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Best of the Web: Day After Tomorrow, today: TEN waterspouts appear side-by-side in Gulf of Mexico!


fox29.com
Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:19 UTC
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Multiple waterspouts were spotted swirling simultaneously off Louisiana's coast on August 20, as severe storms battered the region with hail.

This footage shot by Frank Leday in the Gulf of Mexico captures at least six of the watery vortexes spiraling skyward against a blanket of dark storm clouds.

"Wow!! Ever see 6 water spouts at once?" Leday wrote on Facebook.

The storms came as the US National Weather Service predicted two tropical depressions — one in the North Atlantic and another in the Carribean — could develop into hurricanes upon hitting the Gulf. According to US media, it would be the first instance of two separate tropical storm systems in the basin in over 60 years.

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Floods and landslides leave 7 dead, 1 missing in Vietnam


Floodlist
Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:02 UTC
Floods hit Nam Po district, Dien Bien province on August 18.
© Sai gon Giai phongFloods hit Nam Po district, Dien Bien province on August 18.
Disaster authorities in Vietnam report that 7 people have died and 1 is still missing after heavy rainfall triggered flash floods and landslides.

According to Vietnam Disaster Management Authority (DMA), heavy rain, flooding and landslides have caused damage in the provinces and cities of Yen Bai, Hoa Binh, Phu Tho, Ha Giang, Hanoi, Binh Duong, Vinh Phuc, Son La, Tuyen Quang, Lai Chau, Cao Bang, Dien Bien, Quang Ninh.

Some areas of Vietnam saw more than 300mm of rain in a period 16 to 19 August, including Cai Chien in Quang Ninh Province, Cat Ba in Hai Phong and Thai Nguyen City. The heavy rain fall is associated with Tropical Storm Higos which made landfall in the southern Guangdong province of China on 19 August before moving towards Vietnam and Laos.

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Softball-size hailstones pummel Mankato, Kansas

Shannon Heckt
1011now.com
Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:17 UTC
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People in Mankato, Kansas are cleaning up after softball-size hail caused major damage across Jewell County Friday night. Around 8 p.m. the severe storm, including a funnel cloud, passed over Jewell County. Following it was a hail storm with rare late-summer softball-sized stones.

"Really never seen anything like this before. Dealt with a lot of storms but this was the biggest," Jewell County EMS Director Shannon Meier said.

Meier was out storm spotting that night. As he watched the funnel cloud he was caught in the hail and had to pull over to the side of the road. His truck was smashed and he took cover as glass flew around him.

"My concern then was there were other vehicles out so I had requested that we get units out to do a search of the highways," Meier said.

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Hurricane Genevieve lashing Mexico's Baja with wind and rain

Ignacio Martínez De Jesús
Phys.org
Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:05 UTC
NASA astronaut captures stunning pictures of hurricane Genevieve from space
NASA astronaut captures stunning pictures of hurricane Genevieve from space
Hurricane Genevieve lost some of its punch as it passed the southern end of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula Thursday, though it is still lashed the tourist region with hurricane-force gusts and heavy rains.

Genevieve had a been a powerful Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 mph (215 kph) on Tuesday, but weakened to Category 1 strength as it pushed past the Los Cabos region, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Meanwhile a new tropical depression formed in the Atlantic and it was expected to become a tropical storm that would move near or north of the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

The center said the hurricane was expected to stay out in the Pacific while moving northwestward along the Baja coast and weakening Thursday and Friday. But it was raking the shore with tropical storm-forces winds and hard rains that carried the potential for dangerous flooding.

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Heavy rains flood parts of New Delhi, triggering chaos


Al Jazeera
Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:36 UTC
Vehicles ply on waterlogged Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway near Narsingpur after heavy rains, in Gurugram
© PTIVehicles ply on waterlogged Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway near Narsingpur after heavy rains, in Gurugram
Parts of New Delhi and its suburbs submerged in water as South Asia monsoon leaves nearly 1,300 people dead.

Heavy monsoon rains have flooded parts of India's capital New Delhi and its suburbs, throwing life out of gear for millions of people, as the death toll from the annual deluge across South Asia rose to nearly 1,300.

In New Delhi's suburb of Gurgaon, dubbed the Millenium City, roads, underpasses and residential areas were flooded on Wednesday forcing power cuts in several areas. Rafts were put into action to evacuate people in some areas.

The monsoon is vital to the densely populated region, revitalising land and waterways amid scorching summers. But it also causes widespread death and destruction.

