ill-advised.
Photojournalist Michael Beard YouTube Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:31 UTC
At 12:21PM NWS Corpus Christi issued a flash flood warning for Corpus Christi as a line of heavy rain began to heads towards downtown Corpus Christi. Several areas experienced fast rising flood waters included a neighborhood near the area of Airline Rd and 358. By 3PM almost all flood water on roadways had drained away.
Richard Davies Floodlist Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:20 UTC
At least 3 people have died after further flooding in the state of Sonora, Mexico, authorities report.
Flash flooding struck in the city of Nogales, close to the border with Arizona, USA, following a storm on 13 August 2022.
The governor of Sonora, Alfonso Durazo, confirmed the death of three people, including 2 young children. The victims died after vehicles were swept away in flash floods in two separate incidents. Eleven people were rescued safely by emergency crews.
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