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Epic tornado in Romania lifts bus into the air

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© AccuWeather.comOnlookers capture breathtaking photos and video of monstrous tornado roaring through field in Romania.
A breathtaking tornado was captured on video and in photos by onlookers in Romania on Tuesday. One video, which was shot by an intrepid man at around 6 p.m. local time and briefly streamed live on Facebook, showed the monster twister churning up dust clouds as it tore through the plains in southeastern Calarasi County, in the Muntenia region -- about 51 miles due east of Bucharest, Romania's capital.

Other videos and photos depicted the towering tornado from various vantage points.

According to local Romanian media Libertatea, the tornado caused seven injuries and damage to some agricultural vehicles and rural facilities. The wounded were passengers aboard a bus that was carrying 39 people and was lifted by the wind and thrown 10 meters into a nearby field, according to the report. Photos taken at the scene showed the green passenger bus lying on its side in the field with its windshield shattered and blown out.

Another report from local media indicated that several houses sustained damage from the tornado.



Snowflake

Spring season snowstorm dumps heavy snow across Rockies - 29 inches in Montana

Springtime snow on the Front Range in Windsor, Colorado, on Tuesday, April 30.
© Becky DePodwinSpringtime snow on the Front Range in Windsor, Colorado, on Tuesday, April 30.
High snowfall totals have been recorded in the Rockies as a late-season storm moves through the region, sparking travel advisories and warnings.

The region is no stranger to late-season snow events.

"It's fairly common to get snow this late in the season for parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.

Denver has had measurable snowfall after April 20 in 2016, 2017, 2018 and now in 2019, too," AccuWeather Meteorologist Steve Travis said.

In Denver, the average day for the last snow is April 27, but there has been measurable snow in the area as late as June 1.

Heavy snowfall totals have accumulated over the previous three days with the highest totals recorded in Montana. As of Tuesday morning, 29 inches of snow were recorded in Highwood, Montana, and 18 inches were recorded in Monarch, Montana, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).


Comment: At the same time: Parts of Minnesota dunked on with up to 15 inches of spring snow


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Huge waterspout swirls through the sea off Thai island

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This is the dramatic moment a large waterspout was seen swirling along the ocean off the coast of a Thai island.

The tornado caused by an ongoing heatwave was seen by locals and tourists near Koh Si Chang in Chonburi, eastern Thailand this morning (April 30).

The huge waterspout, which was travelling at around 40mph, appeared two kilometres away from the island's most popular shore, Tha Wang beach at 6.30 a.m.

Village chief Arkom Tanyongmas, who captured the natural phenomenon, said that it was the biggest tornado that had ever happened on the island.


Cloud Precipitation

Mozambique - Tropical Cyclone Kenneth leaves 38 dead and 20,000 displaced

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Tropical Cyclone Kenneth has continued to batter parts of Mozambique with heavy rain after the storm made landfall in the north of the country on 25 April, 2019, causing severe flooding. River levels are extremely high and the flood situation is likely to worsen over the coming days, according to reports.

Pemba, the capital of Cabo Delgado Province on Mozambique's northeastern coast, recorded 300mm of rain in 24 hours to 28 April. The UN says the town has seen over 540mm of rain since Kenneth made landfall.

Mozambique's National Disaster Management Institute (INGC) said at least 38 people have now died as a result of TC Kenneth. Four people died when Tropical Cyclone Kenneth passed over the Comoros Islands on 24 April, 2019.


Cloud Precipitation

Severe hailstorm damages crops in Pokhara, Nepal

Accumulated hailstorm in Pokhara,
© Rishi Ram Baral/THTAccumulated hailstorm in Pokhara, on Monday, April 29, 2019.
A half-hour hailstorm rampage has damaged crops, worth millions of rupees, planted by farmers in Pokhara Metropolitan City, on Monday.

Besides that, the hailstorm destroyed vehicles' windshields during the downpour in the Lake City today.

The hailstones inflicted heavy damage to crops in Kaskikot, Dhikurpokhari, Bhadauri, Sarangkot, Pumdibhumdi, Hemja, Malepatan, Masbar, Pasang, Charepatan, Kristi, Lamachaur, Dhumpus, Dhital, among other places in the district.

According to Manohar Kadariya, Chief of Agriculture Department in Pokhara Metropolitan City, the hailstorm destroyed both seasonal and off-season crops and fruits in the region today.


Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 19 cattle in Ghana

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© Johannes Plenio
A total of 19 cattle have been struck dead by lightning at Paul Akura in Dambai, in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region.

