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Man hit by lightning as storm rips through Edmonton, Canada

Mack Lamoureux
cbc.ca
Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:19 UTC
A car is stranded in a flooded part of the Whitemud on Wednesday afternoon.
© Nicole TeeuwsenA car is stranded in a flooded part of the Whitemud on Wednesday afternoon.
Flooding so severe in some areas that boats had to rescue commuters from vehicles

A man was struck by lightning Wednesday as a sudden and violent thunderstorm raged through Edmonton.

Alberta Health Services confirmed the man was struck in south Edmonton at about 2:30 p.m. and was taken to hospital in stable condition.

Early in the afternoon, Environment Canada issued severe thunderstorm warnings for Edmonton and the surrounding communities of Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Morinvillle, Big Lake and Villeneuve.

Those warnings have since been lifted.


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Four killed by lightning bolt in Bihar, India


Outlook
Fri, 29 Jul 2016 12:52 UTC
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Four women were today killed in lightning strike in Bihar, while rains continued to lash northern parts of the country, including Uttar Pradesh, where major rivers were in spate.

Floods that occurred mainly due to heavy rains in Nepal's catchment area continued to affect the life of over 17 lakh people in 10 districts of Bihar and have so far claimed 22 lives.

Four women were killed and two others received burn injuries after being struck by lightning in East Champaran district, a police officer said.

Rains continued to lash northern parts of the country, including New Delhi, where 14.1 mm rainfall was recorded between 8.30 AM and 5.30 PM.
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Huge waves close roads and destroy seawall amid weather chaos in Wellington, New Zealand

Rachel Thomas and Laura Doone
stuff.co.nz
Sun, 24 Jul 2016 12:23 UTC
While the wind and rain settled down on Sunday, rough seas continued to pound the Wellington coast.
© Kevin StentWhile the wind and rain settled down on Sunday, rough seas continued to pound the Wellington coast.
Large waves washed away a Porirua seawall and swallowed up a Kapiti Coast beach after a weekend of wild weather that saw highways washed out, trees toppled and trampolines sent flying across the Wellington region.

Parts of the Porirua coast, including a section of Steyne Avenue, were hammered by the sea on Sunday.

State Highway 58 between Joseph Banks Drive and Spinnaker Drive as well as Grays Rd reopened about 4.30pm on Sunday, after being closed in the middle of the day due to rising sea levels.

At the time a New Zealand Transport Agency spokeswoman said the combination of high tides and storm conditions had made the road conditions unsafe.

Two Porirua roads were also closed for four hours overnight on Saturday because waves were washing over them.


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Teenager hit by lightning while playing Pokemon Go in Clearwater, Florida


abcnews.go.com
Wed, 27 Jul 2016 13:13 UTC
Cameron Poimboeuf
Cameron Poimboeuf
The North Carolina teenager who was struck by lightning while playing Pokemon Go on the beach with a friend said "everything went black" right before the strike.

Cameron Poimboeuf, 15, was with a friend on Sand Key Beach, near Clearwater, on July 19, when a storm rolled in as the pair were engrossed in Pokemon Go, the location-based game app.

"It was just really dark, I was on my phone and everything went black," Poimboeuf, of Charlotte, North Carolina, told Tampa ABC affiliate WFTS-TV.

Poimboeuf said he was told he was struck by lightning in his back and through his leg.

"Everyone was standing there looking at me," Poimboeuf told WFTS. "I was trying to figure out if I was hurting or anything, but my body was pretty much numb."

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Lightning strike kills tourist in Slovakia


Prague Daily Monitor
Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:36 UTC
Lightning
A Czech tourist, 36, did not survive the strike by a lightning in the Western Tatra Mountains in Slovakia on Tuesday, the mountain rescue service has said, adding that the called-in emergency medical staff were unable to help him.

The accident occurred at around noon when a strong storm hit the mountains.

