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Over 1,400 dead across India due to rain, floods this monsoon


NDTV
Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:24 UTC
After Kerala, Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of fatalities at 254
After Kerala, Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of fatalities at 254
Rains and floods have hit 30 districts in Odisha, 26 districts in Maharashtra, 25 in Assam, 23 each in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, 14 in Kerala, 13 in Uttarakhand, 11 each in Karnataka and Nagaland, 10 in Gujarat.

Over 1,400 people, including 488 in Kerala, have lost their lives due to rains, floods and landslides in 10 states so far in the monsoon season, the Home Ministry said Monday.

According to the ministry's National Emergency Response Centre (NERC), 488 people have died in Kerala and 54.11 lakh in 14 districts have been severely hit by rains and floods, the worst in a century.

As many as 14.52 lakh flood-displaced people are living in relief camps across the state.

Standing crops on over 57,024 hectares of land were damaged in the southern state.
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Lightning strikes kill 2 people and 47 livestock in northeastern Ethiopia


Ezega.com
Mon, 03 Sep 2018 09:52 UTC
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Lightning strikes killed two people in Afar regional state in northeastern part of Ethiopia and claimed the lives of sheeps and goats.

The strike occurred around 10 PM yesterday at Fanti Resu Golina district of the regional state, one of Ethiopia's developing regional states, with majority arid and semi-arid climate conditions.

It also claimed the lives of two sheep and 45 goats.

According to information reached to Ezega.com, the lightning strikes occurred in two places but within the same district.
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Tropical Storm Gordon to hit US Gulf Coast as a hurricane


The Telegraph
Tue, 04 Sep 2018 00:25 UTC
Tropical storm Gordon
Projected path of Tropical Storm Gordon
Tropical Storm Gordon lashed South Florida with heavy rains and high winds on Monday and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane when it hits the central US Gulf Coast.

Gordon formed into a tropical storm near the Florida Keys early Monday as it moved west-northwest at 17 mph (28 kph). The storm was expected to reach hurricane strength when it hits coastal Mississippi and Louisiana by late Tuesday. From there, it is forecast to move inland over the lower Mississippi Valley on Wednesday.

The National Hurricane Center said at 5 pm EDT that the storm was centered 50 miles (85 kilometers) west-southwest of Fort Myers, Florida. Maximum sustained winds were clocked at 50 mph (85 kph).

A hurricane warning was put into effect for the area stretching from the mouth of the Pearl River in Mississippi to the Alabama-Florida border. As much as 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain could fall in some parts of the Gulf states through late Thursday.

The Miami-based center said the storm is also expected to bring "life-threatening" storm surge to portions of the central Gulf Coast.
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Storm brings heavy snowfall to New Zealand during spring


Al Jazeera
Mon, 03 Sep 2018 18:09 UTC
Niwa Weather's Lake Tekapo office was surrounded with snowfall.
© Niwa WeatherNiwa Weather's Lake Tekapo office was surrounded with snowfall.
Spring brings heavy snow and landslips to both the North and South Islands.

It may be spring in New Zealand, the weather is still stuck in a wintry rut.

A blast of polar weather is battering the country, bringing torrential rain, damaging winds and heavy snow.

The rain has already triggered two minor landslides in the Wellington area with more downpour expected.

Snow has been falling to as low as 500m on the South Island and blizzards have forced the closure of Canterbury ski fields, with some locations expecting well over 50cm of snow.
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Flood death toll hits 325 as rainfall intensifies in Uttar Pradesh, India - Major rivers in spate

Virendra Singh Rawat
Business Standard
Mon, 03 Sep 2018 17:13 UTC
Floods
More than a dozen districts have been flooded following heavy rainfall in Uttar Pradesh and the adjoining hilly regions over the past few days, as the toll went up to 325. More than 21 people were reported to have died over the last 48 hours in flood-related incidents, including drowning and wall collapse, across the state, including Shahjahanpur, Amethi and Auraiya districts.

Monsoon activity, which had started to slow down, regained momentum over the past week, inundating large parts of agricultural and inhabited land. The government had already deployed columns of National Disaster Relief Force, State Disaster Relief Force and Provincial Armed Constabulary in the flood relief and rescue operations in the worst-hit areas.

Major rivers in the district, including Ganga, Ram Ganga, Yamuna, Betwa, Sharda, Ghagra, Rapti and Kuano, have swollen up at several places.

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Cloud Lightning

Woman dies after being struck by lightning in Levy County, Florida


wcjb.com
Sun, 02 Sep 2018 11:47 UTC
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The Levy County Sheriff's Office says that a 49-year-old woman has died after being struck by lightning on Saturday, September 1, 2018.

