Hailstorm - Asia - Russia [Asia]
- Details
- Category: Alerts
- Published on Wednesday, 15 August 2012 08:43
- Written by RSOE EDIS
EDIS Number: HS-20120816-36210-RUS
Date / time: 16/08/2012 08:42:01 [UTC]
Event: Hailstorm
Area: Asia
Country: Russia [Asia]
State/County: Kemerovskaya Oblast
Location: [Siberia]
Number of Deads: N/A
Number of Injured: 20 person(s)
Number of Infected: N/A
Number of Missing: N/A
Number of Affected: N/A
Number of Evacuated: N/A
Damage level: Heavy
Description:
[This event happened on 14th Aug.] At least 20 people were injured and more than 100 cars damaged in a sudden mid-summer hailstorm in a Russian Siberian town on Tuesday (August 14). The weather suddenly changed in the evening with wind bringing a torrential downpour of huge hailstones, some larger than chicken eggs. Witnesses said some hailstones reached seven centimeters in diameter. Town residents had literally to save themselves and run to nearby buildings to find cover. Big hailstones pierced holes in car windows, sometimes smashing the glass altogether. Meteorologists said they believed the sudden summer storm was caused by a sharp temperature drop from 32 degrees Celsius at lunchtime to just 16 degrees Celsius by the evening. The town is located in the Kemerovo region in Central Siberia some 3,800 km east of Moscow.Authors: RSOE EDIS
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