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As Hurricane Florence flooding recedes, dead fish cover eastern North Carolina highways

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© Twitter/MatrixityHurricane Florence aftermath
US fire crews dealing with the clean-up operation after hurricane floodwaters receded made an unexpected discovery: dead fish spread across the highway.

The flooding from the deadly hurricane pushed the fish from their natural habitat and scattered them along an interstate highway, the Penderlea Fire Department posted on Facebook on Saturday.

"Well, we can add 'washing fish off of the interstate' to the long list of interesting things firefighters get to experience!" it said.

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Tornado rips through Ottawa and Gatinea areas in Canada

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© Michelle Walters/PostmediaDamage after the tornado that hit Ottawa on September 21, 2018. Quarry Co-Op on McCarthy Rd.
The scenes of destruction began to flood social media Friday evening as the region began to pick up the pieces in the wake of a possible tornado.

Those who had been in the middle of it, others who had captured dramatic shots from a safer distance, began to post their photos and video of the dramatic events.

Vehicles flattened by fallen trees, homes with roofs ripped off, toppled hydro poles and power lines, there was a steady stream of powerful images.


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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Rice crop wipe out - 200 year floods - Golden waterspouts

The shoreline of the town of Aparri on the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Friday. Typhoon Mangkhut hit Luzon on Saturday
© CreditCreditFrancis R. Malasig/EPAThe shoreline of the town of Aparri on the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Friday. Typhoon Mangkhut hit Luzon on Saturday
Northern Philippines lost almost all agriculture in the fields as Typhoon Mangkhut passed over ripening and mature crops at the end of the summer grow season, an instant flip from export to imports with food inflation expected @10%. Golden sunset water spouts in France, once in 200 year floods in Mexico and expected massive dips in temperature over Europe in the coming week.


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Hailstorms wreak havoc on crops in 6 villages in Uganda

Ms Jane Byakika in her cassava plantation which was destroyed by a hailstorm over the weekend.
© Yazid YolisigiraMs Jane Byakika in her cassava plantation which was destroyed by a hailstorm over the weekend.
More than 800 farmers across six villages in Buwunga Sub-county, Bugiri District are counting losses after hailstorms destroyed their crops over the weekend.

The affected villages include; Bubogo, Katala, Nambale, Kayeigu, Mutumba and Bugomba.

According to residents, the heavy downpour which was characterised by windstorm, started on Saturday at about 5pm, destroying plantations of rice, watermelon, cassava, maize, beans, groundnuts, soybeans and bananas among others.

When this reporter visited the affected villages 17 hours later, ice pellets were still visible on the ground.

Ms Jane Byakika, a resident of Nambale Village, one of the affected farmers, said she lost one-and-a-half acres of cassava, dashing all her hopes for a bumper harvest.

"All my hopes are gone! The hailstorms have taken me to zero and I don't know where I will get food," she said.

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Southern Minnesota hit with high winds, tornados and heavy rains

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© David Joles /Star Tribune via Associated PressA Wednesday evening storm hammered parts of Rice County, leaving the Faribault Municipal Airport heavily damaged and seen Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Faribault, Minn.
Several tornadoes struck southern Minnesota as severe storms packing powerful winds and heavy rain left a trail of destruction overnight, the National Weather Service said Friday.

The extreme weather late Thursday damaged homes and businesses, and turned a small airport upside down, but didn't appear to leave anyone with physical injuries.

The weather service confirmed that tornadoes struck near Faribault, Granada, Morristown, Lake Elysian and Waterville, though it was still determining whether Lake Elysian and Waterville were hit by the same tornado, or two separate twisters. Suspected tornadoes were also reported near Medford, Northfield and Randolph. The hardest-hit area was Rice County, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Minneapolis.

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Towering waterspout filmed off the coast of Malta

PHOTO FROM A VIDEO SHOT AND UPLOADED BY KURT FITENI
© Kurt Fiteni
Social media has just been lit up with various photos and videos of a towering waterspout over the south of Malta.

While some shots were taken from Marsascala, another video uploaded on popular Facebook forum The Salott at around noon showed what the waterspout looked like from the Xagħjra promenade. At a point, as fast as it appeared, the waterspout dispersed back into the clouds.

