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Eyewitnesses film large tornado in Kherson region of Ukraine


Ukrinform
Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:23 UTC
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Eyewitnesses have filmed a tornado in the village of Khorly in Ukraine's Kherson region.

A meteorologist of the Kharkiv Regional Center for Hydrometeorology, Ihor Kybalchych, commented on his Facebook page on the photos and video of the vortex.

"A large tornado, probably a waterspout, was spotted by Dmytro Ryzhko in the village of Khorly, Kherson region, on June 3. You can see in the photo that a whirlwind began to form over the water surface and then came out directly on the coast of the Hirkyi Kut peninsula," Kybalchych wrote.

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Severe flooding hits Managua, Nicaragua

Infotainment
YouTube
Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:15 UTC
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Severe flooding caused by Tropical Storm Cristobal in Managua NICARAGUA - June 3, 2020.

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Severe hailstorm hits Tàrrega, Spain

Infotainment
YouTube
Wed, 03 Jun 2020 18:58 UTC
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Hail Storm hits Tàrrega, Catalonia - Spain June 3, 2020.

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Symbolism: Lightning strikes the Washington Monument

Brie Stimson
Fox News
Fri, 05 Jun 2020 18:17 UTC
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A Washington, D.C. news station's sky camera captured an incredible video of lightning striking the Washington Monument during a thunderstorm in the city Thursday night.

"INSANE video from our @wusa9 SkyCam WOOOOOW," WUSA-TV tweeted during the storm.

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Hail causes extensive damage to fruit, agriculture crops in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Raashid Hassan
Kashmir Reader
Thu, 04 Jun 2020 17:29 UTC
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Hailstorm again stormed Shopian, Kulgam villages and extensively damaged the horticulture and agriculture crops.

Locals from many areas from the twin districts told Kashmir Reader that hailstorm has heavily damaged the crops.

In Kulgam districts an intense hailstorm witnessed in whole Aharbal belt including villages like Manzgam, Nowgam and adjoining villages caused damges to crops.

Similarly in Shopian heavy hailstorm that lasted for 15 minutes resulted in accumulation of an inch deep hail cover that ripped the standing fruit and agriculture crops on ground. The worst affected villages which were hit by the storm include Pinjora, Pehlipora, Pargochi, Voterpora, Pahnoo, Aglar and other adjioning of villages.

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Lightning strikes kill at least 25 in a single day across Bangladesh


Dhaka Tribune
Thu, 04 Jun 2020 08:41 UTC
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The deceased were all out during a thunderstorm on Thursday afternoon

At least 25 people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Mymensingh, Bogra, Habiganj, Kushtia, Noakhali, Chapainawabganj, Tangail, Pabna and Moulvibazar on Thursday.

In Mymensingh, three people - two teenagers and a cattle trader - were killed in Fulbaria upazila.

The deceased are cattle trader Motaleb, 50, Robin, 13, and Imran, of the same upazila, confirmed Azizur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Fulbaria Police Station, confirmed the deaths, reports a Mymensingh correspondent.
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Intense lightning storm recorded over Toronto, Canada

Ainsley Smith
Toronto Storeys (blog)
Wed, 03 Jun 2020 06:19 UTC
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Toronto residents were in for a show last night, as the warm and sunny day transitioned into a dark and gloomy mess with heavy rains, accompanied by high winds, hail, thunder, and lightning.

On Tuesday, Environment Canada warned of a "severe" thunderstorm in Toronto that may produce "large hail" and the resulting storm definitely didn't disappoint. In the evening, two separate thunderstorms tracked across the region, bringing plenty of lightning, lots of rain, and some hail.

And while the bulk of Torontonians were probably asleep during the lightning storm, there were some camera-ready storm watchers who captured some wild shots.

Photos and videos shared on social media show long periods of lightning flashing up the night sky, while other shots show the city's skyline transforming into something that looks like a scene straight out of a movie.


Comment: Less than a week ago almost 87,000 lightning strikes hit Washington - nearly 2/3 of the annual average!

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Tropical Storm Cristobal makes landfall in Mexico and could loop back toward the US Gulf Coast this weekend

Jennifer Gray and Judson Jones
CNN
Wed, 03 Jun 2020 14:40 UTC
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Tropical Storm Cristobal
Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall Wednesday morning in Mexico, and if the storm holds together, it could loop back across the Gulf of Mexico and toward the United States by the weekend.

Cristobal made landfall in the early morning in the state of Campeche, with sustained winds of 60 mph. It hit land near Atasta, Mexico, just west of Ciudad del Carmen, the Air Force Reserve Unit Hurricane Hunter aircraft reported.

Life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides from ongoing extreme rains continued to be the biggest threat. Ten to 20 inches of additional rain could fall across this region through Friday.

Some Pacific locations in southern Mexico got 20 inches of rain over the weekend and could get up to a foot more.

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Rare derecho kills 3, cuts power to half a million people across Pennsylvania and New Jersey

Chaffin Mitchell
AccuWeather.com
Thu, 04 Jun 2020 01:10 UTC
Storm approaching Medford, New Jersey
© Twitter/mcadehavenStorm approaching Medford, New Jersey, on Wednesday evening.
At least three people are dead and more than half of a million electric customers were left in the dark when a rare derecho tore through eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey on Wednesday.

The northern Plains, Upper Midwest and eastern Great Lakes were put on alert Tuesday night when the thunderstorms erupted. Then the threat shifted east to the mid-Atlantic on Wednesday.

The National Weather Service recorded more than 185 damaging wind reports while more than 525,000 customers were without power in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. By early Thursday morning, more than 350,000 customers were still in the dark.

"The storms raced across Pennsylvania and New Jersey, moving eastward at over 80 mph at times," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brian Thompson said.
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Nisarga lashing western India after making unprecedented landfall near Mumbai

Courtney Spamer
AccuWeather.com
Wed, 03 Jun 2020 09:26 UTC
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© CIRA/RAMMBCyclone Nisarga was the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday.
Nisarga battered western India with torrential rainfall and damaging winds into Wednesday evening after becoming the first tropical cyclone in recorded history to strike the city of Mumbai and surrounding districts during the month of June.

As a severe cyclonic storm on the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) tropical cyclone scale and the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic and East Pacific Ocean basins, Nisarga crashed ashore in the state of Maharashtra Wednesday afternoon, local time, just south of the town of Alibagh.

After moving inland, Nisarga lost wind strength quickly, and was downgraded to a cyclonic storm and then a deep depression, equivalent to a tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean, Wednesday evening. The system continued weakening, becoming a depression on Thursday.

Mumbai, the country's financial center and home to more than 18 million people, is rarely impacted by tropical cyclones and, prior to Nisarga, had never been hit by one in the month of June.

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