“Heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh for the last three days has claimed 19 lives. The state capital Shimla also received the highest rain in August in 117 years, the weather office has said. It has warned the hill state could experience more rain.
“The India Meteorological Department or IMD has also forecast heavy rain in other states. Goa and the Konkan region, Odisha and Kerala will continue to experience heavy rain, the weather office has said.”
Death roll rises to 39 as unprecedented flooding hits Kerala:
“Experts believe that long, dry periods, especially during winter and the pre-monsoon period, caused by increased warming, is a significant factor for more fires. The annual mean temperature in India has increased by 1.2 degree Celsius since the beginning of the 20th century… The last decade (2001-2010/ 2007-2016) was also the warmest on record…”
“Shaanxi province has been battling heavy downpours and howling winds since early July. The extreme weather had triggered severe flooding and landslides. The embankment of a reservoir near Zizhou county was breached in mid July, forcing 20,000 residents to evacuate.”
“A tropical low that has been spinning near the southeast coast of China since last week finally became Tropical Storm Bebinca on Monday and will bring several days of heavy rainfall to parts of China and Vietnam this week.”
“The tropics remain full of life in the West Pacific as Severe Tropical Storm Leepi takes aim at southern Japan Tuesday into Tuesday night.”
“Indoor playgrounds are proving a godsend for parents looking to allow their children to stay active and safe as Japan sweats through a summer of record-breaking heat. Parents are turning to playgrounds in air-conditioned shopping centers and other commercial enterprises when they would typically use public spaces outdoors.”
“Australia is drying up. Red dust has replaced green fields. Cracked and baked creek beds offer no relief to malnourished sheep and cattle. The stoic resilience of Aussie farmers is being tested. As News.com put it, “Some farmers say the only water they’ve seen in years is the tears on their pillows.””
https://www.thetrumpet.com/17592-australia-suffers-through-worst-drought-in-400-years
“Sydney could be hit with dust storms from Wednesday as winds increase and temperatures rise. Conditions are so dry in rural New South Wales that the dust could be carried from western inland areas to the eastern coast.”
“California’s deadly wildfire season continues, and one staggering data point illustrates just how serious things are: Three of the state’s top 10 largest wildfires on record are burning at the same time.”
“A fire in Glacier National Park has sparked evacuations over the weekend as record heat and high winds cause the fire to spread. The Howe Ridge Fire first ignited over the weekend after lightning struck on Saturday. The wildfire spread rapidly as triple-digit temperatures and high winds fed the flames.”
“At least 27 people have been rescued after 8 to 9 inches of rain caused flash flooding in the Nueces River at a park west of San Antonio [Texas].”
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article216548735.html
“The police chief in Brick, New Jersey, declared a state of emergency and evacuated residents of a retirement community. Seven to 8 inches of rain fell on the Jersey shore town in a matter of hours… In Pennsylvania, a flash flood emergency was declared for western Bradford County… The National Weather Service in State College said there were numerous reports of 6 inches of rain or more in Schuylkill and Columbia counties.”
“In the 80 years since the weather service began taking the official Cleveland temperatures at the airport, Cleveland has never had warmer summer evenings than this year.”
https://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2018/08/for_summer_evenings_2018_is_th.html
Video of flash-flooding across Trinidad & Tobago:
http://www.looptt.com/content/watch-reports-flooding-across-trinidad-due-heavy-rains
“A meeting of German officials to discuss the ongoing drought has failed to produce the result farmers have been hoping for. The Agriculture Ministry said it was still too early to decide on financial aid.”
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-farmers-still-waiting-for-drought-aid-decision/a-45069512
“A violent bout of torrential rain pounded the Tuscan city of Grosseto [Italy] overnight, causing flooding and havoc…”
“Israel, like Europe and other parts of the northern hemisphere, has been experiencing record-breaking temperatures this summer.”
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-Meteorological-Service-hot-hot-hot-564748
“Senegal is experiencing the third severe drought period in six years, after 2011 and 2014, leaving nearly a quarter of a million people food insecure as the ‘hunger season’ begins.”
“Sudanese medics say at least 23 people have been killed in heavy flooding… more than 8,900 families have been left homeless.”
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/flooding-sudan-kills-23-people-injures-61-57150441
“Melting of ice shelves in West Antarctica speeds up and slows down in response to changes in deep ocean temperature, and is far more variable than previously thought, according to new research published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience.”
https://phys.org/news/2018-08-melt-rate-west-antarctic-ice-sheet.html
