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Woman, 30 sheep killed by lightning in Raichur, India

Kumar Buradikatti
The Hindu
Mon, 01 Jun 2015 15:23 UTC
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A woman and over 30 sheep have been killed in three separate incidents of lightening strike in Raichur on Sunday evening.

The deceased has been identified as Yallamma (35), a resident of Ulumeshwar village in Lingasugur taluk. Another woman Lingamm (30), who was with the deceased, sustained injuries. As per the villagers, both were at an agricultural field when lightening struck.

In another incident at Gorebal village in Sindhanur taluk, 26 sheep were killed by lightning at about 6.30 p.m. The villagers said there were 45 sheep in the flock when lightning struck. The flock belonged to Venkatesh, resident of the same village. In the third incident, at least 4 sheep were killed at Balaganur in Sindhanur taluk.

Hailstorm and rain were reported from the rural areas of Lingasugur, Raichur and Sindhanur districts. Roofs of many huts at LBS Nagar in Raichur city were ripped off in the rainstorm.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolts kills teen, injures 2 others in West Virginia

M. Alex Johnson
nbcnews.com
Mon, 01 Jun 2015 13:51 UTC
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A 17-year-old West Virginia boy died and two other 17-year-old boys were injured Monday after a lightning strike in Fayette County, the sheriff's office said.

The teens were injured about 3:30 p.m. ET near the town of Fayetteville, southeast of Charleston, Sheriff Steve Kessler said. The boys were fishing at a pond when a severe thunderstorm hit and lightning struck a tree near where they were standing. One of the surviving boys appeared to be seriously injured, although the condition of neither survivor could immediately be confirmed, Kessler said.

"This appears to be a very tragic freak accident," he said.

More showers and thundershowers are forecast for at least another week for Fayetteville, the National Weather Service said.
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Cloud Precipitation

Hundreds of birds killed by hailstorm in Ballari, India


The Hindu
Sun, 31 May 2015 19:14 UTC
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© The HinduA large number of Rose-ringed Parakeet are among the 13 species killed in the heavy rain accompanied by hail storm in Hagari Bommanahalli taluk on Friday night.
Hundreds of birds were killed in the heavy pre-monsoon rain accompanied by hail-storm that lashed in Ballari on Friday night.

For the first time such a large number of birds have been killed in heavy rain. This incident occurred near Krishnapur village, 27 km from Hagari Bommanahalli taluk in the district.

As many as thirteen species of birds, including Plum-headed Parakeet, cattle Egret, pond Heron, Grey Heron, crows, common Myna, Copper Smith Barbet, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Small Pratincole among others, were found dead.

These birds, who depend on the horticulture crops in the vicinity, roost on the coconut trees in the surrounding.

According to Vijaykumar Itagi, a bird watcher from Hagari Bommanahalli, who rushed to the spot on getting the information, as many as 1,570 birds were found dead within a 200 metre radius.
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Windsock

Sleepy English village hit by freak mini-tornado

Ian Mat
Shepton Mallet Journal
Fri, 29 May 2015 08:06 UTC
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Mark Davis and the remains of his greenhouse, post mini-tornado, in Binegar
Freak weather struck one man's home in Binegar this afternoon, causing thousands of pounds of damage in minutes.

Mark Davis, 43, told dailymail.co.uk a mini-tornado was responsible for terribly damaging his home today.

The wind damaged his roof, garage and greenhouse.

Mr Davis told the Daily Mail: "'I've never seen anything like it. It made a deafening noise. I thought it was thunder and lightning to start with.

"The sky went very dark and it started pouring with rain. Some of my neighbours took cover indoors as debris was flying everywhere.

"It only lasted for about two minutes and appeared to be very localised. I would estimate the damage to my property to be around £2,000."

Comment: The UK Met Office is investigating reports that another mini tornado hit Newport on the same day.

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Bizarro Earth

Tornado strikes natural gas drilling rig in Texas panhandle

Eric M. Johnson
Reuters
Thu, 28 May 2015 01:07 UTC
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© kfor.comThe Canadian, Texas tornado just before it struck an oil rig in Texas.
At least three people were injured on Wednesday when a tornado hit a natural gas drilling rig in northern Texas, the Hemphill County sheriff and a hospital official said.

One victim sustained minor injuries, the second had non-life-threatening injuries to the face, and the third suffered "an impalement to the abdomen," Hemphill County Sheriff James Pearson said in a statement.

Two of the more seriously injured were transported to a hospital in Amarillo and one was treated at Hemphill County Hospital in Canadian, Hemphill Hospital Chief Executive Christy Francis said.

The patient who remained at Hemphill County Hospital was in stable condition, Francis said.

The drilling rig is near Canadian, a town of nearly 3,000 residents that is about 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Amarillo in the Texas panhandle.

Pearson said highways were closed due to debris from downed trees and flooding.