L.C.S.O. says that the woman, Norma Woeller, lives off US 27 between Williston and Bronson, and was struck while she working in her yard.

They say that she was stripping the bark off a tree that had been struck sometime last week.

EMS did respond, but were unable to save the victim.

According to the National Weather Service, fewer than 20 people have died in the U.S. so far this year from lightning strikes.
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Evacuations started ahead of expected Tuesday landfall as Typhoon Jebi bears down on Japan


Sputnik
Sun, 02 Sep 2018 23:00 UTC
Typhoon Jebi
© Associated Press / NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid ResponseTyphoon Jebi
'Very strong' Pacific Ocean Typhoon Jebi is slated to make landfall near Honshu, Japan, on Tuesday as preparations are ongoing to protect lives and property ahead of the event.

Weather officials in Japan have issued flood as well as landslide and high-wave warnings to areas of Japan devastated by deadly flooding earlier this year.

The 21st named storm of the Pacific Ocean's 2018 severe weather season, Typhoon Jebi has diminished marginally over the past 24 hours as it moves over slightly cooler water but is still seeing powerful winds up to 252 kph (156 mph) and barometric pressure readings of 935 Millibars, according to Japan's Meteorological Agency.

No further lessening of the storm's power is predicted and a landfall on Honshu is expected for early Tuesday, the agency said, cited by The Japan Times.

Comment: More from Sputnik:
Earth's most powerful storm of 2018 has spun up to a walloping Category 5 Pacific Ocean typhoon and is headed straight for Japan.

While little or no fanfare has attended the Atlantic Ocean 2018 storm season - although last year was a killer - the Pacific Ocean is making up for any perceived shortfalls of meteorological terror by providing a whopping 14 named storms to date and is now offering the newly-minted Typhoon Jebi to bring heavy rain and powerful winds to an already deluged Japan.

Jebi, on track to hit Japan early next week, is currently blasting along at 16 mph and sporting howling winds of 170 mph and up.

Born east of Guam on or about August 27, Typhoon Jebi rapidly intensified over just 48 hours from a respectable Category 1 storm into a full-blown Category 5 event by Thursday.

By calculating Jebi's maximum wind speed and central pressure levels, Colorado State University tropical storm expert Philip Klotzbach suggested that the Cat 5 monster is now Earth's strongest storm of 2018, according to Gizmodo.

Right now Jebi is about 300 miles northwest of Saipan, moving northwest, but computer models agree that the storm will veer northward early next week, placing it on a direct course for Kyoto, Japan.


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Flash floods strike northern Italy; state of alert declared


RT
Sun, 02 Sep 2018 20:49 UTC
flooded cars
© RuptlyStorm-damaged cars lie in floodwater in Negrar, Italy.
Sudden violent storms brought an onslaught of flash flooding to parts of northern Italy on Saturday, submerging streets and sweeping cars away in the province of Verona.

Footage from the town of Negrar shows vehicles floating in the floodwaters, while videos shared on social media by residents show cars struggling to drive on through flooded streets.

According to local reports, hospital phone lines are temporarily down as a result of the severe weather, and a state of alert remains in place. Authorities in Negrar have set up an emergency center and helpline to aid those affected by the floods, although no missing persons or injuries have been reported.
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Lightning bolt kills 7, severely injures 12 in Uttar Pradesh, India


Business Standard
Sat, 01 Sep 2018 10:00 UTC
lightning
Seven persons, including five children, were killed on Saturday after being struck by lightning in Uttar Pradesh' Shahjahanpur district, police said.

The incident took place at Shamsherpur village in Kant area. Over a dozen persons have sustained severe burn injuries and are being treated at various medical facilities.

The incident took place when some children had taken their cattle to the fields for grazing and it was drizzling. All of a sudden lightning struck them, killing four children on the spot. The rest succumbed to their injuries in the hospital.

Comment: A day earlier in West Bengal lightning strikes killed at least five people.

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Rare waterspout captured on video off coast of Whitstable, UK

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Kent Online
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:28 UTC
Waterspouts spotted off coast of Whitstable, UK
© Daniel JaddThe waterspout was captured just off the Whitstable coast.
An incredible natural phenomenon has been spotted taking place off the Whitstable and Herne Bay coast.

At least two sightings of waterspouts - rotating columns of water created when a whirlwind forms over the sea - have been reported this morning.

Just before 9am, fisherman Daniel Jadd was out on commercial fishing boat The Holladays when he witnessed the formations.

"We were out fishing from Whitstable harbour, about three miles from the Maunsell Forts when it happened," said Daniel, 36, from Whitstable.

Comment: Studies have shown that global wind speeds are slowing, and yet at the same time there appears to be an increase in storm strength and frequency, and other wind related phenomena:

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