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Las Vegas flooding: Multiple casinos, entire Strip, airport under water

Nika Shakhnazarova
New York Post
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:25 UTC

A Las Vegas street turns into a river, as the flash flood poured into multiple strips and casinos.

Airports, parking lots, and the entire Las Vegas Strip, which houses some of the world's most famous casinos and hotels, were flooded Thursday night.

Heavy rain filled countless buildings as the city put a flash flood and severe thunderstorm warning in place.

Video footage shared on Twitter shows the streets of Sin City consumed with floodwater. Other videos showed downtown streets turning into small rivers and water pouring into casinos.

There are no injuries reported at this time, Las Vegas Fire Information Officer, Tim Szymanski, confirmed to The Post.

Other videos posted on social media showed the inside of Circa sportsbook bursting with floodwater and soaking the carpet.

Hailstorm turns roads in Estes Park, Colorado into a winter wonderland with hail a foot deep

KRDO News
Thu, 28 Jul 2022 10:43 UTC

Early Thursday morning, the police department of a town at the base of Rocky Mountain National Park shared photos of hail piled so high, that it looked like snow.

In a Facebook post, the Estes Park Police Department shared photos of roads covered in hail with the caption "Who had 'Elkhorn Avenue impassable in July' on their 2022 Bingo cards?"

People in the community helped drivers dig out cars and clear the street.

Still, a plow had to come in and clear out all of the piles of hail.

In addition to hail, storms across Northern Colorado Wednesday brought heavy rain, flooding, mudslides, and power outages.

Huge tornado filmed in Stratton, Colorado

FA Weather
YouTube
Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:17 UTC

Incredible view!! Monster tornado in Stratton, CO, US! It was a tornado-warned supercell!

Tornado yesterday off of country road 21 and 170, next to Vona, Colorado.

(July 26, 2022)

Lightning has killed 750 people across India since April

Biswajeet Banerjee
ABC News
Thu, 28 Jul 2022 11:19 UTC

Indian police say that seven people, mostly farmers, have been killed by lightning in a village in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, bringing the death toll by lightning to 49 people in the state this week

Seven people, mostly farmers, were killed by lightning in a village in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, police said Thursday, bringing the death toll by lightning to 49 people in the state this week.

The farmers had taken shelter under trees during a drenching monsoon rain when they were struck by lightning Tuesday and died instantly. The victims included four members of a family and some cattle grazers near the city of Kaushambi, according to police officer Hem Raj Meena.

Lightning strikes kill 18 in two days in Uttar Pradesh, India

NDTV
Wed, 27 Jul 2022 10:20 UTC

A total of 18 people have been killed in incidents of lightning strike in Uttar Pradesh over the past two days, officials said Tuesday.

They said 12 were killed on Tuesday -- seven in Kaushambi and five Prayagraj -- and the rest six on Monday -- four in Ghazipur and two in Bhadohi. According to a government statement, in Kaushambi, five persons in Chail tehsil have lost their lives, while one each died in Manjhanpur tehsil and in Sirathu.

Superintendent of Police of Kaushambi Hemraj Meena said the deceased have been identified as Bittan Devi (60), Basant Pasi (45), Munna (13), Dharmendra (33), Ranjana Devi (19), Ramprasad (50) and Laxmi Devi (31).

The death happened on Tuesday, he said.

Incredible double waterspout off the coast of Gelendzhik, Russia

Meteored
YouTube
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 20:17 UTC

This impressive phenomenon formed in the waters of the Black Sea, forcing the evacuation of some beaches.

Lighting strikes kill 20 in a day in Bihar, India

Nitish Chandra
IndiaTV
Tue, 26 Jul 2022 17:12 UTC

Lighting strikes claimed the lives of at least 20 people in separate incidents in eight districts of Bihar on Tuesday, officials said. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced an ex-gratia of Rs four lakh while extending his condolences to the family of the deceased.

"My deepest condolences to the affected families. An ex-gratia of Rs four lakh will be given immediately to the next of kin of all the deceased," the CM said in a statement issued on Tuesday.

He also appealed to the people to keep vigil during bad weather and follow suggestions issued by the disaster management department. "Stay at home and stay safe in bad weather," he said.

Kaimur district reported the highest number of seven deaths in lightning strikes, followed by four each in Bhojpur and Patna and one each in Jahanabad, Arwal, Rohtash, Siwan and Aurangabad.

(With Inputs from PTI)

Lightning strike kills 2 in Jharkhand, India

New Indian Express
Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:47 UTC

Two persons including a woman were killed when lightning struck them in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on Tuesday.

The victims Balram Yadav (56) and Manmati Devi (45) were grazing cattle in a field when thunderbolt struck, killing them on the spot on Monday, the police said.

The bodies have been sent to Medinirai Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem.

Deputy Commissioner Anjaneyulu Dodde told PTI that a compensation of Rs 4 lakh would be provided to the victims family from Disaster Management fund.

Source: PTI

Massive sandstorm in northwest China plunges towns into darkness

South China Morning Post
Fri, 22 Jul 2022 11:32 UTC

A massive sandstorm darkened towns and villages in northwest China as it swept through the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai province on July 20, 2022. Video showed the storm rising ominously on the horizon before it moved into populated areas, blotting out the sunlight as winds recorded at 53km/h (33mph) whipped up clouds of sand.

Tornadoes in east China's Jiangsu affect thousands

CGTN
Thu, 21 Jul 2022 14:58 UTC

At least one person was killed, and 25 were injured after tornadoes hit 11 villages in Lianyungang City in east China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday. As of 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 2,272 people have been affected and 3,148 homes damaged. Local authorities responded speedily through emergency rescue and resettlement operations.