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Rome to Milan plane encounters violent hailstorm, destroys its nose cone and shatters cockpit window

John Hutchinson
Daily Mail, UK
Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:36 UTC
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The Alitalia plane was heavily damaged after making an emergency landing at Naples through a violent storm
These shocking images show the extreme damage suffered by a plane after it was forced to make an emergency landing after ploughing through a violent hailstorm.

Pilots brought the plane down with one of the cockpit windshields completely shattered and the nose cone virtually destroyed.

And in video footage shot from a passenger on board, screams can be heard as the Alitalia aircraft makes a terrifying descent.

Flight AZ2016 took off from Rome's main airport of Fiumicino yesterday morning at 8.30am, en-route to Milan.

But around 30 minutes into the journey, the plane was forced to make an emergency landing after being battered by the violent hailstorm.

Speaking to La Republica, Luca Quadarella, who was on board the plane, said: 'For two or three minutes the fuselage [was engulfed] by a very loud noise.'


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The pilots had to use all their skills for the emergency landing after the storm shattered the windscreen

Comment: Wow, that's the second time in a month! Unprecedented!

See also: What's up with the weather? Huge hail stones damage multiple commercial planes

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Typhoon Goni strengthens, heads toward Japan

Kristine Pydynowski
Accuweather
Sun, 23 Aug 2015 10:00 UTC
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© Japan National Radar
Goni has strengthened back into a powerful typhoon as it bears down on Japan's Ryukyu Islands with mainland Japan the next target.

The eye of Goni was crossing the Yaeyama Islands, the southwestern most Ryukyu Islands, on Sunday evening local time (Sunday morning EDT) with destructive winds and torrential rainfall.

Typhoon Goni Lashes Northern Philippines

After weakening as it lashed the northern Philippines, Goni has since strengthened with its intensity now equal to that of a major hurricane in the Atlantic or eastern Pacific oceans. Goni left 15 people dead, mainly due to landslides, in the Philippines, the Associated Press reports.

Within the eyewall of Goni, Ishigakijima recorded sustained winds of 162 kph (101 mph) and a gust to 255 kph (159 mph).

Life-threatening destructive winds in excess of 160 kph (100 mph) will persist across the Yaeyama Islands and nearby Miyako Islands through early Monday morning. Flooding rainfall will top 250 mm (10 inches) as an inundating storm surge further endangers residents.

Goni and the worst of its fury should track just to the west of the rest of the Ryukyu Islands on Monday, but the powerful typhoon will still pass close enough to produce damaging winds of 95 to 130 kph (60 to 80 mph) and rainfall of 75 to 150 mm (3 to 6 inches).

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Lightning strike on Alabama coast claims the life of 12-year-old Arkansas girl


al.com
Tue, 07 Jul 2015 12:18 UTC
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© Central Arkansas Christian School via FacebookMegan Nickell, a 7th grader at Central Arkansas Christian School, reportedly died after she was struck by lightning at Fort Morgan in Alabama, on Sunday, July 5, 2015.
A 12-year-old girl injured in a lightning strike on the Fort Morgan peninsula Sunday has died, officials with Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, confirmed Tuesday.

Mike Burke, director of marketing and public relations for the hospital, identified the girl as Megan Nickell.

On social media, school officials said Megan was a 7th grader at Central Arkansas Christian School in North Little Rock. On Monday night, the school held a prayer service for Megan and her family.

On Sunday afternoon, Megan was playing volleyball on the beach at the west end of Fort Morgan Road when a lightning bolt struck her, Fort Morgan Volunteer Fire Department Chief Glenn Stevens told AL.com.

She was transported to South Baldwin Regional Medical Center in Foley and later to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.
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Lightning bolt kills 3, injures 4 in Bihar, India


Business Standard
Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:04 UTC
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Three persons were killed and four others injured in a lightning strike in a village under Manihari police station in Katihar district.

Block Development Officer (BDO) Ashutosh Kumar said three persons died on the spot and four sustained burn injuries in the incident that took place in Milik Phokhar village.

The deceased were identified as Prakash Yadav, Badal Yadav and Anjesh Yadav, he said, adding that their bodies have been sent for post-mortem.

The injured persons were admitted to a government hospital where the condition of two of them was stated to be critical.

Source: Press Trust of India
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Downpour pummels İstanbul, leads to flash floods


Sundays Zaman
Sun, 23 Aug 2015 10:54 UTC
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© Cihan/ DHA/Today's ZamanPeople in Üsküdar, which was inundated with water, had difficulty walking in the streets.
A continuous downpour that began late on Saturday in Istanbul caused flash floods and disrupted traffic and daily life in some parts of the city up until Sunday afternoon.

