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Deadly storms move through southeastern United States


The Watchers
Fri, 02 Nov 2018 00:00 UTC
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Intense and damaging thunderstorms moved over the southern Plains and into the Southeast over the past couple of days, dumping heavy rain and producing strong winds and 17 reported tornadoes. At least 2 people have lost their lives, one in Texas and another in Mississippi.

The first storms and tornadoes formed near Dallas and Houston, TX before noon local time, Wednesday, October 31. By the end of the day, the storms extended all the way to extreme southeastern Oklahoma and northern Arkansas.

Large hail was reported in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and far-southeastern Oklahoma Wednesday evening, AccuWeather reports. Parts of Houston experienced heavy flooding.
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More than 30 killed & 14 million trees destroyed as extreme storms devastate Italy in 'one of the most complex meteorological situations of the past 50 to 60 years' - UPDATES


RT
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:43 UTC
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© Reuters / Guglielmo MangiapaneThe partially submerged home in Calsteldaccia on Sunday, November 4, where a family of nine died
Ten people, including a family of nine, have died in floods around Palermo on the southern island of Sicily. It comes one week into Italy's worst storms and flooding in decades, which have claimed the lives of at least 20 people.

The family, including children aged one, three and 15, were found in their villa in Casteldaccia after the Milicia river burst its banks and submerged their house, rescue services said on Sunday. Separately in Sicily, another person was found dead in his jeep after being hit by flood water, while two other people are still missing.

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Update: Reuters reports death toll rises to 17, 14 million trees destroyed
Heavy rain and gales devastating parts of Italy have claimed two more lives, taking the overall death toll to at least 17, and laid waste to vast swathes of forest.

A German tourist died on Friday when hit by lightning on the island of Sardinia while another person struck by lightning several days ago died in hospital, Italy's Civil Protection Agency said on Saturday.

A spokeswoman said 17 deaths related to the severe weather had been reported to the Agency so far.
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© Vigili del Fuoco/ReutersFallen trees are seen in the water of Piave River near Belluno, Italy, November 3, 2018
Many of the victims to date have been killed by falling trees. Coldiretti, the association of Italian agricultural companies, said in a statement that gales had destroyed around 14 million trees, many in the far north.

Areas from the far northeast to Sicily in the southwest have been affected by the storms, with the worst damage in the northern regions of Trentino and Veneto - the region around Venice - where villages and roads have been cut off by landslides.

In the Alps near Belluno, 100 km (60 miles) north of Venice, pine trees and red spruces were snapped wholesale like matchsticks.
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© Vigili del Fuoco/ReutersFallen trees are seen in the mountain near Belluno, Italy, November 3, 2018.
The surface of the Comelico Superiore dam, farther north near the Austrian border, was covered with the trunks of trees that had fallen into the Piave river.

"We'll need at least a century to return to normality," Coldiretti said.
Update: Nov 5th: Flooding and strong winds from Italy's deadly storms have claimed the lives of over 30 people, rescue services have said.

More footage has emerged showing the devastating storm damage.





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Woman killed by lightning in Italy


Gulf Times
Sat, 03 Nov 2018 18:38 UTC
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A German tourist has died during a storm in Italy, in the latest death after a week of terrible weather.

The woman was struck by lightning on the Italian island of San Pietro, near the larger island of Sardinia, a spokesman for the Civil Protection agency told dpa Saturday.

The woman was hiking with her husband and son, according to news agency Ansa, when bad weather moved in, causing the family to end the outing on Friday afternoon.

Before they returned to their car, the woman was hit by lightning and thrown several metres into the air.

Comment: See also: At least 11 dead as violent storms buffet Italy for two days

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Chile-bound Latam flight grounded after plane's window shattered by severe hailstorm


Santiago Times
Thu, 01 Nov 2018 11:01 UTC
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A Latam Brasil Airbus A320-200 which was set for Santiago, Chile made an emergency landing in Argentina due to a severe hailstorm.

Only 80 minutes into its flight after took off from Sao Paulo, Brazil on Wednesday, the plane flew through a severe hailstorm over the province of Misiones, Argentina.

Wind gusts of up to 200km/hr battered the plane and the aircraft was forced to descend 1,500 metres before it made an emergency landing at Ezeiza airport at Buenos Aires.

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Argentinian's Accident Investigation Board confirmed nobody was injured on the flight.

All the passengers were promptly transferred to other flights and made it to their final destination in Chile.

The damaged plane has been kept at the airport in Buenos Aires.

