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Microburst slams the Catalina Foothills, Arizona (VIDEO)

Jeff Beamish
KVOA Tucson News
Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:46 UTC
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The power of the Monsoon was in full effect Thursday evening.

The Simply Bits Downtown Tucson camera captured a microburst blasting the Catalina Foothills area. On the right hand side of the video, you'll see a burst of rain fall out of the clouds & hit the ground.

Microbursts develop thanks to rain that cools the surrounding air. Because cool air is more dense than warm air, it falls rapidly out of the sky and fans out in all directions when hitting the Earth's surface. Winds within a microburst can exceed 50 MPH, potentially causing damage within a small area.

A rain gauge at the Finger Rock Wash near Skyline Drive recorded 1.85" rain from this storm. Most of the rain fell in a short hour time span.

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Man dies from possible lightning strike in Lee County, Alabama

Raven Poole
wtvm.com
Sat, 22 Jul 2017 13:35 UTC
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Lee County Coroner Bill Harris confirms to News Leader 9 that a 34-year-old man has died from a possible lightning strike to the head on Lake Harding.

According to Harris, the victim and four others were in a boat on Lake Harding in Lee County trying to get back home when the lightning struck.

No names have been released.

Investigators spent Friday night interviewing witnesses.

Harris tells News Leader 9 in his 30 plus years in the coroner's office, he can't remember a lightning-related death.
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Storm continues to sweep south in New Zealand, residents evacuated as state of emergency declared


Stuff
Sat, 22 Jul 2017 17:58 UTC
Flooding in Allenton, Ashburton.
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A state of emergency has been declared in Dunedin, Timaru, Waitaki and the wider Otago region, and many residents are leaving their homes with river levels continuing to rise "significantly".

About 100 homes were evacuated in Outram, a rural town west of Dunedin, in the early hours of Saturday morning as water flowed into the township.

Civil Defence said the evacuations impacted on "effectively everything below Orme St", and that evacuations in the rest of Outram may follow.

"It is not safe to drive on roads in and out of Outram. As a result, residents in these streets are being moved to higher ground," Civil Defence said in a statement.

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New York state tornadoes cause destruction lifting cars into the air


RT
Fri, 21 Jul 2017 16:32 UTC
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© @seidways22 / InstagramThe tornadoes reportedly lasted roughly 20 seconds.
Two tornadoes hit New York state on Thursday, destroying property across the Hamburg area. Video from the brief but violent tornadoes shows a car being lifted into the air as debris hurtles through the air.

"Out of nowhere, all the vision out of the window was erased. It was white, just pure white, and the house started to shake," Sam Wright, whose house in the town of Hamburg, western New York state was hit by the tornadoes, told WGRZ.

The tornado lasted no more than 20 seconds, according to Wright. It struck at 12:30pm local time, followed by another hitting the nearby town of Holland, 19 miles away, reported the National Weather Service of Buffalo.
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Two killed by lightning bolt in Madhya Pradesh, India


Catch News
Thu, 20 Jul 2017 08:49 UTC
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A 60-year-old woman and her daughter-in-law were today killed after being struck by lightning in a village, some 65 km from district headquarters, police said.

Lightning struck Bherki Bai and Pappudi Bai (20) when they were working in their agriculture field under Petlawad police station area in Chhayanpada village, Sarangi outpost Inspector Bhim Singh Sisodia said.

Two others, who were injured have been admitted to a hospital, he said, adding a case has been registered.

Source: Press Trust of India

Comment: Another fatality caused by lightning occurred in Nepal a day earlier than the above incident.

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Multiple tornadoes cause widespread damage in eastern China


TVNZ
Sat, 15 Jul 2017 05:47 UTC
China tornado damage
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Tornadoes hit parts of east China provinces over the weekend, damaging houses and cutting off power supplies to thousands of houses in the neighborhood, though no casualties were reported.

In Youxi County of east China's Fujian Province, the devastating tornado with a speed of more than 20 meters per second lasted for about half an hour yesterday.

