At least 24 people have been killed by lightning and heavy rain and hail in India, authorities said. The weather damaged houses and killed livestock across the western state of Gujarat. Storms are unusual in Gujarat during winter, meteorologists said, and the torrential downpour caught many off guard, the BBC reports. Floods and lightning strikes kill thousands in India every...
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Almost 2.500 people have been rescued after a snowstorm in the Odesa region of southern Ukraine, regional governor Oleg Kiper said, adding that 313 settlements in the region were without power due to the bad weather. In recent days, the Odessa region, which is located on the Black Sea coast, has been hit by a series of large snowstorms that...
At least 24 people died in India in the strong storm that swept the country yesterday and today, Indian authorities said. At least 18 of the total deaths were attributed to lightning strikes, the BBC reported Indian Home Minister Amit Shah said he was "deeply saddened by the loss of life" and added that local authorities...
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A girl and her grandfather were swept into the ocean by strong waves off the coast of Northern California, after which the 5-year-old girl died in hospital. They were at Martins Beach when strong waves swept them deep into the ocean. Firefighters managed to find and save the girl, after which she was rushed to the hospital, but she died soon after. Stay...
The municipality of Kassandra on the first leg of Halkidiki suffered material damage from last night's storm followed by strong wind, and the seaside towns of Siviri, Pefkohori, Paliuri and Polichrono were particularly affected. The municipality of Kassandra announced that they are registering the damage and asking for a state of emergency to be declared for quick rehabilitation. The wind reached a strength of 10 Beaufort (over 55 km...
