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1 dead after severe storms ravage Hamburg and Buetzow, Germany


The Guardian
Wed, 06 May 2015 13:16 UTC
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© EPAThe mayor of Buetzow says the town has suffered "massive damage"
The German town of Buetzow has been left extensively damaged by what residents described as a tornado that tore off roofs, overturned cars and ripped up trees, with more destruction reported in other parts of Germany.

Roof tiles and debris were strewn across the streets and buildings left severely damaged when the storm struck on Tuesday.

Dozens of cars were destroyed and people injured as trees were upturned and buildings damaged by the winds. One person in the city of Hamburg was killed by falling debris.


Comment: Check out SOTT's Earth Changes Summary for April, 2015 for the most severe events from the last month. It does look like 'complete madness'.

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Man riding horse killed by lightning bolt in Moscow, Iowa


kcci.com
Tue, 05 May 2015 12:37 UTC
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Authorities say a southeast Iowa man and the horse he was riding were killed by a lightning strike.

The Muscatine County Sheriff's Office says 35-year-old William J. "Billy" Clevenger and his horse died Monday night when they were struck by lightning near Moscow in rural Muscatine County.

The Muscatine Journal reports deputies were called to a property Monday night and found Clevenger and another man, John R. Jenkins.

Both men were taken to a Muscatine hospital, where Jenkins was treated and then released and Clevenger was pronounced dead.

Source: The Associated Press
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Cloud Precipitation

Surf's up: Recent New Zealand storm bringing massive waves to southern California


RT
Mon, 04 May 2015 18:20 UTC
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© Reuters / Mike Blake
A recent storm near New Zealand is being blamed for major waves thousands of miles away off the coast of California this week.

The National Weather Service says Californians can expect to encounter massive waves through Tuesday this week as a result of the storm that erupted on Thursday and Friday in the southern hemisphere, the Los Angeles Times reported.

According to the paper, a high-surf advisory has been issued for the west coast upon concerns that waves as tall as 15 feet could crash onto Newport Beach in Orange County.

"Once those waves are created, they keep traveling until they reach land," David Sweet, a weather service meteorologist, told the Times. "So we can thank our friends Down Under."
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Heavy rains bring death toll to 6 along Australia's east coast


The Standard
Mon, 04 May 2015 16:44 UTC
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© ABC TV News
The death toll from heavy rains that inundated Australia's east coast has climbed to six, as flood warnings continued following a severe deluge that cut power to thousands of homes and isolated numerous communities.

The eastern states of Queensland and New South Wales faced a huge clean-up task ahead, but were forecast to experience easing conditions following two days of wild weather.

"Never before have we seen such a huge volume of rain drop in such a short period of time," Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told broadcaster Channel Seven.

Comment: Also see:
  • 3 die in floods after 'off the scale' downpours in Caboolture, Australia: Nearly 11 inches of rain in 3 hours
  • Thousands displaced by floods in Java and Lombok, Indonesia


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Lightning strikes kill 5, injures 3 in Bangladesh


The Express Tribune
Sat, 02 May 2015 18:16 UTC
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They say lightning does not strike the same place twice. Even as that may be, it managed to kill no less than five people and injured three others in separate incidents in Sunamganj, a borderline district in north-eastern Bangladesh on Saturday.

Those killed by nature's wrath were identified as Abdul Jalil, 50, Harivokto Das, 45, Razu Miah, 20, Abdul Kader, 18, and Rasheda Begum, 31.

According to police and eyewitnesses, four people were killed as they were harvesting a paddy at the croplands during the morning in Dirai and Dharampasa areas when the thunderbolts killed them.

Another victim of lightning, Rasheda was struck when she ventured outside the safety of her home to save her cattle in Kuna Kucha village, according to Mohammad Shahidullah, officer-in-charge of Tahirpur Police Station.

Those injured in the incident were then taken to Dirai Upazila health complex for treatment.
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Tornadoes ruin houses and destroy crops in North Cotabato, Philippines

Williamor Magbanua
Inquirer Mindanao
Fri, 01 May 2015 12:24 UTC
Tornadoes North Cotabato
© WILLIAMOR A. MAGBANUA/INQUIRER MINDANAOA farmworker checks the banana plants devastated by a twister in Barangay Manongol, Kidapawan City.
Tornadoes have ravaged houses and croplands for weeks in some parts of North Cotabato, a province already experiencing a dry spell for months. The latest of seven twisters to hit the province this month alone was reported Monday night in Barangay Manongol city. At least 5,000 banana plants were damaged, but no human casualty was reported.

It was the third to occur in the city this month, officials said. On Monday last week, a tornado damaged some P2 million worth of fruiting banana plants in Barangay Paco. Another damaged 27 houses in Barangay Magatos in Kabacan town, according to Mayor Herlo Guzman.
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Waterspout filmed close to Phuket Beach, Thailand


The Phuket News
Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:20 UTC


The waterspout could clearly be seen for around a minute before decaying into a cloud above.

