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Floods strike western Turkey after downpours


Daily Sabah
Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:03 UTC
A flooded street in Ayvalık, Balıkesir.
A flooded street in Ayvalık, Balıkesir.
Starting Monday, heavy rain took hold in western Turkey, as it enters a period of rainy spells after little precipitation in the first two months of autumn. Unprecedented rainfall in some western towns led to small-scale floods on Monday and Tuesday while snowfall is forecast for central and northwestern Turkey on Wednesday.

Balıkesir province was among the hardest-hit by flooding. A night of rainfall triggered floods in the town of Gömeç, where a bridge collapsed and flocks of sheep drowned; no other casualties were reported. Rivers breaching their banks threatened residences and shops in the small town. Ayvalık, a popular seaside town in the province, was also heavily inundated after downpours that started on Sunday increased in intensity late Monday. Schools in the town were closed Tuesday as rainfall accompanied with strong winds damaged buildings, felled trees and blocked access to several streets. Some residents were trapped in their houses for hours, long after downpours hit early Tuesday.

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Waterspout filmed off Sicily, Italy


yahoo.com
Fri, 25 Nov 2016 15:35 UTC
Waterspout
© Gabriella Farruggia
A waterspout was spotted off the coasts of San Leone and Porto Empedocle, Italy, on November 25, 2016, according to local reports.

The waterspout brought rains and wind, causing minor damage at the beach area around Agrigento.

Bad weather passed over the province of Agrigento, causing dramatic floods in the towns of Ribera and Sciacca.

Credit: Facebook/Maurizio Bulone via Storyful

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Huge waterspout appears in sea off Spanish city of Valencia

Gerard Couzens and Simon Holmes
Daily Mail (UK)
Mon, 28 Nov 2016 11:38 UTC
Valencia waterspout
© solarpix.comLocals tourists breathed a sigh of relief as the sprout missed the land. They are common in tropical and subtropical waters such as the Florida Keys but are not a regular occurrence off the coast of Spain
Locals and tourists waited with bated breath after a huge waterspout patrolled the southern coast of Spain - dangerously close to the shore.

The waterspout, which was thought to have had a wind speed of around 50 miles per hour, veered off further into the sea instead of reaching land and becoming a devastating tornado on Sunday.

The massive column of water was spotted off coastal towns just north of Valencia including Sueca and El Perello shortly after 10am yesterday and preceded flash floods in the area.

Spain's State Meteorological Agency described it as one of the 'clearest and biggest' in the last decade in the area.

It preceded Valencia's worst storm since 2009 on Sunday afternoon, which meant several flights into and out of the city which were delayed or diverted elsewhere and led to the cancellation of the match between top-flight football sides Levante and Rayo Vallecano.

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Severe hailstorm leaves the ground white in Killarney, Australia

Clare Armstrong
NTNews
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 18:13 UTC
Killarney blanketed in white.
© Lisa Locke Killarney blanketed in white.

A Queensland town has been turned into a white wonderland after a severe thunderstorm brought through some heavy hail.

Killarney, southeast of Warwick, looked as if it had been hit by a snowstorm following the battering on Sunday afternoon.

Hail at Killarney. Video: Lisa Locke. #qldweather #7News pic.twitter.com/SNYpo2Pj4e
— 7 News Queensland (@7NewsQueensland) November 27, 2016
Large hailstones, fierce winds and heavy rain has hit parts of the southeast, as two thunderstorms sweep through the area.

One storm was detected on the radar about 3.30pm near Peak Crossing, southwest of Brisbane. It was heading in a northwest direction and was expected to hit Bundamba Lagoon and the area south of Amberley by 4.05pm and Amberley, Rosewood and south of Cunninghams Gap by 4.35pm
Severe storm continues to move north along ranges and towards #Boonah. Storm approaching #Ipswich has completely weakened. pic.twitter.com/d54ehGk0lH
— BOM Queensland (@BOM_Qld) November 27, 2016
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Heavy rainfall brings flooding to suburbs of Brisbane, Australia

Tanya Li
Daily Mail
Sat, 26 Nov 2016 20:17 UTC
Rivers ran through Jane Robertson's Capalaba property
Rivers ran through Jane Robertson's Capalaba property
Heavy rainfall and widespread flooding has battered south-east Queensland.

Stationary storms made their way down the Queensland coastline with bayside suburbs in Brisbane recording almost 100 millimetres of rainfall.

Brisbane Airport copped 97 millimetres of rain, mostly between 6am and 7am while Redcliffe received 87 millimetres on Saturday.

Ransome recorded a 133mm of rain and 117mm of rain fell at Mt Cotton West.

Affected residents took to social media to share their photos and videos of the flooding.

Resident Lyndie Jeffrey, who posted a video of her Capalaba property being flooded as cars drove through stormwaters sawrote: 'Our property in Capalaba, haven't seen it like this in 22 years.'

