Crazy Storm Weather and Lightning - Global

Last night, a series of large-scale sprites appeared! This is a view of the sprites that appeared between 21:00 and 23:00 on July 27, 2022, as captured by a camera facing northeast from my house in Hiratsuka. Various shapes of sprites appeared, including carrot-shaped and column-shaped sprites, and the sky was very crowded.
 
Sin City Las Vegas feeling the wrath. With moderate amounts of lighting and thunder accompanied by volumes of rain.

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Another example of the sheets of rain causing electrical shortages.



Locally this morning a brief deluge inundated the foothills and mountains with much-needed rain for the country. Though some speculate that it may not have an impact on depleting reservoirs, (as the heatwave returns next week).

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The #pluie is an event this summer so dry with the #orages of the night some welcome combinations: Gavarnie 22mm Paul 13mm Arbeost 27mm But very heterogeneous… 1mm in Cauterets.

Moderate amounts of rain will continue through Sunday. With more weather instability in mid-August.

What will (perhaps) concern us, can be seen clearly on the satellite image

Flooding in Germany

 
India Monsoon Highlights: Rajasthan receives 70% of its monsoon rain in three weeks
Due to the heavy rain in Jodhpur, trains are cancelled and schools are closed.
Following Wednesday's severe rains in the area that caused significant waterlogging, normal life in Jodhpur and the surrounding areas was negatively impacted. Many schools in the area were shuttered, and many trains were cancelled.
In the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Wednesday, heavy to very heavy rainfall occurred at some places in western Rajasthan and heavy showers at some places in the eastern part of the state.
Schools and trains were cancelled in Jodhpur as a result of the waterlogging issue. The North Western Railway (NWR) was forced to reroute five trains, partially cancel four, and cancel 12 due to flooded railroad tracks. (PTI)
 
2 dead and 2 critically injured due to lightning strike near the White House - from what i've seen online, it seems that strong lightning in DC isn't unusual, but 4 people struck by lightning is notable:


Footage:


Article:

2 dead, 2 in critical condition after lightning strike near White House​


Updated on: August 5, 2022 / 10:03 AM / CBS News



Two people who were critically injured in a lightning strike outside the White House have died, police confirmed to CBS News Friday. Two others remained hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.

James Mueller, 76, and Donna Mueller, 75, of Janesville, Wisconsin, died of their injuries after the lightning strike in Lafayette Park, located directly outside the White House complex, the Metropolitan Police Department said.

The two other people, a man and a woman, were in critical condition, the police department said. Their identities were not immediately released.



The lightning strike was reported at 6:52 p.m. The victims were near a statue of Andrew Jackson, Maggiolo said, adding that "it appeared they were in the vicinity of a tree."

Uniformed Secret Service agents and U.S. Park Police officers who were in the area and witnessed the strike provided first aid to the victims
, Maggiolo said.


"Their agents, their officers, witnessed this lightning strike and immediately began to render aid," Maggiolo said.

It's unclear exactly what the victims were doing at the time.

"We are saddened by the tragic loss of life after the lightning strike in Lafayette Park," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. "Our hearts are with the families who lost loved ones, and we are praying for those still fighting for their lives."

A CBS News camera that was recording on the White House North Lawn around the time of the lightning strike captured the powerful rumble of the thunder.


"The thunder was so loud, @gabrielle_ake and I jumped up in fright,"
CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes tweeted. "'That's too close - we're shutting down' advised photographer Ron Windham."

Our camera was rolling on the White House North Lawn tonight when lightning struck Lafayette Park nearby, injuring four. The thunder was so loud, @gabrielle_ake and I jumped up in fright. “That’s too close — we’re shutting down” advised photographer Ron Windham. pic.twitter.com/oTtU9VeQBw
— Nancy Cordes (@nancycordes) August 5, 2022
 
Lightning strike on oil storage tank in Cuba causes explosion and massive fire:

Lightning strike on oil storage tank in Cuba causes massive fire​

By Sahar Akbarzai and Patrick Oppmann, CNN
Updated 0657 GMT (1457 HKT) August 6, 2022
A lightning strike sparked a huge fire at a crude oil storage facility in Cuba.


A lightning strike sparked a huge fire at a crude oil storage facility in Cuba.

(CNN)Lightning struck a large oil storage tank on Friday evening in Matanzas, Cuba, causing a huge fire.

"We are closely following the confrontation with the fire in the industrial zone. We trust the authorities of the brave province, the brave firefighters, and the CUPET workers," tweeted President Miguel Díaz-Canel, referring to the state-owned Cuba Oil Union.

Cuba's state-run media said no deaths had been reported.


The massive fire comes at a time when Cuba faces a deepening energy crisis amid fuel shortages.

"No human losses, injuries or fuel spillage into the sea were reported after the fire," tweeted Cuba's Ministry of Energy and Mines.

An electrical discharge at the base of the oil tank, which stores crude oil, caused the fire, according to Susely Morfa González, the first secretary of the Community Party of Cuba in the province of Matanzas.

The fire did not impact the Thermoelectric Powerplant Antonio Guiteras, the ministry said, which contributes to the national electricity system.


Authorities of the province, the fire department, the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, and the Ministry of Interior are battling the flames, said González.