The last waterspout to be seen in Phuket was in November last year over Patong beach.

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explains that waterspouts are essentially the same as tornados, but over water.

"Waterspouts fall into two categories: fair weather waterspouts and tornadic waterspouts.

"Tornadic waterspouts are tornadoes that form over water, or move from land to water. They have the same characteristics as a land tornado. They are associated with severe thunderstorms, and are often accompanied by high winds and seas, large hail, and frequent dangerous lightning.
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3 die in floods after 'off-the-scale' downpours in Caboolture, Australia: Nearly 11 inches of rain in 3 hours

George Sandeman
The Guardian
Fri, 01 May 2015 17:50 UTC
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© Dan Peled/AAP A car is submerged in flood water in Stones Corner, Brisbane.
An eight-year-old boy and two adults have been killed after their car was swept away by flood waters in south-east Queensland.

Police were called to Dances Road in Caboolture, north of Brisbane, just after 5.30pm. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene along with a man in his 70s and a woman in her 30s.

Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk described the deaths as tragic, saying police investigations were under way. "On behalf of all Queenslanders we express our deepest sympathies," she told reporters on Friday night.

She described the storm cell as "off the scale".

Caboolture alone received 333mm of rain from 9am, with 277mm falling within three hours in the afternoon. The average rainfall for Brisbane for the month of May is 74mm but, as ABC weather presenter Jenny Woodward tweeted, the city has received a record amount of 181mm, with the previous mark having been 149mm in 1980. The Bureau of Meteorology has also said that some areas of Queensland experienced winds in excess of 100km/h.

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Storm dumps 7 inches of rain in a day on Havana, Cuba

Richard Davies
floodlist.com
Fri, 01 May 2015 10:51 UTC
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© Juvenal Balán / GranmaFloods in Havana, Cuba, 30 April 2015.
A storm dumped over 188mm (7.4 inches) of rain on Havana, Cuba, during 30 April 2015, leaving 2 dead and causing several buildings to collapse.

Local media say that one of the victims, an elderly man, drowned in the flood water in the Old Havana District of the city. The other victim was electrocuted after power cables were knocked down by the storm.

Water and power supplies were interrupted during the storm. At least three buildings collapsed and over 20 others were damaged. Building collapses are not uncommon in the older areas of the city, where housing stock is densely inhabited and generally in poor condition. In late November 2013, 2 people died in Havana after a building collapsed as a result of flooding.

The heavy rain flooded many of the city's streets. The municipalities of Centro Habana, Old Havana and Cerro were the worst affected, according to local media. Flood water was over 50cm deep in some areas, causing problems for drivers and pedestrians.

More heavy rain is expected in the country over the next 24 to 48 hours, particularly in western regions. The torrential rains have been caused by thunderstorms that formed rapidly in the Florida Straits, ahead of a cold front, according to Cuba's National Institute of Meteorology (INSMET).
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Severe storms hit Eastern Australia as emergency services put on alert


The Guardian
Fri, 01 May 2015 08:41 UTC
Eastern Australia storms May 2015
© Bureau of Meteorology Storms pass over the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, heading south towards New South Wales on Friday. Reproduced with the permission of the Bureau of Meteorology.

South-east Queensland hit by a deluge, forcing events to be cancelled, and parts of northern NSW warned to expect damaging winds and heavy rainfall

The east coast low battering Queensland is moving south toward New South Wales, with heavy rain and dangerous winds set to hit the northern rivers, mid north Coast and northern tablelands over the weekend.

Queenslanders have been experiencing wind gusts in excess of 100km/hr and extreme flash flooding on Friday, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (Bom).

The rugby league Anzac Test between Australia and New Zealand at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night has been postponed due to the bad weather.

The Australia-New Zealand Test will now be played on Sunday at 4pm, with the City-Country match going ahead at 2pm.

All tickets purchased for Friday's match will be valid for the rescheduled match, however those unable to attend will be given a full refund.

Rain had earlier forced organisers to call off the trans-Tasman curtain-raiser - the women's Test between Australia's Jillaroos and New Zealand's Kiwi Ferns - although that will now also be rescheduled for Sunday.

That east coast low is expected to cross the state border early on Saturday morning, when the rainfall in Queensland will begin to decrease and the focus will turn to NSW.

"We're going into the most intense period of rainfall in the next six to 12 hours [in NSW] and with that we'll also see those strong winds too," a Bom spokesman said on Friday afternoon.

Rainfall of around 150 to 200mm is expected for northern NSW during that time, with the possibility of localised falls of more than 350mm.

People living along the coast from the Queensland border as far south as Port Macquarie would be hit with the heaviest rain and strongest winds, with very heavy surf also predicted, according to a statement from the Bom.

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