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Powerful blizzard rages in Khabarovsk, Russia

Robert Felix
Ice Age Now
Sat, 05 Dec 2015 19:22 UTC
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Whoa! This video reminds me why global warming is GOOD! Visibility near zero. More than 300 cars rescued from "snow captivity."


In the Khabarovsk region continues to rage snow cyclone.

All services Khabarovsk work around the clock.

The powerful blizzard, with storm gusts up to 25 meters per second, has dumped a month's worth of precipitation per day.

The city of Khabarovsk has declared a state of emergency according to the "TV Center".

Khabarovsk a city of just over a half million near the Chinese border.

Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for this link
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Landslide buries 18 villagers in Indonesia


The Express Tribune
Thu, 03 Dec 2015 14:00 UTC
Landslide, Java
© AFPA rescue team searches for survivors and remove bodies after a landslide at Jemblung village in Banjarnegara, central Java province, on December 13, 2014.
A landslide triggered by torrential rains on Thursday engulfed a village in western Indonesia, burying 18 people, an official said.

Three have been found dead and rescuers are searching for the bodies of 15 others after the landslide hit the village of Lebong Tandai on Sumatra island, a hilly area known for gold mining.

Several houses were buried when mounds of earth and rocks surged down a hillside in the early hours, said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

Efforts to recover the victims' bodies had been hampered by difficult access to the site, he said. It came after a landslide killed two people and injured nine others on Sumatra earlier this week.
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Lightning bolt kills two in Sri Lanka


Daily News (Sri Lanka)
Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:07 UTC
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Two people were killed and two others injured after being struck by lightning in Siyambalanduwa, police said.

The deceased, aged 30, are residents of Kongaspitiya.

Their bodies are lying at the Siyambalanduwa hospital mortuary.

Siyambalanduwa Police are investigating.
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Lightning strikes kill five in Uttar Pradesh, India


The Hindu
Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:00 UTC
Lightning strike
Five persons, including a woman, were killed and three injured after being struck by lightning in Banda, Kaushambi and Rae Bareli districts of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Thursday.

Three persons, including a woman, were killed after being struck by lightning in two villages of Banda, the officials said.

Bhola Devi (60) was killed and her relative Chunia received burns in lightning strike while working in their agriculture field at Ahar village under Baberu police station area on Wednesday , while Raju (12) and Lavlesh (19) were killed in Rampurwa village.

A 40-year-old farmer, Jagatpal Raidas, died on spot when lightning struck him on Wednesday. He was working in his field at Malak Pinjari village in Manjhanpur area of Kaushambi when the incident occurred, they said.

Similarly, in Rae Bareli, Rajjan, Amritlal and Suni Kumar were working in field at Sikandarpur village in Jagatpur area y when lightning struck them. While 22-year-old Rajjan died on the spot, the other two were admitted to hospital, where their condition was stated to be stable.

Source: Press Trust of India
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Deadly freak storm hits Uttar Pradesh, India plunging state capital into darkness


Hindustan Times
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 01:40 UTC
Lucknow dust storm
© FacebookIt was the first time in over a decade that the city witnessed zero visibility on a December afternoon.
Several parts of Uttar Pradesh experienced freak weather on Tuesday afternoon after being hit by sudden dust storm and heavy rainfall.

Lightning claimed seven lives in the state. While a woman and her minor sister died in Auraiyya district, three people perished in Mathura, one in Mainpuri and one in Etah.

Lucknow and Kanpur were plunged into darkness, followed by storm and heavy rain. Allahabad, Agra and some other areas witnessed storm and rain but the intensity was less in comparison to Lucknow and Kanpur.
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Roadside whirlwind filmed in Parkes, Australia

Ben Hooper
UPI
Thu, 03 Dec 2015 15:21 UTC
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Whirlwind
A passenger in a car traveling down a New South Wales, Australia, road captured footage of a roadside whirlwind throwing dirt high up into the air.

Susan Mill posted a video on the Higgins Storm Chasing Facebook group showing the whirlwind -- or "willy willy" as its sometimes called in Australia -- kicking up dirt Friday at the side of a Parkes, New South Wales, road.

"I think I would like to become a storm chaser. This was extremely exciting," Mill wrote.

Mill wrote the footage was filmed near Lions Park in Parkes.

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Lightning strikes kill five in Rajasthan, India


Press Trust of India
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:29 UTC
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Five persons, including two women were killed and another one injured after being struck by lightning in separate incidents at four districts of Rajasthan during sudden rains and thundershowers, police said today.

All the victims were working in agriculture fields at the time of the incidents yesterday, they said.

In Bharatpur district, Dinesh Gurjar (25) and Sampat Mali (35) were struck down by lightning at Methna and Govindpur village respectively. Ramji (55) too was killed in a similar incident at Mathhingota village in Dholpur district, they said.

In Dhablana village of Bundi district, a woman named Bhuri Bai Meghwal (45) was killed, while another woman Panabai Meena (50) was injured after being struck by lightning, police said.

The injured was rushed to a government hospital, where her condition was stated to be stable, they said, adding a 50-year-old woman named Surjo was another victim of lightning in Piplet village of Sawai Madhopur district.
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Record December depth of snow for Reykjavik, Iceland


Iceland Monitor
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 18:45 UTC
Snow on bench in park
© Gúna
Residents of Icelandic capital Reykjavik woke up to 42 cm (16.5 inches) of snow this morning - the highest depth of snow in December since records began.

According to the Icelandic Met Office, the previous record was set back in 2011, when snow lay 33 cm (13 inches) deep in Reykjavik on 29 December that year.

The highest ever depth of snow recorded in in Reykjavik was 55 cm (21.5 inches) back in January 1937, and if snows continues to fall on the city, this record might also be broken - and soon.

Now at 42 cm, snow levels in Reykjavik were 32 cm just four days ago on Saturday.

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Worst in 100 years: Non-stop torrential rains flood southern India


RT
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:14 UTC
India floods
© Strdel / AFPAn Indian labourer pushes his cycle trishaw through floodwaters in Chennai on December 1, 2015, during a downpour of heavy rain in the southern Indian city.
Thousands of people have been evacuated and a rescue operation is under way in Southern India, which has been severely flooded after several days of non-stop torrential rains, which prompted the closure of schools and factories and flight cancellations.

The city of Chennai, capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has been almost cut off from the outside world. According to local media, the rains have set a 100-year-old record in the city, which is home to about 6 million people.


"Heavy rain accompanied by strong winds may make the situation worse in Chennai," the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said, adding that the rains may continue for at least four days.
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Severe thunderstorms to hit southeast Queensland - again


9 News
Mon, 30 Nov 2015 23:38 UTC
queesnland storm
© Penny Dahl, @pennycopterA tree fell onto a house in Collingwood Park.
Severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued for parts of southeast Queensland this afternoon, as the region continues to clean up following yesterday's wild weather.

The Bureau of Meteorology says severe thunderstorms have been detected on radar between Cooyar and Crows Nest, with damaging winds and large hailstones likely. Read the full warning here.

Residents in the path of the storm are advised to secure loose outdoor items, move their car under cover or away from trees, and seek shelter.

During yesterday's storms fallen trees blocked roads and caused damage, with one collapsing onto a home in Collingwood Park, about 30km from the Brisbane CBD, almost splitting it in two.

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