Can you guess what's causing the soccer field to ripple and then attack the players?

@ketv7newswatch Bill Randby breaks down the weather phenomenon that had Creighton Prep soccer players sprinting off the field during practice. #omaha #weather #dustdevil #creightonprep #soccer ♬ original sound - KETV NewsWatch 7

Study indicates that cutting ships' sulfur emissions dramatically reduced lightning over shipping lanes

The Conversation:

For decades, ship emissions steadily rose as increasing global trade drove higher ship traffic. Then, in 2020, new international regulations cut ships’ sulfur emissions by 77%. Our newly published research shows how lightning over shipping lanes dropped by half almost overnight after the regulations went into effect.

Hacker news discussion FWIW.

India's "plan to more than double renewable energy capacity by 2030 could be undermined by the country’s high susceptibility to wind droughts and reduced solar irradiation"

From the latest edition of Bloomberg's Green Daily newsletter, which is about, "parametric insurance, a product providing rapid compensation when certain weather-related metrics are met."

Lightning strike enters home and blows out the bathroom tile

@accuweather Reminder to not shower during a storm: Lightning shatters bathroom wall 🛀⚡ #florida #capecoral #lightning #weather #accuweather ♬ original sound - AccuWeather

Related, the lightning stool:

@briggygee Replying to @rkbaratono Lightning stools are a historical relic that still remain in fire lookouts. #firelookout #firetower #firewatch #offgrid #lightning ♬ original sound - Brigg: Fire Lookout 🌲🔥

The referee's ice-covered eyebrows from the Colorado vs LAFC game

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Bass Pro Shop Pyramid covered in snow

A stunning shot of a snowy Pyramid!
(📸: Cody Childress) pic.twitter.com/xCo2nm72B8

— Action News 5 (@WMCActionNews5) January 11, 2025

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Check out this graphic warning of the winds anticipated for Los Angeles

HEADS UP!!! A LIFE-THREATENING, DESTRUCTIVE, Widespread Windstorm is expected Tue afternoon-Weds morning across much of Ventura/LA Co. Areas not typically windy will be impacted. See graphic for areas of greatest concern. Stay indoors, away from windows, expect poweroutages. #LA pic.twitter.com/yl83LxeMEc

— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) January 6, 2025

Be advised: A severe windstorm is expected in LA tomorrow morning through Wed afternoon. Travel may be difficult. Stay home and away from windows. Report downed trees to @MyLA311 and downed power lines to 911. Be prepared! Sign up for @NotifyLA emergency alerts. pic.twitter.com/Wq3w6cSzIr

— LADOT (@LADOTofficial) January 6, 2025

A life-threatening, destructive windstorm is expected to hit Ventura and Los Angeles counties from Tuesday into Wednesday.

The regions could wind gusts of 50-80 mph, NWS reports.

Read more at https://t.co/UaHBJ2EeEi pic.twitter.com/C60Nd5Kk1N

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) January 6, 2025

I was sweating bullets at work today while forecasting. This is the most concerning weather event I’ve forecasted in my young career. Southern Californians: Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. Stay vigilant the next few days. #CAwx

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— Anthony Edwards (@edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social) January 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM

So there was a blood rainbow at the Minnesota Twins game

What the actual fuck a red rainbow?!?!?! pic.twitter.com/WJMKw5SI7j

— tito (@berstreet) August 27, 2024

Most chaotic rainbow I’ve ever seen, I think. pic.twitter.com/rdE500rTys

— Do-Hyoung Park (@dohyoungpark) August 27, 2024

Baseball skies pic.twitter.com/ZHl5hwY4Iu

— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) August 27, 2024

And now “Over the Rainbow” plays while a rainbow forms in an orange post-thunderstorm sky. Crazy…👇🏽🏟️🌈🤷🏼‍♂️ #Twins #Braves #TargetField #Minneapolis @NWSTwinCities @Braves pic.twitter.com/CVljgggciC

— Scott Maier (@samaier) August 27, 2024

Somewhere between "dozens" and "hundreds" of pilgrims have died in Mecca during this year's hajj on account of heat

The NY Times is sticking with "dozens" right now. But The Guardian says:

At least 550 pilgrims have died during the hajj, underscoring the gruelling nature of the pilgrimage which again unfolded in scorching temperatures this year.

...

Each year tens of thousands of pilgrims attempt to perform the hajj without securing official hajj visas in order to save money, a more dangerous undertaking because these off-the-books pilgrims cannot access air-conditioned facilities provided by Saudi authorities along the hajj route.

