“With May 2018 ranking as the warmest such month on record in the continental U.S., beating out the Dust Bowl May of 1934, the country has extended a much longer heat streak. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the country has had its warmest 3-year, 4-year, and 5-year periods on record through May 2018.”
“Flash floods inundated downtown Baton Rouge streets, forcing some motorists to abandon their vehicles, and thousands lost power Tuesday evening (June 12) as heavy rains drenched south Louisiana…”
https://www.nola.com/weather/index.ssf/2018/06/baton_rouge_streets_flooded_in.html
“It isn’t every day Churchill, Manitoba, is the warmest place in Canada, but that’s exactly what happened… A heat warning was in effect Monday when Churchill, also known as the “polar bear capital of the world,” …hit a high of 32.2 C. “[It] shattered the old record of 24.4 C, which was set in 1950,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Brad Vrolijk.”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/churchill-manitoba-breaks-warm-weather-record-1.4702267
“Scotland is set to be battered by strong winds of up to 70mph and heavy rain which could present a ‘danger to life’.”
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/weather-warning-danger-life-70mph-12690719
“The flooding has become so intense that the town of Morlaix, located in northwestern Brittany, is still digging its way out after it was hit with an estimated month’s worth of rain in just 30 minutes last week.”
https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/flooding-in-france-casualties-destruction
“Torrential rain continued to hit Switzerland for a second night running, this time focusing on the north-western canton of Jura. Villages in the area were flooded as the river Schuelte burst its banks.”
“Meteorologists say that the rainfall will exceed 25 liters per sqm and can even reach 60-80 liters per sqm in the southwest and in the mountain area [of Romania].”
https://www.romania-insider.com/storm-warning-june-2018/
“The UkrAgroConsult agriculture consultancy on Tuesday cut its forecast for Ukraine’s 2018/19 crop year wheat and barley harvest and exports due to a severe drought across the country.”
“Heavy rain leading to flooding is expected over Cape Town, the Cape Winelands, western parts of the Overberg and West Coast District tomorrow into Friday.”
https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/extreme-weather-warning-for-cape-15446143
“The Western Cape dam levels have increased but the provincial Department of Environmental Affairs is warning that the drought is still far from over. The province’s biggest dam, Theewaterskloof is currently at 20.8%.”
http://ewn.co.za/2018/06/13/wc-dam-levels-up-drought-concerns-far-from-over
“At least 10 people were killed and several others were injured in incidents of lightning strike in West Bengal [India].”
“The air quality in Delhi today deteriorated beyond the “severe” level because of a ground-level dust storm in western India which increased coarser particles in the air, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.”
“The air quality in Delhi today deteriorated beyond the “severe” level because of a ground-level dust storm in western India which increased coarser particles in the air, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.”
“A torrent of record breaking rainfall in a short span of time, followed by a deficit is becoming normal. For instance, on June 12, Mizoram [India] received 107.7 mm of rainfall, which is 643 per cent more than the normal rainfall. Manipur, on the other hand, received 32.9 mm rainfall, which is 68 per cent more than the normal. This is when monsoon has not even been officially declared in the region.”
“The incessant torrential rains, accompanied by rushing downhill water, under the influence of a depression in the Bay have partially severed Chittagong’s [Bangladesh] road communication with the three hill districts, leaving hundreds of people marooned in different parts.”
https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2018/06/13/hundreds-of-people-marooned-in-chittagong
“Today’s maximum [Brisbane] is expected to hit 26C, just 1C shy of the record 27C June maximum in 2002.”
“Fears drought conditions are taking hold in grain growing regions [of Australia] has prompted farmers to scale back their plantings. It has been so dry that the crops that have been sown have gone into soils parched by the driest autumn since 1902.”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-06-13/dry-start-to-season-sees-grain-crops-scaled-back/9853916
“Coral reefs provide a first line of defence from flooding for coastal communities around the world, and a new study has calculated the huge costs of losing this valuable natural asset.”
