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Two killed by lightning bolt in Nepal


The Himalayan Times
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 17:02 UTC
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Two persons died after they were struck by a bolt of lightning in Siddhipur VDC-2 in the district on Wednesday.

The deceased have been identified as Chakra Bahadur Magar (55) and Jagat Bahadur Magar (50), police said.

The duo were injured when the thunderbolt had struck at a utility pole near where they were sleeping.

They were rushed to the Biratnagar-based Koshi Zonal Hospital for treatment. However, both of them breathed their last on the way.

Source: Rastriya Samachar Samiti
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Lightning strikes kill at least 18 people in Uttar Pradesh, India


Al Jazeera
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 09:51 UTC
Lightning strikes kill more than 2,000 people in India every year
© ReutersLightning strikes kill more than 2,000 people in India every year
Severe storms have battered Uttar Pradesh state over the past week.

Eighteen people have been killed after being struck by lightning in the Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Uttar Pradesh has been hit by a number of severe thunderstorms over the past week and more are expected over the next few days.

The storms killed eight people on September 16, and 10 more just 48 hours later.

A number of other people are still in intensive care, fighting for their lives.

Monika Rani, district magistrate, said that the families of those who died will be given $5,968 (INR 400,000) in compensation.

Lightning kills a surprising number of people in India. In Uttar Pradesh alone, lightning caused 59 deaths in August, and it's estimated that it kills more than 2,000 people across the country every year.
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Bering Sea storm to bring hurricane force winds to Southcentral Alaska

Chris Klint
Alaska Dispatch News
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 11:38 UTC
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© NOAA/NWSSatellite imagery shows the Bering Sea storm system forecast to cause high surf in the Kuskokwim Delta on Monday and high winds and flooding in Southcentral Alaska on Tuesday.
Parts of Southcentral Alaska could see hurricane-force wind gusts of up to 100 mph and heavy rain starting Tuesday night from a Bering Sea storm system, the National Weather Service reported Monday.

The Weather Service's Anchorage website showed areas affected by a series of high wind warnings, in effect from Tuesday evening into Wednesday, ranging from Seward and the eastern Kenai Peninsula to Prince William Sound. The area around Cordova remained under a wind watch. Most of those areas can expect winds of 40 to 55 mph, with gusts of 75 to 90 mph.

The warning also includes the lower Anchorage Hillside and Eagle River, with winds of 30 to 45 mph and gusts to 65 mph. Along Turnagain Arm and higher elevations, wind speeds of 50 to 65 mph are forecast, along with gusts from 85 to 100 mph.

"Confidence remains high for this storm to produce hurricane force winds along Turnagain Arm, much of the Anchorage area and Portage Valley," meteorologists wrote in an afternoon forecast discussion, though they noted that when and just how hard the winds would hit Anchorage was less certain.

Earlier in the day, forecasters said this week's storm appears to be stronger than the one that moved through Southcentral Alaska earlier this month, which took down trees and knocked out power for thousands of customers from Willow to Homer.
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Update: Lightning strikes kill at least 18 in a single day across Bangladesh


The Star (Bangladesh)
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 20:25 UTC
At least nine people are killed and five others injured in separate lightning strikes in Sunamganj and Tangail districts on September 20, 2016.
At least nine people are killed and five others injured in separate lightning strikes in Sunamganj and Tangail districts on September 20, 2016.
At least 18 people were killed and 15 others injured in lightning strikes in Tangail, Sunamganj, Kishoreganj, Dinajpur, Chapainawabganj and Manikganj yesterday.

In Tangail, a man and his two sons were killed and his wife was injured at a village in Madhupur upazila's Beribaid union in the early hours.

The dead are Nikhil Hajong, 45, his sons George Simsang, 11, and Loton Simsang, 9. Nikhil's wife Janata Simsang, 30, suffered critical burns.

Janata was first taken to Madhupur Upazila Health Complex but later shifted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, said Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Madhupur Police Station.

The incident occurred around 4:30am when they were sleeping at their home in the forest area. One of the windows of the house was open when lightning struck, the OC quoted locals as saying.
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Cloud Precipitation

Hailstorm downs trees, power lines, causes flooding around Madison, Wisconsin

Jeff Glaze
Wisconsin State Journal
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 18:19 UTC
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Law enforcement agencies are advising that Dane County motorists use caution during rush hour as water recedes from a late afternoon deluge Monday.

Madison police said a severe thunderstorm that passed through the metro area around 4 p.m. downed power lines and caused flash flooding as storm drains failed to keep up in some areas.

Police and trained weather spotters reported hail ranging from 1 to 2 inches across the Madison area. The largest hail was spotted in Middleton, according to reports published on the National Weather Service's website for its Sullivan office.

