“Japan advised more than a million people to evacuate their homes Tuesday and canceled hundreds of flights as the west coast was hit with high winds and heavy rain in what was described as the worst typhoon in 25 years.
“Typhoon Jebi, whose name means swallow in Korean, is the latest spate of record-breaking, deadly weather patterns to hit the island nation this summer, after historic floods, landslides, and a heat wave killed at least 300 people.
“The heatwave in Japan this summer was part of a pattern of hotter weather in several parts of the world that scientists have blamed on a warming planet.”
“June through August 2018 was the hottest summer since the end of World War II, with the average temperature in eastern Japan 1.7 degrees Celsius higher than usual, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported.”
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180904/p2a/00m/0na/006000c
“Farmers [in New South Wales] have been warned their livestock is being attacked by feral pigs, wild boars, foxes and dingoes as the wild animals are starved by the drought. Central Tablelands Local Land Services (CTLLS) in is offering services for farmers in and around the NSW towns of Oberon, Mudgee and Cowra to tackle the predators as spring begins.”
“An Australian farmer has uploaded dramatic footage of a dust storm that swept through his property after five years of drought. The 20 second clip shows a ferocious storm, with visibility difficult beyond a few metres from the window of his Hungerford home, in south-east Queensland. ‘There was supposed to finally be some rain but instead all we got was a dust storm,” the farmer said in the video. ‘I’ve never seen one that bad before.'”
Hottest ever July; third hottest summer on record for Juneau, Alaska:
http://juneauempire.com/2018-09-03/summer-finishes-third-warmest-juneau
“After B.C.’s record-setting wildfire season, Langen is bracing to treat a number of animals, specifically bears, that have been displaced by the blazes. While many people across the province have been forced to flee their homes due to wildfires, so too have wildlife. Fires rip through forests, destroying habitats and burning food sources.”
“Nearly 9 inches of rain that pounded Manhattan, Kan., overnight and into the day Monday caused major flash flooding, forcing more than 300 people to evacuate their homes. Some 750 homes still lack power, the city of Manhattan reports. “We’re saying it is a 500-year event, perhaps a 700-, 800-year event,” said Manhattan’s Municipal Government Manager Mark Fehr at a 2 p.m. press conference Monday.”
https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/article217767115.html
“Parts of Galveston, Texas have gotten more than 10 inches of rain, flooding streets as a storm system moved across the island. National Weather Service meteorologist Josh Lichter says heavy rains fell on the island overnight Monday…”
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article217768515.html
“Yet despite South Florida’s sweltering climate — intensified by record-breaking temperatures the past few years — the federal government does not require air conditioning for public housing.”
http://www.wlrn.org/post/its-really-hot-miami-feds-dont-require-ac-public-housing
“Tropical Storm Gordon on Tuesday barreled toward central U.S. Gulf Coast, where it was expected to become a hurricane and bring high winds and heavy rain to the region, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The storm was gaining strength and was expected to become a hurricane as it comes ashore late on Tuesday near the border between Louisiana and Mississippi…”
“During a hot and dry summer, Scotland’s River Gairn hit a record-breaking temperature of 27.5C. Photographer Paul Glendell met scientists at the James Hutton Institute who warn of the potential ecological impacts and the need to consider actions to make rivers more resilient to potential climate change.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-45354167
“The European Commission is standing by Europe’s farmers this summer, as they grapple with the difficulties of extreme droughts with an additional package of support measures to help mitigate the ongoing challenges. The European Commission has come up with more actions aimed at increasing the availability of fodder resources for livestock which is one of the main challenges faced by farmers dealing with the impact of drought.”
“As a result of global warming, temperatures in the Alps have increased by 1.8 degrees in the past 70 years. Many researchers believe that in twenty years, many small glaciers will most certainly have disappeared… The Rhone Glacier is protected by special white blankets, designed to deflect the sun light. The blankets do help, but many fear such protection measures are utterly inadequate.”
http://www.euronews.com/2018/09/04/poorly-armed-in-the-battle-against-alpine-glacier-retreat
“Kerala, the southern Indian state reeling from its worst flooding in a century, is now battling a “fast, progressive” strain of leptospirosis, or “rat fever”, as it is known locally… The waterborne bacterial disease can prove fatal and is transmitted by the urine of infected animals, with symptoms including muscle pain and fever. The outbreak comes after flooding triggered by torrential rain devastated almost the entire state.”
“Death toll from severe flooding reached 31 across Myanmar… As of Sunday, Bago region led with a death toll of nine by flooding due to heavy rainfall, followed by Mon state, Kayin state, Tanintharyi and Magway regions. A total of 136 temporary relief camps have been set up to accommodate 62,435 flood victims so far.”
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/03/c_137441763.htm
“Torrential rain in Southern China is battering more than 1.2 million people. Emergency crews are working around the clock to rescue trapped residents. The Quangdong province near Hong Kong is the hardest hit. Almost 130,000 people were forced to flee their homes, with some cities submerged under as much as 2 meters of water.”
http://www.wilx.com/content/news/Torrential-rain-batters-12M-in-China-492337331.html
“Permafrost that’s thawing deep under some Arctic lakes is speeding up climate warming. That’s according to a recent study led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, published earlier this month in Nature Communications. Researchers looked at the “abrupt thaw” of permafrost beneath more than 300 thermokarst lakes in Alaska and Siberia over the last decade, along with high resolution images of lake changes in interior Alaska.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/permafrost-thawing-methane-1.4806284
“Since it snapped off the Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017, the trillion-tonne iceberg known as A68 has spent most of its time stuck in the mud. Now, new satellite data reveals that the ‘berg made its biggest move yet over the austral winter — a dramatic counterclockwise rotation that shows no signs of stopping.”
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/09/giant-antarctic-iceberg-makes-dramatic-about-face/