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2 killed as lightning strike ignites house fire in the Philippines

Angelo Caballero
ABS-CBN News
Sat, 26 Nov 2016 13:41 UTC
Lightning damage
Lightning struck a house here past midnight Saturday, allegedly igniting a fire which killed two people.

According to the Banggoy Fire Station, witnesses claimed that lightning hit the house of Eden Josephine David, the assistant regional director of the Department of Tourism-XI, at Purok 4, Barangay 33-D before the fire started.

The lightning possibly hit the main electricity line, causing fire to break out at the second floor of the house. It spread quickly as the house was made of light materials.

David's nine-year old son John Brent and their 19-year old housemaid Kimberly Luayon died in the fire.

David, her daughter, sister-in-law Imelda Motoc, and housemaid Rowena Arisgado sustained minor burns.

Another househelper identified as Reymar Sabordo suffered 3rd degree burns on her body.
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Lightning bolt kills two in Zambia

Buttyson Kandimba
Zambia Daily Mail
Fri, 25 Nov 2016 11:32 UTC
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Two people of Mushona township in Zambezi district have died after being struck by lightning during a downpour.

Acting Zambezi district commissioner Sombo Chiteta said in an interview that the incident happened on Tuesday afternoon and he named the victims as Fulayi Lunkunu, 34, and Peter Luvuwa, aged nine.

"The information we got is that the two went to a nearby house to seek shelter when the rains started and that is where they died after being struck by lightning," she said.

Ms Chiteta said the house caught fire after it was struck by lightning.

The bodies are in the Zambezi District Hospital mortuary.
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Hurricane Otto hits Nicaragua, Costa Rica as major earthquake shakes region

Ivan Castro
Reuters
Thu, 24 Nov 2016 23:13 UTC
Hurricane Otto
© ReutersHurricane Otto is seen approaching the coast of Central America
Hurricane Otto battered Nicaragua and Costa Rica with powerful winds and torrential rains on Thursday, the same day a major earthquake shook the region, with homes damaged and thousands evacuated, but no deaths reported.

The storm was weakening rapidly on Thursday evening after hitting the southeastern coast of Nicaragua, and was expected to become a tropical storm by early Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. A hurricane warning was also in effect in neighboring Costa Rica, where fallen trees, blackouts and flooding were reported.

Costa Rica's National Emergency Commission said thousands had been affected by the storm and emergency alerts had been issued throughout the country.

Otto, the seventh Atlantic hurricane of the season, landed north of the town of San Juan de Nicaragua as a Category 2 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of intensity, the Miami-based hurricane center said. Thousands of people were evacuated from its path.

It had weakened to a Category 1 storm as of Thursday night, with top sustained winds of 75 mph (121 kph), about 5 miles (8 km) southwest of San Carlos, Nicaragua.

Soon after the storm landed, a 7.0 magnitude quake struck 93 miles (149 km) southwest of Puerto Triunfo, El Salvador, at a depth of 6.4 miles (10.3 km), the U.S. Geological Survey said.


Comment: Otto was the southernmost hurricane on record to hit Central America. It also set a new record for the latest hurricane to ever form in the Caribbean.

The National Meteorological Institute (IMN) reported that the eye of Hurricane Otto made landfall in Costa Rica at around 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the northern Alajuela canton of Los Chiles, making it the country's first hurricane landfall in recorded history (since 1851).

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Northern Italy on high alert, battered by 3 days of heavy rainstorms


The Local it
Thu, 24 Nov 2016 19:28 UTC
Floods Italy
Severe weather warnings have been put in place in parts of northern Italy as more storms are expected on Thursday, following three days of heavy rain.

Liguria and Piedmont are at highest risk, with red and orange alerts (the two highest levels) across the two regions.

Bad weather can also be expected across the north, with yellow alerts in place in Valle d'Aosta, Tuscany and Lombardy and particularly strong rains predicted for Thursday afternoon and evening.

The video below shows the heavy rain in Liguria on Wednesday, where around 300mm of rain has fallen in the past three days, with 600mm in one area, Fiorino in Genoa, Liguria.



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Gardener killed and colleague severly injured by lightning bolt in Malaysia


Malaysian Digest
Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:30 UTC
Lightning death
© TBP
A gardener was killed while his colleague sustained injuries when they were struck by lightning at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan(SMK) Datuk Peter Mojuntin here on Tuesday.

Fazlie Lai Fauzi, 36, succumbed to his injuries at the scene while his colleague, Maidah Banir, 46, is reported to be in critical condition at the intensive care unit of Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH).

It was learnt that both victims were working in the school compound when the incident happened around 3.20pm.

District police chief DSP Rosley Hobden confirmed the incident and said the injured victim was still being treated in hospital for his injuries.

Police have classified the case as a sudden death report due to lightning.

Source: The Borneo Post
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