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Torrential rain pounds South Korea; 13 inches recorded overnight

Kim Da-sol
The Korea Times
Mon, 03 Jul 2017 12:59 UTC
A bridge is destroyed in Hongcheon Country in Gangwon Province where 343 millimeters of rain fell overnight.
© YonhapA bridge is destroyed in Hongcheon Country in Gangwon Province where 343 millimeters of rain fell overnight.
Intermittent monsoon rain pounded the country Monday, destroying bridges and roads and leaving at least one person missing in a flooded stream.

While more rain - falling at 30 to 80 millimeters per hour -- is expected in Seoul, Gyeonggi and most other parts of the country until Wednesday, a typhoon is fast approaching waters off Jeju Island, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration.

"The monsoon rain front will become stronger, influenced by water vapor from the typhoon and bring more torrential rain to some regions," said KMA official.

A 86-year-old man went missing after falling into a flooded stream in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, which received over 100 millimeters of rain between midnight Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday.

A bridge was destroyed and four mountain hikers were marooned by a flood in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, where 343 mm of rain fell overnight.

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Cloud Lightning

Man killed by lightning bolt in Midland, Texas


fox5sandiego.com
Mon, 03 Jul 2017 10:18 UTC
LIGHTNING
A man died Monday night after being struck by lightning in Texas, police said.

Emergency crews received a call about the lightning strike hitting a person around 6:15 p.m. at Maple Avenue Monday, Midland police spokeswoman Rachel Walker told KWES. When they arrived, they found an unresponsive man.

The man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, KWES reported.

Authorities did not release the man's name or the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Midland is a small city in west Texas on Interstate 20.
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Rare landspout spotted over Tibet for first time in more than 50 years

Kelly-Ann Mills
Mirror
Mon, 03 Jul 2017 12:42 UTC
Tibet landspout
© New China TV


The strange phenomenon has not been seen in the area since 1961 and was a shocking sight for youngsters seeing it for the first time

Tibetan villagers stood staring at the sky as a gigantic landspout passed overhead for the first time in more than 50 years.

The weather phenomenon rarely happen at high altitudes making the sight even more unusual.

Youngsters were filmed watching the skies above Dangxiong County in south-west China in awe and disbelief - with many pointing or holding their wide-open mouths.

The strange phenomenon has not been seen in the area since 1961 and was a shocking sight for youngsters seeing it for the first time in Tibet - also known as 'the roof of the world'.

The landspout, which looks like a tornado but has nothing to do with a storm or bad weather, lasted more than 10 minutes.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 2 in Rautahat, Nepal


The Himalayan Times
Mon, 03 Jul 2017 09:15 UTC
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Two persons died on the spot after getting struck by a thunder bolt in Dharampur of Gadhimai Rural Municipality-6 in Rautahat district on Sunday.

The deceased have been identified as Bishwanath Rai Yadav (45) and Saroj Yadav (17), both the local residents.

The lightning struck the duo while they were herding the buffaloes in a field yesterday, said police.

Further investigation into the case is underway, said police.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 5, injures 4 others in Bangladesh


bdnews24.com
Sun, 02 Jul 2017 13:49 UTC
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Five people have been killed in a village in Kushtia after lightning struck them.

The incident has been reported from Mirpur Upazila of the western district on Sunday afternoon, said police.

Four others including a woman, injured in the lightning, have been hospitalised, Police Inspector Rafiqul Islam told bdnews24.com.

The lightning struck around 1:30pm when the victims were working at a crop field. Five of them died on the spot, he said.

Comment: Elsewhere in Asia recently a woman was killed by lightning in Nepal.

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Ice Cube

Exceptional hailstorm hits Girona, Spain (VIDEOS)


Sott.net
Sun, 02 Jul 2017 05:22 UTC
Girona hailstorm
© Marc MartíClearing up after intense hail hit Spain's city of Girona on Friday 30 June.
Torrential rain accompanied by huge amounts of hail hit the city of Girona in Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia, on Friday, June 30, 2017.

According to the Meteorological Service of Catalonia (SMC), in just 30 minutes the storm left Girona 53 liters per square meter as reported in El Periódico de Catalunya.

The Mayor of Girona, Marta Madrenas said that the city suffered "a very complicated, unusual situation, as never before had been seen in the city."

He indicated that although there were alerts for intense rainfall and to prepare for some flooding "the sanitation system was unable to absorb all water."


Comment: Some other severe hailstorms from around the world in recent months include: It is likely that atmospheric dust loading from increased comet and volcanic activity is contributing to these 'exceptional' or 'freak' hailstorms, the cooling effect of which causes ice crystals to form.

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Cloud Lightning

Man killed by lightning near Moscow


Business Insider.
Fri, 30 Jun 2017 16:01 UTC
LIGHTNING
Russian authorities say a massive thunderstorm around Moscow has killed at least one person, injured several others and forced scores of planes to divert to other airports.

Weather experts are describing the storm as the biggest in decades, with one comparing it to the Biblical deluge.

The regional health department says a man was killed by lightning in Dmitrov, north of Moscow, and several others were injured by falling trees.

Two passenger jets were also hit by lightning as they approached Moscow but landed safely, suffering only minor damage, according to Interfax. About 40 planes had to be diverted.
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Cloud Precipitation

Large hailstones storm pound Omaha, Nebraska

Michael O'Connor and Mara Klecker
Omaha World-Herald
Fri, 30 Jun 2017 13:20 UTC
hail damage
© Ryan Soderlin
People across the Omaha area called insurance agents, roofers and glass repair shops Friday after a hailstorm tore through the region Thursday night.

Rick Gobble spent his Friday morning doing what he called an "odd kind of spring cleaning": vacuuming glass shards from his car and sweeping the remnants of the back windshield from the street.

By the time he heard the "tapping, grainy sound" of hail Thursday night from inside his condo on the corner of Country Club Avenue and Colby Street, it likely already was too late to save his car from damage. Still, Gobble, 53, rushed to get the car into the garage.

When he got to the steps he hesitated, not wanting to run out into what he said looked like it was "raining billiard balls."

When he did step out into the storm, one of those hailstones ripped through his umbrella.

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Cloud Precipitation

Sky split open: Moscow struck by 'downpour of the century' (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)


RT
Fri, 30 Jun 2017 18:57 UTC
flood Moscow
© nikchuh
Moscow Region has been hit by a powerful storm that brought heavy torrential rains and hail. The capital has not seen such a storm in almost 100 years, according to meteorologists.

"In less than 12 hours the city expects 15-20 mm of rainfall, which is almost a third of the monthly norm. The daily maximum precipitation for June 30 is 22.3 mm, it was marked in 1923," Moscow weather services told TASS, adding that the capital hasn't seen a storm like this in 94 years.

Muscovites were awed by apocalyptically overcast skies just before the storm.


Comment: Just over a month ago Moscow was hit by the worst storm in living memory, and probably the worst since the 19th century. See also:

Updates: Worst ever natural disaster: Death toll from Moscow storm rises to 16 (VIDEOS)

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Attention

Hundreds of nutria wash ashore on beach in Hancock County, Mississippi

Mike Lacy
fox8live.com
Fri, 23 Jun 2017 12:38 UTC
Officials with the county road department estimate there are around 300 dead rodents on the beach
© WLOXOfficials with the county road department estimate there are around 300 dead rodents on the beach.
Tropical Storm Cindy washed more than just seaweed and drift wood onto the beach in Hancock County. Hundreds of dead nutria litter the beach.

County officials and Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality officials are on the scene assessing the problem. Officials with the county road department estimate there are around 300 dead rodents on the beach.

The nutria kill is along the shoreline in Waveland and Claremont Harbor. We don't know for sure how many are on the shore, but officials believe more will wash up with the tide.
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