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Lightning strikes kill 3 in Rwanda - over 50 such fatalities so far in 2018

Kelly Rwamapera
The New Times
Wed, 06 Jun 2018 11:26 UTC
Residents and local authorities at the burrial of lightning victims on Wed at Ruhinga Kivuruga Sector in Gakenke District.
© Kelly RwamaperaResidents and local authorities at the burrial of lightning victims on Wed at Ruhinga Kivuruga Sector in Gakenke District.
Lightning struck four relatives on Tuesday evening, instantly killing two of them, including a 12-year-old girl in Kivuruga Sector, Gakenke District.

The other two are currently admitted at Nemba Hospital in the same district.

Another victim of lightning that characterized evening rains on Tuesday is a 48 year old man who was struck as he worked in a rice plantation in Nyagatare Sector, Nyagatare District. He also died instantly.

Speaking to The New Times, Dr. Jean-Baptiste Habimana from Nemba Hospital said that the two who were admitted at his hospital were recovering well and likely to be discharged later on Wednesday.

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France puts 15 departments on second-highest weather alert as flash floods, high winds and hail forecasted


The Connexion
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:08 UTC
Storms France June 2018
© Thomas Bresson / CC BY 2.0France will face a fourth day of thunderstorms, with Météo-France putting 15 departments on its second-highest weather alert for storms on Tuesday.
This time, central and southern areas will face the brunt of conditions

France will face a fourth day of thunderstorms, with Météo-France putting 15 departments on its second-highest weather alert for storms on Tuesday.

After the northwest and northeast were hit in previous days, this time it is the turn of central and southwestern areas to bear the brunt of the conditions, with Météo-France warning residents in Ain, Allier, Aveyron, Corrèze, Creuse, Dordogne, Isère, Loire, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Puy-de-Dôme, Rhône, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne and Haute-Vienne to be prepared for violent storms starting in the afternoon and lasting until at least 9pm.

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Cloud Precipitation

Baseball-sized hail pounds parts of Texas

Pritha Paul
The International Business Times
Wed, 06 Jun 2018 14:38 UTC
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Golf ball or baseball-sized hail showered down on parts of Texas on Wednesday, a little after midnight.

"Receiving multiple reports of golfball to baseball size hail from Carrollton to Coppell. Dangerous storm moving toward the east side of D/FW Airport to Irving. Get away from windows!!" Texas Storm Chasers tweeted at 1:45 a.m. local time (2:45 a.m. EDT)

Soon enough social media users in Carrollton and Coppell started posting photos and videos of the giant hailstones that were falling in the region. Some of them even held up the hailstones against objects like an apple, a cookie and a baseball to compare the size.

Property damages from the hailstorm was mostly restricted to the windows of cars and homes.

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Homes and roads damaged by floodwater in Varna, Bulgaria

Richard Davies
FloodList
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:03 UTC
In Varna, several streets, underpasses and buildings were flooded after heavy rain battered Bulgaria’s third-largest city
In Varna, several streets, underpasses and buildings were flooded after heavy rain battered Bulgaria’s third-largest city
Over 70 mm of rain fell in the port city of Varna on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, flooding streets and causing severe traffic disruption.

As much as 71.5 mm of rain fell in 24 hours between 04 and early 05 June. According to WMO figures, the city would normally see 46 mm of rain during the whole of June.

Quoting the regional governor of Varna, Stoyan Pasev, local media said that the floods and stormy weather had damaged at least 40 houses in the areas fo Aksakovo, Kumanovo and Klimentovo. At least 1 family has been left homeless.

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Cloud Precipitation

Severe summer hailstorm destroys fruit trees in Cyprus

Evie Andreou
Cyprus Mail
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 14:19 UTC
heavy hail in the Troodos Mountains temporarily turning the landscape and road network white.
Heavy hail in the Troodos Mountains temporarily turning the landscape and road network white.
Torrential rains and enormous hailstones that created a winter wonderland at the start of summer by blanketing the mountains in white caused mixed feelings on Monday, as some gushed over the rarity of the phenomenon while others mourned their destroyed crops.

