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Lightning bolt kills 2 students in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Aminul Islam Babu
Dhaka Tribune
Thu, 12 May 2016 15:46 UTC
Grief
Two students have been killed in lightning strike at Jatrabari ​in the capital.

Another was also injured in the same incident on Thursday afternoon.

Of the deceased, Mohammad Noman Hasan Lincoln, 21, was a student of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute, and Shahed Sohag, 20, was a computer science student of Ahsanullah University.

Inspector Mozammel Haque of Dhaka Medical College police outpost confirmed the deaths.

Witnesses said lightning struck the victims while they were playing football with their peer in Balur Math in the Kather Pool area of Jatrabari around 5pm amid the gusty wind and rain.

They were rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the duty doctors declared Lincoln and Sohag dead around 6pm.

Injured Raiyan is now undergoing treatment at the hospital.

According to the fellows, Lincoln used to help his father in his business besides his study.
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Lightning bolt kills three youngsters in Umarkhed, India

TO Abraham
The Times of India
Thu, 12 May 2016 08:34 UTC
Lightning
Three youth met a tragic end at Juni Takli village in Umarkhed tehsil of Yavatmal district on Tuesday evening when lightning struck a tree under which they had taken shelter to protect themselves from rains.

The deceased have been identified as Krishna Sanjay Gaikwad (17), Maruti Gyanba Hapse (30) and Nitin Sheshrao Bahadure (18).

According to sources, Maruti had gone to the farm for grazing the cattle while Nitin and Krishna had gone to bring firewood. At around 6 pm, thundershowers lashed the area forcing the trio to take shelter under a tree in the farm of one Deorao Hapse. As the youth were waiting for the rains to stop, a lightning struck the tree killing them all on the spot.

When the youth did not return home till 7.30 pm, their family members started looking for them and found their bodies lying in the farm.

Umarkhed police have registered a case of accidental death. The bodies were later sent for post mortem.

"We are waiting for the post mortem report," RDC of Yavatmal, Rajesh Khawale, said, adding only after the receipt of the autopsy report, the ex gratia amount would be given to the next of kin as per government norms.
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Rare anticyclonic tornado discovered during recent outbreak in Oklahoma

Jonathan Conder
KOCO Oklahoma City
Wed, 11 May 2016 21:39 UTC
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Radar image over Sulphur, Oklahoma on Monday 9th May

A closer look at the anticyclonic tornado track

Most tornadoes spin counter-clockwise, but during Monday's tornado outbreak, one tornado was spinning clockwise or backwards.

Anticyclonic tornadoes are very, very rare, but a tornado near Roff, Oklahoma, was on the ground for almost 13 miles.

An anticyclonic twister developed about 6 miles north-northwest of Sulphur and moved northeast. The tornado has been rated as an EF1 tornado with winds up to 110 mph.

The tornado was likely wrapped in precipitation and not very visible. At the same time, a larger EF-3 tornado was on the ground, moving to the east, about 6 miles to the west of the anticyclonic tornado. One could even consider this rare tornado as it satellite tornado to moved around the larger tornadic circulation.

Click on the related content to see what both tornadoes looked like with Doppler radar imagery.

Comment: Two die in Oklahoma storm as 23 tornadoes rip across US midwest

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Spring snowstorm causes loss of power for tens of thousands in Bozeman, Montana; up to 20 inches of snow


Independent Record
Wed, 11 May 2016 19:05 UTC
Snow on road
A spring storm swept through Montana, dumping up to 20 inches of snow in the mountains and knocking out power to tens of thousands of people across the state, officials said Tuesday.

Approximately 30,000 homes and businesses in Bozeman lost electricity on Tuesday morning as the storm moved through, NorthWestern Energy spokesman Butch Larcombe said. The lights were back on across most of the city less than two hours later, and crews worked to restore the remaining powerless areas and to find the cause of the outages.

"We had an issue with the transmission line," Larcombe said. "We don't know what the issue is, but we expect it's related to snow and wind."

The night before, the storm cut power to customers in Phillipsburg and Judith Gap. There were pockets of smaller outages scattered across central and southwestern Montana, Larcombe said.

Heavy snow fell in the Little Belt Mountains Tuesday with about a foot falling at the Belt Creek Ranger District office in the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.
© Beth IhleHeavy snow fell in the Little Belt Mountains Tuesday with about a foot falling at the Belt Creek Ranger District office in the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.
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Severe hailstorm hits Lovech, Bulgaria


novinite.com
Mon, 09 May 2016 12:15 UTC
Severe hailstorm in Lovech
© btvnovinite.bg Severe hailstorm in Lovech
A snowplough was used to clear ice from the streets of Lovech on May 9 following a 20-minute hailstorm, bTV reported.

Torrential rain flooded streets in the city in north-central Bulgaria, making motor traffic impossible. Precipitation was as high as 6.6 liters per square meter, according to the local weather monitoring station.

Some public buildings and shops were also flooded and extensive damage to cars in the streets was reported.