Waterspouts can be formed by severe thunderstorms, but are even more commonly associated with developing storm systems. The clouds from which they descend are rarely fast-moving, and that makes waterspouts very easy to spot and film since they are often static.


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Waterspout filmed off Subic, Philippines

Residents near Subic Bay captured photographs
© Kissak Lagseng EspirituResidents near Subic Bay captured photographs and videos of the waterspout formed over the sea.
Residents here were delighted when they spotted a waterspout off the coast of this town on Thursday afternoon.

Danilo Macamay, head of Subic Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said the waterspout was formed over Subic Bay around 3:30 p.m.

To the casual observer, waterspouts look like tornadoes. The phenomenon is actually a vortex of rotating water.

Some residents captured the waterspout on video which went viral on social media.

Macamay said the waterspout quickly dissipated.

Residents in nearby Olongapo City also reported seeing the waterspout after experiencing strong gusts of wind that lasted for about a minute.


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Hailstorm wreaks havoc on crops in North Kashmir

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Over 35 per cent crop damaged in Sopore: officials

Nearly 45 per cent of fruits and paddy crops have suffered damage due to the recent hailstorm that hit areas of Sopore and Handwara in north Kashmir.

The Apple rich town Sopore has suffered around 35 per cent damage to fruit and paddy crops due to the hailstorm, according to officials. According to official assessment, some 7 to 9 per cent fruit crop and 15 to 25 per cent paddy crop has been damaged in hail storm that hit areas of Handwara in Kupwara district.

In Sopore, Goomahmadpora, Kitchilora, Waripora, Lalpora, Malmu, Agrikalan, Dangerpora, Noripora, Malbuchan, Tunjihearan, Tantrepora, Kongamdara, Nowlari areas were badly affected by the hailstorm.

"More than 35 per cent damage has been caused to the crops in these areas. Mostly apples were affected by the hailstorm," Chief Agricultural Officer Sopore, Farooq Ahmad told Rising Kashmir.

He said that the agriculture department has issued an advisory to farmers regarding the crops that were less affected by hailstorm.

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Storm Knud brings hurricane strength winds to north Jutland, Denmark

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© Henning Bagger / Ritzau ScanpixStormen Knud hits Nørre Vorupør south of Hanstholm on Friday, September 21, 2018. The DMI has announced wind hurricanes of hurricane strength at the West Coast.
In the northwestern part of Jutland, the wind reached storm power, while the winds have reached hurricane strength.

The storm Knud has shrugged in the wood crowns and torn in the backwaters of northwestern Jutland a large part of Friday afternoon and evening. In this area, meanwhile, measured mean winds of regular storms and winds of hurricane strength.

The wind reached the first time at 15:30 in Hanstholm, when the wind speed exceeded 24.4 meters per second, which is the limit of storm.

Since then, the mean wind reached 26 meters per second, while the wind blasts peaked at 34.5 meters per second, which is hurricane strength.

In the evening, the wind also reached storm strength in Hirtshals - also at 26 meters per second, while the gusts reached 32.9 meters per second.

Several other places in the northwestern part of the country, the wind has hit a stormy storm with a storm and a strong storm - and on Bornholm, too, a lot of weather was felt when Knud threw 28.6 meters per second.

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At least 2 tornadoes touch down near Ottawa; about 272,000 without power in Ontario and Quebec

Dunrobin after a tornado touched down
© Mike Le Couteur/Global NewsDunrobin after a tornado touched down in the area on Sept. 21, 2018.
The Ottawa airport was on backup power and social media lit up with video and photos of damage from tornadoes near the nation's capital on Friday.

Global News meteorologist confirmed that there were at least two tornadoes near Ottawa - one in the Dunrobin area, another in Gatineau.

Environment Canada confirmed that a tornado touched down in Dunrobin and Gatineau, Que.

The extreme weather came as a line of thunderstorms tracked across southern Ontario.

One storm intensified at Calabogie, and it showed the "classic radar signature of a tornado" by the time it arrived in Dunrobin.

The same tornado may have moved to Gatineau, but it's also possible that it lifted and then reformed there. It could also have been a single, long tornado that went all the way from Dunrobin to Gatineau.

Four patients suffered "serious traumatic" injuries in Ottawa and are currently being treated, according to Ottawa Paramedic Service. Two others suffered minor injuries and are currently in local hospitals.