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Heavy rains and hurricane force winds are expected to affect the Kuril Islands in the Russian Far East, neighboring Japan due to the impending category 4 Typhoon Lan.

Storm Alert Issued for Russia's Kuril Islands
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201710221058444759-kuril-islands-storm-alert/

The storm alert has been issued for Russia's Kuril Islands over approaching cyclone which is due to hit the region late on Monday, Russian Emergencies Ministry’s Sakhalin region department’s press service said Sunday.

"The data regarding the approaching cyclone has been provided by Roshydromet [Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring]. The storm alert says that heavy rains and hurricane winds are expected to hit the Kuril and Southern Kuril islands on the evening of October 23 and at night of October 24," the press release said.

The emergencies services recommended Kuril residents to stay at homes during the cyclone.

"Furthermore, we recommend to clarify the whereabouts of family members and relatives and take measures so that they manage to get prepared for severe weather conditions. Tourist trekking groups should shelter in special places equipped for such purposes. In the event of an emergency, it is necessary to immediately contact the emergencies services," the press release added.

Earlier in the day, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned of heavy rain and floods, which are likely to occur in most regions of the Pacific side of Japan. All the towns in Kanagawa and Ehime prefectures are to be evacuated, as strong winds have already injured two persons in the region.

​The expected typhoon has interrupted air traffic in Japan and led to the cancelation of 419 flights across the country, mostly in the southern Kyushu and Shikoku regions. Media reports claim that at least another 115 flights are to be canceled as heavy rains and storm winds will stay in the area for at least for some time.
 
Typhoon Lan, now downgraded from a super-typhoon but remaining a very dangerous Category 3 storm, continues its flight north, currently estimated to strike Tokyo and the surrounding metropolitan area early Monday morning local time.

Powerful Cat-3 Typhoon Lan Brings Heavy Rain and Winds to Japan, 2 Dead
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201710231058454716-typhoon-lan-to-hit-tokyo/

At least two people have been confirmed dead according to the Japan Meteorological Agency as the fast-paced storm, speeding along at close to 30 mph, heads north, cited by the Japan Times.

Most flights out of Narita and other airports in the metropolitan area have been cancelled, while schools are shuttered and emergency services have been put on high alert in anticipation of Lan's landfall, bringing with it damaging winds, heavy rainfall and a dangerous storm surge.

Inland areas are said to be at high risk of landslides and flooding, as the fast-moving typhoon, the 21st named storm of the current season, slams into the island archipelago, packing winds of up to 120 mph and dropping a whopping 28 inches of rain on some locations within a 48-hour period.

The country's famous Shinkansen ‘bullet' train services have been disrupted as well, with many express trains cancelled.

As the typhoon approaches, many employers, including large Toyota automobile manufacturing facilities, have suspended operations beginning Monday morning according to company officials, cited by Japan Times.

Local governments close to the coast have issued evacuations for some and several elections have been postponed as well.
 
Hi,
I found a good video about the red sprites phenomenon and the way it connects to the Earth's electricity and Schuman resonance.
Hope it will be useful to understand some further developments in these times of weather intensification. I attached some comments for the second half of the video

_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfryt3TILx0
Lightning Sprites at the Edge of Space- Space documentary

Sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorm clouds, or cumulonimbus, giving rise to a quite varied range of visual shapes flickering in the night sky. They are triggered by the discharges of positive lightning between an underlying thundercloud and the ground. Sprites appear as luminous reddish-orange flashes. They often occur in clusters within the altitude range 50–90 km (31–56 mi) above the Earth's surface. Sporadic visual reports of sprites go back at least to 1886, but they were first photographed on July 6, 1989 by scientists from the University of Minnesota and have subsequently been captured in video recordings many thousands of times. Sprites are sometimes inaccurately called upper-atmospheric lightning. However, sprites are cold plasma phenomena that lack the hot channel temperatures of tropospheric lightning, so they are more akin to fluorescent tube discharges than to lightning discharges.

After presenting the research, this is where it gets interesting:

Min 31 - a huge thunderstorm starts, special equipped pair of planes take photos of the atmosphere above the clouds revealing the nature of sprites
Min 35 - explanation of the sprite phenomenon – sprites connect the ionosphere to the lower layers of the Earth's atmosphere, so the electric currents travel both up and down
Min 39- the bolts of lightning the cause the sprites are so powerful that they literally reverberate around the world. The EM waves created by the lightning propagate in a global circuit.
From a remote and isolated spot in Rhode Island the effects of these waves are being monitored since the 1950’s. Each time a powerful storm takes place somewhere, a disturbance can be measured on a very low frequency band. Like a hum that resonates between Earth and ionosphere. When a lightning occurs this generates a wave that is being sent 2-3 times through the cavity between Earth and ionosphere.

Min 41 - The Schuman resonance is what they call the AC global circuit – it’s like the “music of the spheres played at an 8 cycles per second, maintained continuously by all the lightning on the planet. The Schuman resonance show a spike each time a sprite occurs (simultaneously with a very powerful lightning!!).

Min 44 – other weird phenomena produced by super powerful lightning: elves, blue jets, pixies, (maybe the trumpets' sound also???)
Min. 45 - the temperature of the Earth is one way of measuring the health of the planet

Min 46 - the auroras – The solar wind and the Earth's magnetic tail's opening - where charged particles accumulate and sneak in. After being reflected by the magnetic field towards the poles the auroras are being displayed.

Min 49 - But with intense CMEs from the Sun, the induced electric currents would shut down our power grid as the 1989 event in Canada, 2003 in Sweden, (also this year 2017), but the most powerful, recorded so far, was the Carrington event in 1859 (but back then only the telegraph was damaged).

Nowadays we became more vulnerable due to heavily relying on electricity.

Another short video on the same issue:
_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brh--gYjZts Mystery of the Red Sprites
 
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At least seven persons were killed and over 90 injured as typhoon Lan lashed wide swathes of Japan after making landfall in Central Japan, local reports said.

7 Dead, over 90 Injured as Typhoon Lan Lashes Japan
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13960802000736

This season's 21st typhoon made landfall at Shizuoka Prefecture Central Japan and moved across the Kanto region in Eastern Japan, leaving behind a trail of destruction, with rivers bursting their banks and landslides engulfing homes. The typhoon was downgraded to an extratropical cyclone East of Hokkaido in Northern Japan, Sakshi Post reported.

The powerful typhoon has brought heavy rainfall, with the Western region of Wakayama Prefecture seeing as much as 800 mm of rain through a 48-hour period. According to the weather agency, Mie Prefecture was also hit hard, with the storm dumping 700 mm of rain through the same period, which also caused extensive flooding in parts of Nara Prefecture.

A 63-year-old man was killed after strong winds brought down scaffolding at a construction site in the city of Fukuoka, Southwestern Japan. In Yamaguchi Prefecture, in Western Japan, a 70-year-old man died after being forced to dive into the sea following his boat's engine failure. In Osaka Prefecture, a 68-year-old man was found dead in a submerged car, while a man in his 80s died from head injuries after falling in Osaka city, local media reported.

In hard-hit Mie Prefecture, a 29-year-old man also died in a submerged car and in Wakayama Prefecture, an 82-year-old man died after his house was levelled by a mudslide. Over 90 people were injured across the nation, according to government data. Japan's two major airline carriers, Japan Airlines Co and All Nippon Airways Co cancelled more than 100 flights on Monday, with 25,000 passengers affected.

The Shinkansen bullet train services were suspended along parts of the Tokaido line, and local services in Tokyo and Osaka were disrupted during rush hour Monday morning. Evacuation orders were issued in some cities and towns, and vote counting following Sunday's lower house election was delayed in areas where access to polling stations was affected by the typhoon.
 
The first winter storm of the season is blowing through the upper Midwest and western Great Lakes, bringing blizzard-like conditions and several inches of snow.

Snow blows through Minnesota in 1st winter storm of the season (Videos)
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/snow-blows-minnesota-1st-winter-storm-season-134503387--abc-news-topstories.html

Gusty winds of up to 60 mph produced whiteout conditions Thursday in northwestern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota.

The National Weather Service in Duluth, Minnesota, said this morning that so far today 5 inches of snow have fallen -- breaking the record daily snowfall for Oct. 27.

The storm will begin to move east today, spreading snow into the Twin Cities, which hasn't seen snow in October in eight years.

The snow will spread into northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan later today, where 8 inches of snow may fall by Saturday morning.
 
The population of Japan, including the Honshu island and the capital city of Tokyo, is bracing for the tropical storm Saola, expected to hit the country at the weekend.

Typhoon Saola Approaches Japan - Meteorological Agency
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201710281058620578-typhoon-saola-japan/

Typhoon Saola has almost reached the territory of Japan and is currently near the southern country's Yoronjima island, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Saturday.

According to the meteorological agency, the typhoon is moving in the northern direction and is expected to reach the Okinawa island by midnight local time (15:00 GMT).

Severe Tropical Cyclone #Saola to impact cyclone-weary Japan this weekend: https://t.co/KsQMPWeJZD pic.twitter.com/z29kw1RfAl

The agency added that by Sunday evening Saola could reach the central part of the Honshu island and could also hit Tokyo.

READ MORE: Powerful Cat-3 Typhoon Lan Brings Heavy Rain and Winds to Japan, 2 Dead

Typhoons regularly strike Japan. The previous typhoon hit the island nation last weekend and one of the most devastating ones in recent time, Typhoon Lionrock, passed through the country last September, killing some 22 people.
 
Germans are bracing for rain showers and winds reaching up to 200 kilometers per hour as the storm dubbed Herwart is expected to gain full strength on Sunday.

Storm Hits Germany Causing Transport Difficulties Across Country (PHOTOS)
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201710291058636572-herwart-germany-storm-transport-difficulties/

Herwart hit the northern and central parts of Germany causing transport difficulties across the country as the railway traffic has been partially suspended, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Sunday.

According to the correspondent, the restrictions imposed by Germany's Deutsche Bahn railway company had targeted such German regions as Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia.

​Berlin's fire service has also introduced an emergency situation regime against the backdrop of the storm.

Social media users have responded to the reports of the storm passing through the country with humorous posts.

​At this moment there has been no information about those killed or injured by the storm.
 
Dozens of rare sea creatures were spotted on the Welsh coast to the surprise of the seaside town’s public.

Dozens of Octopuses Seen Out of Water Crawling Along Welsh Coast (VIDEO)
https://sputniknews.com/society/201710301058672906-wales-octopus-crawling-along-coast/

Some 25 curled octopuses, which grow to a length of 50 cm, were seen three nights in a row crawling on New Quay beach in Ceredigion in west Wales. Some were later found dead, washed up on the beach.

“It was a bit like an End Of Days scenario,” witness Brett Jones told the BBC. “There were probably about 20 or 25 on the beach. I have never seen them out of the water like that,” he added.

According to the witness who also runs Seamor dolphin-watching boat trips, seeing octopuses out of the water like that is “really rare.”

“Maybe they are getting confused by the bright lights in New Quay harbor and maybe they are dying off after summer or getting knackered after the recent storms,” Brett said.

However, the phenomenon, according to the curator of the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth, James Wright, is quite odd and it is likely that something is wrong with the octopuses.

“As the areas where they are exhibiting this odd behavior coincides with the two areas hit by the two recent low pressure depressions and associated storms of Ophelia and Brian, it could be supposed that these have affected them,” Wright said. “It could simply be injuries sustained by the rough weather itself or there could be sensitivity to a change in atmospheric pressure,” he added.
 
At least five people died as strong winds hit across Central Europe, killing two people in Poland, two in the Czech Republic, and one in Germany officials said.

At Least Five Dead as Storm Winds Hit Central Europe
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13960808000614

The victims in Poland and the Czech Republic were killed by falling trees, RTE reported.

The storm also knocked out power to thousands of Czechs and Poles.

The winds felled trees in the Czech Republic, with one elderly man dying after being hit in the town of Jicin Northeast of Prague, and one woman was killed by a tree in a wooded area.

The weather delayed or halted traffic on several railway corridors and slowed road traffic, with a fallen tree blocking one highway just outside of Prague.

Rivers in the North reached the highest flood-alert levels.

Winds reached more than 100km/h in several parts of the country, and topped out at 180km/h on Snezka, the country's highest mountain, Czech Television said.

The winds also hit Poland, damaging a pipeline at the country's liquefied natural gas terminal in the port of Swinoujscie.

They caused a small leak but no greater damage, according to a spokesman for the state gas pipeline operator, Gaz-System

A driver died in his car after crashing into a branch that had fallen on the road near the northwestern city of Szczecin, firefighters said.

"At present, hundreds of thousands of households are left without power," Sona Holingerova Hendrychova, spokeswoman for the state-run power producer CEZ, said in a statement.

About 200,000 people were also grappling with power outages in the West.

In Germany, the storms caused flooding in Hamburg, where waters rose up around the city's fishmarket.

Germany's Bild newspaper reported that a 63-year-old German man drowned at a campsite in Lower Saxony as a result of a storm surge

Railway operator Deutsche Bahn closed many routes in Northern and Central Germany, cutting rail access to cities such as Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden and Leipzig.
 
Caught this story about the storm that just "raked" the North East of US.
Meteorologist Bob Henson, of wunderground.com comments in this article, New York, New England Raked by Weird Autumn Storm ,
and calls the storm a "meteorological bomb":
Hundreds of thousands of people in New England could be without power for days, in the wake of a blockbuster mid-latitude storm that produced a patchwork of torrential rains and fierce winds across a broad swath from western New York to Maine. Prodded by a very dynamic upper-level trough, the storm featured an intense surface low that raced from the vicinity of New York to west of Montreal late Sunday night into Monday morning. The low qualified as a meteorological “bomb,” as its central pressure dropped 29 mb in a 24-hour period. South of this low, a strong cold front picked up the remnants of Tropical Storm Philippe in the Northwest Atlantic and slammed them into the coast of Maine early Monday. All told, this “Franken-Philippe” storm could rack up damage on par with many landfalling Category 1 hurricanes.

(meteorological bomb: An extratropical surface cyclone with a central pressure that falls on the average at least 1 mb h-1 for 24 hours.

This predominantly maritime, cold season event is usually found approximately 750 km downstream from a mobile 500-mb trough, within or poleward of the maximum westerlies, and within or ahead of the planetary-scale troughs.)

He continues with comparisons of this storm to Hurricane Irene (2011) and the terrible ice storm of 1998, and gives data on flooding, rainfall and storm surge.

He lists the record lows (barometric pressure)
Record low barometric pressures for October

One sign of the uncommon strength of this storm: the very low barometric pressures, especially for early- to mid-autumn.

—In Albany, NY, the mean-sea-level pressure dropped to 975.9 mb at 1:51 am EDT Monday. This broke the previous all-time October record of 979.3 mb set on Oct. 26, 1980.

—In Providence, RI, the pressure dropped to 983.3 mb at 3:51 am EDT Monday, breaking the October record of 983.4 mb set on Oct. 26, 2006.

—In Boston, MA, the minimum pressure of 984.3 mb at 6:54 am EDT Monday was just above the October record of 982.4 mb from Oct. 26, 2006.

Here in the Midwest, this system brought crazy wind out of the south and west, typical for this time of year.
 
The Island of Penang in Malaysia just received its highest rainfall since records began; 315mm in one day.

_https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/400815


Penang flood death toll climbs to seven
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At least seven people have been confirmed dead in Penang after devastating floods triggered by the heaviest rainfall recorded in Penang's history.The seventh victim found today, is a yet to be identified man, whom police said was found covered in mud and stuck to the ticketing gate of the Bandara Stadium in Jalan Dato Keramat. Five of the other victims have been identified as Malaysians.Northeast district police chief Anuar Omar said one of the victims was 45-year-old Tan Ah Peow.Another victim was 97-year-old Chong Sin Thon, who was found at his home in Air Itam at 1PM.Anuar said three of the other victims were from Taman Free School, Jalan Perak and Jalan P Ramlee on the island, which are known to be flood-prone areas.

"One victim is a 75-year-old Indian Muslim male who drowned in his home. His body was retrieved by the Fire and Rescue Department and sent to the Hashim Yahya Mosque relocation centre," Anuar told reporters in Georgetown today.The man has been identified as Amanullah Shabib Kalandir.

"The other victim is Lau Guek Jee, a 64-year-old Chinese woman from the Jalan P Ramlee Paschal nursing and senior citizens' home."Her body was also retrieved by the Fire and Rescue Department and sent to the relocation centre at the Hashim Yahya Mosque."The third victim is 78-year-old Chew Eng Lean," said Anuar, without elaborating further.

State executive councillor Phee Boon Poh had also confirmed the death of a Bangladeshi male in Bagan Dalam, Seberang Perai last night."He died due to fallen trees, and we are awaiting more details about him," Phee told Malaysiakini.Thus far, two relief centres – Hashim Yahya mosque and a surau in Taman Free School – have been opened to deal with flood victims.

Penang Water Supply Corporation chief executive officer Jaseni Maidinsa said Penang was experiencing a historic amount of rainfall."The Sept 15 flood had rainfall as much as 70mm. Last night's was 315mm, the highest in Penang's history," he said.Penang was hit by flooding since yesterday evening as strong winds lashed across the island and mainland, uprooting trees, damaging roads and buildings and stranding vehicles. causing massive traffic jams.Flights and bus routes were interrupted, and some areas in Jelutong suffered blackouts.

Tanjung Bungah assemblyperson Teh Yee Cheu said several projects, including Bolton Surin in Chee Sent Garden, Tanjung Bungah, saw its road and housing units collapse due to the strong winds."The road and homes were built near a hillslope, and a multi-level carpark of a condominium had crack marks, while the carparks in Taman Sri Set and Permai Jaya's entire carpark was submerged in water.Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim appealed for assistance, and issued a call for volunteers, saying that food and clean water, as well as trucks or vehicles which can access flood areas are needed."What we did last night was to manually drag boats through the water. It is very slow and exhausting, most of our volunteers need rest after more than five hours walking in waste, dragging boats.

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng had described the disaster as unprecedented and appealed to the federal government to deploy the military for assistance.The Malaysian Meteorological Department had last night also issued a heavy rain warning with Penang and parts of Kedah receiving a "red" notice, warning that the situation will persist until today.Parts of Perlis, Perak, Kelantan and Terengganu are also affected, but not as severely.Typhoon Damrey made landfall in Vietnam yesterday, killing at least 19 people. The category 2 typhoon had since weakened to a tropical storm.Concurrently, the Pacific Disaster Center and typhoon tracking portal cycloane.com reported the formation of a tropical disturbance over the Malaysian peninsula which is referred to as "invest 95W."The tropical disturbance is unlikely to develop into a tropical storm but will cause erratic weather.
 
Well, we've had some crazy weather here in New South Wales, Australia with thunderstorms, wild winds and hail the size of golf balls.

Severe NSW weather blows roofs from buildings, brings unseasonal snow and 'giant hail'

A roof collapse has sent two people to hospital as rain and hail caused widespread damage across NSW, with the bureau predicting more "giant hail" and destructive winds into the evening.

The Bureau of Meteorology warned "giant hail and destructive winds" were possible with thunderstorms over the North West Slopes and Plains, parts of the Upper Hunter and inland parts of the Mid-North Coast. Areas that could be affected this evening are Port Macquarie, Taree, Armidale, Tamworth, Gunnedah, Moree, Narrabri, Walgett and Lightning Ridge.

The dangerous weather caused the roof of a community centre to collapse in the Hunter Valley town of Kurri Kurri, near Cessnock, just after 2:00pm. storm also produced has a massive hailstorm which hit suburbs north of Wollongong.The weather bureau said golf-ball-sized hail fell at Narrabri about 3:20pm.

Across the state, the BOM has issued severe thunderstorm warnings, a marine wind warning and hazardous surf warning, with the greatest impact likely to be on the South Coast and Illawarra. The storm also produced has a massive hailstorm which hit suburbs north of Wollongong.

The weather bureau said golf-ball-sized hail fell at Narrabri about 3:20pm.

Across the state, the BOM has issued severe thunderstorm warnings, a marine wind warning and hazardous surf warning, with the greatest impact likely to be on the South Coast and Illawarra.
The BOM's Mohammed Nabi said the weather would get worse as the day progressed. "At the moment we do have a severe wind warning for damaging winds along the coastal parts and the higher ground that is expected to effect the Illawarra later this afternoon with south, south-westerly winds," he said.

"Also before that we have a warning for heavy rain intensifying from about mid morning."

'Massive' damage reported in some parts of northern NSW

Stephen Butcher, from Tregeagle, near Lismore, said the damage from last night's storm was "massive".
"I fear for some of my stock, I have thousands of dollars worth of yearlings, two-year-old thoroughbreds in the paddocks," he said. "I'm hoping they stood up. I saw some of them venturing out when the ferocity of the storms hit. "I've got massive fig trees that are just shredded. "I could hear the roof tiles breaking with the force of the wind and the size of the hail. I've never seen anything like it."

Otto Saeck is the owner of Blueberry Fields at Brooklet near Byron Bay and said it was the most severe hailstorm he had seen in 30 years of growing berries in the area. "It was very very scary. We were sitting in the middle of the house hoping the windows wouldn't break," he said. "The purpose-built hail nets, we spent over three quarters of a million dollars on them upgrading them three years ago, hasn't stood up to the load and the winds. "It was like a tornado. We've lost most of the summer crop. We've got to spend hundreds of thousands in repair work. "We'll prune these hard, that have been damaged, hopefully they'll come back, but if not we'll have to pull them out and start again. It's pretty expensive."

_http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-06/bom-issues-severe-weather-warning-for-sydney-and-nsw-south-coast/9121316
 
Not sure what happen as this anomaly could have been a micro burst, but where's the rain.

Plus a description by a wittiness of the event mentions a white light before the strong winds wrecked havoc. A some what of a localized event.

Las Vegas' strong winds cause damage (The white light quote)
http://www.fox5vegas.com/clip/13939258/las-vegas-strong-winds-cause-damage
Posted: Nov 28, 2017 7:17 AM RST
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -Video 1:53
The week after Thanksgiving brought strong winds into the Las Vegas Valley.

1:18

Has me think could the above have been a plasma electric event discharge. Though interesting but remote never the less strange times.

Also timely but not related is an observation from AMS
2017-11-27 18:30 PST - 2017-11-28 02:30 UT - Duration ≈3.5s
https://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2017/4754
AMS received one report about a fireball seen over NV on Tuesday, November 28th 2017 around 02:30 UT.
D. Sound 1 no C. Sound
Remarks: When seen it falling, it honestly looked like it was going to fall right on top of Mandalay Bay Hotel.

Flashback:
Published on Mar 31, 2017
_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-yCtgc0WuE
Las Vegas had an unexpected wind storm which I believe was spiritually related. It wasn't just the wind but the electricity that filled the air with strange looking clouds & temperatures dropping rapidly.
 
"Transient" is a compilation of the best shots from my storm chasing adventures of summer 2017. Most of the lightning footage was captured in uncompressed raw at 1000 frames per second with our Phantom Flex4K. This summer I chased for over 30 days and traveled 20K miles. My respect and admiration for storm chasers became even stronger this year. This is one of the most difficult projects I have ever attempted in my career. On several occasions I found myself uncomfortable either mentally or physically. Chasing storms with a Phantom Flex4K is stressful even when things are going well. There were at least 10 days where I returned home with my tail between my legs and nothing to show after a ten hour chase and 500 miles. There were also a couple of days that I drove home with an ear to ear smile that lasted for hours. Most of the lightning was captured in my home state of Arizona. I also spent a week in the Great Plains chasing with Chad Cowan. It was during this time that I captured a time-lapse of the massive super-cell shown twice in Transient. For some reason that damn super-cell refused to spit out a proper bolt.
 

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