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Lightning strike kills 1 and injures 2 swimming in Beltzville State Park, Pennsylvania

Pamela Sroka-Holzmann
The Express-Times
Sun, 14 Aug 2016 19:28 UTC
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A 38-year-old Camden, N.J. man was killed and two others were hurt when lightning struck as they were swimming in a lake at Beltzville State Park.

Jose Lopez-Hernandez, of the 300 block of Grand Avenue in Camden, was joined by a 33-year-old man, his 12-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter at 7:36 p.m. Saturday at the lake, authorities said.

Terry Brady, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, said a park ranger at the time saw lightning and went over a speaker system to alert swimmers to get out of the lake.

Within minutes, lightning was reported to have struck the water, but no individual swimmers directly, Brady said.

A preliminary investigation showed Lopez-Hernandez managed to get out of the water, but collapsed in the beach area, according to Brady. He was "unresponsive, blue and had no pulse," Brady said.
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Tornado strikes Manila as heavy rain swamps Filipino capital


RT
Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:10 UTC
Manila tornado
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A tornado has reportedly made landfall in the Philippines as severe monsoon flooding that has already killed at least five people continues to threaten the island's capital Manila.

Torrential rainfall in recent days has plagued an area known as Metro Manila, which is home to more than 12 million people and a number of the nation's major cities.

Five people have been killed and thousands forced to leave their homes due to the storms, so far.
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Lightning bolt kills man and injures 4 others in Poughkeepsie, New York

Christopher Mele
New York Times
Fri, 12 Aug 2016 14:52 UTC
Emergency personnel put a victim onto a stretcher in Mansion Square Park in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Friday, after a powerful thunderstorm hit the park.
© Alex Wagner/The JournalEmergency personnel put a victim onto a stretcher in Mansion Square Park in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Friday, after a powerful thunderstorm hit the park.
A lightning bolt that struck during a fast-moving storm killed one person and injured four, two critically, at a park in the center of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Friday afternoon, the police and the mayor of the Hudson Valley city said.

The most severly injured of the three unresponsive victims who had been taken to the trauma center at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie died Saturday around 1 a.m., a hospital spokesman, Tim Massie said. The man, who was not immedietely identified, was 50 years old, Mr. Massie said. The two others remained in the hospital's intensive care unit. All three were men in their late 40s to early 50s who had been sitting together on the same park bench, he said.

The other victims were taken to MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie. Their conditions were not immediately available.


Comment: Electric universe: Lightning strength and frequency increasing

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Tornadic waterspout illuminated by lightning storm captured over Adriatic Sea


Strange sounds
Fri, 12 Aug 2016 06:25 UTC
water spout over Adriatic Sea
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While seeking Perseid meteors, Olivier Staiger found tornadic waterspout! This incredible night thunderstorm was captured east of Cattolica, Italy off the Adriatic Sea on August 10, 2016.

Olivier Staiger explains: Wednesday, August 10th, 2016, I drove about 700km in the afternoon from Switzerland to Italy to chase a rare potential situation for waterspouts with Perseid meteors in the Adriatic Sea.
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Torrential rain and floods slam Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Amy Wold, Heidi Kinchen and Steve Hardy
The Advocate
Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:55 UTC
flooding in the Baton Rouge
© The AdvocateFlooding in the Baton Rouge
Heavy rain expected to stay through Friday and into the weekend has prompted historic flooding in the Baton Rouge area, forcing people from their homes, snarling traffic and closing schools throughout southeast Louisiana.

In Central, flooding is forcing several hundred people to get things out of their homes in the face of rising water, according to Central Mayor Jr. Shelton.

"Virtually every road now in the city has some kind of water problem," he said, with many roads closed.

"We've never seen anything like this before."

Andrew Simar, 25, of Hooper Road in Central, was getting gas in his car around 11 a.m. after just barely getting out of his flooding home with his wife and three-year-old son.

The couple started packing Friday morning after his wife returned home from LSU because of cancelled classes and the news reported the possibility of flash flooding.