The tweet below recalls another huge fire at an oil refinery in Cuba back in 2009, albeit not due to a lgihtning strike. One would have thought they'd have increased their safety regulations since then. However, maybe the possibility of foul play should be taken into account, or maybe there are some events that one can't realistically prevent:

(translation)
In 2009, a fire at the CAPECO oil refinery in #PuertoRico destroyed 21 of the 40 fuel tanks at that facility. The fire lasted several days. All our solidarity with the people of #Cuba who are going through a similar disaster today. https://twitter.com/viralvdoz/status/1556016941298782209
 
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Maybe this belongs in the Joe Biden thread-

Gusting winds hit coastal Delaware on Friday, with video showing dozens of beach umbrellas getting blown off the sand and swirling through the air.

Beachgoer Shane Mannix captured video at Bethany Beach as rain and winds swept the coast.

Visitors can be seen fleeing the beach as the gusting winds lift umbrellas out of the ground and into the ocean. One social media user described the scene as “downright apocalyptic-looking.”

According to witnesses, the severe weather appeared to pop up out of nowhere.
 
Severe floods hit Seoul SouthKorea 🇰🇷 this Monday. Heavy rains lashed Seoul flooding streets, houses, roads and causing chaos in the city.

At least eight people died in Seoul after torrential rain caused power outages, and left roads and subways submerged.

At least eight people were killed and seven others reported missing after some of the heaviest rainfall in decades drenched the greater Seoul region. The floods turning the affluent streets of the South Korean capital’s Gangnam district into a river of submerged vehicles and overwhelmed public transport systems.

Torrential rain began on Monday morning and intensified through the evening hours. The downpours flooded streets and subway stations and damaged nearly 800 buildings in Seoul and nearby cities, while more than 790 people were forced to evacuate from their homes, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said.

 
European Severe Weather Database
The above was posted a few years ago, but the website is still there. As it is expensive to have access to all their data, below is an image followed by ways one can use it:
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One way to use the database is to search for specific weather events and then select the date, or date and time interval. It will still only show 25 hits, but one can keep working with the timeframes and types of events until one has a pretty good idea of what has happened during a particular time period.
To narrow in the search, one can limit the location to within a certain number of degrees in terms of longitude and latitude. In that way, one can find the reports from a particular geographic area. You can also narrow the search to a country.

You can choose between a dynamic map and a static map. The dynamic map will give you the degrees of longitude and latitude, if you hold the mouse over the location, but it will not link you to a report. On the other hand, if you know the location, you can isolate the event, by narrowing the area to very near the location by using the latitude and longitude limits.

Here is an image of the search field:
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For the 24-hour period of August 1st, I tried the damaging lightening strikes:
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Under the dynamic map, you can zoom in to have a better idea:
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As an example of a report, here is one:
Damaging lightning

to map

Voreppe
Massif de la Chartreuse Région Rhône-Alpes
France (45.30 N, 5.63 E) < 1 km
05-08-2022 (Friday)
17:00 UTC (+/- 3 hrs.)
based on information from: a television or radio broadcast, photograph(s) and/or video footage of the inflicted damage, a newspaper report, a report on a website
Impacts: Road(s) impassable or closed, Fire as a consequence of the event
Lightning caused a fire around 7 p.m. 200 persons had to be evacuated.
https://www.lyoncapitale.fr/actualite/isere-sur-les-hauteurs-de-voreppe-un-impressionnant-incendie-devore-20-hectares-de-vegetation
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/isere-un-incendie-s-est-subitement-degrade-pendant-la-nuit-il-menace-deux-usines_5297629.html
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/meteo/secheresse/isere-la-foudre-declenche-un-incendie-a-voreppe_5296519.html
https://www.ouest-france.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/voreppe-38340/isere-une-centaine-d-hectares-en-proie-a-un-incendie-a-voreppe-200-personnes-evacuees-7abb961a-1682-11ed-8b48-075434dfb49e
https://www.sudouest.fr/france/un-impact-de-foudre-declenche-un-incendie-deux-usines-de-stockage-de-gaz-menacees-11884816.php
Reference: "Isère. Un impressionnant incendie dévore 20 hectares de végétation près de Grenoble", Lyon Capitale, 06 Aug 2022. "Incendie en Isère : le feu continue de progresser, 200 personnes évacuées", francetvinfo.fr, 07 Aug 2022. "Isère : la foudre déclenche un incendie à Voreppe", francetvinfo.fr, 06 Aug 2022.
report status: report confirmed by reliable source (QC1)
contact: Nicolas Baluteau (Voluntary Observer Person)
 
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There is a site called FloodList – Floods and flooding news from around the world, and they say: South Korea – 9 Dead, 6 Missing After Record Rain and Floods – FloodList Here is a screenshot from their home page:

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US-Mexico border with heavy rains.

On Tuesday afternoon, a storm fell in Nogales, Sonora, accompanied by wind gusts of more than 75 kilometers per hour, leaving in its path severe flooding, cars being swept away, creeks rising, as well as trees and roofs falling.

Videos of how citizens were surprised by the heavy rain are circulating in social networks.

Downtown streets were flooded and some residents were stranded waiting for the storm to pass.

Hurricane Howard moves away from Mexico, but will cause heavy rains in Sonora and Sinaloa

This day, the hurricane will persist over northwestern Mexico and together with instability at high atmospheric levels, it will cause heavy rains in Sonora and Sinaloa, in addition to heavy to very heavy rains in the aforementioned region; these rains could increase the levels of rivers and streams, as well as cause landslides and flooding.

 
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