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Britain battered by hail, thunder, lightning, heavy rain, high winds and sleet in unusually cold and wet May

Hannah Perry
Daily Mail
Tue, 19 May 2015 23:17 UTC
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Unsettled weather caused havoc to cricket's County Championship programme yesterday. Storm clouds had gathered during the LV County Championship match between Nottinghamshire and Somerset at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, England
Britain was been battered by hail, thunder, lightning, heavy rain, high winds and even sleet yesterday in what has been an unusually cold and wet May.

The Met Office reported that the UK has already suffered more than it's average full month rainfall inside the first 17 days of the month.

Children from local schools in Scarborough had their cricket tournament cut short after a massive hail storm hit Wykeham, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Giant hail stones rained down on the match, covering the field in ice as pupils ran for cover.

And they weren't the only ones to have their game affected as the unsettled weather caused havoc to cricket's County Championship programme.
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Cloud Lightning

More storms sweep through Texas and Oklahoma spawning over two dozen tornadoes


Weather.com
Wed, 20 May 2015 14:55 UTC
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Tornado seen rolling across TX plains
Damaging storms swept across Texas and Oklahoma Tuesday, spawning more than two dozen reported tornadoes in the two states. Flash flooding also disrupted road travel in parts of the region.

According to the Storm Prediction Center, 27 reported tornadoes were spotted from Tuesday through early Wednesday morning. These reports will need to be surveyed and confirmed; crews from the National Weather Service will review the damage and determine how many tornadoes were actually in progress during this event.

The greatest concentration of tornadoes was in north Texas and southern Oklahoma, in a region generally northwest of Fort Worth and southwest of Oklahoma City.

One of those tornadoes struck Mineral Wells, Texas, Tuesday evening before sunset with reports of a roof collapse of a vacated bank building downtown. Photos from the scene showed damage to some awnings downtown, and large tree limbs were snapped in parts of the city.
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Snowflake

Mount Evans Highway reopening delayed due to May snow, Colorado


The Gazette
Wed, 20 May 2015 15:37 UTC
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Spring snow delays Mount Evans Road opening
The Mount Evans Highway will not reopen to traffic by Memorial Day weekend as planned because of heavy May snowfall.

The Colorado Department of Transportation says crews had only cleared six miles of the 14.7-mile road as of Monday.

About four 4 feet of snow has fallen in May, canceling out previous clearing work that began on April 28. CDOT officials say they also have yet to complete work stabilizing eroding parts of the highway above Lincoln Lake.

CDOT officials say they don't know when the road up to the 14,000-foot-plus peak will open.

However, they are still hoping to have Independence Pass to Aspen open on Thursday in time for the holiday weekend.

Source: Associated Press

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Snowflake Cold

Weather chaos: 'Absolutely crazy,' says Fairplay, Colorado resident about all the Spring snow


denver.cbslocal.com
Wed, 20 May 2015 14:58 UTC
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© CBSFairplay on Tuesday
Approximately 3,600 customers in Park County were without power because of Tuesday's snowfall.

Both Xcel Energy and the Intermountain Rural Electric Association each had about 1,800 customers without power Tuesday afternoon.

The customers without power live in Alma, Fairplay, Como, and the Grant areas in Park County.

IREA said the heavy, wet snow loaded on power lines and brought them down along with some tree limbs. Some of those branches fell on power lines and brought them down.

More than a foot of snow has fallen in Fairplay since Monday. Some places have received up to 14 inches.

Additional IREA crews are working to make repairs to restore power to all customers. There is no estimate on when power will be restored.

Xcel crews were also out Tuesday afternoon trying to fix dozens of problem areas.
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© David WilsonSnow in Fairplay on Tuesday
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning filmed in slow motion over Norman, Oklahoma

Ben Hooper
upi.com
Tue, 19 May 2015 14:18 UTC
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© Matt Skuta Lightning strikes over Norman
An Oklahoma videographer shared slow-motion footage of lightning strikes over Norman during the weekend's severe storms.

Matt Skuta captured video of the storm, which passed over Oklahoma and nearby states Saturday, and slowed down the footage to show how the lightning passes across the sky.