Most of the roadway flooding was concentrated on the city's South and West sides, said Sgt. Eugene Woehrly.

The Madison Fire Department reported that three cars attempted to drive through flood waters at the intersection of University Avenue at Rose Place and firefighters assisted one victim out of her passenger window and onto dry land.

Large hail fell on Madison's Far West Side Monday
© Wisconsin State JournalLarge hail fell on Madison's Far West Side Monday.
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Typhoon Malakas causes widespread flooding in Japan, two reported missing

Pam Wright
The Weather Channel
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:59 UTC
This aerial photo shows a submerged area in Nobeoka, Miyazaki prefecture, southern Japan Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. A powerful typhoon brought heavy rainfall in southern Japan.
© Hiroko Harima/Kyodo NewsThis aerial photo shows a submerged area in Nobeoka, Miyazaki prefecture, southern Japan Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. A powerful typhoon brought heavy rainfall in southern Japan.
Typhoon Malakas ripped through southern Japan on Tuesday, dumping torrential rain and causing widespread flooding.

After clipping Taiwan, the typhoon made landfall in Kyushu shortly after midnight local time, packing winds of up to 100 miles per hour.

According to the Japan Times, houses and rice fields were overcome with flood water, particularly in Miyazaki Prefecture, where six people had to be rescued by boat.

More that 600,000 were evacuated prior to the storm's arrival, Reuters reports.


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Lightning strikes kill 11 across Bangladesh


bdnews24.com
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:19 UTC
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At least 10 people including a woman and at least three children have been killed and two more injured in lightning strikes during thunderstorms in three districts.

Rain and thunderstorms took place in capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country on Tuesday morning.

The casualties occurred in Sunamganj, Tangail and Kishoreganj between the early hours and afternoon.

On Monday, seven more people, including three in Kishoreganj, had died from lightning strikes in three districts.

Reports from bdnews24.com district correspondents:
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Lightning bolt kills 3 children, injures 2 others in Nepal


my Republica
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 18:43 UTC
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Three children died after being struck by lightning near Baghjhoda in Koshi Haraincha Municipality-1 of Morang district on Monday.

Three out of five children breathed their last while undergoing treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan said police.

The deceased are Chirak Khulal, Rahul Subba and Sandesh Urau of Koshi Haraincha-1, police told Republica Online.

Meanwhile, Roshan Bhattarai and Ananda Bhattarai are undergoing treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences.

Those children were playing near a bamboo grove when lightning struck them at 12:45 pm today.
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Consecutive lightning strikes kill 2 farmers working in the same area in Bangladesh


en.prothom-alo.com
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 11:16 UTC
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Two farmers were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Karimganj upazila of Kishoreganj district on Sunday noon.

The victims are Md. Haris Mia, 55, son of Abdul Gafur of Barogoria village and Ramzan Ali, 40, son of Abdul Majid of Mukambari village in the upazila.

Police and locals said Haris Mia was critically injured as a lightning struck him while working in a paddy field during rains around 12:30pm.

Locals rushed him to the Kishoreganj sadar general hospital where on-duty doctor declared him dead.

The other farmer, Ramzan, who was working in his paddy field in the same area, sustained injuries in a separate lightning strike around the same time.

As he was rushed to Karimganj health complex in a critical condition, the on-duty doctor declared him dead.

Karimganj police station officer-in-charge Zakir Rabbani confirmed the deaths to the correspondent.
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Boy killed by lightning in Cambodia; deaths increase to 100 for the year so far

Mom Kunthear
Khmer Times
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 10:48 UTC
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Lightning killed a nine-year-old boy on Friday afternoon in Pursat province's Phnom Kravang district, according to police, with authorities continuing to appeal to people to stay safe during storms.

Deputy district police chief Chet Sambath said yesterday that the boy had been carrying a pot to his home's water container when the lightning struck him dead, cracking the water container.

"The boy died before he could drink the water. We are really sorry about this accident caused by nature," he said, adding that there had not been many lightning strikes in his district this year.

Mr. Sambath said local authorities often educate people and make broadcasts about how to stay safe during electrical storms, including such advice as staying inside your home, not staying under a big tree and not using your phone when it is raining.

Keo Vy, a spokesman for the National Committee for Disaster Management, said last month that 139 incidents of lightning had happened in the past eight months, killing nearly 100 people and injuring 101, an increase over the same period last year when 64 people were killed and 58 were injured.

Mr. Vy added that 80 cows had also died from lightning during the past eight months.

Comment: See also: Lightning strikes kill 92 in Cambodia so far this year, compared with only 64 for the same period in 2015

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