Crazy Storm Weather and Lightning - Global

"We have never seen such a STRONG hurricane this EARLY in the season" is the common comment on social networks about Hurricane Beryl.

Beryl is the strongest Caribbean hurricane ever recorded this early in the season and its making landfall at peak intensity.

Hurricane Hunters are reporting "extreme turbulence and frequent lightning" in the eye-wall of Beryl, a surefire sign of strengthening. Beryl could make a run on CAT 5.

 
Lightning in the eye of Hurricane Beryl:


Not normal. Well, not 'old normal' anyway.

Scientist finds intense lightning activity around a hurricane's eye

Phys.Org June 24, 2006

However, according to Dr. Richard Blakeslee of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Ala., "Generally there's not a lot of lightning in the hurricane eye-wall region. So when people detect a lot of lightning in a hurricane, they perk up -- they say, okay, something's happening."
 
Interesting! I did a quick search and this is what I found regarding lightning in the eyewall of a hurricane.
Dated 2018

Lightning in the eyewall of a hurricane.

Other than Michael, hurricanes like Emily, Rita, and Katrina all had extensive lightning. All of these storms were also extremely powerful, violent systems. Furthermore, lightning can also be seen when hurricanes are undergoing an “eyewall replacement cycle,” which results in the strengthening of a storm.
Could there be a connection between lightning and hurricane intensity? The question still remains unanswered, but just goes to show that there is still a lot to learn about hurricanes in the science of meteorology!
 
A few more present weather oddities from ADAPT2030

At minute 0:50 Hurricane Beryl earliest CAT-5 hurricane ever and and furthest south.

Also at minute 6:20 severe thunderstorm warnings for arctic Alaska. Furthest north and furthest west ever recorded.

David then spends the last few minutes discussing the lining up of the 4 gas giants in October.

 
Crazy Storm Weather... and crazy people.

At the end of May and without warning, the statue of Poseidon made a surprise appearance on the Malecon in Progreso Yucatan. The 3-meter figure surprised tourists and residents alike, as there was no official information about its installation.

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With the imminent arrival of hurricane Beryl to Cancun, Quintana Roo, social networks and residents of Progreso, blamed the statue of Poseidon for having angered Chaac, the Mayan god of water and rain, thus causing the next calamity that would mean the arrival of hurricane Beryl that has gained strength in recent minutes and will surely impact the Mexican peninsula as category 3.

The situation escalated with the creation of a Facebook event proposing to destroy the statue of Poseidon. Scheduled for July 15, this event generated controversy and quickly escalated in popularity, reaching thousands of people.

The memes of the Poseidon vs. Chaac battle are already being shown in social networks.

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In the meantime Beryl is gaining strength again after being category 2.
Beryl's first bands arrive in Quintana Roo, Mexico​
Hurricane Beryl intensifies to category 3 with sustained wind of 185 km/h and gusts near 210 km/h, located 260 km from Tulum, QRoo.
Beryl would touch land between 2 and 5 am.​
 
China issued a tornado warning earlier Friday for several areas in Shandong and neighboring Jiangsu province.

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The tornado hit the center of Dongming district, leaving a trail of destruction. So far, one death, dozens of injured and significant damage are reported. The videos circulating on social networks are shocking.

The tornado struck the county seat and the villages of Caiyuanji and Shawo at about 2:30 p.m., according to the county's emergency management office. Chinese media showed images of a huge gray tornado moving at high speed and dragging debris into the sky.
A tornado today in Shandong province, China.
 
A powerful cell swept the southwest of France last night with torrential rain, winds, and brilliant displays of electrical activity.
A stormy deterioration is expected this evening in the southwest of the country with #orages sometimes active bringing temporary heavy rain and strong gusts. These storms will become more frequent tomorrow from the Pyrenees to the eastern hills. Animation: aroma via W CHARTS

It's July 14th early this evening in the Pyrenees ⚡️ a beautiful stormy wave sweeps the massif from west to east 📷 meteociel

China
Closest to #tornade Dongming, Shandong province #Chine 😱🌪
 
With the imminent arrival of hurricane Beryl to Cancun, Quintana Roo, social networks and residents of Progreso, blamed the statue of Poseidon for having angered Chaac, the Mayan god of water and rain, thus causing the next calamity that would mean the arrival of hurricane Beryl

After the passage of hurricane Beryl, which caused little damage in Mexican territory, people go out to greet Poseidon. The statue of Poseidon (12 meters high) in Puerto de Progreso suffered no damage, and the media say it withstood the force of Beryl's winds (attributed to the Mayan god Chaac)
Locals think there was a divine intervention or even alien protection (in the state of Tamaulipas there is a belief of an alien base protecting them) Even Meteorologists were surprised. A weather system practically stopped Beryl over national territory and waters to head to Texas where Beryl returned to hurricane status after degrading over Mexican territory.

