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Update: Lightning strikes kill 40, injure 35 within a record day in Odisha, India


Catch News
Sun, 31 Jul 2016 12:10 UTC
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As many as 40 people were killed while 35 others were left injured due to lightning strikes in Odisha, police said on 30 July.

According to media reports, eight deaths were reported from Bhadrak district, followed by seven casualties in Balasore district and five in Khurda.

Special Relief Commissioner Pradipta Mohapatra said they had received reports of several deaths due to lightning.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed his condolences and directed the Special Relief Commissioner to provide ex-gratia as per the State relief code.

Lightning claims over 300 lives in Odisha every year. While 396 people were killed in 2015-16, 308 casualties were reported in 2014-15, followed by 372 in 2013-14, 294 in 2012-13 and 359 in 2011-12.

Comment: Additionally, via this website these fatalities represent the highest one day total for the state:
This is the highest number of deaths due to lightning strikes in one day in the state, according to India's state-run broadcaster, All India Radio (AIR).


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Hailstorm dumps up to baseball-sized hail on west Cheyenne, Wyoming

James Chilton
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:46 UTC
Baseball-sized hail
© Wyoming Tribune EagleBaseball-sized hail
The second hail storm in as many days whipped through Laramie County this afternoon, this time targeting Cheyenne in the midst of its Frontier Days festivities.

According to the National Weather Service office in Cheyenne, the supercell thunderstorm moved in from the north-northwest and cut almost directly south across the western portion of town, including Frontier Park and Little America Hotel and Resort.

Hail sizes ranged from dime-sized on the outskirts of town to golf ball-sized around Frontier Park, with reports of baseball-sized hail in the vicinity of Interstate 25 and Missile Drive and Little America.

Laramie County Emergency Management is unaware of any major injuries from the hail, but there has been plenty of damage to vehicles and trees, as well as some buildings, though none as severe as what was sustained Wednesday 45 miles east of town in Pine Bluffs.


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Hailstorm delivers tennis ball-size ice to Colorado Springs

Loli Lucaciu
CNN
Fri, 29 Jul 2016 18:03 UTC
A large mound of ice is blocking a car ten hours after a strong hail storm hit Colorado Springs.
A large mound of ice is blocking a car ten hours after a strong hail storm hit Colorado Springs.
Snow in July? Not quite.

The city of Colorado Springs witnessed a downpour of aggressive hail that persisted for hours, damaging cars and homes and forcing locals to join forces to remove heaping mounds of ice.

Resident Krystal Taylor told CNN the hail started Thursday afternoon and was strongest around 11 p.m.

"Being in our house, all we could hear were these loud smacks all around our home from (this) tennis-ball size hail being thrown at our house from above," she said. "It was loud crashing all around the house. Lightning, thunder and hail can be a scary mix."

Locals headed outside to alleviate the storm's effects, once it was safe.

"Our neighbors shoveled and worked together to get the hail out of the streets so people in the neighborhood could drive safely," Taylor said. "Despite the storm, it was heartwarming to have nearly the entire neighborhood working together. Without question people were opening their garages and bringing shovels out to help."




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Lightning strikes kill at least 25 people in Odisha, India

Sagarika Satapathy
Odisha News Insight
Sat, 30 Jul 2016 16:38 UTC
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According to leading TV channel of Odisha OTV, at least 25 people were killed and 35 others injured in lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in several places in Odisha today.

As per the report, deaths were reported from Khurda, Balasore, Bhadrak, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh, Kendrapara and Jajpur districts.

Several trees were uprooted, houses were thatched and electricity disrupted due to heavy rain in coastal belt of Odisha.
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Study blames climate change for stormy weather threatening US military installations on East and Gulf Coast


RT
Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:25 UTC
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Sea-level rise, tidal flooding, and frequent storms associated with climate change will impact top US military installations along the East and Gulf Coast, according to a new report, putting them at risk for major land loss in the decades ahead.

An analysis of 18 major US military installations — including bases, training or testing areas, infrastructure storage, and housing of military personnel — found that by 2050, projections of moderate sea-level rise could mean that most of the installations will receive more than 10 times the amount of flooding currently experienced.

Based on moderate projections, all but two of the installations analyzed would experience more than 100 floods per year in low-lying areas by 2050, the report, conducted by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), stated.

Comment: We ain't seen nothin' yet!

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Eight killed by lightning strikes across Bangladesh


The Daily Star ( Bangladesh)
Sat, 30 Jul 2016 10:18 UTC
Lightning
Eight people were killed by lightning in four districts yesterday.

In Rangpur, two boys were killed by lightning while they were playing in a field near their houses in Pirgachha upazila.

The deceased were Bijoy Chandra Barman, 10, son of Dilip Chandra Barman and Tinbu Chandra Barman, 12, son of Badal Chandra Barman of Khakharihat village. The boys were cousins.

Meanwhile in Kaunia upazila of the district, two people were killed by lightning when they took shelter under a tin-roofed structure after it began to rain while they were working in a paddy field.

The deceased were Monir Uddin, 60, and Shakil Ahmed, 16, of Langrabazar area.

In Gaibandha, Shariful Islam, 30, of Samoshpara village was killed by lightning while he was working in a field in the village under Gobindaganj upazila.
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Lightning strikes kill two in Krishna, India


Business Standard
Sat, 30 Jul 2016 09:59 UTC
Lightning
Two agricultural labourers were killed and two others injured in two separate lightning incidents following heavy rains in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, police said today.

The incidents took place yesterday.

T Mareswara Rao (26) an agricultural labourer working in fields was killed after lightning struck him due to heavy rains in Cheepurugudem village of Chatrai mandal. Two other labourers were also injured following which they were admitted to Chintalapudi hospital.

In another incident, a 40-year-old man was killed due to lightning in Gandicherla village of Chintalapudi mandal . The deceased K Nagesu (40), an agricultural labour was working in his field last evening when the incident occurred, police said.

Two separate cases have been registered and investigations are underway.

Source: AP
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Lightning strikes kill 3 in Andhra Pradesh, India


The Hans India
Sat, 30 Jul 2016 09:54 UTC
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Three persons died due to lightning on Thursday evening in Sydapuram mandal. Two persons died in Cheekavolu and another one in Kattubadipalli in the same mandal when they were hit by lightning.

N Subrahmanyam (30) and Y Papaiah (40) of Cheekavolu village were in acid lemon garden located close to the village when lightning struck them. They died on the spot.

In Kattubadipalli village, a truck driver Raju (22) went to collect mica ore from the mine and he also died on spot when lightning struck him. Another person Naidu also received severe injuries.
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Huge waterspout filmed off Hainan, China


You Tube
Fri, 29 Jul 2016 19:18 UTC
Waterspout Hainan
Waterspout in Hainan
Waterspout hits Hainan shores in China

State television shows a tornadic waterspout a day after Typhoon Mirinae makes landfall in China's southern Hainan province.

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Lightning bolt kills 2 and injures 3 in Rangpur, Bangladesh


The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Thu, 28 Jul 2016 14:11 UTC
Lightning
Two people were killed and three others injured by lightning in Pirganj upazila of Rangpur yesterday morning.

The deceased, Sumon Mia, 25, son of Mofazzal Hossain, and Abdur Razzak, 30, son of Abdul Matin, were residents of Arifpur village in the upazila.

Locals and witnesses said a thunderbolt struck five people while they were working in paddy field at the village around 9:00am, leaving them seriously injured.

Later, they were rushed to Pirganj Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared the duo dead, Officer-in-Charge Rezaul Karim of Pirganj Police Station said.
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