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Western Australia hit by worst storm in a decade


The National
Sun, 24 May 2020 20:54 UTC
Western Australia storm
© JMA/Himawari-8, RAMMB/CIRA
Western Australia was hit by its worst storm in a decade on Sunday, leaving about 50,000 homes and businesses without power as the weather bureau recorded wind of up to 130kph.

Up to 100 millimetres of rain is expected to fall along the west coast, while tides are predicted to swell before reaching a peak of 8 metres on Monday.

The storm was caused by the remnants of a tropical cyclone meeting a cold front, and emergency services have warned of flooding and dangerous seas.

Officials said conditions were expected to worsen overnight as the severe storm progressed.

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Cosmic rays increases hail size and duration - Lightning inception by large ice particles, GSM much?

Oppenheimer Ranch Project
YouTube
Sun, 24 May 2020 12:04 UTC
hail
Southern storms drop egg-sized hail.

3″+ hail reported with Thursday night storms.

Baseball-sized hail, tornadoes hit plains.

8-year-old finds hail larger than a softball in Burkburnett.

Circumference Calculator.

Prediction of lightning inception by large ice particles and extensive air showers.


Comment: See also:

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8-year-old finds hailstone with a circumference of 14.5 inches in Burkburnett, Texas

Vince Sims
nbcdfw.com
Sat, 23 May 2020 11:29 UTC
large hail
Eight-year-old Will Moody says he found it in a field.

It's amazing what Mother Nature can produce in the sky.

Friday night, large hail stones fell in Burkburnett -- just northwest of Wichita Falls.

Eight-year-old Will Moody found one in a field at a friend's house after the storm passed -- and it was larger than a softball.

Comment: Cosmic rays increases hail size and duration - Lightning inception by large ice particles, GSM much?

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Major hail storm pounds San Angelo, Texas

Yantis Green
SanAngeloLive.com
Thu, 21 May 2020 11:31 UTC
2020 Major Hail in San Angelo May 21, 2020.
© Brent Blinka2020 Major Hail in San Angelo May 21, 2020.
A major hail storm blew up over San Angelo Thursday evening pounding vehicles and houses across the city.

There are pictures of hail the size of tennis balls.

Damage reports are still coming in.

Watch video from the storm.


Comment: The following evening further north in Burkburnett:



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Ayubia, northern Pakistan, receives first May snowfall in 100 years

Ateeq Abbasi
Tribune.com.pk
Tue, 19 May 2020 07:22 UTC
Rare Ayubia snow
© SCREENGRABSnowfall on Tuesday was very unusual even for the local population, most of whom had never seen such weather in May.
Famous for its lush green mountains, Ayubia received mild snowfall in the month of May, which has happened after a 100-year hiatus in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Abbottabad district.

Nearby areas including the Galiyat region also received light snowfall on Tuesday which was very unusual even for the local population.

Haji Muhammad Aniyat Abbasi, a 90-year-old resident of Ayubia, told TheExpress Tribune that he hasn't seen such weather since the British colonial rule before the partition.

Abbasi said his elder brother told him that in 1920s the beautiful hilly region had received snowfall last time in the month of May.

He said when his forefathers resided in the region, the cold weather used to be very harsh even in June and they used to face many hardships.


Comment: Earlier this month heavy snowfall in Galyat, Pakistan broke a 35-year record with over 12 feet in 20 days.

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Central America - Heavy rain triggers floods in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador


Floodlist
Thu, 21 May 2020 11:42 UTC
Rockslide in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 20 may 2020.
© : Bomberos HondurasRockslide in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 20 may 2020.
Hundreds of homes have been damaged after days of heavy rainfall in Central America caused flooding and landslides in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.


Guatemala

In Guatemala the National Coordination for Disaster Reduction of (CONRED) reported floods and landslides between 15 and 18 May affected the departments of Chiquimula, El Progreso, Huehuetenango, Quetzaltenango and Zacapa.

According to CONRED, 88 people were evacuated and 37 houses damaged or destroyed, including 15 homes damaged by floods in Cajolá, Quetzaltenango when the Samalá river broke its banks. Two people were injured in a rockslide in Jocotán, Chiquimula.

Over 10,000 people were affected after a landslide blocked an important road in Sanarate, El Progreso department.