The tornado accompanied by short thunderstorm snapped more than 100 trees in Xibin Township, affecting more than 200 families and caused waterlogging in many areas.

Thirteen high-voltage power lines were reported to be damaged in the county, affecting nearly 10,000 residents.

Tornadoes also hit Baoying County of east China's Jiangsu, with more than 3,000 trees and dozens of utility poles being blown away in two worst-hit townships.

In addition, about 5000 houses were out of power.

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Severe hailstorm pounds buildings, crops in Newell, South Dakota

Betty Bruner
Rapid City Journal
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 18:27 UTC
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Hail storm in Newell
A fast-moving storm pummeled the small community of Newell on Tuesday night, blasting through buildings and devastating crops.

Wind, hail, and rain came in a flash, and the storm's ferocity took many of the area's residents by surprise. On Wednesday morning, piles of leaves, branches and debris littered the streets of Newell, a town of about 600 people about 25 miles east of Belle Fourche in Butte County. Windows were shattered and corn stalks stripped clean, bare stalks hanging limply.

Mayor Mike Keolker measured the rate of the rain at one point as 25 inches an hour. Officially, the total rainfall within the city was 1.46 inches at the Belle Fourche Irrigation District office. The highest wind gust was clocked at 92 mph before the guage broke.

Area farmers gave reports of fist-sized hail and water-flooded fields. In a narrow strip south of Newell, fields were flattened.

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Plasma event? Nigerian residents stirred up after strange event of "deafening sound" and bright light

Oluwole Ige
Nigerian Tribune
Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:27 UTC
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There was panic in some parts of Osogbo, Osun State capital, when strange lightening suddenly appeared in the sky, creating higher degree of illumination, which forced some residents to scamper for safety.

Tribune Online reliably gathered that most of the affected areas where the lightening appeared Tuesday night, include Alekuwodo, Oke-Fia, Olaiya roundabout and parts of Estate.

The incident, which occurred around 9.30pm created fear as some people residing in these areas, who also claimed they heard deafening sound similar to resounding explosion ran outside their houses to ascertain the cause of the strange development.

A resident of Peter Ajibola Street, identified as Titilayo Adekunle said: "We don't know what really happened. We just saw the light suddenly and it appeared in the sky, thus submerging the prevailing darkness, which had hitherto enveloped the environment because we were already in the night."

According to her, "we also heard some continuous sound, like when an electric transformer is humming at a frenetic pace.

Some people were saying 'maybe Jesus had come. 'However, not quite five minutes later, the great lightening fizzled away and darkness resurfaced."
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Japan blasted by gigantic hailstones

Kyle Encina
Nextshark
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 09:10 UTC
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A frightening storm engulfed Japan in hail stones that are big enough to shatter a street lamp. Japan has recently been the target of freak weather which happened with no warning at all.

According to SoraNews24, the latest incident occurred on July 18, when numerous accounts of the dreaded hailstorm started spreading. It is reported that the winds were strong enough to even topple signboards.

Furthermore, the spiky hail particles were so big that a street lamp was even shattered on impact. Some videos of the incident captured the shocking effects of the occurring hailstorm which almost sounded like one roof was taking heavy machine gun fire.

The aftermath only left the streets of Japan littered with thousands of hail stones but with no major civilian injuries. Despite the storm being reported as more furious particularly in the Ikebukuro area, there have been no reports of casualties.

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Neighbor: Man struck, killed by lightning bolt in Sanford, North Carolina


wral.com
Tue, 18 Jul 2017 08:55 UTC
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A man died after being struck by lightning Tuesday night in Sanford, according to a neighbor who witnessed the scene.

The incident happened on Vance Street at about 7:30 p.m. as strong storms moved through the area.

Neighbors said the storm was punctuated by a particularly loud lightning strike on a tree at the corner of Vance and Crestview streets.

Neighbor Harmon Cochrane said he came outside to find authorities surrounding a person who was dead on the ground.

"Every now and then you would hear a little lightning but for one instance you heard two big booms and I just took for granted that the lightning hit something. I never thought it was going to be the individual, never did," he said. "That was a serious freak accident there, oh my God."

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