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Lightning strikes kill 3 in Pakistan


Dawn
Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:34 UTC
LIGHTNING
Three people died in heavy rain and thunderstorm in two separate incidents here on Tuesday night.

Farzana Bibi, 28, and her eight-year-old son Shoaib died when they were struck by lightning, police claimed. An official said two boys were also injured in the incident and were shifted to a nearby hospital.

In another incident, a youth was hit by lightning when he was returning from fields. He was identified as Muhammad Khan of Basti Khushal Singh.

Another person was injured in the incident, and shifted to hospital for treatment.

The bodies were shifted to Minchinabad THQ Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has expressed deep sense of grief over the loss of lives due to lightning in Bahawalnagar district and announced a financial aid of Rs500,000 each for their heirs.
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Lightning strikes claim 14 lives in a day across Madhya Pradesh, India

Amarjeet Singh
The Times of India
Wed, 28 Jun 2017 08:10 UTC
LIGHTNING
Wreaking havoc in the state lightning claimed 14 lives on Wednesday across several districts of the state. Of these five people have died in each of Dindori and Tikamgarh districts, 2 people were killed in Katni and one each were killed in Seoni and Satna districts.

In the first incident five including three class 8 students were killed after lighting hit them in Dindori district. The incident took place at Bhartoli village under Shahpura police station of the district.

Police said that Maheshwari Paraste, 26, her daughter Sharda Paraste, 11, another girls, Poonam Barmaiya, 13, Sushma Uladi, 13 and Nanki Marko, 14, were struck by lightning while they were returning after taking bath from nearby Sakul river in the morning.

All the five died on the spot a case has been registered on the information of the local village panchayat secretary, added police. Apart from Dindori district, five people were killed in two separate incidents in Tikamgarh district.

Of the five, three were killed in Midaoli village of the district. Police said that the incident took place when the villagers had gathered to participate in a 'kanya bhoj' organised at the village.
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Five killed by lightning bolt in Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh, India


Outlook India
Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:51 UTC
LIGHTNING
Lightning strike killed a woman and four girls at Bharothi village in Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh today.

The victims were identified as Maheshwari Paraste (26), her daughter Sharda (9), Punam Barmai (13), Sushma Uladi (13) and Nan Bai Marko (14).

Inspector Anil Patel of local police station said the incident took place when they were returning after bathing in the village river.

Meanwhile, India Meteorological Department's Bhopal Centre has forecast possibility of heavy rainfall in Balaghat, Chhindwara, Seoni, Mandla, Narsinghpur and Raisen districts during the next 48 hours.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills man in Pembroke Pines, Florida

Kimberly Miller
Palm Beach Post
Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:18 UTC
LIGHTNING
A second Florida man was killed by lightning while working at a construction site.

The National Weather Service said a man in his 30s was killed Tuesday in Pembroke Pines. Another man was injured, but expected to recover.

This was the second lightning death in Florida this year and the third nationwide. In May, a Fort Pierce man was killed by lightning at a construction site in Jensen Beach.

It's an unusually low number for this time of year. On average, the number of people killed by lightning by June 27 is 11, according to NWS lightning expert John Jensenius.
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Bizarro Earth

China's massive landslide site hit by secondary slides


Sputnik
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:36 UTC
china landslide june 2017
© Reuters
The ruins of a massive landslide site in southwest China was hit by minor secondary slides Tuesday morning, local rescue authorities said. The slides occurred at around 11 a.m. Tuesday in the flattened village of Xinmo, Maoxian County, Sichuan Province.

Rocks and mud measuring about 100 cubic meters fell. But no injuries were reported as the area was cordoned off following a landslide warning issued Monday.

The massive landslide on early Saturday morning left at least 93 people missing.
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Lightning bolt kills 2 farmers in Antique, Philippines

Annabel Petinglay
North Bound Asia
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:25 UTC
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Lightning strike killed two farmers in the middle of the rice fields in Cabariuan village in Sibalom, Antique around 8:00 p.m. Monday.