Comment: This type of event appears to be on the increase in recent years judging from the following reports: Passenger plane over China forced to make emergency landing after windscreen is badly damaged in hailstorm

Severe hailstorm smashes windshield, nose of American Airlines plane, forces emergency landing in Texas

Rome to Milan plane encounters violent hailstorm, destroys its nose cone and shatters cockpit window

What's up with the weather? Huge hail stones damage multiple commercial planes

Not surprisingly these types of extreme weather incidents are also impacting our avian friends: Hailstorm kills 9,000 migrating birds at Antelope Island, Utah

Hundreds of birds killed by hailstorm in Ballari, India

Hailstorm kills and injures over 200 birds across Ahmedabad, India

At least 5,000 birds killed by hailstorm in Bangladesh

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Lightning bolt kills three children in Bihar, India


Canton Caller
Fri, 02 Nov 2018 10:36 UTC
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Three minor children died when struck them while they were playing in the rain on Sunday.

The incident occurred at village under Teyai police outpost of Begusarai .

Police sources said Dataram Kumar, Shubham and Anand all aged below 12 years, were playing in an orchard beside a village temple when lightning struck them.

While Dataram, son of Tuntun Sah and Shubham, son of Dilip Choudhary were residents of Raghunandanpur village, Anand was a resident of Madhurapur village under Teghra police station of the district and had come to his maternal grandmother's house.

Bhagwanpur block development officer (BDO) Ajay Kumar later visited the family of the victims.

The district administration announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh to kin of each of the deceased.
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Lightning bolt kills 108 goats, sheep in Rajouri, India

Sumit Bhargav
Greater Kashmir
Fri, 02 Nov 2018 10:23 UTC
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An official said the nomadic families camping in Kund Karyote area were on way to their homes in Lamberi and Teryath areas of district last night when lightning struck, killing 108 goats and sheep.

Over 100 goats and sheep were killed by a lightning bolt in Kund Karyote village area of Thanamandi tehsil of Rajouri district, officials said on Friday.

An official said the nomadic families camping in Kund Karyote area were on way to their homes in Lamberi and Teryath areas of district last night when lightning struck, killing 108 goats and sheep.

There was no report of any human loss in the incident, he said.

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Hurricane reveals 119 year old shipwrecks - Biofuel production stops in UK


Adapt 2030
Wed, 31 Oct 2018 20:53 UTC
Ships were wrecked on Dog island during a hurricane in 1899. Several were unearthed by Hurricane Michael last week.
Ships were wrecked on Dog island during a hurricane in 1899. Several were unearthed by Hurricane Michael last week.
Hurricane Michael uncovered a fleet of buried shipwrecks from 1899, could it be a century cycle that we are seeing in the climate?

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Lightning bolt kills two students in Homa Bay, Kenya

Elisha Otieno
Daily Nation (Kenya)
Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:20 UTC
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Grief struck a village in Homa Bay county after two students including a KCPE candidate were killed by lightning.

Swinton Odhiambo, who had just complete his Standard Eight examinations at Kawuor Primary School and Calvin Ochieng, a Form Two student at Obera Secondary School, met their deaths at 5pm as they were playing football at a local playground in Kabuoch village, Ndhiwa Sub - County .

Two other students sustained burns and were taken to a local hospital.

Assistant chief John Otonge said the duo were pronounced dead on arrival the hospital.

"The KCPE candidate was said to be full of joy after sitting for the exams and was sure of passing the national tests," Mr Otonge said.
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Spain battered by snow storms and a tornado in Menorca

Sofia Petkar
The Sun
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 23:29 UTC
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The freak weather system also saw Menorca battered by a tornado
The week-long spell of rain, snow and unseasonably low temperatures has been blamed a mass of polar air lingering over the Iberian Peninsula

More than 50 trees and hundreds of power lines were pulled down by the powerful storm, leaving thousands of residents without electricity.

Neighbouring principality Asturias' 25,000 properties also had their power knocked out by the tornado.

A week-long spell of rain, snow and unseasonably low temperatures has been blamed on the arrival of a mass of polar air lingering over the Iberian Peninsula.

At least one person remains missing in the town of Camariñas in Galicia, northwestern Spain, with reports the man may have fallen into the sea while fishing.

The bad weather has returned to the Balearics just weeks after the region was hit with flooding, in which 13 people were killed.

Comment: A couple of days ago unseasonal snowstorms swept across central France causing road chaos.

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At least 11 dead as violent storms buffet Italy for two days


The Daily Mail
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 02:32 UTC
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© Associated PressWorkers cut up and remove a fallen tree a day after strong winds and rain hit the city, in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018.
Heavy rains and high winds buffeting much of Italy have killed 11 people over two days as Venice officials lamented Tuesday one of the worst floods ever to strike the city's famed St. Mark's Basilica.

Many of the deaths were due to trees crashing down on cars and pedestrians. The victims also included a woman who was buried by mud when a landslide invaded her home near Trento in northern Italy and a man who was slammed against rocks while wind surfing in Emilia-Romagna.

The other fatalities occurred in Naples, Liguria, Lazio and Veneto, where authorities found a 61-year-old man whose body had been swept more than a kilometer (half a mile) away from his car.
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