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Fierce typhoon hits northern Japan after paralyzing Tokyo
A residential area is flooded in Ise, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Hagibis, in this photo taken by Kyodo October 12, 2019. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
A residential area is flooded in Ise, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Hagibis, in this photo taken by Kyodo October 12, 2019. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS

TOKYO - The most powerful typhoon to hit Tokyo in decades plowed into northern Japan early on Sunday after fierce rain and wind paralyzed the capital, led to four deaths, millions under evacuation warnings, rivers flooded and normally busy streets deserted.

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Fierce typhoon hits northern Japan after paralyzing Tokyo

Seven killed, 15 missing as fierce typhoon pounds Tokyo
A Shinkansen bullet train rail yard is seen flooded due to heavy rains caused by Typhoon Hagibis in Nagano, central Japan, October 13, 2019, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Seven people were killed and 15 were missing after the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in decades paralyzed Tokyo, flooding rivers and leaving almost half a million homes without power, public broadcaster NHK reported on Sunday.

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Seven killed, 15 missing as fierce typhoon pounds Tokyo
 
Seems like weird 'dualistic' weather is coming to Europe, according to BBC weather: BBC weather: Europe faces mid-October heatwave as temperatures soar above 30C
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While also:

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BBC Weather: Winter is coming for Europe as frost and snow spread over

BLANKETS of snow and morning frost are set to sweep over Europe in the coming Winter months as “cold Arctic air” spreads across the continent.
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BLANKETS of snow and morning frost are set to sweep over Europe in the coming Winter months as “cold Arctic air” spreads across the continent.

Winter is coming for Europe
 
Japan sends in troops after massive typhoon hammers Tokyo, kills 23
Local residents are rescued by Japapnese Defence-Force soldiers from a flooded area caused by Typhoon Hagibis in Kakuda, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, October 13, 2019, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Japan sent tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers on Sunday to save stranded residents and fight floods caused by one of the worst typhoons to hit the country in recent history, which killed 23 people and briefly paralyzed Tokyo.

Japan cancels maritime fleet review after typhoon: spokesman
An aerial view shows a Japan Self-Defence Force helicopter flying over residential areas flooded by the Chikuma river following Typhoon Hagibis in Nagano, central Japan, October 13, 2019, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Japan has canceled a maritime fleet review planned for Monday, a spokesman for the Maritime Self-Defence Force said, after a fierce typhoon pounded Tokyo and surrounding regions over the weekend, causing flooding and widespread power outages.

Seven people killed, 15 missing after Japan typhoon: NHK
A view of Tama river, which reached flood risk level last night caused by Typhoon Hagibis, in Tokyo, Japan, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Seven people were killed and 15 were missing after the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in decades paralyzed Tokyo, public broadcaster NHK said on Sunday, flooding rivers and leaving almost half a million homes without power.
 
All hell broke lose in France today.

Thunderstorms: heavy rains on Vendée and Nantes this Monday, before Mayenne and Maine-et-Loire
Publié le 14/10/2019 à 15:33
Heavy rains fell on the Vendée and Nantes Monday early in the afternoon before moving east. Météo-France had placed Monday, October 14, 42 departments of the west of France in orange storms, including Sarthe and Maine-et-Loire.
The sky was darkened suddenly and heavy rains fell Monday early afternoon first on the Vendée then the Nantes agglomeration. Runoffs, hailstorms and violent gusts of wind, the storm was short but dense. He then traced his route to the east.

This stormy episode spawned more than 130 interventions for the department's firefighters, 62 of them for falling trees.
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La Roche-sur-Yon and its surroundings were more specifically concerned with a total of 113 interventions out of 133.

Several road accidents were counted without causing any casualties.
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According to firefighters, two "mini-tornado" phenomena have impacted the municipalities of Saint-Martin-des-Noyers and La Chaize-le-Vicomte.
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In the hamlet of Limouzinières, two families had to be relocated following damage on roofs. According to testimonies, the phenomenon lasted between three and five minutes.

At 2.30 pm, the police of Loire-Atlantique noted the first traffic accidents due to the heavy rains which fell at once on the department and the city of Nantes which were placed in yellow vigilance.

Transport disrupted in Nantes, and on SNCF lines
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Due to numerous floods in the city center of Nantes, transport lines are disturbed or even temporarily cut off.

On the SNCF tracks, the traffic was disturbed between Ancenis and Angers because of trees fallen on the tracks.

Big weather so this Monday, October 14 on the west of France. In Pays de la Loire, Sarthe and Maine-et-Loire, had been placed on Monday, October 14, in orange vigil because of a "highly stormy situation".
 
https://twitter.com/x/status/1183795752960696320
The bar of 20,000 lightning soon reached France since the beginning of the afternoon. The #orages are strong and will become strong in the Gulf of Lion and around the Massif Central next night with the risk of intense rain and violent gusts.

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43mm, for the moment, with the #orages this evening (Anhice, 10kms NE St-JPdePort). More in places to the MF radar aggregate). Beautiful watering! A lot of lightning and thunder for more than 2 hours. It always

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Some impacts #foudre#orages on the west #bearn this afternoon #pyreneesatlantiques Fil21 for @Meteo_Pyrenees

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The meteorologists report the first autumn storm on their way. Encourages everyone in exposed areas to secure loose objects and check moorings on boats well in advance of the weather. Follow all upcoming forecasts from the Meteorologists.

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The #pluies torrential from recent days to #Tessin have inflated the rivers dramatically. This situation only happens every ten or twenty years https://bit.ly/2MAEDVD
 
Almost three days of rain here, from light to moderate. High volume's of lighting now in France and Spain, (more near the Mediterranean, moving north west).

Down Scope:
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Current:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1186728792628383749
The thermal satellite image is quite remarkable tonight with a vast stormy system stretching from the Pyrenees south of the Balearic Islands. There are nbx very deep convection foci (penetrating peaks very cold at -70 ° C which appear in black).
#Languedoc#PluieInondation

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Live at #béziers in L' #herault where the #lirou and the #orb are in #crues following more than 200mm in 24h. Attention in piedmont Biterrois!

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Well, we have already dropped a bridge in #Cambrils#Tarragona
@aquilatierratve
 
Close Encounter with a Gigantic Jet

October 25, 2019 / Dr.Tony Phillips


Oct. 25, 2019: When you see lightning, run! That’s what NOAA advises in lightning safety brochures. On Oct. 15th, however, pilot Chris Holmes had no place to go when lightning started to crackle in thunderstorms around his aircraft.
“I was flying 35,000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico near the Yucatan Peninsula when a super cell started pulsing with light,” he says. “It wasn’t just ordinary lightning, though. The cell was also creating lots of sprites and jets leaping up from the thunderhead.”
At a distance of only 35 miles, he video-recorded this:
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The onset of Amélie whipped through here in the early AM hours. Dumping copious amounts of rain with strong gale like winds.
With rain currently going strong at this time.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1190931965245042688
Storm #Amélie perfectly identifiable on the radars of rains. Rainbands curl around its center.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1190920637696684032

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1st assessment of the #tempeteAmelie : a remarkable storm?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1190779070587514881
#Meteo#Bretagne#TempeteAmelie The barometers dive. The center of the Amelie depression will be crossing the region in the next few hours. With -10 hPa / 3h at Camaret-sur-mer (29), the entry of the heart of the depression on the region is imminent. @infoclimat

Update:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1190906364358463488
URGENT - Amélie storm: 100,000 households without electricity Sunday at 8:30 am (Enedis) #AFP
 
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