There was no word on the rig's operations but Pearson said there was "extensive damage to the doghouses," the general-purpose rooms adjacent to the rig floor.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 4 children in Ilorin, Nigeria


Bella Naija
Thu, 28 May 2015 19:17 UTC
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Wednesday, May 27th, Children's Day, was a tragic day in Gure town in Ilorin, Kwara State, as three children are said to have been killed by lightning.

According to Vanguard:
The lightening at Gure, a popular ancient town and the commercial nerve centre of Baruten council, struck during a downpour between 12 midnight of Tuesday and 1a.m of yesterday.

The lightening was said to have killed all the children instantly, three of who were of the same parents. The fourth one came to pass the night with the other victims. The injured ones have been hospitalised.

Sources said the lightening broke down the wall of the house, and that the remains of the victims have been buried in accordance with Islamic rites.

It was further learned that the down pour also blew off the roofing sheets of many houses in the town, rendering some residents homeless.
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Cloud Precipitation

Record rainfall for Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Nebraska

Robert Felix
iceagenow.info
Wed, 27 May 2015 12:39 UTC
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© Jamie MitchellRain in Fort Smith, Arkansas
Several cities have already seen one of their wettest moths on record. And the month isn't over. And there's more rain in the forecast

Fort Smith, Arkansas - With 18.33 inches of rain through 2:00 a.m. Tuesday, Fort Smith broke the previous record of 15.02 inches in June 1945, making it the wettest month on record

Oklahoma City - On Saturday, the city broke its June 1989 record of 14.66 inches to become the wettest month in Oklahoma City history.

Wichita Falls, Texas - May 2015 became the wettest month on record early Friday afternoon when the city's month-to-date total reached 13.33 inches. That broke the record for May - and for any month on the calendar - both set in May 1982 with 13.22 inches.

Corpus Christi, Texas - Rainfall in May 2015 was 13.41 inches through 3:00 a.m. May 26, well beyond the previous May record of 10.44 inches set in 1941.

According to weather.com senior meteorologist Nick Wiltgen, May 2015 now exceeds Corpus's total rainfall for the entire drought-parched year of 2011, which was only 12.06 inches.
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Windsock

Waterspout in Florida lifts bounce house 50 ft. up into air, injuring kids inside (VIDEO)


RT
Tue, 26 May 2015 03:35 UTC
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A Memorial Day attraction at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park in Florida went terribly wrong when a sudden waterspout uprooted and overturned an inflatable bounce house, injuring children inside, before lifting it some 50 feet (15 meters) up in the air.

The video of the accident posted on YouTube shows the inflatable house flying above palm trees, across a parking lot and over four lanes of traffic.

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Bizarro Earth

Tornado rips through northern Mexico border town killing 13 and damaging hundred of homes


BBC
Mon, 25 May 2015 00:00 UTC
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Many residents have lost their homes in the tornado
At least 13 people have been killed by a tornado that hit the northern Mexico border city of Ciudad Acuna.

Hundreds of homes have been damaged or destroyed in the city, in Coahuila state, which is just across the border from Del Rio, Texas.

Images from the scene showed cars upended and leaning against buildings.

Dozens of people have been injured and officials warned that the death toll could rise.

Coahuila Governor Ruben Moreira, on a visit to the stricken area, said 10 adults and three children had died and a baby was missing. Another 150 people had been taken to hospital, he said.
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Snowflake

New Zealand hit by the 'biggest storm on Earth'


New Zealand Herald
Mon, 25 May 2015 17:15 UTC
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Snow surrounding the Shotover River in Queenstown.
A storm blasting Antarctic weather over New Zealand is currently the biggest storm on earth according to WeatherWatch.

The low stretches from just south of Fiji to Antarctica's ice shelf, but only 20 per cent of the storm is affecting New Zealand.

WeatherWatch.co.nz said the forecast air pressure at its centre over the next 24 hours would be greater than that of Hurricane Katrina when it made landfall in 2005.

Weather expert Philip Duncan said, "It's fairly normal to get a cold snap in late May. We're less than a week away from winter, it's not surprising to get a blast like this."

But he said the low's strength was surprising.

"The depth of this storm south of New Zealand is up there with some of the biggest hurricanes we've seen. It's a really big storm."

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However, WeatherWatch.co.nz said only the storm's edges were affecting New Zealand - its centre lay around 1000 to 1500kms to our south east.

Southland, Otago and Banks Peninsula woke this morning to the heaviest dumping of snow so far this year.

Overnight, areas of Central Otago and Southland saw up to 30 cm of snow, according to Metservice.

The North Island didn't escape the cold weather with light snow falls reported in Napier and heavier falls on the Napier-Taupo Rd.

Queenstown Airport was temporarily closed, with heavy snow right down to the township, and snow flurries blanketed Invercargill.

Dunedin was battered by an onslaught of nasty weather, said MetService, hit by snow, showers and offshore thunderstorms.

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© Petra BalsillieArrowtown blanketed in snow.
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