The icy precipitation lasted about 15 minutes, during which a hail cover of nearly 10 cm was formed.
Heavy rain mixed with hail falls in the afternoon in Smolyan as well.
Storms
The icy precipitation lasted about 15 minutes, during which a hail cover of nearly 10 cm was formed.
Heavy rain mixed with hail falls in the afternoon in Smolyan as well.
On June 28, Henan Linzhou area encountered extreme weather, leaving a mess after the violent storm... High-rise exterior windows were scraped off, big trees were uprooted, colored steel houses were overturned, and many cars were smashed.
Last night, rainwater had already invaded from the northern part of Hechi. With a sound of muffled thunder, the rain officially broke out. There were heavy rains in Hechi City, from local heavy rains to extremely heavy rains.
Starting on June 29 this morning, heavy rains began to raging in various towns and villages in Dahua, rivers surged, and mudslides occurred frequently.
The towns of Duyang and Yantan in Dahua were the most severely affected areas. Some residential houses and shops were washed into the road by the flood and vehicles parked on the side of the road were stranded and washed away.
Debris ripped from buildings and lamp posts bent over as winds batter Chinese city
Buildings are destroyed and trees uprooted as heavy winds hit Jinan, Shandong Province, China. June 30th 2021.
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A resident of Landgraaf writes on Twitter: "Really not normal. Kitchen and cellar just flooded. Roof tiles could not handle the amount of water."
The flooding caused a gas leak in the Dutch village of Eygelshoven. The water washed away part of the sidewalk and damaged a gas pipe. As a precaution, the fire brigade evacuated a supermarket and a care center. Technicians are currently present to seal the leak.
A lot of rain also fell at the observation station of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute at the airport near the Dutch city of Maastricht. At 9 PM more than 75 mm (3 inches) of rain fell. This is more than the monthly average for June. Two videos of the flash floods were posted on Twitter:
The waterspout was produced by a severe thunderstorm in which prompted a severe thunderstorm warning for portions of Miami-Dade county. There was the concern that the waterspout could move onshore since it was attached to a storm tracking towards the northwest direction.
However, by 5:45 pm meteorologists at the NWS of Miami canceled the severe thunderstorm warning because the storm cell had weakened to below severe limits, and the rotation of the waterspout collapsed.
In India, every third death caused due to natural calamities is because of lightning strike.
On June 20, 1997, Patna had recorded 205.4 mm of rainfall, its highest to date, according to the meteorological department.
The state's disaster management department (DMD) confirmed death of six people due to thunderbolts across the state. As per its control room, two people died each at Muzaffarpur and Sheikhpura and one each at Sitamarhi and Lakhisarai till 5 pm.
Patna Meteorological Centre has also issued a yellow colour warning for thunderstorm activities till June 30 across the state.
Weatherman Zeeshan Ansari, said, "Patna witnessed unprecedented high intensity rain and thunderstorm activities during early hours on Saturday. Rise in temperature in southern districts, presence of humidity in atmosphere and cyclonic circulation resulted into intense lightning activities."
In India, every third death caused due to natural calamities is because of lightning strike.
Every year, about 2,000 people die due to lightning strikes. This has been the trend from the year 2004 and the casualties may increase by 12% with every 1 degree increase in global temperature, warn scientists.
The Earth Networks India Lightning Report of 2019 too had pointed out that lightning kills more people than cyclones in India. As per the report, Jharkhand and Meghalaya are most susceptible to lightning while Odisha has the most lightning activity. West Bengal, on the other hand, has the highest lightning density.
Speaking at an awareness workshop on lightning and thunderstorms, organised by the IMD recently, SD Pawar, project director thunderstorm dynamics, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, said, "Lightning incidents and associated deaths went up by about 40% between 1995 and 2014 while the yearly lightning deaths more than doubled (from 1,000 to 2,500) between 1968 and 2019."
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Cladding from the roof of Stuttgart State Opera lies on the ground on Tuesday, June 29th.
Cladding from the roof of Stuttgart State Opera lies on the ground on Tuesday, June 29th.
Violent thunderstorms with sharp gusts and heavy rain hit people in the southern and western regions of Germany on Monday night.
In Stuttgart, the fire brigade received more than 330 calls between Monday evening and Tuesday morning, partly due to the intense downpour that caused several of the city's tunnels to flood.
Parts of the cladding flew off the roof at the city's State Opera, where 250 guests were attending a recital on Monday night. According to DPA, statues also fell from their pedestals - but nobody at the recital was injured.
Comment: Another hit China a few days earlier: Devastating tornado in Inner Mongolia, China - several killed