Antique Provincial Police Office Information Officer Bryan I. Alamo identified the two farmers as Mario Balsomo, 53, married, and resident of the village, and Alex Odipa, 42, married and a resident of Lacaron village.

Alamo said the Sibalom Municipal Police Station personnel were immediately dispatched to investigate the incident after receiving report from Barangay Captain Remedy Condez of Lacaron Monday night.

The victims were pronounced dead upon arrival by the attending physician at the Ramon Maza Sr Memorial District Hospital in Sibalom.

Source: The Philippines News Agency
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Intense storm turns bridge into a giant waterfall in Ukraine


Sott.net
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:14 UTC
Flooded Novoplanovsky bridge in Ukraine
© YouTube/3849 comua (screen capture)
An intense storm engulfed Kamenetz-Podolsk, a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, on June 26. After just 15 minutes of heavy rain and strong winds, the Novoplanovsky bridge turned into a giant waterfall:


Large apricot sized hail was also reported with abnormally strong winds:
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2 Tornadoes, 75-mph 'microburst' confirmed in New Jersey says NWS (VIDEO)

Tom Davis
Patch.com
Sun, 25 Jun 2017 10:57 UTC
tornado in Howell, NJ
© BRETT DZADIKA tornado rips through the parking lot of a Home Depot on Route 9 in Howell, NJ on Saturday morning.
Two tornadoes and a 75-mph microburst were in New Jersey this week, the National Weather Service has confirmed

Those bursts of high-speed winds that knocked over trees were as bad as you thought. In fact, two of them were actually tornadoes.

Two tornadoes and a 75-mph microburst were in New Jersey this week, the National Weather Service has confirmed. Both left destruction in their paths.

The weather service said the first tornado was the one seen in the now widely circulated video taken by Brett M. Dzadik at a Home Depot in Howell. That tornado touched down at 7:21 a.m., had wind speeds of up to 75 mph and a path of about 40 yards wide for about a half-mile, the service said.

The second tornado touched down at 7:27 a.m. and also had maximum winds of 75 mph, the weather service said. That tornado caused the damage seen at Oak Glen Park, also in Howell, and traveled about three-tenths of a mile with a path about 25 yards wide, the service said.

Comment: On average the Garden State has two tornadoes annually in the past 20 years, said Sarah Johnson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Mt. Holly office.

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Windsock

Hurricane Dora forms off Mexico, first of 2017 season

Andrew V. Pestano and Doug G. Ware
UPI
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 19:45 UTC
Hurricane Dora
© NHC/NOAA Hurricane Dora on Monday became the first official storm of the 2017 hurricane season, which started in mid-May and runs through the end of November. Dora is swirling southwest of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean.
The National Hurricane Center said Dora became the first hurricane of the 2017 season when it formed early Monday, and is expected to produce heavy rains and potentially life-threatening conditions.

The NHC said Hurricane Dora, which has maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, is about 225 miles southwest of Puerto Vallarta.

The NHC said in its Monday afternoon advisory that the storm system is moving west-northwest -- further out into the Pacific Ocean -- at a speed of 13 mph.

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Lightning strikes kill 47 people and 50 cattle in six months across Cambodia

Mom Kunthear
Khmer Times
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 19:11 UTC
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Forty-seven people were killed by lightning in the first six months of the year, down from 60 in the same period last year, according to a report from the National Committee for Disaster Management.

The report, published yesterday, said 48 people were also injured while 50 cattle were killed by lightning since January.

A total of 113 rainstorms in more than 20 provinces damaged 2,763 houses during the same period, destroying 351 homes completely. The roofs of 25 school buildings were also blown off.

The report added that rainstorms killed three people and injured 47.

Disaster management committee spokesman Keo Vy said more than 130 people died and nearly 300 were injured in accidents caused by natural disasters across the country last year.
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