“The death toll caused by record rainfall in south eastern Brazil has jumped to 53 and officials expressed alarm about continuing storms…
“The capital of Minas Gerais state, Belo Horizonte, recorded 6.7 inches in one 24-hour period from Thursday to Friday, the highest rainfall in 110 years…
“Authorities in Espirito Santo said they were on “maximum alert” due to the forecast of more rain. In the city of Alegre, officials warned that a dam was in danger of breaking and urged people living below to evacuate.”
“The heat wave that began a week ago does not go away and extreme temperatures continue to register in the province [Cuyo, Argentina]…
“For the afternoon, the National Meteorological Service announces a maximum temperature of 40 degrees [104f], with the sky slightly cloudy.”
“In November, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service added the western glacier stonefly (Zapada glacier) and the meltwater lednian stonefly (Lednia tumana) to the Endangered Species List, both under the designation of threatened.
“And while the two species are extremely sensitive to pollution, as all stoneflies are, another very significant risk factor is what triggered the listing [- climage change].”
“Although it’s January, you wouldn’t be able to tell by looking at a thermometer. Many areas across the eastern U.S. have been experiencing temperatures typically seen during March and April…
“This springlike warmth has even tricked some plants into thinking it is time to sprout with early budbreak seen in many locations.”
“This winter is proving to be one of the mildest on record in Sweden. Hardly any snow, temperatures as high as 12C and even the flowers are blooming months ahead of spring.”
Video:
https://www.thelocal.se/20200127/will-sweden-get-a-proper-winter-at-all-this-year
“Kent [UK] is set for its warmest winter since records began and as global warming accelerates wildlife is being thrown into confusion, experts warn.
“Milder climates have prompted birds to fly the wrong direction as dying hedgehogs “charge around” the countryside, it has been claimed.”
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/birds-are-flying-in-the-wrong-direction-220812/
“Malaga [Spain] has reactivated its emergency protocol after areas of the province have been left heavily damaged by a fresh onslaught of stormy weather.
“In Campanillas, cars have been dragged and stacked upon one another while another was thrown through a bank’s shop window by more than metre-high rapids.”
“In Zimbabwe’s second city Bulawayo, Abraham Kavalanjila and his two sons have given up waiting for the water to come back on, and trekked out into the maize fields to draw on an open well.
“They know it is risky drinking untreated water from a borehole used by so many other people. “We have no option…””
“Heavy rainfall and flooding caused by a tropical disturbance have affected nearly 107,000 people, including more than 16,000 displaced, and caused at least 31 deaths in Madagascar over the last week.
“At least seven regions in the north of the country have been affected.”
“More than two weeks after severe flooding in Sistan and Baluchestan Province [Iran], nearly 80% of the flood stricken locals lack access to potable water.
“This was acknowledged by a representative of the Health Ministry’s nursing directorate.”
“The Gondwanan forests have survived a continental breakup and a planetary mass extinction event. Now, they’re being tested by humanity.
“More than 80 percent of the Gondwana Rainforest World Heritage Area lies within New South Wales, the eastern Australian state that’s been hardest hit by this year’s devastating bushfires. Of it, some 54 percent—a little over 400,000 acres of land—has burned in recent months, in some cases quite severely…”
“Gardens are dead, people skip showers and water quality has worsened — the big dry dominates conversation in coffee shops, pubs and homes.
“This is what day zero is like in Australia, as an unprecedented drought leaves 55 towns at risk of running out of water, if they haven’t already.”
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