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Tornado and torrential rains hit Omsk, Russia (VIDEOS)

Tornado in Omsk, Russia
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An extreme weather system hit Omsk, Russia on Friday 9th June bringing torrential rain, hail and even an unusual tornado-like phenomenon. Wind speed of up to 20-25 m / s were reported.


Comment: Just over a week ago a deadly thunderstorm hit Russia's Sverdlovsk region. At the end of May 16 people died in Moscow, with at least another hundred injured, after the worst storm to hit the city in living memory, and probably the worst since the 19th century.


Ice Cube

Africa now showing Mini Ice Age cooling trends

Cape Town winter storm
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With the amplification in changes of weather systems as we enter the first stage of Earths 2015-2035 Mini Ice Age cooling, we should start to see stronger storms earlier in the seasons and completely out of season storms which we are seeing in California. Strongest winter storm in 30 years in South Africa, Massive floods in Accra Ghana 2016, 2016 and early rains in 2017. Kenya record cold 2016 and below average temps in 2017. The dots are there to connect if you look.


Windsock

Severe dust storm leaves 5 dead, 65 injured in Punjab, Pakistan

Dust storm in Punjab, Pakistan
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At least 65 injured after strong winds knock down trees, billboards


A severe dust storm claimed the lives of at least five people, including two minor girls and two elderly people, on Saturday night in Bahawalnagar district.

At least 65 people, many of them children and women, were injured as a furious storm hit the area. Strong winds knocked down trees, billboards and power lines, suspending power supply in the entire district.

The administration declared emergency in DHQ Hospital Bahawalnagar and called in all the doctors to tackle with the large number of injured.

In the city area, two elderly persons - Jam Muhammad of Mohallah Qaziyan and Muhammad Siddique of Hussainabad - and a 10-year-old girl of Bhatta Colony were killed besides injuries to 27 others as several incidents of roof and wall collapse were reported. In Chishtian tehsil, six-year-old Hadiya died in Chak No 16, while a woman Farih, who came from Haroonabad, died at the THQ hospital. Another 28 people were injured in different localities and had been shifted to the THQ hospital.


Comment: Just over a week ago a giant dust storm swept through Khartoum, Sudan.


Snowflake

Sierra Nevadas in California get June snow storm

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Blue skies over soda Springs just after 4 p.m. Sunday gave way to light hail and then a steady dose of heavy snow for the next couple of hours.

In that time, about an inch and a half of snow stuck to cars and hillsides.

Travelers on Interstate 80 had to battle the elements on the road and the cold temperatures, which some were not expecting.

"We thought we might get some rain, even hail, but we didn't expect snow," says Tami Johnson as she headed back home to Reno.


Cloud Lightning

Severe storms leave 165,000 without power across Minnesota and Wisconsin

severe storms across Minnesota
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More than 100,000 homes were without power Sunday morning after storms lashed central Minnesota and western Wisconsin with heavy rains, hail and strong winds.

Xcel Energy reports that the fast-moving storm, which felled trees and power lines in communities throughout central Minnesota, initially affected 132,000 households, most of which were in the Twin Cites metro and St. Cloud areas.

The utility company says more than 500 people were dispatched Sunday to repair outages, adding that by mid-day 45,000 households had their power restored. Still, around 88,000 households remain without power.

By 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Xcel reported nearly 131,000 customers had their power restored. Around 34,000 households were still without power as of Sunday night.

Xcel said some customers could be without power for multiple days.

The severe weather started overnight in the Dakotas before pushing east into central Minnesota, dumping heavy rain and up to tennis-ball-sized hail. Wind gusts whipped up to 70 mph.

Cloud Lightning

Six killed by lightning strikes in Maharashtra, India

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Six persons were killed when lightning struck them in separate incidents in Maharashtra, officials said today.

In the first incident, four persons were killed after being struck by lightning in Dhanur village in Gadchiroli district last evening, District Disaster management officer Krishna Reddy told PTI.

A group of 13 villagers were attending a pooja at an agricultural farm when lightning struck them, he said.


All the 13 injured were rushed to a government health centre in Aheri, where four were declared brought dead, Reddy added.

The deceased have been identified as Sandip Khusnake (30), Ritesh Kinake (25) Jankiram Todsam (43) and Shyamrao Kanake (58), the official added.

Comment: Elsewhere in India over the last few days a bolt killed 3 family members in Odisha state while 2 women were killed by another strike in Meghalaya.


Snowflake

Snow and heavy rains disrupt mining operations in desert region of northern Chile

snow halts mining in Chile
© REUTERS/StringerBHP Billiton's Escondida, the world's biggest copper mine, is seen snow covered after heavy rains lashed the high altitude desert region of Antofagasta overnight and into Wednesday in northern Chile June 7, 2017.

Mines in northern Chile have suspended key operations after heavy rains lashed the high altitude desert region of Antofagasta overnight and into Wednesday, companies told Reuters.

BHP Billiton's Escondida, the world's biggest copper mine, said it was snowing and all operations had been suspended.

State-run Codelco [COBRE.UL] said mining activities at its flagship Chuquicamata deposit and at nearby Radomiro Tomic and Ministro Hales had been suspended as a preventative measure, while Antofagasta said Centinela and Zaldivar had suffered intermittent interruptions.

Polish miner KGHM's Sierra Gorda said it was considering whether to restrict some operations as a precaution.


Cloud Lightning

60 killed by lightning strikes since the start of year in the Indian state of Jharkhand

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The state emergency response centre, a centralised unit set up in Dhurwa to coordinate with districts and issue timely alerts, has stopped functioning from February, and the government displays no urgency to revive it even though Jharkhand has already recorded more than 60 deaths due to lightning strikes since January.

Today, according to police, three persons died after being struck by lightning while working in the fields at Garadih village at Kairo in Lohardaga. So far in June, 13 people have died of lightning strikes in the state, according to media reports and estimates provided by independent disaster management experts. In May, the toll was 40 across the state with 21 in East Singhbhum alone.

According to sources, the state emergency response centre has ceased to function because state disaster management's special projects officer's post has been lying vacant ever since the contract of Col Sanjay Srivastava, an expert from UNDP, expired over three months back.

The special projects officer was to act as the nodal officer of the disaster management department, under the state home department, and coordinate with district disaster management officers (DDMOs), local administrations and stakeholders during exigencies.

Cloud Precipitation

8 inches of hail falls near Canyon, Texas

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After Thursday night's hail storm, staff at Camp Don Harrington are getting ready for 150 Cub Scouts to attend camp today.

Officials at the camp say over 8 inches of hail came down and damages several areas and caused flooding in other parts.

"Mrs. Ranger" Brenda Hutson posted that some staff tents were damaged during the storm and some water got into the buildings.


Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills three persons in Jharkhand, India

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Three persons were killed after lightning struck them in Garadih village in Lohardaga district today, police said.

The incident happened under the jurisdiction of Kairo police station.

The victims were identified as Parmeshwar Munda (35), Mangra Munda (40) and his 13-year-old son Bapan Munda, sources said.

Parameshwar Munda was a teacher and Mangra Munda was a farmer, sources said.

All of them were working in a paddy field when lightning struck them.

Parmeshwar, Mangra and Bapan were seriously injured.

They were shifted to a nearby health centre in Nagjuwa village where doctors declared them dead, sources said.

Comment: On the same day as the above event lightning strikes killed 4 in Savar, Bangladesh.