“This winter has been by far the hottest recorded in Europe, scientists have announced, with the climate crisis likely to have supercharged the heat.
“The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) data dates back to 1855. It said the average temperature for December, January and February was 1.4C above the previous winter record, which was set in 2015-16. New regional climate records are usually passed by only a fraction of a degree.
“Europe’s winter was 3.4C hotter than the average from 1981-2010.”
“Winter has been unusually mild in much of Russia this season and the number of deaths from alcohol consumption declined.
“An alcohol policy group says the two developments are connected.”
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russian-winter-warmer-booze-deaths-69412217
“In May 2014 a massive cyclone touched down in the Balkans. What was unusual was that it remained stationary.
“It sat over the region for too long, bringing relentless, heavy rainfall; in some areas, it rained for 21 consecutive days. The soil was completely saturated. This caused flash floods, erosion and landslides, which destroyed properties and livelihoods along small watercourses.”
“After a prolonged period of drought, Namibia is finally receiving good rains but these have been received with mixed feelings.
“While most of reservoirs are full, some citizens are in despair as flood waters have destroyed homes and crops.”
https://southerntimesafrica.com/site/news/joy-disaster-for-namibia-after-heavy-rains
“At least seven persons including children and women were killed in roof collapse and electrocution incidents during rainfall in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan]…
“It is to be mentioned here that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and other parts of the country have received widespread rainfall…”
https://arynews.tv/en/kp-rain-related-incidents/
“RK Janamani, a senior scientist at the Indian Meteorological Department’s National Weather Forecasting Centre said,
“A strong polar vortex supported by other global factors has caused at least 20 Western Disturbances in North India since January this year. And this number is a sort of record.”
“Raft people in this central province [of Thailand] have been living high and dry for about five months now – an indication of the severity of the drought that has spread to more than two dozen provinces…
“The river does not have enough water to feed its tributaries.”
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1873109/raft-peoples-lives-parched-by-drought
“The chance of a devastating category four cyclone hitting Brisbane, the Gold Coast and northern NSW, causing tens of billions of dollars in damage, is higher than ever, according to Australia’s largest general insurer… Australia is experiencing a 10 per cent increase in the number of the most intense tropical cyclones off the nation’s coastline during the decade between 2015-25.
“Alarmingly, that is the same level of increase there had been from the 1960s to 2015.”
“When Mt Caria’s glacier [New Zealand] was chosen to be part of the survey in 1977, there was plenty of it to study. Now, says Lorrey, it’s “shot”, or as another scientist on board describes it, “cooked”.
“All that remains is a small clump of ice and snow clinging precariously to the side of a mountain.”
“The number of Brazilians missing in the wake of deadly landslides on the coast of Sao Paulo state has risen to 43, authorities said Thursday.
“The higher tally, nearly double the number of missing reported on the previous day, was largely centered in the city of Guaruja…”
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/03/05/world/americas/ap-lt-brazil-storms.html
“A brush fire that grew to 175 acres in Norco, California, on Tuesday was perhaps a preview of what could be an early and dangerous wildfire season in a state that just had its driest February on record.
“It was the eighth fire incident in 2020, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.”
“As National Weather Service crews continue to survey the damage from the deadly tornado outbreak [in Tennessee], the tornado count continues to grow.
“NWS officials say eight tornadoes hit the mid-state Monday night and early Tuesday morning.”
“It’s still officially winter, but spring has already arrived in large parts of the southern US earlier than any point in the official record…
“The Extended Spring Indices have been used as an indicator of climate change by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the National Climate Assessment.”
“Thwaites Glacier is one of Antarctica’s largest contributors to sea level rise from Antarctica. Its rate of loss has doubled in the past three decades, earning it the moniker “doomsday glacier.”
“Understanding why it’s retreating so quickly has been a challenge, but glaciologists have recently discovered that the glacier is now generating its own seismic activity when it calves…”
https://glacierhub.org/2020/03/05/thwaites-glacier-in-antarctica-is-now-causing-earthquakes/
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