The Saturday storm, which Skuta filmed over the city of Norman, was part of a severe weather system that also included tornadoes touching down in the state.

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Cloud Lightning

Storm chasers blasted by baseball-sized hail while filming tornado in Elmer, Oklahoma


9 News
Tue, 19 May 2015 11:29 UTC
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© Reuters / Mike StoneA cowboy hat lies among the debris of destroyed homes after a tornado swept through the area the previous night in Van, Texas May 11, 2015.
As if driving through America's Tornado Alley wasn't hard enough, try dodging hail stones the size of baseballs.

Two wild-weather researchers have recorded their harrowing escape from a supercell tornado they were monitoring in the US state of Oklahoma.

The researchers were driving as they filmed some roiling clouds off in the distance, near the town of Elmer, when a vortex of air and moisture combined and started hurling large chunks of ice at them.
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Cloud Lightning

3 people killed by lightning as heavy rains flood Guangxi, China


South China Morning Post
Mon, 18 May 2015 18:33 UTC
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© XinhuaResidents clear debris from a river in Ronghsui county.
Three people died from lightning strikes in mainland China's Guangxi area and an unknown number of others were missing in floods as heavy rain hit the autonomous region, state media reported.

More than 60,000 people in 11 counties were affected by the storms, Xinhua reported.

The "six horses" statue - an attraction in the Li River - has been almost completely submerged by floods, according to reports.

Local governments had evacuated more than 2,400 people, Xinhua reported. At least 152 houses collapsed and nearly 700 were damaged, it said. Twelve rivers had high water levels and traffic was blocked in remote regions

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Cloud Lightning

Twisted weather: 19 tornadoes wreak havoc, down power in central US states (images)


RT
Sun, 17 May 2015 17:04 UTC
tornado damage
© Reuters / Mike StoneA cowboy hat lies among the debris of destroyed homes after a tornado swept through the area the previous night in Van, Texas May 11, 2015.
At least 19 tornadoes have struck the mid-US this weekend damaging homes and causing blackouts, according to weather channels. The worst affected states are Oklahoma and Texas, which were hit by hail and destructive storms.

Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Iowa and Louisiana have all witnessed the wayward and harsh whims of May's weather.

A tornado touched down near the town of Ogden in Iowa, on Sunday.


On Saturday, a "multi-vortex" tornado hit southwest of the towns of Murdock and Rosen in Minnesota on Saturday. Broken Arrow in the northeastern part of Oklahoma also reported a twister, which caused structural damage and power outages in the area. A separate and large tornado struck southwestern Oklahoma.

"Elsewhere in Oklahoma, tornadoes were reported 9 miles [14 km] south of Anadarko, near Meers and Elk City along Interstate 80," the Weather Channel said.

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Cloud Lightning

Thousands on Guam without water, power after Typhoon Dolphin strikes island, destroys homes

Manny Cruz
Pacific Sunday News
Sun, 17 May 2015 09:32 UTC
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© AAPTyphoon Dolphin batters Guam.
Many Guam residents were left without power or water yesterday while hundreds remained in island storm shelters.

More than 3,300 Guam Waterworks Authority subscribers experienced water outages and 40 percent of Guam Power Authority customers experienced power outages that lasted through yesterday, according to GPA and GWA spokeswoman Heidi Ballendorf.

Ballendorf said more than five of the emergency generators used to power water wells experienced malfunctions, which left about 8.2 percent of the agency's 41,000 customers without water.

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Ice Cube

Hailstorm with golf ball sized hail causes injuries in Germany


BBC
Thu, 14 May 2015 19:48 UTC
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Residents described seeing large hailstones
At least nine people have been injured and dozens of homes damaged in a hailstorm in southern Germany.

There were reports of hailstones the size of golf balls in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Winds of up to 120 km/h (75mph) were reported on Wednesday night and residents near the Bavarian city of Augsburg spoke of seeing a tornado.

Roofs were badly damaged, blocks of flats had to be evacuated and a local school had to be closed on Thursday.

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