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4.83-inch hailstone in August confirmed as largest in Colorado's history

Chris Dolce and Brian Donegan
The Weather Channel
Sat, 05 Oct 2019 15:31 UTC
Largest hail stone recorded in Colorado at 4.8 inches in Bethune in 2019
© Colorado Climate CenterLargest hail stone recorded in Colorado at 4.8 inches in Bethune in 2019.
Hailstones up to the size of grapefruits fell from a thunderstorm in eastern Colorado on Aug. 13, one of which has been confirmed as an official record for the largest hail ever observed in the state.

A supercell thunderstorm struck near Bethune, Colorado, some 150 miles east of Denver, between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. MDT on Aug. 13. It produced several very large hailstones, and one of the largest ones was preserved in a freezer by a local family.

Representatives from the National Weather Service in Goodland, Kansas, and the Colorado Climate Center met with the family the following day and measured the hailstone at 4.83 inches in diameter. The NWS confirmed Friday that this officially topped Colorado's previous hail-size record of 4.5 inches.


Comment: Hailstones the size of grapefruits fall in Colorado, including largest ever recorded

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Opposite of what 'climate experts' told us: Global snow


Adapt 2030
Mon, 07 Oct 2019 18:42 UTC
First snow in Heinävaara, Joensuu, on 4 October
© All Over Press / Ismo PekkarinenFirst snow in Heinävaara, Joensuu, on 4 October 2019
Extended ski season for 3rd year in a row Australia, Unusual heavy snows China, India, Finland, Norway with a revisit of MS Malmo stuck in early sea ice at the end of Summer. Its the opposite of what climate experts have told us was going to happen.

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Explosive development of Super Typhoon Hagibis


Severe Weather Europe
Mon, 07 Oct 2019 07:58 UTC
Typhoon Hagibis
Typhoon Hagibis in Himawari-8 images at 6:30 UTC today, October 7th.

Super Typhoon Hagibis has explosively strengthened from a tropical storm to Super Typhoon strength in less than 24 hours!

Hagibis was a tropical storm 24h ago (Oct 6th, 10h UTC), with peak sustained winds of 96 km/h. As of 00h UTC on October 7th, typhoon Hagibis had reached equivalent-CAT3 strength with peak sustained winds of 185 km/h, gusting up to 232 km/h. It continued rapid strengthening, with JTWC 00h UTC warning forecasting 222 km/h peak winds by 12h UTC, Oct 7th and 250 km/h sustained peak winds, gusting to 306 km/h by 00h UTC on October 8th.

Latest satellite imagery shows impressive structure on Hagibis, with a tight, pinhole eye, indicative of a very powerful system. Latest peak wind estimates put peak sustained winds at 241 km/h, a high-end equivalent-CAT4 Super Typhoon, just shy of equivalent-CAT5. It is thus strengthening even faster than anticipated.

Typhoon Hagibis is now approaching the Marianas Islands. Latest forecast path has it tracking over the uninhabited island of Anatahan in the northern part of the Marianas late today.
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Cloud Lightning

Surveillance video shows dog-walking man being struck by lightning in Spring, Texas

Tamar Lapin
New York Post
Sun, 06 Oct 2019 13:41 UTC
The moment the man is struck by lightning.
The moment the man is struck by lightning.
Surveillance video shows the moment a man walking his dogs gets struck by lightning — seconds before a group of good Samaritans saved his life.

The shocking footage, obtained by ABC affiliate KTRK, shows a white flash striking the man near his feet and knocking him face-first to the ground, as his three dogs scurry away.

The TV-station identified the man as Alex Coreas, and reported that he had been walking near the Stuebner Airline Veterinary Hospital in Spring, Texas on Thursday, when he was hit.

Two clinic workers and a third person rushed over to help, and when they reached Coreas, he wasn't breathing and his clothes were charred.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 4 of a family in Chandpur, Bangladesh


The Independent (Bangladesh)
Sun, 06 Oct 2019 13:02 UTC
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Four members of a family, including two children, were killed when a thunderbolt struck them in Boro Station area in the district town on Sunday.

The deceased were identified as Wahida Begum, 55, wife of Sultan Mia, their daughter Rehana Begum, 27, wife of Saiful Islam, and Rehana's son Sabbir, 8 and daughter Samia, 10 of Kachua upazila.

Quoting relatives of the victims family, Palash Barua, inspector of Chandpur Model Police Station, said a streak of thunderbolt struck the four people while they were visiting a tourist spot around 1:30 pm, leaving them injured.