The lightning struck the tourist right on the ridge between the mountains Predny Salatin and Brestova.

The Czech tourist lost consciousness and suffered a serious head injury. His relatives and other hikers tried to get him out of the ridge as soon as possible.

A helicopter with a doctor flew to the place, but even his effort to resuscitate the man lasting 45 minutes could not save him.

Storms appeared in several regions in Slovakia in the past days. Due to this, the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute issued the second degree of storm warning for most Slovakia on Tuesday.

Source: Czech News Agency (ČTK)
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Lightning bolt kills 20 cows in Uganda

Peter Labeja
URN
Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:28 UTC
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Pennington Okeny, a resident of Guda Palwo village says the thunderbolt struck the animals as they retreated from grazing.

The disaster struck as livestock farming is taking shape in Lamwo district after two decades of LRA war in the region.

It is a big blow to to government effort to restock the region.
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Another tornado hits Gauteng province, South Africa - second within last 24 hours


Times LIVE
Tue, 26 Jul 2016 16:44 UTC
Gauteng tornado damage
© ER24 Three people have been injured after a roof collapsed at the Phumulani Mall in Tembisa, Gauteng.
A tornado wreaked havoc in the east of Johannesburg near OR Tambo International airport on Tuesday afternoon - the second to hit Gauteng within the last 24-hours.

At least 20 people were injured when the tornado passed through Thembisa at 4pm, damaging Phumulani Mall in Winnie Mandela section, Tembisa Hospital and a Total garage, both in Hospital View.

People in Johannesburg took to social media to share pictures and videos of the tornado touching down in the area and the damage it caused.

@LAssenheim posted this as he was driving near Boksburg:


Comment: Extreme weather in South Africa: Snow, flooding and tornadoes cause havoc

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Man dies following lightning strike in Bedford County, Virginia; 14th death within 6 weeks in U.S. due to lightning

Tim Saunders
wdbj7.com
Mon, 25 Jul 2016 19:41 UTC
Robert Miller
Robert Miller
A man hit by lightning along a Bedford County road earlier this month has died.

Robert Miller died Friday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina.

He was taken to the hospital's burn unit after a state trooper found him lying along Route 122 near Bedford July 14.

Doctors determined he had burns consistent with a lightning strike.

A family member said Miller was taken off of life support late last week. He was 23.
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Lightning bolt obliterates telephone pole in Chicago (VIDEO)

Angela Fritz
The Washington Post
Tue, 26 Jul 2016 19:25 UTC
Telephone pole lightning strike
Telephone pole lightning strike
This is quite possibly the scariest thing about thunderstorms. They don't have to spawn tornadoes, drop softball-size hail or even be particularly strong to be deadly serious.

Case in point, this video.


Anja Englert was driving down Irving Park Road in Chicago on Sunday evening during a torrential downpour. A line of thunderstorms was rolling across northern Illinois. Seemingly out of nowhere, a bolt of lightning comes crashing from the sky and shatters a wooden telephone pole in an explosion of flames and splinters right in front of the camera.

A severe thunderstorm warning was in effect at the time, but the truth is if you're outside during any thunderstorm, you won't get a warning before lightning strikes.

Nineteen people have died from lightning so far this year, and every one of them was preventable. We don't tell people to take shelter in a storm just because of tornadoes or strong winds; you risk being struck by lightning whenever you hear thunder.
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Zap: Dramatic moment Empire State Building struck by lightning bolt captured on camera


RT
Tue, 26 Jul 2016 16:51 UTC
Empire State building struck by lightning
© Henrik Moltke / YouTube
New York's iconic Empire State Building was struck by a lightning bolt during an epic electric storm Monday - and cameras caught it all.

Much of the east coast was rocked by thunderstorms bringing all four seasons to the Big Apple in one July afternoon.

On average the Empire State Building takes a lightning hit about 23 times a year. Its part-metal exterior helps to conduct electricity.
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