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China: Spectacular Virga Clouds Captured Over Jinan City Amid Sudden Hailstorm

On the evening of May 18, 2024, residents in Jinan, Shandong, China, captured moments of localized rain clouds, which appeared like a delicate veil connecting the sky and the earth, as the sudden hail hit the city. The video shows the raindrops showering from the dense clouds accompanied by terrifying lightning. Zheng Lina, the chief forecaster at the Jinan Meteorological Observatory, explained in a local interview that this meteorological marvel is called a "virga", which occurs when raindrops evaporate continuously as they fall, creating streak-like suspensions. The virga is often observed during high temperatures in summer, which leads to localized convective weather conditions.

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High schooler passes weather forecaster exam

TOKYO, Japan - Chihiro Kataoka, a student of Oin senior high school in Tokyo, became Japan's youngest woman to pass the national exam for a certified weather forecaster at the age of 15 years and eight months in August 2014.

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Youngest weather forecaster

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Tomoki Kai, a 12-year-old junior high school student, in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 5, 2012. Kai has become the youngest person ever to pass the test for certified weather forecasters in Japan, the examiner said the same day.

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Comedian Matsumoto marries, expects baby this year

TOKYO, Japan - Popular Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto (in this file photo), 45, married Rin Ihara, 26, a former weather forecaster, and she is expected to have a baby by the end of this year, his office Yoshimoto Kogyo said May 17. He published ''Isho'' (Farewell Note), a collection of essays, in 1994 and it became one of the bestsellers of the year.

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Boy, 14, youngest ever passes weather forecaster test

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Okajima, a second-grader at Nada Junior High School in Kobe, speaks to reporters about passing a test for certified weather forecasters in January at age 14 years and 1 month. He broke the previous record set by a boy of 14 years and 8 months.

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Death toll of flash flooding in Australian states continues to rise

STORY: Death toll of flash flooding in Australian states continues to rise DATELINE: March 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of affected areas and local people 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JONATHAN HOW, Forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology (courtesy of the Bureau of Meteorology) STORYLINE: The death toll from the floodwaters in Australia's eastern states climbed to 11. Police of the state of New South Wales (NSW) confirmed the third flood-related death in the state on Wednesday. The woman's body was found in South Lismore, one of the worst-hit regions in the state. It took the death toll of this wild weather that is sweeping the eastern part of the country to 11, among which eight victims are in the state of Queensland. The severe weather system, which has been ravaging in Queensland and the northern NSW since last week, is expected to continue this week. NSW Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) warned that heavy rainfall, which m

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"Slipperiness forecast" alerts pedestrians to hazardous pavements

Photo taken Nov. 24, 2016, shows Fumiyoshi Kawamura, a 47-year-old weather forecaster in Sapporo, northern Japan, explaining his "slipperiness forecast." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Comedian Matsumoto marries, expects baby this year

TOKYO, Japan - Popular Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto (in this file photo), 45, married Rin Ihara, 26, a former weather forecaster, and she is expected to have a baby by the end of this year, his office Yoshimoto Kogyo said May 17. He published ''Isho'' (Farewell Note), a collection of essays, in 1994 and it became one of the bestsellers of the year. (Kyodo)

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High schooler passes weather forecaster exam

TOKYO, Japan - Chihiro Kataoka, a student of Oin senior high school in Tokyo, became Japan's youngest woman to pass the national exam for a certified weather forecaster at the age of 15 years and eight months in August 2014. (Kyodo)

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Boy, 14, youngest ever passes weather forecaster test

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Okajima, a second-grader at Nada Junior High School in Kobe, speaks to reporters about passing a test for certified weather forecasters in January at age 14 years and 1 month. He broke the previous record set by a boy of 14 years and 8 months. (Kyodo)