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Waterspout filmed in Bay St Louis, Mississippi


Yahoo! News
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:18 UTC
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A waterspout formed off the coast of Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, on August 20, as seen in this footage uploaded to Twitter.

The clip shows the waterspout near the Bay Saint Louis Municipal Harbor. Other social media uploads also showed a waterspout forming in the area.

The National Weather Service warned of showers and thunderstorms developing along the coast.



Credit: @letthebigdognaw via Storyful
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Waterspout filmed in Langkawi, Malaysia


The Sun Daily
Wed, 21 Aug 2019 09:10 UTC
Screen grab courtesy of Langkawi Mai Mai facebook.
Screen grab courtesy of Langkawi Mai Mai facebook.
A waterspout was seen near Telaga Habour Park at Pantai Kok here for about 10 minutes, earlier today.

Langkawi Civil Defense Force officer, Captain Shahfikri Darus said the incident occurred at about 11am followed by heavy rains and strong winds.

"However, as of 2pm, no reports of any damage had been reported.

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Lightning bolt kills shepherd, 19 buffaloes in western Indonesia


660citynews.com
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 17:17 UTC
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Authorities say lightning struck a livestock cage in western Indonesia, killing a shepherd and 19 water buffaloes.

Local police chief Sukamat said Tuesday that Sintor Habeyahan had been lighting a bonfire to repel mosquitoes in the cage in North Sumatra province's Tapanuli Tengah district when lightning struck him and his buffaloes late Monday.

Sukamat, who uses a single name, said the man and 19 buffaloes were killed. Two other animals received minor injuries.

Grieving relatives buried the shepherd on Tuesday near a mass grave for his buffaloes.

Source: The Associated Press
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Severe storms hit Germany, disrupting transport networks


The Local, Germany
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:30 UTC
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Lightning in Dresden, 18 August
Commuters in parts of Germany faced disruption Monday after storms lashed the country.

Thunderstorms, heavy rain and hailstones caused flooding and trees to fall, affecting rail and air travel in central, eastern and southern regions of the country.

The rail network in the state of Hesse was particularly badly hit due to the weather conditions, a Deutsche Bahn (DB) spokesman said.

In Walldorf - south west of Frankfurt - lightning struck a signal box, DB reported on Twitter. Trains between the main stations of Mannheim and Frankfurt had to be cancelled due to a line closure. DB said the closure would be in place until around 3pm on Monday.

On the routes between Darmstadt and Frankfurt and between Hanau, east of Frankfurt, and Aschaffenburg, in Bavaria, passengers faced disruption because of overhead line problems.

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Flash-floods hit Istanbul, northwestern Turkey - Entire winter's worth of rain falls in 90 minutes


Daily Sabah
Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:31 UTC
The coastal avenue in Bakırköy district
© TIHA PhotoThe coastal avenue in Bakırköy district was hit flash floods.
Heavy downpours pounded Istanbul and other cities in northwestern Turkey on Saturday after a dayslong heatwave with flash flood warnings from experts over the last couple of days, disrupting public transport and traffic in various areas.

Flash floods were reported in lower parts and seafront areas of the city including major transport hubs such as Eminönü, Beşiktaş, Üsküdar, Karaköy, Kadıköy and Kabataş. The lifeless body of a man was found under the Unkapanı Underpass near the Golden Horn in Fatih district.

Reports said the man could be one of the homeless seeking shelter in the underpass, where floodwaters reached 190 centimeters in depth. It is not clear whether the man drowned during the flood or was unconscious or dead before the flood.

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Hailstorm kills thousands of birds near Billings, Montana


MTPR News
Sat, 17 Aug 2019 06:21 UTC
A few young birds walk among the carcasses of pelicans and double-crested cormorants killed by two-inch hail and 70 mph wind Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, at Big Lake Wildlife Management Area west of Molt
© Montana FWPA few young birds walk among the carcasses of pelicans and double-crested cormorants killed by two-inch hail and 70 mph wind Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, at Big Lake Wildlife Management Area west of Molt
More than 11,000 waterfowl and wetland birds were killed by hail Sunday at the Big Lake Wildlife Management Area west of Billings.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologists who visited the lake this week picked up dead ducks and shorebirds with broken wings, smashed skulls, internal damage and other injuries consistent with massive blunt-force trauma. They estimated that 11,000 to 13,000 birds were killed.

A neighboring landowner reported baseball-sized hail that broke windows in the area. Local weather reports said Molt and Rapelje suffered two-inch hail propelled by a 70-mile-per-hour wind.

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More than 3,000 lightning bolts strike Greece on August 15

Tasos Kokkinidis
Greek Reporter
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 17:20 UTC
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More than 3,000 lightning strikes, which occurred mostly during rainstorms, were recorded in central regions of the country on August 15, according to the National Observatory of Athens.

The unusually widespread electrostatic activity was detected by the ZEUS long-range lightning detection system operated by Greece's main meterological observatory.

The highest amounts of rain were recorded in Serres, with 25 mm (.9 inches), in the area of Vlasti, near Kozani, with 16 mm (.6 inches) and in Lamia with 15 mm (.59 inches), while many other areas received more than ten millimeters of rain in less than one hour.

The weather across Greece will continue to remain unstable on Friday, with storms beginning to appear in the northern parts of the country beginning in the afternoon.

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Lightning bolt kills 5 at beach in Cuba


Escambray
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:45 UTC
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Five fatalities caused by lightning at La Puntilla Beach in Santa Cruz del Norte, in the western province of Mayabeque, local media reported.

Due to the phenomenon, two adults and three children lost their lives and another child received injuries, according to Granma newspaper.

After being stabilized, the child was transferred to the Juan Manuel Márquez pediatric hospital in Havana, to receive specialized care.

According to the newspaper, competent authorities work on the identification of the victims, with the aim of making their names, ages and origin known.

This Caribbean island is one of the territories most affected by lightning in the world due to the great electrical activity that characterizes storms in this territory.

Source: PRENSA LATINA NEWS AGENCY
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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: China's scientists say publicly 'we are headed into Global Cooling'


Adapt 2030
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:15 UTC
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Chinese scientists now confirm that our world is entering a "Global Cooling" phase, which explains why the economy, and tension in the air seem to be ramping up. China and USA are the two largest corn producers on the planet and are both struggling with record low planting this year. The Grand Solar Minimum is now being drip fed to the public. Who is paying attention to China's string of pearls?

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Comment: Global cooling to replace warming trend that started 4,000 years ago - Chinese scientists

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

Amanda Schmidt
AccuWeather
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 06:40 UTC
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Monster hail fell from the sky and hammered areas of the central United States on Tuesday, shattering a state record. Earlier on Tuesday before the storms developed, AccuWeather Extreme Meteorologist Reed Timmer warned that Colorado's state hail record could be in jeopardy given the intensity of the storms that he saw developing.

His prediction came to fruition on Tuesday afternoon when a hailstone with a maximum diameter of 4.83" fell in Bethune, Colorado, on Tuesday afternoon. The record was confirmed on Wednesday evening by the Colorado Climate Center and the National Weather Service office in Goodland, Kansas. The previous state record in Colorado was 4.5 inches.

As the Colorado Climate Center said on Twitter, photos indicate that the stone could have been even larger than recorded due to the time in between its falling and when it was put in the freezer.

The weight of the record-breaking hailstone came in at 8.5 ounces.

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