“On the heels of the deadly wildfires that killed at least 82 people, flash flooding struck the northern suburbs of the Greek capital of Athens on Thursday…
“While the rainfall is needed to quell the fire danger and douse any remaining wildfires, an overwhelming amount of rain triggered flash flooding in the northern suburbs of Athens.”
“Due to the continuing drought and heat, this year’s potato harvest in Germany and the rest of Europe will be worse than last year, both in quality and quantity.”
“Thursday night was the warmest ever recorded in the Netherlands, with the temperature dropping no lower than 23.6 degrees at the Bilt weather station near Hilversum. The old record dates from 2004 when it was no cooler than 20.8 degrees.”
“A few disgruntled (not to mention boiling) commuters in Paris have recorded the temperatures on the city’s much-maligned RER B line during the ongoing heatwave… and their findings certainly make for some uncomfortable reading.”
“Panicked [Eurotunnel] staff opened a fire hydrant and encouraged people and pets to cool down.”
“We [in the UK] are now just three days away from matching the famous drought of the summer of 1976, according to a Coventry meteorologist.”
“Sweden’s unprecedented drought and devastating wildfires are destroying vital grazing pastureland for indigenous Sami reindeer herders, whose livelihoods are already under attack from mining and logging as global warming changes the face of the Arctic.”
https://www.thelocal.se/20180727/swedens-sami-reindeer-herders-hit-by-wildfires-and-drought
“”The heatwaves and extreme heat we are experiencing are consistent with what we expect as a result of climate change, caused by greenhouse gas emissions. “This is not a future scenario. It is happening now.””
http://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/07/27/18/record-heatwave-across-northern-hemisphere
“Abnormal weather in the form of severe rainfall and heat waves has been taking a heavy toll on Asia recently, both in human and economic terms.”
https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Asian-economies-feel-the-heat-from-extreme-weather
“Vegetable prices are rising rapidly in Japan after a deadly heatwave saw highs of more than 40C. Record-breaking temperatures triggered a spike in the cost of some foods with increases of up to 65 per cent.”
“A team of scientists from the University of California, Irvine has found evidence of significant mass loss in East Antarctica’s Totten and Moscow University glaciers, which, if they fully collapsed, could add 5 meters (16.4 feet) to the global sea level.”
https://phys.org/news/2018-07-glaciers-east-antarctica-imperiled-climate.html
