Thunderstorms rolled though the southeast Saturday morning bringing plenty of rain and lightning. At least five residential structures in South Walton were reported to be hit by lightning, all within one hour. The first call to emergency services came in at 9:23 a.m and the last one was reported at 10:27 a.m.
The houses were located in Santa Rosa Beach, Rosemary Beach and Freeport. In two instances the same lightning bolt hit and damaged numerous structures. Damages have not been estimated yet, but all are considered minor according to Emergency Management.
"I wouldn't consider it significant damage because the structures, they're still able to live in them," said Jeff Goldberg with Emergency Management. "But it is definitely going to be an inconvenience for the folks that live there."
Santa Rosa Beach resident Gale Sheehan was out by his pool when a lightning bolt stuck the ground just a few feet away.
Three women were killed and three persons sustained injuries when lightning struck them at Rangappanahalli in Pavagada taluk, Tumakuru district, on Sunday.
The police identified the deceased as Shivamma (35), Chitramma (40) of Jangamarahalli Gollarahatti, and Jayamma (50) of Bursanahalli. The injured — Nagaraj (40), Chikkakka (35) and Nagamma (35) — are being treated in Pavagada taluk hospital. The victims were sowing groundnut seeds, and took shelter in a hut near a tamarind tree when it started raining. The three women were killed on the spot when lightning struck around 5.30 p.m., the police said.
On Sunday, the victims were playing cricket at Khamaria primary school ground when they were struck by lightning.
Three youths were killed and three others injured after being struck by lightning in Motipur area in Bahraich, police said on Monday.
The incident occurred on Sunday when the victims were playing cricket at Khamaria primary school ground, they said. Firoz (22), Rohit (19) and Siddhu (20) died on the spot while three sustained injuries, police said.
Among the injured, the condition of Jumman (20) is stated to be serious and has been referred to Lucknow, they said. The district administration has announced a financial assistance of rupees four lakh each to the families of the deceased.
One person has been left dead by a tornado that swept through China's Hainan Province on Sunday. Dramatic footage of the devastating tornado was caught on camera.
The tornado tore the roofs off of houses in areas of Wenchang City according to CCTV News, with nine people so far reported injured. Video of the tornado shows the giant funnel touching down on the city, leaving devastation behind.
Rescue work is currently under way in the city with the area in an orange weather alert for Sunday, with more severe weather forecast.
Sinead Maclaughlin & David Jeans Daily Mail, UK Sat, 04 Jun 2016 15:24 UTC
Two cars are pictured being swept down in the floods at Toombul shopping centre near Brisbane. Australia's east coast is being battered by gale-force winds, strong rains and floods
Two people are dead and five injured as violent storms lashed Australia's east coast on Saturday, causing widespread damage and flash flooding to New South Wales and Queensland during the first weekend of winter.
The eastern states woke to horrendous storms on Saturday morning with gale-force winds and heavy rain forcing the Bureau of Meteorology to issue severe weather warnings, including a flood-watch for the entire New South Wales coast - the first in 30 years.
The extreme system is being blamed as a possible cause of a horror smash near Ipswich, west of Brisbane, that claimed the life of a man and woman on Saturday morning when an out of control truck jack-knifed and ploughed into a mini-van.
The driver of the van died at the scene on the Warrego Highway while his female passenger died in hospital later in the afternoon. The truck driver escaped serious injury and was taken to hospital.
The storms wreaked havoc across Sydney on Saturday, bringing down several trees in Napier Street, Paddington - resulting in thousands of dollars damage to parked cars
Two persons were struck dead by lightning in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram respectively as heavy rain associated with thunderstorms, lightning and heavy gales lashed parts of the north coastal region in the early hours of Friday.
D Ramanaidu (50) of Maddivalasa village of Vangara mandal of Srikakulam district was struck by lightning while he was returning home from the outskirts of his village. Similarly, lightning struck V Ramakrishna (40) of Gudivada village in Balijipeta mandal, Vizianagaram district, while he was ploughing his field.
A large number of trees were also uprooted due to the heavy winds that blew at a speed of 70 to 80 km per hour.
India Meteorological Department (IMD), Hyderabad, forecast possible thunderstorms at isolated places in all coastal districts on Saturday. The forecast is attributed to an upper air cyclonic circulation that lay over south-west Bay of Bengal and adjoining West-central Bay of Bengal off coastal Andhra Pradesh extending between 2.1 and 5.8 km above mean sea level.
As many as six people were killed after being struck by lightning in four districts in Marathwada.
Reports reaching here today said, two people killed identified as Arun Rupnar (30) at Telwadi area and another Rangnath Sonawane were killed near Brisk kiln near Paithan town. Two women sustained injuries in this accident. Two peope identified as Hari Koudgave (35) and Vijay Koudgave (40) were killed in Nanded district last night.
53 year-old Arjun Kale who was injured after lightning struck him, succumbed at Government medical college and hospital at Ambejogai.
Report from Jalna district stated that, a-26-year-old farmer identifed as Subhash Davande was killed due to lightning in Partur taluka. Rains lashed Tirthpuri, Ankushnagar, Gondi and Kumbar Pimplagaon.
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