“It’s officially fall, but you wouldn’t know it by the weather.
“In fact, the islands are continuing to see record high temperatures in several locales. That comes after a blistering summer with highs in the mid-90s…
“If you’re keeping count ― and the National Weather Service in Honolulu is ― Hawaii has seen 213 official record-breaking or -tying highs since April…
“Scientists say a marine heat wave in the Pacific ― the second-largest ever recorded ― is largely to blame for the avalanche of record highs.”
“Alaskan health officials are concerned about an increase in scombroid poisoning from fish
“…some are pointing the finger at Alaska’s unusually warm summer, according to an Alaskan Public Media report.”
“A rapidly spreading wildfire driven by strong winds exploded in Sonoma County late Wednesday, prompting evacuation orders for residents east of Geyserville.
“The Kincade fire is an estimated 10,000 acres and has no containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection…”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-23/kincade-fire-sonoma-county-prompts-evacuations
“Global warming could contribute to the failure of one in four steel bridges in the US over the next two decades. Bridges in the US and other high-income countries are ageing and deteriorating.
“Last year, a large portion of an Italian bridge built in the 1960s collapsed, killing more than 40 people. One of the most common problems involves expansion joints.”
“An insurance industry group says the nine tornadoes that struck the Dallas area during a Sunday night caused an estimated $2billion in insured losses.
“The Insurance Council of Texas said the estimate, which it called ‘pretty conservative’, makes the tornado disaster the costliest in state history.”
“Hungary witnessed a record temperature of 28.2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, the meteorological office said. The daytime high was recorded in Dombegyháza, in Békés county in the south-east.”
https://hungarytoday.hu/record-temperature-hungary-october/
“Torrential rain in southern France and northeast Spain left several people missing and one dead, as well as causing severe disruption and damage to infrastructure.
“In the Montpellier region of France 1000 people were brought to safety, French authorities said on Wednesday… France’s national weather authority said storms and heavy rains could continue through to Thursday.”
https://www.dw.com/en/deadly-floods-in-france-spain-cause-disruption/a-50957967
“Alicante [Spain] has suffered its rainiest year on record during 2019 after the latest storms that hit this week, according to data provided by AEMET….
“The Gota Fria storms and floods in the Vega Baja regions in September – that lasted three days – were the biggest on record…”
https://www.theleader.info/2019/10/23/alicante-suffers-rainiest-year-on-record-after-latest-storms/
“Death toll has risen to 18 due to the floods caused by persistent rainfall in central Nigeria, said a local official on Wednesday.
“Confirming the figure to reporters, Ibrahim Inga, head of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency in Nigeria’s central region, said eight more deaths were recorded recently.”
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/24/c_138497214.htm
“Heavy rains that pummelled the capital of Cairo and other parts of Egypt, causing massive traffic jams and flooding many key roads, left at least eight people dead, including four children, authorities said Wednesday.
“People captured images of Tuesday’s downpours and flooding on their mobile phones, posting images on social media, including scenes of cars submerged by floodwaters.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/6073155/deadly-flooding-egypt/
“Four children drowned on Tuesday in Eldas, Wajir County [Kenya] as they attempted to swim in a swollen stream. Two of the victims were in Standard Five, one in Grade One and another in Grade Three.
“Heavy rains in the area have occasioned flash floods which have cut off roads and marooned villages.”
https://allafrica.com/stories/201910240147.html
“The Eastern Cape cabinet [South Africa] has resolved to declare the drought a disaster and processes to gazette this are underway, Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane said on Wednesday.
“”One of the issues that delayed the gazetting was that some municipalities were in the process of declaring it a disaster,” he added.”
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/eastern-cape-to-declare-drought-a-disaster-20191023
“One-third of the cotton crop has been destroyed due to the heat wave in Pakistan, especially in lower Sindh, said Senator Muzaffar Hussain Shah.
“Chairing a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research on Wednesday, he stressed the need for developing heat-tolerant, insect-resistant and high-yielding cotton seed varieties.”
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2085873/2-heatwave-destroys-one-third-cotton-crop-pakistan/
“Water levels at more than 30 hydrological stations in east China’s Jiangxi Province have dropped to historic lows as drought persists after flood season, local authorities said Thursday.
“Most parts of Jiangxi suffered meteorological drought of various degrees due to sustained high temperature and evaporation…”
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/24/c_138499206.htm
“The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued warnings for gale-force winds and heavy rain on Thursday evening in Tokyo and the surrounding regions, while Typhoon Bualoi is already battering the Ogasawara Islands, south of Tokyo, with strong winds, heavy rainfall and high waves.
“The death toll from Hagibis stands at 84, with nine still missing…”
“Parts of South Australia have sweltered through their hottest October day in more than a century…
“…northerly winds ahead of an approaching cold front caused temperatures to climb more than 15 degrees above average in parts of South Australia today, with Ceduna reaching 40.1C by 1pm. Further east, Port Lincoln had reached 40.8…”
“The parched earth of Australia’s longest waterway, if tributaries are included, is in the grip of the continent’s most severe drought in a century.
“At Menindee, 830 km west of Sydney, despair has turned to anger as residents blame the government for exacerbating the drought by drawing down river water in 2017 for irrigation and other uses downstream.”
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