Extreme Weather Worldwide: Fatal Japan Landslide,Mexico Hail, Genoa Waterspouts, More....

Landslide destruction in Hiroshima. Photo
from Mainichi.  

It's not just the United States that have had wicked bad storms this summer. Many spots around the world are getting hammered.

The worst of the recent storms hit Hiroshima, Japan, last week, where at least 39 people died when record rainfall, to the tune of eight inches in just a few hours, triggered a huge landslide that slammed into a crowded neighborhood. 

The area around Hiroshima is prone to landslides, since there's lots of steep, unstable mountain slopes there. Continued heavy rain in the area is making search and rescue really difficult.

Last weekend in Mexico City, the problem was hail. an incredible amount of it.

Hat tip to Capital Weather Gang for the alert on the Mexican hail which piled up to two or three feet deep in some sections of the city especially where rainwater washed the hail into  huge piles.  We were left with the odd scene of what looked like people shoveling heavy snow in Mexico City in August

Here's a video showing the deep hail, and flooding caused by the Mexico City storm. (Then scroll down for more more wild world weather below the video)



In Italy, the problem was tornadoes and waterspouts.

There was a spectacular waterspout off of Genoa, and here's a surveillance camera video of a tornado hitting an Italian beachfront cafe.

Probably not a good day for a nice cocktail on the beach:




Earlier this month, it was Germany's turn to have tornadoes and severe weather, as we can see in this video: