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Terrifying footage shows powerful tornado destroying houses and tossing cars in the air in Nenjiang, China

Sophie Williams
Daily Mail
Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:49 UTC
iles and other objects can be seen ripped from the residential area in northern China
iles and other objects can be seen ripped from the residential area in northern China
Terrifying video footage has caught the moment a tornado rips through a Chinese county causing havoc.

The powerful storm hit Nenjiang County in China's Heilongjiang province on August 21.

No casualties were reported however some crops were damaged and cars can be seen thrown into the air by the sheer power of the storm.

The sheer size of the tornado can be seen in the footage posted to Pear Video.

It can be seen nearing a residential area in Heilongjiang.

All of a sudden, tiles can be seen ripped off houses and flying through the air.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning never strikes twice? 3 killed, 5 injured in double lightning strike in Jharkhand, India


DNA
Sun, 20 Aug 2017 11:24 UTC
Lightning
Three persons today were killed and six football lovers seriously injured after lightning struck them at Tetulia under the jurisdiction of Sonardih police station in Dhanbad district, police said.

Tetulia is around 30 km away from Dhanbad and victims were watching a semi-final match of a football tournament at Tetulia Khel Maidan when lightning struck them twice, a police officer said.

The deceased were identified as Gopi Bhuiya (16), Akash Kumar (19) and Ashim Ansari (32), the officer said.

The injured were identified as Sanjay Bhuiya, Pramod Kumar, Shankar kumar, Ritik Kumar and Saurabh Rajwar, he said.
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Woman at restaurant dies after being struck by lightning in Trabzon, Turkey


Al Arabiya
Sun, 20 Aug 2017 11:14 UTC
Lighning witnessed over the city of Bodrum in Turkey.
© ShutterstockLighning witnessed over the city of Bodrum in Turkey
A Saudi woman died after she was struck by lightning while dining at a restaurant in Trabzon at Sultan Murat Parks in northern Turkey.

The lightning left three of her family members injured.

According to Abdulaziz al-Suwaid, the wife's husband, his family members were with their uncle in the heights of Sultan Murat in Trabzon last Thursday.

Whilst dining, lightning struck the site, which resulted in the death of his wife. His two daughters were also struck but it was not fatal, while their uncle suffered from burns.
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Cloud Lightning

Tropical storm Harvey threatens Central America with flooding, strong winds

Alex Sosnowski and Eric Leister
Accuweather
Sat, 19 Aug 2017 15:10 UTC
Tropical storm Harvey path
After drenching the Windward Islands, Harvey will continue to track toward Central America and may bring dangerous conditions early next week.

Harvey developed on Thursday afternoon east of the Windward Islands, becoming the eighth named tropical system of the 2017 Atlantic season.

After inundating the Windward Islands to end the week, the system is expected to track across the warm Caribbean Sea this weekend. While warm waters will favor strengthening, wind shear and other factors may keep the system from doing so quickly.
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Cloud Lightning

Ten persons hit by lightning bolt at tourist attraction in Jamaica

Shanice Watson
The Gleaner
Sat, 19 Aug 2017 13:05 UTC
Lightning
Ten persons are now being treated at the St Ann's Bay Hospital after they were stuck by lightning at the Mystic Mountain tourist attraction in St Ann yesterday afternoon.

Managing Director of the attraction, Mike Drakulich, says the incident happened about 4:30 p.m.

Six of the injured were tour guides and four were tourists.

According to Drakulich, the affected persons were partaking in a zip line tour when the lightning stuck.

Showers, brought about by a weather system affecting Jamaica over the past few days, had been affecting Ocho Rios prior to the incident.
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Windsock

Intense storm kills two in northwestern Austria


Reuters
Sat, 19 Aug 2017 07:44 UTC
Austria storm
© EPADramatic pictures from the scene show the tent collapsed on the ground with debris left strewn across a large area
An intense storm ripped through a beer tent in northwestern Austria, killing two people and injuring at least 40 more, Austrian media reported late on Friday.

