Storms
S


Snowflake

Extreme hailstorm hits Apulia, Italy, turning streets into rivers of ice


Strange Sounds
Fri, 20 May 2016 05:59 UTC
extreme hailstorm in Apulia, Italy

Strong storms with extreme hailstorms have hit central Apulia and particularly Putignano on may 20, 2016. Now look at these giant piles of hail in the streets paralyzing cars and and even trucks! Weather anomaly!

extreme hail in Italy

Yes this all this hail is too insane:

All of this hail and rain at the same time... So impressive!

Comment: Also this week an intense hailstorm hit Sinop in Turkey.



Read More...
Cloud Lightning

Deadly Cyclone Roanu to incite major flooding, landslides in northeastern India and Bangladesh

Kristina Pydynowski
AccuWeather
Fri, 20 May 2016 22:51 UTC
Cyclone Roanu storm path
© AccuweatherCyclone Roanu storm path
Deadly Cyclone Roanu will bring a major flood risk to northeastern India and Bangladesh as it slams onshore during the first half of the weekend.

The first tropical cyclone of the season in the Bay of Bengal will make landfall in Bangladesh, near or just north of Chittagong, on Saturday.

The cyclone will continue to graze India's northern Odisha and West Bengal coasts into Friday night. Rain will generally total 50-100 mm (2-4 inches) with locally higher amounts, triggering some incidents of flooding.

As the cyclonic storm traverses the Bay of Bengal from the Indian coast to Bangladesh, it is expected to gain strength and become a Severe Cyclonic Storm with maximum sustained winds of 90-115 km/h (55-70 mph).
Read More...
Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills couple in Andhra Pradesh, India


The Hindu
Fri, 20 May 2016 18:36 UTC
Lightning strike
Two people died in a lightning strike at Chayapuram village in Vajrakarur mandal of the Anantapur district on Wednesday night.

The deceased, a couple - Kadirappa (65) and Lakshmi Devi (55) - were sleeping in their thatched hut in the village which witnessed rain under the influence of the deep depression in the Bay of Bengal accompanied by lightning.

The couple was found dead on Thursday by the villagers.
Read More...
Cloud Precipitation

24 people dead and 40 missing after flash floods hit Afghanistan


The Earth Chronicles of Life
Thu, 19 May 2016 18:04 UTC
Floodwater
At least 24 persons became victims of flooding caused by torrential rains in one of the provinces in the North of Afghanistan.

"A total of 10 people were injured and about 40 were missing after the disaster has struck the County, Kohistanat (province of SAR-e-Pul) in the early morning hours", — quotes Agency the statement of the representative of administration of the Zahir of Vakhdat. He also noted that the death toll could rise.

According to him, the flood also washed away the gardens and washed away arable land.To organize the search and rescue operation had villagers, because the authority of the government of Afghanistan does not extend to this County, which is under the control of militants of the radical grouping "the Taliban", the Agency said. However, red cross representatives tried to ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the victims.
Read More...
Cloud Lightning

Pregnant woman and son killed by lightning bolt in West Khasi Hills, India


The Shillong Times
Thu, 19 May 2016 15:15 UTC
Lightning strike
A pregnant woman, her unborn child and her five year old son died in Mawkohroit locality of Mawliehbah village in West Khasi Hills on Tuesday night after they were struck by lightning.

The deceased have been identified as Ritalis Kharbani (24), a seven month unborn baby in her womb and her five year old son Nestarlan Kharbani.

Eye witnesses informed pressmen on Wednesday that the incident occurred on Tuesday at around 7:45 PM. The victim's husband was yet to return home from his daily labour.

"I was shocked when I heard the lightning strike near my home but I had no idea that the lightning had struck my daughter and my grandson," said a grieving Regina Kharbani, mother of Ritalis Kharbani, while speaking to The Shillong Times on Wednesday.

She added that when she came out of her house, she saw that her daughter's house was engulfed in a huge and roaring inferno.
Read More...
Cloud Lightning

Lightning strikes kill 3 and injure 4 in Cambodia

Pav Suy
Khmer Times
Wed, 18 May 2016 18:30 UTC
Lightning strike
Three separate lightning strikes killed three people in Pursat and Siem Reap provinces yesterday afternoon, as well as one dog and one chicken, according to police.