Earlier this month 3 people died after flooding and landslides in Guatemala between 09 and 11 May.
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Rare tornado in Indonesia kills 2


New York Times
Thu, 21 May 2020 11:32 UTC
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A tornado ripped through several villages on Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing at least two people, damaging hundreds of homes, and fatally knocking over a cow, a disaster official said Thursday.

Another six people, most with serious injuries, were taken to a hospital after the tornado touched down late Wednesday in Lampung province's Tulang Bawang district, said Raditya Jati, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman.

The powerful winds damaged 245 homes in three villages and knocked out power to most of the area, Jati said. The storm also threw a cow to its death, he said.

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At least 22 dead as Cyclone Amphan batters India and Bangladesh

Aniruddha GhosalL and Julhas Alam
Globe and Mail
Wed, 20 May 2020 11:16 UTC
Police officers carry a disabled man to a safer place following his evacuation from a slum area before Cyclone Amphan makes its landfall, in Kolkata, India, on May 20, 2020.
© RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI/REUTERSPolice officers carry a disabled man to a safer place following his evacuation from a slum area before Cyclone Amphan makes its landfall, in Kolkata, India, on May 20, 2020.
A powerful cyclone ripped through densely populated coastal India and Bangladesh, blowing off roofs and whipping up waves that swallowed embankments and bridges and left entire villages without access to fresh water, electricity and communications. At least 22 people were reported killed Thursday.

The cyclone weakened after slamming ashore Wednesday evening amid massive evacuations. Officials warn that relief and repair work will be made harder by the coronavirus pandemic, which has already sapped the health care system.

In low-lying Bangladesh, up to eight people have died while 12 deaths were reported in West Bengal state in India. Officials said two people died in India's Odisha state in the Bay of Bengal. Most of the deaths were due to the collapse of walls, drowning and falling trees in both countries.

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Freak storm rips through Geelong, Australia


NEWS.com.au
Wed, 20 May 2020 22:38 UTC
freak storm in Victoria, Australia
© Cain TristThe State Emergency Service has received more than 160 calls for help from residents in Geelong, Ballarat and Stawell.
Residents of Victoria's southwest are counting the cost of a storm that came out of nowhere after midnight and tore through a whole suburb.

The freak storm, which hit Geelong about 1am yesterday, left more than 100 homes damaged, including as many as 30 in one street in the hardest hit suburb of Waurn Ponds.

Pictures show roofs shredded and ripped off homes. A council rubbish bin was lifted and thrown onto the roof of one home. A trampoline landed in a tree at another home.

At least four homes are now uninhabitable.

The State Emergency Service received more than 100 calls for help on Wednesday at Waurn Ponds and nearby Mt Duneed.

Across the state, the SES received more than 240 calls for help.

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'Anomalous seismic activity' and a tornado hit eastern Cuba


oncubanews.com
Mon, 18 May 2020 13:49 UTC
Cuba earthquakes
© Facebook/Enrique Diego Arango Arias
More than 20 earthquakes, some of them perceptible, and a tornado that caused material damage, were reported this Sunday in eastern Cuba.

According to the National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS), until 7:30 pm (local time), 21 telluric movements had been registered in the eastern part of the island, "some of them perceptible by the population," in what is classified as "anomalous seismic activity."

The earthquakes were felt in the municipalities of Guamá, Palma Soriano, Tercer Frente, Contramaestre and Santiago de Cuba, in the province of Santiago de Cuba, in the municipalities of Media Luna, Bayamo and Bartolomé Masó, in the province of Granma, and in the city of Guantánamo in the province of the same name, reported CENAIS, which explains that so far no victims or material damage have been reported as a result of the quakes.

The largest of the tremors had a magnitude of 4.6 degrees and was recorded at 4:47 pm. It was located 20 kilometers south-southwest of the Santiago town of Chivirico, and just two hours later, a 4.2-magnitude aftershock was recorded. Both earthquakes are considered the seventh and eighth perceptible this year.

This seismicity, points out CENAIS, "corresponds to an activation of a segment of the Oriente fault to the south of the Guamá municipality, in the province of Santiago de Cuba."

Comment: Weird. We wonder how seismic activity may be linked to this tornado...

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