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At least 7 people killed after landslide during heavy rain hits house in Mexico


The Straits Times
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 17:29 UTC
The Secretary of the Municipal Government, René Sánchez Galindo, informed that the house was in a risk zone.
© José CastañaresThe Secretary of the Municipal Government, René Sánchez Galindo, informed that the house was in a risk zone.
At least seven people, including four children, were killed in a landslide during heavy rains in central Mexico, authorities said on Thursday (July 11).

The overnight landslide hit a house in the village of Santo Tomas Chautla, about 150 kilometres south-east of Mexico City, burying the family that was inside, authorities of the state of Puebla said on Facebook and Twitter.

Three adults and four children were killed. Two children were rescued and taken to hospital.


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Flash flood emergency declared as massive torrents of water, waterspout rock New Orleans


Sputnik
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:04 UTC
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The flooding hit the area as a tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico is forming into a hurricane nicknamed "Barry".

Massive floods have inundated the streets of downtown New Orleans as heavy thunderstorms hit the region on Wednesday.

Local authorities declared a flash flood emergency and urged residents to stay off the roads and look for higher ground.

As torrential rains flooded New Orleans, citizens of the city took to their phone cameras to film the devastating effects of the floods.

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'Nothing left but the crying': Powerful hailstorm destroys pea crops on 20 farms in Mannville, Alberta

Diego Romero
CTV News
Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:29 UTC
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The work of a farmer east of Edmonton was crushed in minutes during a hail storm.

What's worse, Brian Tischler told CTV News Edmonton "they were some of the best crops we have ever seen in a very long time."

It was all done in five to 10 minutes. The hail blitz also damaged Tischler's siding and dented his deck.

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Six tourists killed, dozens injured as freak storm batters Halkidiki, Greece


BBC
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 04:33 UTC
Greece storm damage
© REUTERSThe weather caused damage across the peninsula.
Six tourists have been killed and at least 30 other people injured in a violent storm that swept across a region of northern Greece.

Gale-force winds, heavy rain and hailstorms lashed Halkidiki, near the city of Thessaloniki, late on Wednesday, officials say.

A Czech couple died when their caravan was blown away, and two Romanians and two Russians were also killed.

A state of emergency was declared and more than 100 rescue workers deployed.

Charalambos Steriadis, head of civil protection in northern Greece, described it as an "unprecedented phenomenon".

The storm followed a spell of very hot weather in Greece with temperatures soaring to 37C (98F) over the past two days.

Images and video posted on social media show trees toppled, cars overturned and buildings damaged.

"It is the first time in my 25-year career that I have lived through something like this," said Athansios Kaltsas, director of the Nea Moudania Medical Centre which treated many of the injured.

"It was so abrupt, so sudden," he said.


Comment: On Italy's Adriatic coast storms wreaked havoc with hailstones as big as oranges.

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Storms wreak havoc on Adriatic coast, Italy - with hailstones as big as oranges


ansamed.info
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 19:14 UTC
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Orange-sized hail hurts 18 in Pescara, 200 pines down nr Ravenna

The Adriatic coast was hit by storms on Wednesday with many people in Pescara injured by hailstones as big as oranges and 200 historic pine trees felled near Ravenna, as well as flooding there and in many other parts of the Romagna, Marche and Abruzzo seaboards including Pescara hospital.

At least 18 people including a pregnant woman were hurt by hailstones as big as oranges in Pescara in Abruzzo.

The victims were taken to the town's ER unit.

The pregnant woman suffered injuries to her face and head, ANSA sources said.


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Violent hailstorm destroys crops in Foggia area, Italy


Fresh Plaza
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:06 UTC
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A violent hailstorm hit the Foggia province on Thursday 4th July 2019 destroying various crops in the Ascoli Satriano, Candela, Sant'Agata, Deliceto and Cerignola municipalities.

Confagricoltura Foggia reports that the damage is considerable especially when it comes to fruit, but that it will take a few days to make an assessment.

Local producer Angelo Ippolito explains that "apricots, peaches and vineyards were the most affected. A violent hailstorm with strong winds destroyed much of the crops. Some hail stones were actually the size of an apricot."

Insurance surveyors arrived the day after and estimated damages to 95% of the crops. Producers were ready to start harvesting on July 5th.
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Waterspout filmed near St. George Island, Florida


wctv.tv
Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:46 UTC
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A waterspout was seen on Tuesday afternoon near St. George Island as a thunderstorm rolled through the area.

The video above was sent to WCTV from viewer, Mellisa.

The waterspout was also seen from the WCTV studio from The WeatherSTEM camera at the St. George Island Bridge

It lasted about four minutes and dissipated before reaching land.

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Calgary hit by huge hailstorm

Chandler Walter
Daily Hive
Mon, 08 Jul 2019 10:16 UTC
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Thunder and lightning can definitely be frightening, but huge chunks of ice falling from the sky in a furious and unrelenting flurry is something else entirely.

That's what many Calgarians had to deal with on Sunday evening, as the thunderstorm that rolled into town brought with it a significant hailstorm.

Nickel-sized balls of hail fell on YYC, making many front yards look like winter all over again.

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Severe summer hailstorms hit Verona and other areas of Italy


Global News
Mon, 08 Jul 2019 18:33 UTC
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Video shared on social media shows water and ice blocks flowing down narrow streets as a powerful hail storm hit the northern Italian city of Verona on Sunday.​


Comment: Other parts of Italy were also hit on either the 6th or 7th of July:









This substantial accumulation of hail was recorded in the south on the 5th:



Damage caused by some of the larger hailstones:








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Hailstones the size of tennis balls hit south-central France


RT
Sun, 07 Jul 2019 17:25 UTC
France hailstones
© Reuters / Valentin Flauraud
A huge thunderstorm has bombarded the French region of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes with hailstones the size of tennis balls, and included a record number of lightning bolts, providing for a deluge of impressive content on social media.

The meteorological calamity led to the classification by Meteo France of most of the country as being at the second-to-worst 'level orange' weather threat on Saturday. But Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, located on the border with Switzerland and Italy, was hit the hardest.

One video captured a swimming pool that looked as though it was boiling, due to the massive hailstones falling into the water.


Comment: Last month hailstones the size of GRAPEFRUITS battered countries across Europe. In southeast France hail the size of ping-pong balls decimated orchards and vineyards.

Meanwhile in Mexico last week a severe hailstorm left Guadalajara with 5 FEET of accumulated hail.

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