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At least 14 dead, 16 missing in floods and landslides in Nepal

Menuka Dhungana
The Kathmandu Post
Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:17 UTC
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At least 14 people were killed and 16 others went missing in floods and landslides in various districts of Sudurpaschim and Karnali provinces in the last 24 hours.

Achham, a hill district in Sudurpaschim Province, has been hit hardest as gushing floodwaters from Kailash Khola entered several settlements in Ramroshan Rural Municipality causing a massive human and property loss.

At least six people died in the disaster while 11 others are missing, according to the district police.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Yogendra Singh Thapa said four bodies were recovered from Koseda area in Darna of Bannigadi Jayagad Rural Municipality while two other bodies were found at Lamatna and Seri in Mangalsen Municipality. Search was underway for the missing people until late Wednesday afternoon.

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EF-2 tornado causes 'significant damage' in DeLand, Florida


ClickOrlando.com
Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:17 UTC
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Severe storms, including an EF-2 tornado, ripped through Central Florida on Tuesday afternoon, causing "significant damage" in DeLand and prompting deputies to go door to door looking for possible victims, according to sheriff's officials.

A tornado warning was issued for the area as strong storms passed through the region. It expired at 4:15 p.m.

The National Weather Service visited the area Wednesday to assess the damage and determined an EF-2 tornado touched down.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office tweeted, "Significant storm damage, Pine St, DeLand," along with several photos, one of which shows a house with a collapsed roof. Another photo showed downed power lines and trees.

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Waterspout whipped onshore as tornado, downing trees and spooking South Florida residents


local10.com
Wed, 19 Aug 2020 13:33 UTC
Multiple Florida residents captured video of a waterspout sliding up the coast.
Multiple Florida residents captured video of a waterspout sliding up the coast.

A massive waterspout rose up out of the sea and briefly came onshore as a tornado Wednesday, snapping trees in half and causing some anxious moments for residents on both sides of the Miami-Dade/Broward border.

The National Weather Service says the waterspout was first spotted around 1:14 p.m. off Sunny Isles Beach and came onshore around 1:20 p.m. in northern Golden Beach, becoming a tornado.

It quickly went back offshore and then dissipated, but not before its winds tore down trees, tossed around some outdoor furniture and damaged the metal gates of several ocean-facing homes. No injuries have been reported.

"I started seeing chairs flying in the air and that's when I knew something big was coming in," said Julio Grisales, who works nearby.

He tried to take cover in a garage, but the pressure from the wind kept the doors from closing.

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Storm Ellen causes widespread damage across Ireland


BBC News
Thu, 20 Aug 2020 01:19 UTC
A person is hit by a wave crashing on the Front Strand in Youghal, County Cork
© NIALL CARSON/PA WIREA person is hit by a wave crashing on the Front Strand in Youghal, County Cork
Several roads across Northern Ireland have been blocked by fallen trees after Storm Ellen caused damage across the island of Ireland overnight.

TrafficwatchNI reported fallen trees in all six counties in Northern Ireland, with County Fermanagh worst affected.

NIE Networks is currently reporting a number of power cuts, affecting about 430 customers, some of which it has attributed to severe weather.

In the Republic of Ireland, power cuts affected at least 194,000 customers.

Southern, western and midland counties in the Republic of Ireland bore the brunt of the storm, but County Cork saw the strongest winds and coastal flooding.

In County Fermanagh, six people were rescued from two boats at Devenish Island when the vessels began breaking their moorings in the early hours of the morning.

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Pilot killed as California wildfires rage after 11,000 lightning strikes in 72 hours

David Mercer
Sky News
Thu, 20 Aug 2020 05:13 UTC
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© GETTY IMAGESVacaville, halfway between Sacramento and San Francisco, has been worst hit so far
A pilot has been killed and thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in California after lightning strikes sparked hundreds of fires across the US state.

Nearly 11,000 lightning strikes have been recorded in California over 72 hours, in the heaviest spate of thunderstorms to hit the state in more than a decade.

A total of 367 individual fires were ignited, with more two dozen growing into major blazes, authorities said.

A helicopter pilot was killed after the aircraft crashed while on a water-dropping mission in Fresno County, about 160 miles south of San Francisco, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) said.

Multiple fires raced through northern California's wine country, shutting down the major Interstate 80 motorway at Fairfield, about 35 miles southwest of Sacramento.

Flames leapt across the motorway, trapping motorists caught in a hectic evacuation.


Comment: First ever firenado warning in California as wildfires rage into third day

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