The hailstorm lasted for about an hour in the early afternoon and left almost no fruit on trees. The produce the storm destroyed included pears, cherries, nectarines and peaches.

"In around a month we would have begun cutting nectarines and peaches, then apples. Now, there's nothing left to cut," producer Vlamis Avgousti from Amiandos told state broadcaster CyBC.

He said that the intensity of the hailstorm and the size of the stones had damaged trees so badly that "we will have a problem also next year".

Community leader of Amiandos, Kriton Kyriakides, said this was the first time in his life he had experienced something like this in summer.
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Severe hailstorm smashes windshield, nose of American Airlines plane, forces emergency landing in Texas


Sputnik
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 13:36 UTC
American Airlines plane damaged by hailstorm
American Airlines plane damaged by hailstorm
American Airlines flight 1897 was forced to make an emergency landing in El Paso, Texas, Sunday night after the Airbus A319 suffered severe damage during a hail storm over New Mexico.

The Phoenix-bound flight, which had departed at 6:57 p.m. local time from San Antonio, was forced to divert to El Paso roughly an hour after takeoff.

According to reports, none of the 130 passengers or the crew members aboard the flight suffered any injuries; however, a few lunches were lost to the severe turbulence, The Dallas News reported.

Photos shared on Twitter show the plane's nose dented inward and windshield severely cracked.


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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Hail damages US aircraft, huge hail in Italy and June snow for Canada


Adapt 2030
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:11 UTC
American Airlines plane damaged by hailstorm
American Airlines plane damaged by hailstorm
An American Airlines flight over Texas was forced to make an emergency landing after being heavily damaged, smashed and battered by a sever hail storm which shattered the nose cone, windshield and side windows of the plane. Huge hail stones in Italy and record snow in Newfoundland St Johns Canada on June 4th, buy the media quickly removed the videos, but I was able other images on Twitter.


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Evacuations following storms and floods in Brittany, France - month's rainfall in less than an hour

Richard Davies
FloodList
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 18:40 UTC
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A storm that hit Brittany, France, during the night from Sunday 03 June to Monday 04 June, 2018, has caused severe flooding in the department of Finistère. The departments of Côtes-d'Armor and Ille-et-Vilaine were also badly affected.

Local fire and emergency crews were called out to over 450 interventions during the storm, with over half of them in the town of Morlaix, Finistère, where some homes have been evacuated.

Photos and videos on Social Media showed flood water raging through the streets of Morlaix. Stéven Tual, meteorologist for Meteo Bretagne, said that around a month's worth of rain fell in less than an hour. Meteo Bretagne said Morlaix received 52 mm of rain and 70 mm in Monts d'Arrée.

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Lightning strikes have killed 65 people and 69 cattle across Cambodia so far this year


Vanguard
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 11:45 UTC
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A total of 70 people died amid heavy storms in Cambodia this year, including 65 who were struck by lightning, local media reported on Monday.

National Committee for Disaster Management spokesman Keo Vy told newsmen that the first five months of the year have seen 68 people killed during storms.

Vy said that the current number of deaths by lightning has already surpassed 2017's toll for the same period.

"Lightning deaths this year are worse than last year.

"So far, 65 people were killed by lightning this year, while 46 were injured and 69 cattle were killed," he said.
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Motorcyclist killed by lightning strike near Thessaloniki, Greece


ekathimerini.com
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 11:36 UTC
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Authorities in Greece say a 58-year-old motorcyclist was killed when lightning struck him on a highway.

Police say the man was found dead 40 kilometers east of the northern city of Thessaloniki with a hole in his helmet, presumably the result of the lightning striking him.

The victim was driving toward the city in stormy conditions.

There were no details about burns on the body, but authorities say they are certain the motorcyclist's death was not the result of his 800-cc motorcycle falling after the lightning.

Source: AP
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