Four others were injured in the strikes, which took place in Bakan and Kravanh districts.

A Bakan district police officer who requested anonymity said a 66-year-old man named Seung was killed by a lightning strike in a stable in Talo commune's Praha village.

"The lightning struck a man while he was in a cow stable. We could not bring him to the hospital because he was killed instantly by the lightning," the officer said.

Elsewhere, deputy police Lorng Channa reported a deadly lightning strike in Kravanh district.
Read More...
Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 2 and injures 5 in the Philippines

Carla P. Gomez
Inquirer
Thu, 19 May 2016 18:20 UTC
Lightning strike
Two sugarcane farm laborers were killed while five others were hurt after they were hit by lightning at Hacienda Porter, Barangay Bonifacio, Cadiz City, in Negros Occidental, past 10 a.m. on Thursday.

According to Cadiz City Vice Mayor Samson Mirhan, the farm workers were harvesting sugarcane when they noticed thick clouds in the sky.

Thinking that it would rain, the farm workers took shelter inside a hut when lightning struck, killing two persons and wounding five others.

Killed were Willy Montaya Barredo, 38, and Jovie Lubrico Humawan, 27, of nearby Hacienda Elvira also in Barangay Bonifacio.

Injured were Mark Humawan Sopuesca, 17, Cristobal Magbanua, 31, John Ray Silverio, 19, Silverio Valiente Lubrico, 43, and Jeffrey Lubrico, 23. RC
Read More...
Cloud Lightning

3 rhinos and other animals killed by lightning bolt that 'shook the ground for miles' in West Bengal, India

Simon Tomlinson
Daily Mail
Wed, 18 May 2016 20:55 UTC
Cut down in their prime: The family had been living in the reserved forest at Gorumara National Park in India's West Bengal state for more than a decade
Cut down in their prime: The family had been living in the reserved forest at Gorumara National Park in India's West Bengal state for more than a decade
Three members of a rhino family have been killed by a lightning strike at an Indian national park.

A 27-year-old female, a 14-year-old calf and a baby rhino were found dead after they were struck by a bolt that 'shook the ground' for miles, officials said.

The family had been living in the reserved forest in Gorumara National Park in India's West Bengal state for more than a decade.

Uma Rani, Jalpaiguri district's forest officer, said: 'The deaths were caused by lightning. It was an unprecedented accident.

'Some other animals have also died and we are checking the forests.'

Read More...
Cloud Lightning

Three killed by lightning strikes in Thailand and Cambodia; 30 dead for the latter in first 5 months of 2016

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
Phnom Penh Post
Wed, 18 May 2016 18:19 UTC
Lightning strike
Two Cambodians working on a farm in Thailand's Rayong province were killed by lightning on Monday.

A border communications officer, who asked to remain anonymous, said the victims were a mother and a son from Battambang province.

Their bodies were sent to Cambodia yesterday via border checkpoint 400, to be handed over to their relatives for a funeral. Their names were not immediately available.

Separately, 64-year-old farmer Hoern Plorng was struck down while cutting bamboo during a storm in O'Chrou district in Banteay Meanchey yesterday, according to district police chief Ee Cheng Sokha.

National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) spokesman Keo Vy said yesterday that Plorng's death was the 30th lightning fatality in Cambodia since the start of the year.

According to a May 17 NCDM report, lightning this year has killed 30 and injured 35 people, compared to 18 deaths and seven injuries in the first five months of 2015.
Read More...
Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills two and critically injures 6 in Tripura, India


india.com
Wed, 18 May 2016 13:58 UTC
Lightning
Two people were killed and six others critically injured when lightning struck them in Tripura on Wednesday, police said.

Basana Debbarma, 42, and Bipul Debbarma, 38, were killed at Champahour in western Tripura. A police official said the victims were in a paddy field when the lightning hit them.

Rains accompanied by high velocity winds and lightning lashed Tripura on Wednesday, damaging crops and uprooting electric poles and trees.

Source: Indo-Asian News Service
Read More...