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Haboob dust storm filmed engulfing Phoenix, Arizona


Daily Telegraph (UK)
Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:13 UTC
Dust storm engulfs parts of Phoenix
Dust storm engulfs parts of Phoenix
A dust storm engulfed parts of the Phoenix metro area on Tuesday as bad weather continued to make its way north through Arizona.

The National Weather Service says a storm that's related to a tropical storm in Mexico has moved northbound and is affecting a large portion of the state.

Apache Junction and Fountain Hills have seen the most rain with at least 1 ½ inches so far.

In Tucson, heavy rains have caused flooding, resulting in the closure of several underpasses and streets. The city's street car, which travels through downtown and the university area, remains out of service due to floods.

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2 people found dead had been struck by lightning in Batavia cemetery, New York

Howard B. Owens
The Batavian
Thu, 11 Aug 2016 19:28 UTC
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While the cause of death has yet to be determined, two people who were found dead in the Batavia Cemetery (not St. Joe's as previously reported) were stuck by lightning, a medical examiner has determined.

The deceased are identified as Richard Garlock, 34, and Jenna Macleod, 32.

Batavia PD was dispatched to the cemetery at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, to check on two people who were apparently found deceased in the cemetery.

There was a lightning and thunderstorm over that part of Batavia during the early morning hours of Wednesday and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has confirmed that there were lightning strikes in that area at that time. Both Garlock and Macleod, the Erie County ME determined, had injuries consistent with being struck by lightning.
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Boy killed by lightning strike in Coshocton County, Ohio

Ben Macioce
Click on Detroit
Thu, 11 Aug 2016 19:12 UTC
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The family of an 8-year-old Ohio boy is grieving after he was killed by a lightning strike Wednesday afternoon.

Friends of the family say 8-year-old Noah Stutzman was outside letting horses back in when he was fatally hit by lightning.

They say the boys sister was also hit, but should be okay.

Officials say the boy's mother called 911, and she tried to revive him, but he died at the hospital.

Family friends say the boy comes from an Amish family of eight and will be sorely missed.

"When she said it was little Noah everybody said oh no not Noah, he was so very dear to everyone," said friend Edward Yoder.

Ohio is in the top 5 states for people hit by lightning every year since 1959, and in the top 10 states in the last decade.
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First tornado in almost 10 years touches down in Chicago

Jon Erdman
The Weather Channel
Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:30 UTC
Landspout tornado in Chicago
© Melanie HarnackeA landspout tornado spotted about four miles north of Midway International Airport on Aug. 9, 2016.
A tornado touched down in Chicago on Tuesday, but apparently it produced no damage and wasn't even accompanied by a thunderstorm.

The bizarre, dusty funnel, known as a landspout, was visible from Chicago's Midway Airport just before 4 Thursday afternoon for about 10 minutes and was photographed by several commuters in Chicagoland.

According to the National Weather Service, the landspout touched down in about a two-block area on the city's near southwest side, south of Ogden Avenue. No damage was reported.

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Passenger films incredible tornado swirling above a river from aeroplane window over Council Bluffs, Iowa

John Hutchinson
Daily Mail
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:37 UTC
Tornado on the ground in Council Bluffs, Iowa
Tornado on the ground in Council Bluffs, Iowa
This is the moment a passenger filmed a tornado from her aeroplane window as the aircraft she was travelling in, came in to land.

The tornado swirled over Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Thursday and could be seen from Omaha, Nebraska, on the other side of the Missouri River
The tornado swirled over Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Thursday and could be seen from Omaha, Nebraska, on the other side of the Missouri River
Erika Morral captured the waterspout stretching to the sky above a body of water, as the aircraft made its descent.

The tornado swirled over Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Thursday and could be seen from Omaha, Nebraska, on the other side of the Missouri River.

Forecasters had warned of storms with damaging winds in parts of southwest and west central Iowa and east Nebraska last week.

It is not known exactly which airport the plane was coming into, but Eppley Airfield is three miles north-east of Omaha, and handles around 75 flights each day.

Waterspouts are like tornadoes, but gather over water rather than land.

They are created by swirling air currents. Waterspouts are common in the tropics, but can occur anywhere in the world where there is a body of water and stormy weather.


Comment: See also this footage taken at ground level: Waterspout forms over Lake Manawa, Iowa

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