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Igloo

Heavy snow and blizzards hit Kazakhstan; residents forced to dig tunnels to escape buried houses (VIDEO)

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© YouTube/Андрей Щетинин (screen capture)The rooftops of houses are barely visible following blizzards in Kazakhstan this month.
Heavy snowfall and blizzards have affected regions of Kazakhstan. Although some blizzard conditions were predicted by Kazhydromet (National Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan) such was the accumulation of snowfall in the area around Prīrechnoe, residents had to resort to digging tunnels to escape from their homes.


Cloud Lightning

Rare February thunderstorm hits Central New York

Hail in New York
© Lindsey GeigerPea-sized hail fell in Solvay this morning (Feb. 24, 2017) during a rare February thunderstorm in Central New York.
A rare February thunderstorm slammed Central New York this morning, bringing pea-sized hail, blinding rain and scattered power outages.

Lightning struck a house in Solvay while the owner was inside. (No one was hurt.) An elevator at Destiny USA halted momentarily as the power flickered, one witness said. Rain was so intense that even with wipers on high, motorists had a hard time seeing. One Solvay resident reported pea-sized hail.

Between 8 and 9 a.m., 0.63 inches of rain fell at Hancock International Airport. The most intense portion of the storm was centered on Syracuse.

National Grid reported several scattered outages in Lyncourt and Liverpool, affecting about 2,500 customers.

Do you have any photos or video of the storm? Share them in the comments below, or email them to gcoin@syracuse.com.

Reader William Blanchard sent us the video below, taken from his office window Friday morning in downtown Syracuse. At the 18-second mark you'll see a flash over the State Tower Building.

Cloud Lightning

Thunder snow and lightning filmed in Grand Chute, Wisconsin

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You just have to love Wisconsin weather. One day, we're breaking high temperature records. The next thing you know, we're getting snow, sleet, ice, and lightning!

Action 2 News has received numerous reports of thunder snow and lightning Friday morning.

Jackie Disch of Grand Chute shared this video with us on Twitter. You'll see lightning and hear thunder at about 25 seconds in:

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— Jackie Disch (@JackieDisch) February 24, 2017

Cloud Lightning

Sydney super-storm: Woman dies in hospital following lightning strike

Lightning and storm clouds hit the Sydney skyline
Lightning and storm clouds hit the Sydney skyline
A woman has died after she was struck by lightning during freak storms in NSW over the weekend.

The 61-year-old died in a Sydney hospital this morning, five days after she was struck in the Southern Highlands, NSW Police told AAP.

The woman and her two sisters were hit as they sat together on a Bowral park bench on Saturday.

The other sisters, also aged in their 60s, were reportedly treated for shock.

Emergency services were out in force over the weekend as a huge storm rocked much of NSW, with "giant" hailstones damaging cars and homes and wild winds.

Five fast-moving south-easterly storm cells brought destructive winds, hailstones and heavy rain from Gosford to Wollongong.

Windsock

Storm Doris: Woman killed as UK hit by winds reaching 94mph

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© West Midlands Ambulance Service/PA A car damaged by a tree north of Church Stretton in Shropshire left two men injured.
A woman has been killed after being struck by a piece of debris "the size of a coffee table" as high winds from Storm Doris battered the country.

The 29-year-old victim was hit outside a Starbucks in Wolverhampton city centre shortly before 11.45am.

Witness Rebecca Davis said the woman appeared to have been hit by a piece of roof the "size of a coffee table" from a nearby building in Dudley Street, in the city centre.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said the woman had suffered "very serious head injuries" - and said they had been unable to save her.

West Midlands Police have since confirmed the woman was "struck" by "wooden debris from a nearby building" and said they are now working with Wolverhampton Council to establish how it came loose.

A force spokeswoman added: "The area remains cordoned off while investigations are ongoing. The lady's family have been informed and are being supported at this tragic time."


Snowflake Cold

Snow and freezing fog cover Taiwan; Winter typhoon off Kamchatka, Russia and Tottori, Japan buried again by record snow

'Freezing frost' at Hehuanshan, Taiwan
© Central News Agency'Freezing fog' at Hehuanshan, Taiwan
Taiwan received a fog freeze event which is different that snow, but after the bizarre fog freeze snow covered the peaks with 3 inches of snow. Japan smothered in 2nd record snowfall in Tottori, and an extra tropical typhoon off Kamchatka Russia.


Cloud Precipitation

National Guard re-evacuation of Oroville Dam, general denies but eight inches of rain falling

Oroville Dam
Oroville Dam
Some National Guard on station near Oroville Dam were asked by citizen journalists what they were doing in the area and the response was that "they were there to help with the re-evacuation", this was quickly corrected by a major general within an hour. Winter storm warnings for all northern California with forecast of 8 inches as Southern California slammed with Cat 2 hurricane force winds.


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Cloud Lightning

42,000 lightning strikes recorded around Bulahdelah, Australia

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© Kane Smillie
The Great Lakes and surrounds were treated to a spectacular light show during the weekend's storms. In a 50km radius from Bulahdelah Weatherzone reported there were 42,000 lightning strikes including cloud to cloud lightning strikes and cloud to ground strikes.

There were 5000 cloud to ground lightning strikes. A Weatherzone spokesperson said this amount of lightning was "quite intense" for one area.
The spokesperson said the majority of the lightning hit between Bulahdelah and Forster, with the storm heading in a southwesterly direction.They added 26mm of rain fell in Forster during yesterday's (Sunday, February 19) storm.

Bizarro Earth

Fires, storms and now snow? More extreme weather hits New South Wales, Australia

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Mt Kosciusko has received a light dusting of snow overnight. (Thredbo Resort)
The alpine regions of New South Wales and Victoria have been hit by a dusting of snow in summer, following heatwaves and wild storms. Between five and 10 centimetres of snow fell on Victoria's Mount Buller overnight, as temperatures dipped to - 0.8degress just after midnight.

In New South Wales - which last week grappled with catastrophic bushfire conditions and then severe storms - a light dusting of white sprinkled snow-cams on the summit of Mt Kosciusko today.

Bizarro Earth

Storms and tornado rock San Antonio, Texas area, 150 homes damaged

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© Marvin Hurst, KENS-TVSevere storms ripped through northeastern San Antonio late on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017.
More than 150 homes were damaged and several people were injured in San Antonio by severe overnight storms that ripped through south-central Texas. The National Weather Service confirmed Monday morning that a tornado hit San Antonio. Many structures were damaged but only minor injuries have been reported so far.

At one point Sunday night, 46,000 customers were without power in the San Antonio area. A family of five said they hid under a mattress to stay safe from what they describe as tornado-like winds over their home Sunday night in San Antonio.

Homeowner Lucy Duncan said the family was watching TV as the storms were starting to pick up. "I couldn't even describe it because I've never experienced it before," Duncan said. "I knew immediately something was wrong."

During the storm part of Duncan's roof was ripped from the house. Duncan said the swing set and outside structure that was in their backyard are both completely gone.