I thought the storm videos from Mecca I was seeing on Tiktok were too absurd to be real, but no, I guess it really was that windy and chaotic

@mohamedomer846 #عاصفه_رعديه 😨😨#مكه_الان ♬ الصوت الأصلي - بـدر الـمـشـاري 💫

Al Jazeera:

[The] spokesman for the National Center for Meteorology, posted ... that the storm brought gale-force winds exceeding 80 kilometres (50 miles) per hour

A few more clips below:

A "weather incident" (tornado) hit east Los Angeles

Part 2 of twister/tornado in montebello pic.twitter.com/Q1W1YZon19

— Big Rob (@TheRedRanger23) March 22, 2023

ABC:

An apparent tornado formed Wednesday morning over Montebello, tearing up the roofs on multiple industrial buildings

...

Large metal chunks from the building were tossed around onto the parking lot, smashing multiple vehicles.

...

Also Wednesday, another possible tornado struck a mobile home park in Carpinteria, damaging more than two dozen homes

Tornado hits south maple ave in Montebello tearing the roof off multiple buildings and destroying multiple cars pic.twitter.com/yJrbuPMccj

— Turtle (@njtehcherchian) March 22, 2023

When you find a dog in the snow cave that formed on your roof

There’s my pup on our house’s roof in the snow cave we found around our bathroom window dormer. #tahoesouth pic.twitter.com/9aqJxRQyCM

— Susie Kocher (@UCsierraforest) March 6, 2023

Bonus: kayaking off the roof:

Dogs and their owners sliding around on icy streets

@getdamilk Couldn’t get traction #winter #pitbullsoftiktok #bullybreed #icy #dogsoftiktok #cecerocco ♬ motorcycle dududu - FUNNY

Videos of wild coastal flooding in Hawaii from Tropical Cyclone Darby

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They're pouring water on Tour de France roads to stop them from melting

Die #Hitzewelle sorgt dafür, dass bei der #TourDeFrance der Asphalt weich wird. Als Gegenmaßnahme wird Wasser auf die Straße getröpfelt. Und vielleicht fasst das die weltweite Klimapolitik ganz gut zusammen. #TDF2022 #Klimakrise pic.twitter.com/iLdYuk1ldf

— Maximilian Rieger (@mjrieger) July 15, 2022

AFP:

"In certain places, the asphalt is going to start melting, not everywhere of course, but it is going to get much softer. So you can imagine how that might end?

...

"We will have vehicles with 10,000 litres of water taken along the way, the regional departments are going to help us to cool the roads."

But the logistical nightmare doesn't end there.

"You have to do it at just the right moment, if you do it too early it just heats up again.

"If you do it too late the peloton rides onto wet surfaces. It has to be around 15 minutes before they get there," he says.

(The Guardian's updating blog.)

Spotting scorpions with a blacklight; Alien egg harvesting, perhaps; Sheep in an immersion cage; Vintage Oz illustrations

@shotbyshelbs Shout out to black lights 🦂 #scorpion #arizona #fyp ♬ Scary - Background Sounds

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@brotato_chip53

50 man arctic tent being lifted by the wind😅

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Windchill of -10 degrees expected for today's US men's national soccer team World Cup qualifier against Honduras

Star Tribune:

The U.S. team is playing both of its home games in this three-game World Cup qualifying window in northern cities seeking a home-country advantage against tropical opponents El Salvador in Columbus and Honduras in St. Paul.

...

Such conditions would reach "extreme conditions" under safety guidelines U.S. Soccer published in 2015. That "black" alert level recommends cancellation or rescheduling indoors because of frostbite threat.

WaPo:

Some snow in St. Paul probably wouldn’t rival the U.S. qualifier in March 2013 against Costa Rica in Colorado, where a blizzard turned the game into an absurd exercise.

“I look back at some of my first times watching the men’s national team, and seeing that game in Colorado sticks out,” defender Walker Zimmerman said. “I want it to be freezing. I want it to be cold. I want it to snow. I want to be a part of something so iconic that I saw and really remembered growing up. That’s exciting to me.”

Dolce & Gabbana's outdoor fashion show got pounded with hail

Hailstones suddenly pelting guests at D*lce’s menswear show in Venice right now? It’s what they deserve pic.twitter.com/vY4jh9Z6T3

— LOUIS PISANO (@LOUIS_via_ROMA) August 30, 2021

(Another angle.)

Flooding in London

Casual burst manhole and my bus flooded with sewage water in Hackney #LondonFlooding pic.twitter.com/mtS1rvl4F1

— larissa (@LarissaRose_) July 25, 2021

Pudding Mill Lane DLR Station pic.twitter.com/s9AkSPHd4H

— Rob Day (@R0bday) July 25, 2021

(The BBC's summary.)