Beryl was dead?

No!
LAST MINUTE July 7/23:00h.
#Beryl strengthens and is again #Hurricane just about to make landfall on the central Texas US coast 🇺🇸
- Winds 120 km/h
- 170 km E of Corpus Christi #Texas
The Hurricane Watch from San Luis Pass to Port Bolivar has been upgraded to a Hurricane Warning.
upgraded to a Hurricane Warning.​

Truly crazy storm weather.
 
Recent Lighting and Storm Activity in the News:

Toronto Canada
Members of the Beauty of the Don Facebook group share photos of the flora and fauna that make the Don River Valley an oasis. But this week, the site was an ugly reminder of what nature’s fury can bring.
July 20, 2024, 5 min read Snip:
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The Beauty of the Don Facebook group is usually about just that. Members regularly share photos of majestic owls, cavorting deer, gorgeous purple dahlias and all other manner of beautiful creatures and vegetation that make the Don River Valley the oasis it is in Toronto’s east end.

But this week, in the aftermath of Tuesday’s massive storm, the site was an ugly reminder of what nature’s fury can bring.
Posts revealed fallen trees, trails covered with debris, and flattened flowers and grasses. One video showed a field, where deer normally graze, completely submerged. Meanwhile another clip surveyed the remains of a waterfall once favoured by hummingbirds and washed away by a mudslide.

“Instantly, my heart was breaking,” the video’s narrator said as the camera panned over the scene. “This park has become home to so many of us and loved by so many of us.”

That disembodied voice belongs to wildlife photographer Steven Shpak, who created the Facebook community in 2020 to showcase the beauty of the Don Valley Park trail system. Every day since the storm, he has been taking visual stock of the damage.

“I have been (trekking the area) for 20 years, maybe longer, and I’ve never seen anything like it.”

On July 16, Toronto had one of the wettest days in its history. About 98 millimetres of rain fell on the city, according to Environment Canada. It came down fast and hard, knocking out power, filling basements, trapping people in elevators, turning Union Station into a waterpark and flooding the city’s roadways, including the nearby Don Valley Parkway where some of the human species, instead of running away from the rising tide, drove right into it.

While most of the focus since has been on the costly fallout of short-circuited vehicles, collapsed infrastructure and waterlogged homes — damage estimated to surpass $1 billion — the potential loss of habitat and urban wildlife has been weighing heavy on followers of Beauty of the Don, whose membership is at 19,000. “Oh my — I hope all the critters are safe!!!” wrote one; “Omg that is crazy, those poor animals,” commented another.

Toronto’s ravine system measures more than 300 kilometres, with the Humber River watershed being the largest. These natural expressways snake through the city and are filled with a diversity of flora and fauna. Deer, coyotes, foxes, mink, groundhogs, raccoons and opossums are just some of the animals that call the ravines home. There are also hundreds of species of birds and fish.

Some watersheds were hit harder than others. Wildlife in Black Creek, for instance, which is smaller than the Don and heavily channelized, would have had little escape. Meanwhile wildlife in the Humber, which is larger with lots of marshland, may have fared better than in the Don which is, in places, hugged in concrete.

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North-East of France Flooding in Haute-Marne

Since yesterday, more than 42,000 lightning strikes have been detected in France! The storms were very numerous and strong from Occitanie to the south of Champagne. (via @KeraunosObs)


Spain experienced a slight cooling, with record heat moving in the next few days due to a thermal drop.

South Korea
"Crazy thunderstorms last night. Nonstop flashing, only a few actual bolts. Lasted several hours"

Oman West Asia
Heavy rainfall with lightning
 
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