Richard Saeyire, owner of the animals said he found them dead in rows with several calves injured after a rainstorm accompanied by lightning.

He told the Ghana News Agency that he buried a few of the cattle, each, priced at about GHC2,000.00, and gave the rest to some community members as meat.

Mr Dasiavor Jacob, the Municipal Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) said the organization was yet to receive a formal report from the farmer to offer him any assistance.

The animals were found dead on the morning after a rainstorm
The animals were found dead on the morning after a rainstorm

Snowflake

Weekend snowstorm closes highways in Alberta and Saskatchewan - drifts of over 2 feet

Weekend snowstorm closes highways in Alberta
Weekend snowstorm closes highways
Snow-covered highways in southern Alberta reopened Sunday as stuck or smashed vehicles were removed, but snowfall advisories and even a blizzard warning remained in effect in some areas as the storm tracked into Saskatchewan.

Environment Canada says a strong low-pressure system brought heavy snow and strong winds to much of central and southern Alberta on Saturday into Sunday morning.

It says the system even produced a few short-lived severe thunderstorms in the southeast corner of Alberta before blizzard conditions descended on the area Saturday evening.

The Trans-Canada Highway east of Calgary was closed in both directions on Saturday, while police said travel was restricted on the highway west of the city as crews responded to a crash involving four semis and 11 other vehicles. No serious injuries were reported.


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Winter Storm Xyler brings snow to Plains, Midwest, Great Lakes, Interior Northeast on last weekend of April 2019 (RECAP)

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Winter Storm Xyler snowfall totals from April 26 through early April 28, 2019.
Winter Storm Xyler brought accumulating snow to parts of the northern Plains, upper Midwest, Great Lakes and interior Northeast during the last weekend of April 2019.

Xyler was a mid-spring clipper-like low-pressure system that swept across the northern tier of the United States from the northern Rockies through South Dakota and Nebraska, then the southern Great Lakes. The northern side of Xyler had just enough cold air to work with to produce unwanted snow across the northern Plains, upper Midwest, Great Lakes and interior Northeast from April 26 through early April 28.

Winter Storm Xyler was named during the late-afternoon hours on April 26, when winter storm warnings were issued for southern Minnesota and southern Wisconsin, including the Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin, metro areas. Those warnings met our criteria for winter storm naming, at least 2 million people located in winter storm warnings.


Snowflake Cold

NASA scientists warn of 'perfect storm' as cosmic rays reach record high; Earth facing a mini Ice Age

MINI-ICE AGE warning, solar minimum
MINI-ICE AGE warning as solar minimum hits ALL-TIME HIGH - 'It's a PERFECT STORM!'
The solar minimum is well and truly here after scientists recorded an all-time high in cosmic rays, meaning Earth could face a 'mini Ice Age'.

Some ten years ago, scientists noticed an all-time high in cosmic rays - rays which originate from deep space, not to be confused with solar rays. Now, scientists have noticed cosmic rays are back on the up as the Sun goes deeper into a solar minimum. The Sun follows cycles of roughly 11 years where it reaches a solar maximum and then a solar minimum.

During a solar maximum, the Sun gives off more heat and is littered with sunspots. Less heat in a solar minimum is due to a decrease in magnetic waves.

Fewer magnetic waves equates to the Sun being slightly cooler, and experts are expecting the solar minimum to deepen even further before it gets warmer.

With less magnetic waves coming from the Sun, cosmic rays find it easier to penetrate Earth's atmosphere and are more noticeable to scientists.

Comment: Despite the continual raging of unhinged idealogues about the 'global warming' threat, growing numbers of scientists are conceding that the real climate change threat is another ice age, precipitated by cyclical cosmic forces - and even they aren't telling the whole story.


Windsock

4 people killed as "powerful gust of wind" causes giant crane to collapse at Google campus, Seattle

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© Reuters / Lindsey Wasson
Four people have died and four others have been injured after a crane collapsed onto a street in Seattle, slamming into a Google office building under construction and trapping people inside cars.

The collapse took place on Mercer Street in downtown Seattle on Saturday afternoon. Four people were already dead when rescuers arrived at the scene, Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins told a press conference.

The death toll includes two crane operators and two people who died in separate cars after the crane wreckage crumpled their roofs. Three people were taken to hospital and one was treated at the scene.

Comment: Construction and infrastructure is ill-equipped to deal with the rise in anomalous and violent downbursts and storms: Also check out SOTT radio's Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made? as well as SOTTs monthly documentary SOTT Earth Changes Summary - March 2019: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs: