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Rare thundersnow reported in southern Ontario


The Weather Network
Tue, 12 May 2020 18:48 UTC
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Thundersnow is a rare type of weather that typically occurs during the winter months.

Reports of thundersnow in Kingston and surrounding regions add to the atypical spring weather that southern Ontario has seen this May.

Snow, graupel and a few rumbles of thunder were reported at the Kingston International Airport shortly after 4:00 p.m. on May 12. The unique atmospheric setup created the right conditions for thundersnow to strike and this wintry precipitation to fall.

The angle of the Sun caused air parcels to rise several kilometres up into the cold, unstable air aloft where temperatures were around -20ยฐC. Temperatures near the ground were cold enough for the precipitation to fall as snow instead of rain.

"The air aloft was so chilly that super-cooled water droplets accreted on the falling snowflakes before they reached the surface, distorting the classic snowflake," says Weather Network meteorologist Tyler Hamilton.

Comment: Snow in May in Southern Ontario, Canada

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Typhoon Vongfong rapidly intensifies as it nears the Philippines

Taylor Ward
CNN International
Wed, 13 May 2020 22:36 UTC
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Typhoon Vongfong is rapidly intensifying -- and the Philippines is in its path.

With typhoons or hurricanes, rapid intensification is an increase in maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph) in 24 hours.

From Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday afternoon, Vongfong easily met that definition, strengthening from a modest tropical storm with winds of 60 mph (95 kph) to the equivalent of a major hurricane. Maximum sustained winds are now up to 120 mph (195 kph) and the storm is still strengthening.

This area of the world is no stranger to rapid intensification. Many storms undergo rapid intensification each year due to the extremely warm sea surface temperatures.

But this is the first named storm of the season in the West Pacific.It didn't exist until Tuesday, and now it will hammer the Philippines as the equivalent of a category 3 or 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
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3 dead after heavy rain causes landslides and floods in Guatemala


Floodlist
Tue, 12 May 2020 19:30 UTC
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Three people have died after days of heavy rainfall in Guatemala triggered flooding, landslides and caused buildings to collapse.

The country's National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) said one person died on 09 May after rain triggered a landslide on a highway in the municipality of Tajumulco, San Marcos Department.

Two people died when heavy rain caused a wall to collapse in Zacapa in the department of the same name on 11 May.

Local media said these were the first casualties of the rainy season in Guatemala, which usually begins in May and lasts until November but has been present in the south of the country since late April.
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29 killed in hailstorm, rains in 15 districts of Uttar Pradesh, India

Meenakshi Ray
Hindustan Times
Mon, 11 May 2020 09:53 UTC
At least 38 districts of Uttar Pradesh have been
© Parveen Kumar/ HT file photo. Representative imageAt least 38 districts of Uttar Pradesh have been affected by the rains and hailstorm.
At least 29 people were killed across 15 districts of Uttar Pradesh after rains and hailstorm lashed several parts of the state on Sunday, officials said.

Four people were killed in Kasganj, three each in Sitapur, Bulandshahr and Badaun, two each in Barabanki, Chitrakoot, Ballia, Pilibhit, Kannauj and Hardoi and one each in Lucknow, Fatehpur, Amethi and Aligarh.

At least 38 districts of the state have been affected by the rains and hailstorm.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath condoled the deaths and directed district magistrates to give financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh each to their families.

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May snowfall in Germany


RT
Mon, 11 May 2020 21:06 UTC
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With only weeks before the official start of summer, a blizzard struck the mountain peak of Brocken, and covered the whole town of Wernigerode in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt with snow on Monday.

A drop in temperatures brought upon by a polar vortex and even ground frost during mid-May is not uncommon for the Harz mountain range.

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Floods in Gironde and Landes after rain lashes south west France - up to 10 inches in 36 hours


Floodlist
Tue, 12 May 2020 19:04 UTC
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More than 130mm of rain fell in 36 hours in parts of southwest France, causing flooding in Gironde and Landes departments.

Meteo France said Retjons and Belin-Bรฉliet, both in Landes, recorded 136 mm of rain in 36 hours to 11 May.

In Tarn Department, La Vintrou recorded 261 mm during the same period.

In Girone, 46 people were rescued by firefighters following rising waters. No injuries or fatalities were reported. Firefighters carried out more than 500 interventions during the severe weather, mainly for flooded homes and cellars. Around 90 roads have been flooded, 21 of which are still closed.

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Tornado in Chihuahua, Mexico

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YouTube
Tue, 12 May 2020 10:39 UTC
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Tornado hits the region of Chihuahua, Mexico.

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Heavy rain brings floods in Taif, Saudi Arabia

Tetova News
YouTube
Tue, 12 May 2020 21:43 UTC
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Flooded streets as heavy rains hit Taif, Saudi Arabia - 12 May 2020 | ุงู…ุทุงุฑ ุบุฒูŠุฑุฉ ุชุบู…ุฑ ุงู„ุทุงูŠู
Taif is a city in the Mecca Province of southwest Saudi Arabia. It's known for 20th-century Shubra Palace, a grand, white-walled building with latticework windows. Now the Taif Regional Museum, it exhibits artifacts from Islamic and pre-Islamic periods. In the west, King Fahad Garden has grassy lawns, restaurants and a lagoon. Just east is Taif National Park, with trees and a large dam.

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Snowfall in Dagestan, Russia on May 10

Tetova News
YouTube
Sun, 10 May 2020 14:53 UTC
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Charodinsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 1,010 square kilometers (390 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Tsurib.As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 11,777, with the population of Tsurib accounting for 19.0% of that number.

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Thousands without power in Maine as polar vortex freezes big chunk of US - up to 10 inches of snow recorded

Travis Fedschun
Fox News
Sun, 10 May 2020 13:53 UTC
snow accumulation near Readsboro, Vermont can be seen on Saturday, May 9, 2020.
Snow accumulation near Readsboro, Vermont can be seen on Saturday, May 9, 2020.
Thousands of people were without power in Maine after a punishing spring storm brought snow and high winds Saturday to New England.

The frigid cold, caused by a polar vortex that blasted in from the north, set a number of records across the region, forecasters said.

The National Weather Service said unusually chilly conditions are expected to linger Sunday across the Central Plains, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast ,with freeze warnings and frost advisories in effect.

"We have another really cold morning across parts of the Northeast," Fox News chief meteorologist Rick Reichmuth said on "Fox & Friends Weekend." "It is going to get better. In fact, temps today are going to be back up into the 60s for a lot of people, so that snow that we had yesterday will be gone, but we do have one more chilly morning to get through with this."

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