A massive landslide unleashed by violent overnight storms tore through the alpine village of Borca di Cadore in Italy's Veneto region early Monday, burying homes and vehicles under tons of mud, rock, and debris. Located just south of Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomites, the village was hit shortly after midnight during a thunderstorm that dumped heavy rainfall across the region.
Around 20 houses were damaged, with at least ten residents trapped in their homes as boulders and mud blocked entrances. Ground floors were flooded, vehicles were destroyed, and power outages further complicated rescue efforts. Emergency crews, including firefighters and civil protection, worked through the night to evacuate families and clear blocked roads. The main route to Cortina, the SS51 Alemagna state road, was closed for hours and remains partially obstructed.
Residents in the Winnett area are picking up the pieces Monday, following a chaotic storm that brought tennis-ball sized hail to the area.
Residents told MTN that majority of the larger hail was found outside of town, while golf-ball sized hail hit downtown.
Watch this video to see the damage:
That larger hail hit hard at the Kiehl Ranch, about 20 minutes southwest of Winnett.
"It was so loud," said Haley Kiehl on Monday afternoon. "We saw one fall right out, and I thought a bird fell out of the sky, it was so big."
Kiehl said the storm interrupted her family's work around the property, as they quickly hid for cover in their shop. She said that the hail fell for the next 10-15 minutes and that it was hard to hear anything.
"That was hands down the biggest hail I've ever seen," Kiehl said.
Numerous Flash Flood Warnings and two rare Flash Flood Emergencies were issued in West Virginia over the weekend as deadly flooding struck the state. Some areas in Ohio County, West Virginia, saw up to 4 inches of rain in an hour. A state of emergency was declared in Marion County, where an apartment building partially collapsed in Fairmont.
At least six people have been killed, and two others remain unaccounted for after dangerous flash flooding impacted Wheeling and surrounding communities in West Virginia over the weekend, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey told FOX Weather on Monday morning.
The governor said during a news conference on Sunday that a 3-year-old child was among the deaths being attributed to flash flooding.
"There were roughly 3 to 4 inches of water that fell in the area in less than an hour. That's very, very difficult to deal with," Morrisey said as he commended the first responders attempting to reach people during the flooding.
Search and rescue efforts resumed Monday morning, and officials continue to urge people to stay off local roads.
Chao Li-yen and Chao Yen-hsiang focustaiwan.tw Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:08 UTC
A man believed to be a migrant worker died Monday after being struck by lightning while fishing in Taichung, central Taiwan.
The deceased, estimated to be around 30 years old, has not yet been identified due to the lack of an ID card, the Taichung Fire Bureau said.
The bureau received a report at 4:51 p.m. about a male angler struck by lightning near a bridge in Houli District, prompting emergency personnel to rush to the scene.
The man, who had no vital signs when personnel arrived, was taken to hospital, where attempts to revive him failed.
Three climbers died after being struck by lightning while hiking in Austria's Tyrol region at the weekend.
The victims were a married couple, both aged 60, and the wife's 62-year-old brother, police said on Monday.
The three were ascending the 2,600-metre-high Mittagsspitze, in the far west of the country, on Sunday when sudden and severe weather changes forced them to turn back.
Concerned relatives alerted local authorities when the group failed to return to the valley. An emergency helicopter crew located the three bodies near a marked trail at an elevation of around 2,300 metres.
Medical examiners later confirmed that all three died from a lightning strike.
Marek Kučera mkweather.com Sun, 15 Jun 2025 10:28 UTC
8.5 cm hail in Olby, Auvergne Region, France on June 14th 2025.
On June 14, 2025, a powerful hailstorm swept through the Auvergne and Bourgogne regions of France, delivering hailstones up to 9 cm in diameter. The storm caused significant damage to agriculture, vehicles, and infrastructure. Reports from the European Severe Weather Database (ESWD) and eyewitness accounts confirm the severity of the event.
The most intense hailstorm occurred in Olby, Auvergne, France, on June 14, 2025, at 20:15 UTC, where hailstones reached a maximum diameter of 8.5 centimeters. This event represents the largest hailstones recorded in the dataset, indicating a highly severe storm.
