“There seems to be no respite for Indians from deadly weather conditions.
“On May 29, up to 40 people were reportedly killed as thunderstorms and heavy winds struck parts of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar, and Jharkhand, causing trees to fall and houses to collapse. This takes the total death toll from extreme weather events to over 200 this month, with UP being the worst-hit…
“Meteorologists have largely attributed the spate of bad weather to a western disturbance (a low-pressure system) and cyclonic circulations over the Indian subcontinent. However, rising temperatures, too, have intensified the storms. Many Indian states have experienced heatwave conditions for weeks, with temperatures reaching up to 46.7 degrees Celsius.”
“There seems to be no respite for Indians from deadly weather conditions.
“On May 29, up to 40 people were reportedly killed as thunderstorms and heavy winds struck parts of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar, and Jharkhand, causing trees to fall and houses to collapse. This takes the total death toll from extreme weather events to over 200 this month, with UP being the worst-hit…
“Meteorologists have largely attributed the spate of bad weather to a western disturbance (a low-pressure system) and cyclonic circulations over the Indian subcontinent. However, rising temperatures, too, have intensified the storms. Many Indian states have experienced heatwave conditions for weeks, with temperatures reaching up to 46.7 degrees Celsius.”
“Shattering the heat record of the past 28 years, Bhopal recorded a maximum temperature of 45.3 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.”
“Record rainfall in the range of 340 mm received in parts of Mangaluru and Udupi district, normal rainfall in the month of May for Mangaluru is 168.6 mm.”
“It was also the second-hottest day ever in May since [Hong Kong] city records began 133 years ago.”
“Sydney is still on track to record its hottest autumn ever.”
“Hundreds of wild animals fleeing severe drought have invaded remote Australian towns to hunt for food and water, prompting warnings that they may attack residents.”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/severe-drought-in-australia-triggers-emu-invasion-n83ztqddk
“Less than two weeks after a black bear was spotted and tagged in Prescott, the same bear traveled more than 40 miles to the Phoenix area, even stopping at a country club in Anthem. Dr. Grey Stafford, a wildlife expert, says this is an alarming consequence of the drought.”
“To say that it is hot in Houston — or anywhere in Texas for that matter — would be a serious understatement of fact.”
https://patch.com/texas/houston/hellish-summer-houston-already-seeing-recod-heat
“Record high temperatures engulfed the Great Lakes region over the last four days. It’s amazing how the world’s largest freshwater system warmed up in just the past few days. The image on the left shows water temperatures just six days ago. All of the Great Lakes have seen dramatic warming in the past few days.”
https://www.mlive.com/expo/erry-2018/05/5e9f247dd71030/great_lakes_water_temperatures.html
“After receiving nearly 10 inches of rainfall Monday evening, parts of northwest Kansas experienced heavy flooding that damaged roads and caused a highway closure.”
http://hppr.org/post/almost-10-inches-rain-northwest-kansas-cause-floods-damage-roads
“With relentless rain in the forecast all week — and the record for May rainfall already in tatters — some parts of Western North Carolina are bracing for flooding. With two days remaining in May, the Asheville area has already set a record for rainfall in the month, with 11.49 inches recorded at Asheville Regional Airport as of Monday. That eclipses the previous record of 9.18 inches set in May 2009.”
“”Floodwaters [North Carolina] have reached levels not seen since the September 2004 floods associated with Hurricanes Frances and Ivan,” the National Weather Service said.”
“Flooding in central Cuba caused by torrential rainfall in the wake of the subtropical storm Alberto has killed four people and prompted the evacuation of tens of thousands, Cuban state-run media said late on Tuesday.”
“Thunderstorms and flash-flooding have brought parts of south-east England to a standstill as the region received a month’s worth of rain in a few hours.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44293941
“Much of France is enduring some pretty extreme weather right now. Violent storms have lashed the country for days and set to continue.”
https://www.thelocal.fr/20180530/how-to-avoid-being-struck-by-lightning
“Record-high temperatures are creating a summer-like atmosphere in Germany and Poland weeks ahead of the official start of summer… Polish state television said it’s the hottest May on record in 129 years, with April the third-warmest on record.”
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12061632
“Heavy rainfall has resulted in severe flooding and has led to roofs on buildings collapsing, cars being damaged and roads being ruined in the German city of Wuppertal. According to a speaker of the German Weather Service, over a short period of time, more than 40 liters of rain per square meter fell on Wuppertal.”
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201805291064920418-germany-wuppertal-flood/
“Junsele in northern Sweden and Landsort in the Nynäshamn archipelago both had their hottest May temperatures since records began (Junsele 28.5C, May 15th; Landsort 23.2C, May 16th), and Halmstad and Uppsala broke more than 100-year-old records (29.2C and 29.3C) on May 16th.”
https://www.thelocal.se/20180530/swedens-heatwave-hits-30c-and-breaks-several-records
