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300,000 displaced by floods in Ethiopia, says UN

Floodlist
Fri, 11 Sep 2020 18:41 UTC

Evacuations after floods in Afar region, Ethiopia September 2020.

Heavy rain and flooding continue in Ethiopia, with over 500,000 people affected and around 300,000 displaced since July.

Unusually heavy Kiremt season (June to September) rainfall triggered flooding in the country from late July. By early August the UN reported 30,000 people had been displaced, with many of them in the Afar region after the overflow of Awash River. The regions of Gambella, Oromia, SNNP and later Amhara were also affected.

In a report of 06 September, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said "heavy summer season (June-September) rains continue to cause flooding in many parts of the country. Some 500,000 people were so far affected, including some 300,000 displaced."

Temperature extremes: Colorado shatters multiple records as wild weather continues

Breanna Sneeringer
Out There Colorado
Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:27 UTC

© Michael Ciaglo
Fallen tree limbs block a street during an early season snow storm on September 9, 2020 in Boulder, Colorado.

A wild week of weather continues to unfold in Colorado that started with 100+ degree temperatures and transitioned into more than a more than a foot of snow in parts of the state.

Here's a look at some of the weather records that were set in the Centennial State during this tumultuous time.

A summary of Denver's Extreme Weather the past week. #cowx pic.twitter.com/0C3DOcbt6Z
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) September 9, 2020

Violent rainstorms, flash flooding hits Cagliari, Italy

ANSA
Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:44 UTC

Downpours, lightning, gales sweep flooded Sardinian capital

Two violent thunderstorms hit Cagliari in the space of a few hours on Thursday turning the streets of the Sardinian capital into rivers.

Cagliari and the surrounding area were swept by thunder, lightning, cloudbursts and a gale-force northwesterly wind.

Comment: The nearby town of Carbonia was also hit by flooding:

Lightning strike kills 2 footballers during match in Gazipur, Bangladesh

Dhaka Tribune
Thu, 10 Sep 2020 18:59 UTC

Another man killed while fishing at a water body in the district

Three people, including two school students, were killed in separate lightning incidents in Gazipur.

One of the incidents took place at the Shaheed Barkat Stadium, killing the two footballers on the spot. In the other incident, a person was killed while he was fishing at a waterbody in Bipraborta at around 12:30pm on Thursday.

The young footballers were killed in the lightning strike when a group of schoolboys were playing football in Gazipur Shaheed Barkat Stadium.

Lightning bolt kills 4, injures 4 others in Madhya Pradesh, India

Times of India
Thu, 10 Sep 2020 18:53 UTC

Four persons, including a minor boy, were killed, and four others injured when lightning struck their makeshift house on a field in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani district on Thursday, an official said.

The incident took place in the area under Varla police station limits, where the victims took shelter in the makeshift house during the rains, sub-divisional magistrate of Sendhwa Tapasya Parihar said.

Four persons were killed and as many were injured when lightning struck the house, she said.

The deceased have been identified as Shantabai (35), Leelabai (25) Neerabai (23) and Azad (5), all residents of Khapada village, the official said, adding that the injured were referred to a hospital in Sendhwa.

Source: PTI

Lightning strike kills 2 in Jamaica

Caribbean National Weekly
Thu, 10 Sep 2020 18:46 UTC

A lightning strike in the southern parish of St. Elizabeth on Wednesday, led to the death of two people.

The police report that Ricardo Fisher, 14, from the community of Keynsham in the parish and Sheldon Caine, 30, a farmer from the neighbouring parish of Clarendon, were picking avocados when they were struck by lightning.

Fisher and Caine suffered severe burns and died on the spot, while the third man, who was wearing water boots, escaped with minor injuries.

September snow blankets parts of 4 US states - up to 17 inches deep

Kathryn Prociv
NBC News
Wed, 09 Sep 2020 21:36 UTC

Casper Wyoming snow

Seventeen inches of snow, 70-degree temperature drops and the earliest snowfall on record were just part of a record September winter blast.

Seventeen inches of snow in Wyoming, the earliest snowfall on record for New Mexico and the earliest flakes in decades for parts of Colorado — these are just a few of the astonishing weather reports coming out of a record-setting September week.

On Wednesday morning, snow was falling over parts of Colorado and 5 million people remained under winter weather alerts across portions of the Northern and Central Rockies. Those in the Denver area woke up to 1 to 4 inches of snow coating trees and grassy surfaces.

A few more inches of snow was possible, mostly at the highest elevations, before the snow was expected to end by afternoon.

China renews blue alert for rainstorms

Jing Yuxin
Ecns.cn
Wed, 09 Sep 2020 20:49 UTC

China's national observatory on Tuesday renewed a blue alert for rainstorms in parts of the country's northeastern, eastern and southern regions.

From Tuesday to 8 am Wednesday, heavy rainfall and rainstorms are expected in parts of Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi, the National Meteorological Center said.

Some regions will see up to 60 mm of hourly precipitation, the center said.

Deadly flash floods hit Northern Provinces of Algeria

Floodlist
Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:54 UTC

At least one person died and hundreds of homes damaged after flash flooding in northern Algeria.

The flooding came after stormy weather from 07 to 08 September brought heavy rainfall. Baraki in Algiers Province recorded 63.0 mm of rain in 24 hours to 08 September.

Algeria Civil Protection reported that one person, believed to be a child, died after being swept away by flood waters in the city of Mila.

Elsewhere, 3 people were rescued from a vehicle trapped in a flooded tunnel in the city of Oum El Bouaghi. Civil Protection were also called on to rescue people from several vehicles trapped in flood waters in the city of Batna. Around 800 homes were flooded in Boumerdès and 40 homes in Khenchela.

Flooding also affected the capital, Algiers, and surrounding areas. Roads were inundated, causing severe traffic disruption in at least 5 municipalities, including Sidi Mhamed where 2 buildings partially collapsed.

Weirdly shaped waterspout filmed during calm weather off Flagler Beach, Florida

Jon Jankowski
ClickOrlando.com
Tue, 08 Sep 2020 11:49 UTC

At the time of the waterspout no thunderstorms or warnings were in place

A waterspout was located off of Flagler Beach on Tuesday, News 6 viewer Bob Barrows took a photo and video of the funnel.

News 6 Chief Meteorologist Tom Sorrells said no warnings or watches were in place at the time of the waterspout.

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300,000 displaced by floods in Ethiopia, says UN

Temperature extremes: Colorado shatters multiple records as wild weather continues

Violent rainstorms, flash flooding hits Cagliari, Italy

Lightning strike kills 2 footballers during match in Gazipur, Bangladesh

Lightning bolt kills 4, injures 4 others in Madhya Pradesh, India

Lightning strike kills 2 in Jamaica

September snow blankets parts of 4 US states - up to 17 inches deep

China renews blue alert for rainstorms

Deadly flash floods hit Northern Provinces of Algeria

Weirdly shaped waterspout filmed during calm weather off Flagler Beach, Florida

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