Close behind was the hailstorm in Sougy-sur-Loire, Bourgogne, France, on the same day at 20:48 UTC, with hailstones measuring up to 8 centimeters. This storm was also quite severe and likely caused significant damage.
Following these were hailstorms producing hailstones around 4.5 centimeters in Brinay at 21:25 UTC and La Machine at 20:55 UTC, both in Bourgogne, showing a strong and persistent hail-producing system in the region.
Residents in 54 villages in Khongxedon district, Saravan province, are suffering from flash floods after heavy rain in recent days, unleashed by tropical storm Wutip.
The district has been flooded since June 13, affecting farmland, houses, schools and animals, while roads are unusable. Fortunately, there have been no reports of injuries or deaths, according to the disaster management committee in Khongxedon district.
Currently, the Khongxedon district authorities are moving residents, vehicles and animals to safe places, and authorities continue to monitor the flood situation, especially in villages along the Xedon River.
They have also prepared for the situation, such as 24-hour patrols, 13 rescue boats, life jackets, food, drinking water and other necessary items.
Jean-Yves Kamale ABC News Sat, 14 Jun 2025 13:28 UTC
Detail from Kinshasa, Photo: Screenshot/Youtube
Major flooding hit several neighborhoods in Congo's capital Kinshasa, killing at least 19 people and causing severe damage, authorities said Saturday.
Heavy rains Friday through Saturday triggered floods and landslides in Kinshasa's western neighborhood of Ngaliema, killing at least 17 people, the local mayor, Fulgence Bolokome, told the radio station Top Congo. Two avenues in the city were also cut off, he added.
Two other people died when the deluge toppled a wall in the southern neighborhood of Lemba, Mayor Jean-Serge Poba said. A police camp and a bridge were damaged.
"It was around 3 a.m. when we heard a loud noise. When we went outside, the neighbors' wall had collapsed. The man and his wife both died, leaving behind five children who made it out unharmed," resident Clovis Kalenga told The Associated Press.
In April, floods in Kinshasa killed at least 22 people and cut off access to over half the city and the country's main airport.
Affected by a second landfall of this year's first Typhoon Wutip along the western coast of Leizhou, South China's Guangdong Province, waterspouts appeared near Guangzhou's Nansha passenger port on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, torrential rains triggered by the typhoon have caused a deadly mudslide in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, resulting in three fatalities.
According to the Guangdong provincial meteorological observatory, the center of the typhoon made landfall again in the western coastal area of Leizhou around 12:30 pm Saturday, packing maximum force 11 winds near its core, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
At around 10 pm Saturday, the official Weibo account of Guangzhou emergency early warning information release center stated that a waterspout occurred south of the Humen Bridge between 2:36 pm and 3:00 pm Saturday, followed by another waterspout east of Longxue island between 3:00 pm and 3:30 pm, the Chinanews reported on Sunday.
No disaster reports have been received regarding these waterspouts, said the report.
Virendra Vanvasi, his wife, and two daughters died after lightning hit their house in Prayagraj; bodies sent for postmortem.
Four members of a family were killed after being struck by lightning in Sonvarsha Hallabor village here, officials said on Sunday.
Additional District Magistrate (Finance and Revenue) Vinita Singh said the family was sleeping in their thatched house on Saturday night when the incident took place.
The deceased have been identified as Virendra Vanvasi, his wife Parvati and daughters Radha and Karishma.
The age of the deceased is yet to be ascertained, Singh said, adding the bodies have been sent for postmortem.
"The purpose of GLADIO was to attack civilians, the people - women, children, innocent people, unknown people, far removed from any political game. The reason was quite simple: to force the public to turn to the State and demand greater security. Under a strategy of tension, you 'destabilize in order to stabilize', to create tension within society and promote conservative, reactionary social and political tendencies."
~ Italian neo-fascist whose prosecution led to the discovery of NATO's 'Gladio' networks across Western Europe
