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Lightning has killed 100 people across Cambodia so far this year - passing total of 80 for the whole of 2017

Pech Sotheary
Khmer Times
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:42 UTC
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Lightning strike in Preah Sihanouk's Prey Nob district killed one person and injured three others on Wednesday, while another lightning strike in Banteay Meanchey's Phnom Srok district has killed three people.

A report said during the first nine months of this year, lightning has killed more than one hundred people and injured dozens.

Pov Chan, Ou Okhna Heng commune police chief, yesterday said the lightning struck in the afternoon, killing 35-year-old driver Lem Pronh, while injuring three others.

"The four victims were clearing a nearby forest about six to seven kilometres away from Ou Okhna Heng village," Mr Chan said. "They were in a mountainous area when suddenly the sky began to show signs of rain. Lightning then struck and killed one of them, while one was seriously injured and the two others suffered only minor injuries."
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Cyclone Titli latest: 57 dead, 10 missing, over 57k houses damaged in Odisha, India

Bhubaneswar
Business Standard
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 04:38 UTC
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Adequate drinking water, health, and veterinary measures are being provided in the affected areas of Odisha

The death toll in Odisha due to Cyclone Titli and subsequent floods have reached 57 due to landslides, wall-collapse incidents, and drowning, the Special Relief Commission (SRC) said on Thursday.

The Commission further said that at least 10 people are still missing in the wake of the natural calamity that hit the state.

Apart from fatalities, 2,73,425 hectares of crops have been damaged across 17 districts of the state. Furthermore, 60,11,000 people in 8125 villages have been affected and 57,131 houses have been damaged.

The SRC said, "The Government has announced for providing gratuitous relief for fifteen days at the rate of Rs. 60 per adult and Rs 45 per child per day to all affected families of Ganjam, Gajapati and Gunupur Sub- Division of Rayagada district. Accordingly, an amount of Rs. 1.02 bn have has been released in favour of the Collectors concerned for payment as advance towards GR (Gajapati- 110 million, Ganjam- 896 million, Rayagada-140 million)."


Comment: Cyclone Titli hits India's Odisha coast: More than 300,000 evacuated - 17 killed (UPDATE)

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Most October snow in 15 years in N.Hemisphere


Adapt 2030
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:37 UTC
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Most snow in 15 years in October and the month is only half over and a blizzard is expected for the New England states over Thanksgiving as a Nor'easter churns up the east coast. Record cold smashes into the 35F below normal category in Texas and Northern Mexico. One can only guess where the climate goes from here and how quickly.

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Video shows waterspouts spotted along the Lake Erie shoreline

Kaylyn Hlavaty
news5cleveland.com
Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:16 UTC
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Multiple waterspouts were reported Wednesday off Lake Erie near Burke Lakefront Airport.

These funnels generally form over open water and climb upward when water temperatures rise and there is high humidity in the lowest several thousand feet of the atmosphere, according to weather.gov.

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Lightning bolt kills 6 pupils and injures 25 in NW Tanzania


Xinhua
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:16 UTC
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At least six school children were killed and 25 others injured on Wednesday after lightning hit a primary school in Tanzania's northwest region of Geita.

Yese Kanyuma, Geita regional education coordinator, said the lightning struck Emaco Vision Primary School in the hilly region in the morning, killing the six children on the spot.

Shortly after the grisly incident, shocked parents flocked the school to identify their killed children, said Kanyuma.

Josephat Maganga, acting Geita Regional Commissioner said the school is located about four kilometers from Geita town and has 589 pupils including those in pre-school classes.
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Hail storm kills 400 kangaroos and 150 goats in New South Wales, Australia

Rhys Carman
ABC News (Australia)
Tue, 16 Oct 2018 19:39 UTC
Farmer finds hundreds of dead kangaroos, cows and goats following weather anomaly
Farmer finds hundreds of dead kangaroos, cows and goats following weather anomaly
A flash storm that ripped through parts of drought ravaged Far West New South Wales has left a trail of death and destruction for two grazier families.

Up to 400 kangaroos were found dead on Avondale station near Broken Hill, with the neighbouring property left to clean up over $20,000 worth of dead stock.

Tegan Langford said what began as joy and elation over the much-needed rain, later turned into utter disbelief.

"It was very eerie down there. It looked like something out of a movie where they say the world is going to end. Everything was just dead."
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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Atmospheric compression snow and rain events Autumn 2018-2019


Adapt 2030
Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:32 UTC
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Atmospheric Compression snow & rain events have begun to intensify in numbers and intensity in the last month as the Suns magnetic fields move further out of phase, ushering in more more extreme weather.

Six months worth of rain in a day events in dozens of locations across the planet and this is now turning into all time record monthly snow totals in the first week of a month.


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9 people and 4 cattle killed by lightning strikes across Karnataka, India


Deccan Herald
Tue, 16 Oct 2018 09:52 UTC
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Lightning strikes in Vijayapura, Haveri, Yadgir, Ballari, Koppal, Gadag districts on Tuesday killed nine people, injured six others, besides claiming the life of four cattle in separate incidents.

On Monday, North and Central Karnataka regions had witnessed six human deaths, two cattle deaths, and one incident of injury in the lightning strikes

Most victims in Tuesday's incidents were farmers and were working in fields when the incident occurred.

Renuka Basanagouda Patil (35) and Savitha Sanganagouda Patil (16) were struck dead by the lightning strike while they were working at Talewad village Basavanabagewadi taluk.

Comment: On the same day 2 women were also killed by lightning in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Streets flood as heavy rains, hail lash the United Arab Emirates


Khaleej Times
Tue, 16 Oct 2018 20:00 UTC
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The NCM had issued weather warnings over the past few days.

Weather reports regarding rain and hail have been pouring in from all over the country.

Flood waters and hail stones have overtaken parts of Wadi Qur in the eastern areas of the UAE.

Heavy rain was sighted in Al Ain near Khatm al Shakla, Ajman and Fujairah.


Comment: Elsewhere in the Middle East: Flash floods triggered by tropical storm Luban continue to hit eastern Yemen

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Dozens still missing in Hurricane Michael, death toll rises and massive destruction assessed

Patrick Martin
World Socialist Website
Tue, 16 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC
Damage from Hurricane Michael
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The death toll from Hurricane Michael continues to mount as rescue and recovery crews work through the vast area along the coastline of the Florida panhandle and further inland that was laid waste by the gigantic storm, the third strongest ever to strike the mainland of the United States.

The official toll was 18 as of Monday, when President Trump and his wife Melania visited the disaster zone briefly as part of a stage-managed political tour, where he stayed as far away from actual victims as possible, while praising his political ally, Republican Governor Rick Scott of Florida, and hailing the work of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The attitude of residents of the area was summed up in the comments of one survivor, 57-year-old Sheila Vann of Panama City, who spoke to the Associated Press in her garage, where she and her husband Joseph were cleaning up after the hurricane tore off most of the roof of her home, collapsing the ceiling. Four freezers filled with fish and meat were starting to rot since power has not been restored. "You want to see the president?" she asked her husband, adding, "I ain't got time unless he wants to help us clean up."

Comment: See also: Hurricane Michael makes landfall in Florida panhandle - Strongest storm to hit state since 1851 - at least six dead amid devastating damage - UPDATES

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