Horrible thunderstorm, heavy rain and floods hit Zadonsk, Russia.
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A surge of water levels in several local rivers has been documented in Sochi. According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry's directorate for the Krasnodar Region, the downpour caused trees to collapse, the roof of an apartment building suffered damage, and a hospital was hit by flooding.
"The situation with the flooding of technical facilities in the basement and on the ground floor of City Hospital Number 3 in Khosta (a district in Sochi — TASS) is under the control of emergency workers, there is no threat to the lives and health of patients and hospital personnel, the water is subsiding," the mayor revealed.
Natural disaster on July 4, 2021.
Heavy rain on Princes Street causing flash flooding
Images on social media showed multiple streets of the Scottish capital awash with rain which also crept into homes, bars, businesses - and appeared to seep into a brand new shopping centre.
Emergency services attended some incidents including under one bridge in Chesser, where the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service could be seen helping vehicles which were stuck in the flooding.
A couple were also pictured by Dr Eoin Plant-O'Toole stuck at a bus stop on Roseburn Terrace where what he described as a "river" had formed.
Norwegian broadcaster NRK said more than 800 lightning strikes were recorded in the area Sunday afternoon and early evening
Benedicte Myrset, 18, and 12-year-old Victoria Myrset from Oslo, were struck by lightning in the mountainous area of Hareid on Sunday.
They were on the Melshorn mountain, a popular destination, when the accident happened.
Officials in Hareid said a third person, also a sister in the same family but who was not named, was injured and taken to a nearby hospital.
Mash, an aircraft passenger, stated, " We were heading to Moscow from Chelyabinsk on July 03 evening. The aircraft gained altitude when it suddenly found itself in a zone of turbulence and experienced a hail storm. But despite the broken windows, the pilots successfully landed the plane in Moscow and almost on time."
As a result, the aircraft from Chelyabinsk arrived 19 minutes delayed at Domodedovo - at 22:54.
Around 80 firefighters have been dispatched to tackle the fire, with the public urged to avoid the area
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said efforts to quell the blaze at O'Doherty and Sons Coffin and Casket manufacturers in Railway Street, Strabane, are likely to continue into Monday.
Around 80 firefighters have been dispatched to tackle the fire, with the public urged to avoid the area.
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The winds of Elsa, the first hurricane of 2021 in the Atlantic basin, weakened and became a tropical storm again as it approached the island of Hispaniola, reported the US National Hurricane Center.
The winds of Elsa, the first hurricane of 2021 in the Atlantic basin, weakened and became a tropical storm again as it approached the island of Hispaniola, reported the US National Hurricane Center.
The government on Sunday opened shelters and moved to protect sugarcane and cocoa crops ahead of the storm, whose next target was Florida, where governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in 15 counties, including in Miami-Dade County where the high-rise condominium building collapsed last week.
Elsa was located about 175 miles east-southeast of Montego Bay, Jamaica, and was speeding west-northwest at 17 mph. It had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
The storm killed one person in St Lucia, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency. Meanwhile, a 15-year-old boy and a 75-year-old woman died Saturday in separate events in the Dominican Republic after walls collapsed on them, according to a statement from the Emergency Operations Center.
The incident took place on Saturday evening when the family had gone to the field with a bullock. After some time, it started raining heavily and the family took shelter under a tree while returning home.
The deceased have been identified as Manga Munda (60), his wife Jeevanti (54), their son Puna (28), daughter-in-law Jaya (25), and grandson Ayush (1). Arpan, the two-year-old son of Puna and Jaya, was the lone survivor of the incident.
After the incident, the police reached the spot and brought the dead bodies to Karra police station.
In a separate incident, two women, Bhauwa Horo and Dulari Horo, received severe burns after being struck by lightning while they were working in their field in Bhusa Toli. They are undergoing treatment at Karra CHC.
(With inputs by Arvind Singh)
A hurricane warning was in effect for Barbados, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Comment: With what seems to be an increase in deadly strikes and close calls, it would appear that the nature of lightning is changing:
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- Double lightning strike starts house fire in Cornwall, England
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