The World Meteorological Organization’s hurricane committee announced today it will no longer use the names Erika and Joaquin for future tropical storms or hurricanes in the Atlantic, and the name Patricia will no longer be used in the eastern North Pacific. The three storms occurred in 2015.
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A lot of flashes are recorded over the west coast f Black Sea, the Marmara Sea and the northwest coast of the Aegean Sea. The activity is the associated to a low pressure system and its cold front that passed through the area. The activity is expected to move gradually to the east.
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Weak lighting activity is recorded this moment (morning of Monday, April 25, 2016) over coastal areas of central Mediterranean. The phenomena that affect Albania, Montenegro and central Italy are expected to intensify during the warm hours of the day.
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Technology, even advanced Doppler radar, has limitations in identifying severe weather. Reports by trained weather spotters help the National Weather Service verify dangerous conditions and provide information that can save lives.
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The cold front of a low pressure system passing through the area is responsible for the significant lightning activity recorded over the Black Sea during the morning and midday hours of the 15th of April. The activity is expected to diminish in the following hours.
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A lot of flashes in the sky over the off-coast area west of the Iberian Peninsula. The activity is gradually moving to the east. At the same time the northwest coasts of Germany are already receiving a significant amount of lighting.
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More than 100 people in Kowloon and the New Territories found themselves stuck in elevators during a thunderstorm on Sunday morning. The problem was traced to a power station operated by CLP Holdings Ltd. (00002.HK), which suffered a damage in one of its generator sets after it was struck by lightning, Apple Daily reports.
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The morning of 8th of April finds parts of the Bay of Biscay under significant lightning activity which is associated to a low pressure system situated in the area. The activity is expected to continue in the next hours.
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A lot of flashes are recorded over Croatia, Hungary and Czech Republic in the morning Friday, 8th of April 2016. The activity is associated to low pressure system that is moving towards northeast.
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Moderate lightning activity is recorded during the morning hours of 7th of April in the foothills of Italian Alps. The activity is expected to continue during the following hours. A lot of flashes are expected in the day in the area around the borders of Poland, Belarus and Lithuania.
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A lot of continental Europe areas are expecting weak to moderate lightning activity during the day. Amongst them are parts of the Balkans, southeastern France, northwestern Poland and northeastern Germany and Ukraine.
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Severe thunderstorms and frequent lightning strikes caused a few emergencies Tuesday in Broward and Palm Beach counties. In Boca Raton, three firefighters who extinguished a blaze at a house that had been hit by lightning were knocked to the ground when a second bolt struck near them.
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Surrey police search river Wey as heavy winds and rain cause travel disruption, damage and power cuts across UK. A kayaker is feared dead after gusts of up to 105mph from Storm Katie hit parts of Britain on Easter Monday. Winds and heavy rain brought disruption to rail, road, air and sea networks in England and Wales and tens of thousands of households have also been left without electricity.
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Storm Katie is tearing up the flight schedules at many airports in southern England, with many planes and passengers in the wrong places. Many early morning arrivals at Heathrow have been diverted, with British Airways flights from Johannesburg landing at Shannon in Ireland and Glasgow. BA arrivals from Singapore, Delhi and Dubai are on the ground at Manchester. The Sao Paulo and Bombay services have arrived at Birmingham, while some New York passengers are in Newcastle.
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Weak lightning activity is recorded over Southern Greece in the morning of 25th of March. The activity that is caused by a low pressure system now located over Turkey is expected to stop in the following hours.
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The coasts of Tunisia and Algeria and the maritime area between Sardine, Algeria and Tunisia are currently experiencing lightning activity. The activity is expected to gradually diminish in the following hours.
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A deep low pressure system is located in the area of Italy, giving a lot of flashes all over the central and southern part of the country. Flashes are also recorded over the coasts and the close maritime areas of Tunisia and Croatia. The activity is expected to move towards east and affect the Balkan Peninsula.
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The afternoon of the 21st of March finds the Iberian Peninsula under strong thunderstorm activity. Widespread lightning is recorded over Spain and Portugal. The activity is expected to weaken during the night hours.
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Southern Portugal coast and the Gibraltar region are currently receiving a lot of lightning. The low pressure system that causes the activity will move gradually to the east. It will continue to exhibit significant lightning activity which is expected to affect the rest of the Iberian Peninsula.
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Five workers were injured when a factory collapsed after it was struck by lightning at Nabha on Sunday (20th of March) morning. The lightning also triggered an LPG cylinder blast that resulted in a major fire at the building.
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