The immense storm swept through Niamey on Monday, shrouding the city in an eerie reddish darkness, aptly summed up by an onlooker as "Kind of cool, kind of weird, kind of scary" in footage obtained by Ruptly.
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The immense storm swept through Niamey on Monday, shrouding the city in an eerie reddish darkness, aptly summed up by an onlooker as "Kind of cool, kind of weird, kind of scary" in footage obtained by Ruptly.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the storm system brought large hail to portions of the Black Hills, western South Dakota (pictured) plains and northeastern Wyoming on Sunday
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the storm system brought large hail to portions of the Black Hills, western South Dakota plains and northeastern Wyoming on Sunday.
'The largest hail reported occurred in Jackson County between Potato Creek and Wanblee, where tennis ball- to baseball-sized hail was reported,' the NWS said.
Hail larger than 1 inch in diameter and wind gusts of up to 58mph were reported in multiple locations.
But the largest hail fell near Potato Creek, where it measured 2.75 inches in diameter.
Officials told that three nomadic families from Kalakote Tehsil were on their seasonal move; they were spending the night under an open sky in Potha village of Rajouri when the lightning and thunderstorms struck about 2 AM in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
"More than one hundred goat and sheep were killed in the incident triggering loss of lakhs for the poor families." they said.
Police have registered a case in Kalakote police station.
Thunderstorms moved quickly through the area in the morning, and by 3 p.m. Monday, a line of thunderstorms was moving across eastern Oklahoma heading east toward Arkansas. A second round was expected, with the potential to spawn tornadoes, but those chances dwindled by Monday night.
Travis Shelton, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in North Little Rock, said around 9 p.m. Monday that there was a chance for severe weather over the northwestern quarter of Arkansas, but a forecast showed the storms diminishing by the time they reached Perryville and Conway in the central part of the state.
Chainpur OC Sunit Kumar said Akash Oraon (11), Mohit Kumar (9) and Vikas Thakur (12) were playing in an abandoned shed when the incident occurred.
The bodies have been sent to Palamu Medical College and Hospital for autopsy.
While the state weather department had issued an alert for lightning in the region, most poor families do not have access to such alerts, he said.
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A shot of snowfall near Mackay, Alta., taken Monday, May 4, 2020.
A shot of snowfall near Mackay, Alta., taken Monday, May 4, 2020.
Environment Canada issued snowfall warnings on Monday for several communities including Devon, Calmar, Spruce Grove, Wetaskiwin, Whitecourt, Drayton Valley, Morinville and Edson.
"There is a pocket of cold air over western parts of the province, which allowed the rain to change to snow quickly as of Sunday evening and overnight," Global Edmonton weather specialist Phil Darlington said.
While the warnings mainly encompassed areas west of Edmonton, areas east of the city also reported snow.
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A powerful line of thunderstorms snapped trees and brought down power lines across Middle Tennessee on Sunday.
A powerful line of thunderstorms snapped trees and brought down power lines across Middle Tennessee on Sunday.
"The word 'widespread' doesn't even begin to cover the amount of damage we had," said Scott Unger, meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Service in Nashville. The storms knocked out power to more than 100,000 customers, and the local power company is warning residents they could be without electricity for up to two weeks due to the extent of the damage.
An off-duty firefighter was killed by a falling tree limb in Spring Hill, south of Nashville. Two others in the Nashville area were injured. The same complex of thunderstorms pummeled parts of southwest Missouri with hail the size of baseballs.
02/05/2020
It's continued snowing lightly all day and we now have over 80cm+ from this remarkable Autumn snowstorm.
Some of the windrifts are over a metre deep! The table-o-metre has nearly disappeared and checkout the breathtaking images in our gallery.
Let's take it all in from our lounge rooms as we remind you that 'stay at home' restrictions remain in place in Victoria until 11 May 2020.
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