Later, they were taken to Chandpur General Hospital where doctors declared them dead.
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Snowflake

Fall began with 3 bizarre weather events - Record snowfall, a heat wave and a Category 5 hurricane

Leah Asmelash
CNN
Sat, 05 Oct 2019 16:08 UTC
September snow in Montana
September snow in Montana
Fall officially began on September 23, but clearly Mother Nature had other plans.

The first few days of the season haven't felt much like fall at all for many across the United States. From snow storms to heat waves — hello? Did we miss something? What happened to mild temperatures and colorful leaves? Here's a look at three wild weather events that marked the start of season.

Record-breaking snowfall in the Northwest

"This has never happened, ever," said Ray Greely, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Great Falls, Montana, about the September snowfall. The city got 9.7 inches of snow on September 28 — the highest one-day September snow amount in Great Falls history.

But that's not where the craziness ends. Even higher amounts fell in other areas in Montana: Browning got 4 feet, the Dupuyer area got 37 inches and the Heart Butte area got 34 inches.

History was made in Missoula, where the city broke its September snowfall record of 1.5 inches set in 1934.

Spokane, Washington, got in on the action. The 1.9 inches of snow on September 28 broke the monthly record for September, set in 1926, of 1.4 inches, according to the weather service.


Comment: For more information on extreme weather events from around the world, check out our monthly Earth Changes Summaries. The latest video: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - September 2019: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs



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Cloud Precipitation

At least 9 killed as Typhoon Mitag lashes South Korea


PHYS.ORG
Thu, 03 Oct 2019 09:57 UTC
Typhoon Mitag left floods and landslides in its wake after it lashed South Korea
Typhoon Mitag left floods and landslides in its wake after it lashed South Korea
At least nine people were killed and several others missing after Typhoon Mitag lashed South Korea with heavy rain and strong winds, authorities said Thursday.

The storm hit southern parts of the country on Wednesday night, prompting flood warnings and triggering landslides in affected areas.

A total of nine people were killed across the country as of Thursday afternoon, the Ministry of Interior and Safety said, but the toll was expected to rise with several people missing.

A woman in her 60s was found dead after her home was buried in a landslide in the southern port city of Busan and around 600 rescue workers were trying to locate three others believed to be trapped beneath the rubble.

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Cloud Precipitation

Hurricane Lorenzo: Storm 'possibly strongest in 20 years' rips through the Azores

Rachael Kennedy
EuroNews
Wed, 02 Oct 2019 08:43 UTC
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Residents on Portugal's Azores islands were hunkered down on Wednesday amid a deadly hurricane that has been described by local authorities as possibly the"strongest" in the last two decades.

Hurricane Lorenzo is sweeping along the western edge of the Azores, having knocked down trees and brought possibly life-threatening water currents with winds of up to 90mph.

Local authorities closed roads, schools and non-emergency public services on Wednesday as the Category 1 hurricane reached the archipelago.

It also knocked out power for those on the worst-affected island of Flores, where Portugal's metereological service predicted waves could reach up to 25 metres.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills 3 family members in northern Ethiopia

Mu Xuequan
Xinhua
Wed, 02 Oct 2019 07:20 UTC
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A lightning strike in Ethiopia's Amhara regional state located in the northern part of the country has killed a family of three, an Ethiopian official said on Wednesday.

Dejen Wodage, Chief Police Inspector of Waghimera zone in Amhara regional state, said a lightning strike on a residential house on Monday evening left a father and his two children dead, reported state media outlet Ethiopia News Agency.

Wodage said a four-year-old child who was badly injured in the lightning strike is currently being treated in a nearby medical facility.

Ethiopia is in the midst of a rainy season which started in July and is expected to last until early October, which occasionally causes landslides and lightning strikes in some parts of the east African country.
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7 days of Tropical Storm Narda leaves a trail of damage on Pacific coast of Mexico, killing at least 2


Mexico News Daily
Wed, 02 Oct 2019 16:10 UTC
Washed-out bridges and mudslides cut off many communities in Guerrero.
Washed-out bridges and mudslides cut off many communities in Guerrero.
Tropical storm Narda left a trail of damage along Mexico's Pacific coast as it moved northward during the past seven days, hitting the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero particularly hard.

The storm claimed the lives of two people in Oaxaca: a 23-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy who were swept away by floodwaters while trying to cross rivers in the municipalities of San Pedro Mixtepec and San Jerónimo Coatlán respectively.

About 300 homes and at least 11 schools were damaged in the southern state as was the hospital in Tutupec, a municipality halfway between Puerto Escondido and Pinotepa Nacional.

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