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Two die in Oklahoma storm as 23 tornadoes rip across US midwest


The Guardian (UK)
Tue, 10 May 2016 15:56 UTC
Oklahoma tornado
© Josh Edelson, AFP/Getty ImagesA tornado rips through a residential area after touching down south of Wynnewood, Oklahoma.
Tornadoes killed two people, destroyed homes, overturned vehicles and stripped the bark from trees as they churned across Oklahoma, part of a strong series of storms that hit the plains on Monday.

At least two people died on Monday in weather so violent that forecasters declared a "tornado emergency" for communities in the path of one of the twisters. The Storm Prediction Center said 23 tornadoes were reported across five states.

"You are in a life-threatening situation," forecasters declared while warning the communities of Roff, population 725, and Hickory, population 71, which were ultimately spared major damage. "Flying debris will be deadly to those caught without shelter."

Dana Lance was driving through the community of Roff, about 85 miles south-east of Oklahoma City, on her way home from work Monday when the skies grew ominous, sirens wailed and forecasters on the radio told people to take cover.


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Amazingly high dust devil filmed in Chelyabinsk, Russia


Strange Sounds
Mon, 09 May 2016 01:27 UTC
Chelyabinsk dust devil
© Via YouTube/Григорий Михеев
I've already seen dust devils!But such a long one... Never! It's incredible! This amazingly high dust whirl appeared from nowhere on May 6, 2016 in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

In the sky of In the southwestern United States, a dust devil is sometimes called a "dancing devil".


The Navajo refer to them as chiindii, ghosts or spirits of dead Navajos. If a chindi spins clockwise, it is said to be a good spirit; if it spins counterclockwise, it is said to be a bad spirit.

In Australia they are called "willy-willy" or "whirly-whirly". In Aboriginal myths, willy-willies represent spirit forms. They are often quite scary spirits, and parents may warn their children that if they misbehave, a spirit will emerge from the spinning vortex of dirt and chastise them. There is a story of the origin of the brolga in which a bad spirit descends from the sky and captures the young being and abducts her by taking the form of a willy-willy.

Egypt has its fasset el 'afreet, or "ghost's wind".
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Lightning bolt kills three in Jharkhand, India; other regions sizzle with above 40 degree Celsius temperatures


Times of India
Mon, 09 May 2016 18:10 UTC
Lightning
Temperatures hovered around normal levels in most parts of the country except in some areas of Odisha and Rajasthan, where Phalodi town sizzled at season's highest of 48 degrees Celsius, even as three persons were killed in lightning incidents in Jharkhand.

In the national capital, it was a clear sky with the maximum temperature settling at 38.4 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year. The minimum was recorded at 27.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average.

In Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, which recorded 30 mm rainfall, three persons, including a 13-year-old boy, were killed by the thunderbolt at Katkamdag, Chharau, and Oreya villages, police said.

Palamau and Chaibasa recorded maximum of 41.6 and 41.5 degrees Celsius respectively even as several parts of the state experienced cloudy sky with temperatures between 35 and 39 degrees Celsius, the MeT officials in the state said.

Rajasthan's Phalodi town in Jodhpur district recorded the season's highest at 48 degrees Celsius due to which normal life was thrown out of gear.

Sizzling heat affected normal life in other parts of the state as well, particularly the western areas where Bikaner recorded 45.4 degrees Celsius. Churu, Jaisalmer, Barmer, Kota, Jaipur, and Ajmer registered a maximum of 44.8, 44.7, 44.4, 44.1, 42.9, and 42.6 degrees Celsius respectively.
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Fierce tornadoes and golf ball sized hail strike Colorado


RT
Sun, 08 May 2016 08:04 UTC
Colorado tornado
© @stormchasrbryce / Instagram
Fierce tornadoes have struck eastern Colorado, causing injuries and damaging motorhomes, as well as other buildings in the area. Four twisters hit in Yuma Country, some 150 kilometers from Denver, according to the National Weather Service.

Five people suffered minor injuries in one of the tornadoes, NWS Science and Operations officer Jeremy Martin told AP.

The twister travelled for about 15 kilometers on the ground, storm chasers said.

There was no immediate info on injury or damage from the other three confirmed tornadoes in the area.


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Lightning strikes kill six in Bangladesh


The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Sun, 08 May 2016 13:04 UTC
Lightning
Six people were killed by lighting in Faridpur, Sirajganj and Shariatpur yesterday.

In Faridpur, two persons were killed in the afternoon when they were struck by thunderbolts, reports BSS.

Health department sources said, Amena Begum, 40, was hit by a thunderbolt at BS Dangi village while she was returning home after casting her vote in the Union Parishad electing. She was succumbed to her injuries at Charbhadrasan upazilla hospital.

In another incident, Hafiz Mondol, 35, was killed as he was hit by lighting when he was working in the field in Nagarkanada upazila's Shasha village. He was declared dead at Nagarkanda hospital. Meanwhile, four people were killed in separate incidents of lighting as nor'wester swept across Sirajganj and Shariatpur yesterday afternoon, reports UNB.

Of them, three were killed in Shahjadpur and Enayetpur upazilas of Sirajganj.
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