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Lightning strikes kill three in Sri Lanka

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Three persons including two women died due to lightning during the last few hours since last evening.

A 54-year old resident of Attanakadawala at Bakamuna in Polonnaruwa who accompanied his wife for a bath last night died on the spot by lightning.

Moreover two women died by lightning while they were asleep in their house of Handawalpola at Diddeniya in Kurunegala yesterday.

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Floods damage homes and schools following 7 days of rain in Honduras

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© Copeco HondurasLandslide in Ciudad del Ángel, Honduras.
Heavy rain has caused flooding in several departments of Honduras over the last few days, according to the country's civil defence agency, Copeco. Heavy rain has also affected several other countries in Central America, including Panama and Guatemala.

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Damage to homes, schools and roads has been reported around the capital, Tegucigalpa, and in the surrounding department of Francisco Morazán. The wall of a supermarket collapsed as result of the heavy rain. No injuries were reported. The heavy rain has also caused several landslides, and caused damage to the storm water drainage system in La Cabaña areas of Tegucigalpa.

River levels are also high, in particular the San José, Guacerique and Sabacuante, according to Copeco.

The authorities have issued three flood warnings over the last 7 days. Yesterday Copeco issued a green (low) level weather warning for the next 48 hours for the nine departments of Copan, Ocotepeque, Lempira, Santa Barbara, Comayagua, La Paz, Francisco Morazan, Valle and Choluteca.

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© CopecoHeavy rain forces a wall to collapse near a supermarket in La Kennedy, Honduras.

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Golf-ball-sized hail reported in Brisbane, Australia

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© Bec RobinsThe deluge caused isolated flash flooding in Indooroopilly.
No major damage has been reported after a hailstorm passed over south-east Queensland this afternoon.

The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning at 2:30pm, warning of heavy rainfall and large hailstones near Brisbane's CBD.

The storm had earlier been near Logan before it moved north-west toward the city.

The bureau said "golf-ball-sized hail" was reported at Indooroopilly at 2:15pm, with small hailstones reported south of Brisbane.


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Lightning strikes kill two people in Ariyalur, India

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Two persons were struck dead by lightning in two different incidents in the district on Saturday.

Seven goats also died in the lightning strike.

In the first incident, Palanisamy (58) of Sathamangalam was reported to have struck dead while grazing goats in the village along with seven goats. Two others sustained injuries and were rushed to the Thanjavur Medical College Hospital.

In another incident, Thaiyamuthu (65) of Lalgudi, who was visiting her daughter, was killed while grazing goats at Vilagam in the district.

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Three US tourists hit by lightning at Poas Volcano, Costa Rica

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The forked stuff
Three tourists from the United States were taken to the hospital in serious condition after being struck by lightning while visiting the Poas Volcano on Saturday.

The incident took place around 12:30 p.m. as a significant thunderstorm moved through the area.

The victims, all from the United States, were identified by the Red Cross as Jorge Teller, 32; Javier Carpio, 30; and Shelby Suminsky, 28.

Suminsky suffered multiple first-degree burns across her body, while Carpio received multiple second-degree burns and a head wound. Teller was burned on his right leg. Only one of the victims was able to walk on their own, according to a Red Cross spokesperson.

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Tennis ball-sized hail strikes near Stanton, Nebraska

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The big stuff
A viewer shared a photo of Stanton County that shows the weight of the thunderstorm that swept through.

The storm left tennis balls-sized hail in some locations, such as resident Danielle Gallup's yard.

"Hail is hitting hard," Gallup said.

The fall storm subjected the area north of Stanton to dangerous hail stones Tuesday morning.

"Honestly, it sounded like we were at a shooting range, cause it was hitting off the roof and vehicles, everywhere," Gallup said, referring to some video she captured on her phone.

Gallup said it scared her and damaged her friend's truck, along with the side of her house.

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Massive waterspout seen off Phuket, Thailand

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© Sakrit Kaewpon The huge water spout could be seen overland from Koh Kaew, north of Phuket Town.
Construction workers at Supalai Lagoon in Koh Kaew dropped their tools when they spotted a gigantic waterspout off the east coast of Phuket this morning (Sept 23).

Site manager Sakrit Kaewpon, who was installing water pipes at the site, told The Phuket News that the towering "water twister" appeared at about 10am several miles off Sapam Beach.

"The waterspout remained in sight from the coast for about 10 minutes, before finally disappearing," he said.

Mr Sakrit managed to capture several photos of the gigantic waterspout.

"It was raining before the waterspout appeared. I didn't know about it until my co-workers shouted out, 'Look at that!" Mr Sakrit said

"We were so excited to see a real one so close. Most of us have only ever seen photos of them online."

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Flash floods wreak havoc in Bodrum, Turkey

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© DHAFlash floods wreck havoc in Bodrum after intense raining.
A massive amount of rain late on Tuesday caused flash floods in Turkey's tourist resort town of Bodrum, inundating the area with so much water that cars were floating in the streets.

The three-hour downpour was so intense that flash floods quickly enveloped many streets in Bodrum, an Aegean resort town in Muğla province, causing significant physical damage as the tourist season comes to a close.

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The damage was mostly visible in Şakir and Dere streets, where at least 20 cars were dragged away by flash floods.

Access to streets was also blocked due to the floods.


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Heavy downpour floods roads in Dover, UK

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Chaos has erupted this morning as some of the roads in Dover, Deal and Sandwich have become flooded due to heavy rain.

The downpour has been constant since before 6am, leaving country roads such as the Alkham Valley a difficulty to drive through.

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The Met Office issued a weather warning for rain at about 7am and the deluge is not expected to ease until 3pm.

Surface water has forced motorists to slow down, especially in busy parts such as Dover's London Road and in Walmer, Lord Warden Avenue took the brunt, as pictured here in Angela Barron's pictures.

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Large tornado '50 metres wide' hits West Sussex, UK

West Sussex tornado
© Andy CouplandIt appeared to touch down near the A283 near Steyning
A large tornado reported to be up to 50 metres in diameter has touched down in West Sussex.

These photos were taken by Andy Coupland who saw it from his home in Poynings six miles away.

He took the photographs just after 11.30am and said the tornado appeared to have touched down on farmland close to the A283.
"The tornado is seen to be at the base of a classic funnel cloud.

Given the range at which these photographs were taken - the diameter of the rotating column would have been huge, possibly greater than 50 metres.

The speed of rotation was quite rapid.

This was one impressive tornado, even from six miles away!"

Andy Coupland

Comment: Other incidents in recent months of these 'rare' UK tornadoes include those in, Northampton, Somerset and Newport.