About 700 people were in the tent erected for a local volunteer fire department festival in St. Johann am Walde, located northeast of Salzburg, when the storm hit suddenly at about 2030 GMT.

A man and a woman, both around 20 years old, died, the Austrian Press Agency reported.

Of those injured, 10 suffered serious injuries, media reported, without providing specifics.

About 150 rescue personnel responded to the incident, which left debris strewn across a large area, according to photographs of the scene.

Reporting by John Miller; Editing by Toby Chopra
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Bizarro Earth

'Worst disaster in the history of Poland' - Storm fells record number of trees


Digital Journal
Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:55 UTC
Severe Strom in Poland
© Dominik Kulaszkiewicz, PAP/AFPSevere storms passed over Poland causing damage to buildings, trees and electricity infrastructure in the Pomeranian province, where five people were killed and at least 30 people seriously injured.
It will take two years to clear the tens of thousands of trees smashed by the weekend storms that devastated Poland's forests, the country's forest service said Wednesday.

"We're dealing with what is undoubtedly the worst disaster in the history of Polish -- and perhaps even European -- forestry," Poland's chief forester, Konrad Tomaszewski, told reporters.

The storms that hit Poland overnight Friday to Saturday killed six people, including two Girl Guides crushed by a falling tree while camping in a forest.

Aerial television footage in vast swathes of forest where trees had been snapped like matchsticks.

According to Tomaszewski, the storms brought down an estimated 8.2 million cubic metres of lumber.

It would take two years to clear the debris and begin replanting trees and decades to recover the lost natural habitats of birds and other wildlife, he added.

More storms are forecast for the coming weekend.

Comment: Five dead as violent bow echo storm system hits Poland (UPDATE)

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Windsock

Huge sandstorm engulfs Algerian city, turning sky red

Tom Michael
The Sun (UK)
Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:15 UTC
The sky over Ain Ouasara turned blood red within seconds.
The sky over Ain Ouasara turned blood red within seconds.
Incredible footage has emerged showing a colossal sandstorm sweeping through an Algerian city.

The video begins with a group of young men playing football with a swirling red cloud in the background.

Despite being the middle of the day, the sky cannot be seen as it is completely covered by the cloud.

Alarmed shouts can be heard in Arabic as the match grinds to a halt.

Players and spectators begin to run for cover in the direction of nearby buildings as the storm draws closer.

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Cloud Precipitation

Landslide kills 40 people in DR Congo


Press TV
Thu, 17 Aug 2017 12:59 UTC
Condo landslide
A landslide has swept over a fishing village on the banks of a lake in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40 people, a regional official says.

Part of a mountain engulfed "a fisherman's camp after heavy rains caused a landslide," the deputy governor of Ituri province, Pacifique Keta, told AFP on Thursday.

He said 40 people were killed in the disaster in the village of Tora on the banks of Lake Albert on Wednesday.

"Yesterday (Wednesday), we buried 28 bodies and today we will bury 12 more," said Keta.

A doctor at the nearby Tshomia hospital, Herve Isamba, said they were treating four people injured in the landslide.

The vast country has experienced a number of previous such disasters.
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Bizarro Earth

Meteotsunami? Ocean dramatically recedes on South American Atlantic coast as huge waves batter the Pacific side


Sott.net
Thu, 17 Aug 2017 04:42 UTC
Ocean recedes at Montevideo, Uruguay
© El ObservadorOcean recedes at Montevideo, Uruguay on August 11
On August 11, 2017 the ocean suddenly receded in different coastal locations of Uruguay such as Montevideo and Punta del Este. Several hours later the same phenomenon occurred along beaches in Porto Alegre and Tramandaí in Brazil. Some local people feared a possible tsunami.


The Uruguayan Meteorological Institute (INUMET) had issued orange wind warnings earlier for Montevideo, Canelones, Maldonado, Rocha and Lavalleja. According to El Pais as reported in Elonce, the spokesman for the National Navy, Gastón Jaunsolo,said the phenomenon was caused by strong winds coming from the north.
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