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6 inches of hail falls on Custer, South Dakota

Scot Mundt
keloland.com
Tue, 28 Jul 2015 13:25 UTC
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A lot of hail fell in Custer Monday evening, this photo was sent to us showing the 1 inch in diameter hail. Except the 1 inch hail ended up being 6 inches deep.

This sort of thing has happened before. Just earlier this month, another hail storm caused the plows to come out.

The Black Hills are notorious for hail. This is because the freezing level is closer to the ground than in the plains of central and eastern Keloland. While most of the hail remains small at an inch or under, enough can fall in a short amount of time to give the appearance of snow. But we know we can get our fair share of large hail too.

Yesterday's storm reports had hail of just under two inches for parts of the northern Hills. While three and a half inch hail fell in Hill City. We should get a break from the hail as dry skies are forecasted for the rest of the week.


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4 inches of hailstones prompts summer use of snowplows in Rapid City, South Dakota

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Study: Changing storm dynamics causing greater risk of flooding; nearly 40% of U.S. population at risk


RT
Tue, 28 Jul 2015 03:46 UTC
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Changing storm dynamics are causing a greater risk of flooding than they were 50 years ago, particularly on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, putting nearly 40 percent of the US population in harm's way, according to a new study from a Florida university.

In the study, Florida researchers used records of rainfall, sea levels and hurricanes for more than 30 American cities along the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts to assess the relationship between heavy rainfall on land and abnormal rises in water levels occurring during a storm or storm surge.

For both the East and West coasts, they found that, currently, weather events blowing water towards the coast are more likely to cause heavy rainfall over the land and lead to flooding than weather events that took place in the 1950s.
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Death toll rises to 11 in northern Vietnam floods; greatest rainfall for 40 years


The Sun (Vietnam)
Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:21 UTC
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© VNA/VNS/ Van DucRainfall flooded many roads in Quang Ninh Province's Ha Long City. The province's People's Committee yesterday held an online meeting with local authorities to co-ordinate on repairing damage caused by heavy rain over the last two days.
The death toll rose to 11 in record floods in northern Vietnam, with at least six people still missing, authorities said Tuesday.

The latest victims include a mother and son whose house collapsed and buried them, according to Quang Ninh provincial department of agriculture.

"The possibility to find the six alive is very small," said Nguyen Duc Long, chairman of the province.

Floods triggered by heavy rains have damaged nearly 3,000 houses, and thousands of people have fled to safety, authorities said.

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Flood in Cua Ong, Quang Ninh province
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Floods in Pakistan kill 69; nearly 300,000 affected


Deccan Herald
Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:05 UTC
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Floodwater in Pakistan
At least 69 people have been killed and nearly three lakh others displaced across Pakistan in the devastating floods triggered by torrental rains, officials said today.

At least 34 people were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 15 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, eight in Punjab, seven in Balochistan and five in Gilgit-Baltistian, bringing the overall toll to 69, said Ahmad Kamal, an official with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

About 36 people sustained injuries in the rain and flood related accidents. At least 294,844 people were affected by the floods. About 1,855 houses have been destroyed and crops on 2,05,366 acres of land have been damaged.

NDMA along with army and civil authorities have taken measures to help the people displaced by the deluge.


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Lightning strike kills 12-yr-old boy in Jamnagar, India


nyoooz.com
Sat, 25 Jul 2015 11:49 UTC
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Summary: The boy was identified as Gala Raba, a resident of Jambusar Nes village in Bhanvad taluka. Though the weather remained overcast on Friday there was no heavy rains reported from any part of Saurashtra on Friday.

However, sporadic light to moderate rains were recorded in few place in Saurahstra and Kutch region.

A 12-year-old boy died after being struck by lightning in Bhanvad taluka of Jamnagar district on Thursday late evening. The boy was identified as Gala Raba, a resident of Jambusar Nes village in Bhanvad taluka. The incident took place when he was playing in the field. Though the weather remained overcast on Friday there was no heavy rains reported from any part of Saurashtra on Friday. However, sporadic light to moderate rains were recorded in few place in Saurahstra and Kutch region. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a rainfall forecast for the next 48 hours.
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Lightning strike kills fisherman in Philippines

Kevin A. Lagunda
Sun Star
Mon, 27 Jul 2015 11:38 UTC
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A fisherman died after a bolt of lightning reportedly hit him while he was eating bread in Barangay Maya, Daanbantayan yesterday morning.

Police identified the fatality as Benancio Pepito, who suffered severe head injuries.

Investigator PO3 Victor Avenido said the town experienced intermittent rain and thunderstorm before the incident happened around 10 a.m.

Relatives told the police that Pepito sailed to the sea early in the morning to fish. He was using a wooden boat.

He later went back to shore to buy bread.

Some residents saw Pepito eating the bread while walking along the shore toward his boat when the lightning struck him, said Avenido in a phone interview.

They tried to help the fisherman and rush him to the hospital, but they noticed he was already dead.
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Lightning kills young farmer in the Philippines

Thom Andrade
interaksyon.com
Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:31 UTC
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A young farmer died Sunday when he was struck by lightning on his way home in Remedios T. Romualdez town, Agusan Del Norte, police said.

Reports reaching Camp Crame on Monday said Joylito Hapson Mondano, 27 of Purok-4, Barangay Poblacion was walking with a friend, Adonar Batokan, along a rice field past noon Sunday when a thunderstorm broke out accompanied by lightning strikes.

Mondano was rushed by an rescue team to the Butuan Medical Center where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Lightning strike kills man in Moscow


abcnews.go.com
Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:23 UTC
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Russian investigators say lightning has killed a construction worker in Moscow.

Russian news agencies on Monday quoted investigation spokeswoman Yulia Ivanova as saying that the man was stuck by lightning in a park in the west of the city earlier on Monday and died on the spot. The man is believed to be a construction worker who was hiding from heavy rain in the park.

A thunderstorm in Moscow on Monday morning partially flooded several Moscow streets with 300 emergency workers dispatched to pump out the water. A third of the month's average rainfall is expected in Moscow on Monday and Tuesday.

Source: Associated Press
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Lightning strikes kill two people in Bangladesh


The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Sat, 25 Jul 2015 20:05 UTC
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Two persons were killed and another injured in lightning in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj yesterday, said police.

Motahar Hossain Mukul, headmaster of Sonabor High School, was working on the roof of his house in Adda village when thunderbolt struck him during rain.

At Jugibari village, Sona Begum, 35, was killed and her husband Rafiqul injured in lightning while they were working in their yard during rain.

Rafiqul was admitted to the Upazila Health complex.
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Netherlands' worst ever July storm kills one, causes transport chaos


Reuters
Sat, 25 Jul 2015 19:28 UTC
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One person was killed as the most severe July storm ever recorded in the Netherlands swept across the country on Saturday, delaying flights and disrupting road and rail traffic.

Dozens of flights were delayed at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport and authorities warned travellers not to take to the road as gale-force winds and rain lashed the country, prompting the meteorological service to issue a "Code Red" warning.

No trains were running at Amsterdam Central Station, and trams were halted across the city. Roads were blocked by fallen trees in many places around the low-lying country.

A motorist was killed in the eastern province of Gelderland when a tree fell on his car, and there were reports of people being injured in several cities.

With gusts of up to 121 kmh in coastal regions, it was the most violent July storm in the Netherlands since records began in 1901.
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