The downpour started on Saturday evening, and the rain continued throughout the night, after which the temperature in the city returned to the seasonal norm. While some parts of Istanbul witnessed light rain, others were heavily affected by the showers.

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People who were caught out in the rain without umbrellas in Taksim took shelter under shop canopies.

Heavy rain paralyzed traffic and daily life in some areas. One of the districts hardest hit by the rain was Üsküdar on the Asian side of Istanbul. People in the district, which was inundated with water, had difficulty walking in the streets and in moving their vehicles.

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Up to 5 inches of rain floods Bel Air, Maryland

David Anderson
The Baltimore Sun
Fri, 21 Aug 2015 17:58 UTC
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© Mark EnsorA swift water rescue team from the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company prepares to help a motorist stranded in high water during Thursday evening's massive rainstorm that caused an unusually heavy amount of street flooding in the Bel Air area.
A massive rainstorm that hit Harford County during the evening rush hour Thursday led to multiple rescues of motorists caught in high water at intersections in Bel Air and the surrounding areas.

More than 20 swift water rescue calls were reported around the area between 5 and 9:30 p.m.

Luis Rosa, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said Friday that the heaviest rainfall was over Bel Air, which received nearly 5 inches.

He said 3 to 4 inches fell in areas such as Fallston, Darlington, Hickory and Pleasant Hill.

Rosa said radar images at the NWS' Baltimore-Washington Forecast Office in Sterling, Va. showed much of the rain falling north of I-95 between Fallston and the east bank of the Susquehanna River.

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Lightning bolt kills boy, hurts playmate in Valenzuela City, Philippines

Rie Takumi
gmanetwork.com
Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:26 UTC
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A teenage boy was killed while his playmate was wounded when lightning struck the mound where they were playing during a thunderstorm in Barangay Isla, Valenzuela City, an exclusive report on "24 Oras" said Thursday.

Jules Dagdag, 13, was declared dead on arrival while Michael Viray, 9, was still under observation in a hospital, the report said.

Another boy, Jeremiah Isaac Puato, survived the incident after Dagdag pushed him away from the mound, the report said. His relatives said he has been uncommunicative since the incident due to shock.

A witness, Jeffrey Ongog, said the boys went to the mound to watch the hail that came with the thunderstorm.

William Dagdag, Jules' father, said he was calling his son but the boy could not hear him because of the noise created by the thunderstorm.
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Lightning strikes Manila Bay, Philippines kills three swimming children

Rie Takumi
gmanetwork.com
Fri, 07 Aug 2015 10:45 UTC
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Three children from Baseco Compound in Port Area, Manila, were killed when a lightning bolt hit the Manila Bay while they were swimming Friday afternoon during a thunderstorm, a report on "24 Oras" said.

The victims—Nilson Huit, 13; Junjun Rial, 17; and MJ Aregatas, 12—were declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital.

The report said the two survivors immediately asked for help after the incident.

Police Sr. Insp. Joey Estucia, commander of the police station in the compound, said the three were already dead by the time they arrived.

According to the doctor who looked into the victims, the three were not directly hit by the lightning.

Weather bureau PAGASA warned the public against swimming in open water during thunderstorms.
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13 dead, 13 missing in central China floods, mudslides; one million affected


news.yahoo.com
Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:27 UTC
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© AFPRescuers distribute drinking water to residents along a flooded street in Wenling, eastern China's Zhejiang province, August 10, 2015.
Flooding in three central Chinese provinces has left at least 13 people dead and 13 others missing and disrupted the lives of nearly 1 million people, state media reported Thursday.

Heavy rains and flooding struck Sichuan, Guizhou and Hunan provinces starting Sunday, causing widespread damage, the Xinhua News Agency reported. Worst-hit was Sichuan's Xuyong county, where mud and debris filled streets up to the second floor of some buildings and about half a million people were affected.

Mudslides also destroyed dozens of homes and cut power and communications to the area, which lies in a flood plain at the base of steep mountains.


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Lightning hits crude oil tank in Crystal Beach, Texas

Jessica Crawford
kfdm.com
Thu, 20 Aug 2015 16:08 UTC
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© Patrick P / FacebookLarge fire on Crystal Beach
Crystal Beach firefighters say a crude oil tank caught fire Thursday morning due to a lightning strike.

Firefighters say the fire took place at a facility on Monkhouse road on Crystal Beach.

The facility sits just behind Karen Stevens' backyard.

"It's very scary," says Stevens. "Very scary."

Firefighters temporarily evacuated Stevens and her neighbors.

"We grabbed clothes and we ran," she says. "Just with what we had on our back."

Galveston County says the oil tank was holding 400 barrels of crude oil, but it was decommissioned four years ago.

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