“The floods caused by the intense rainfall predicted for the current rainy season in Ethiopia will affect more than two million citizens, according to a study released today…
“…the National Meteorological Agency predicted that rainfall in the northwest, southwest and west of the territory will exceed the average records of previous years, and could cause unprecedented floods.”
“The residents of several parts of Benin City, Edo State capital [Nigeria], were rendered homeless as a result of a downpour on Saturday, which lasted for several hours…
“Moses Izekor, on his part, described the situation as pathetic, adding that they were rendered hopeless as they watch flood completely submerged their house and destroy property.”
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/06/flood-ravages-benin-city-renders-many-homeless/
“The rainfall records in Bhopal [India] has broken as the state records 32 cm rainfall in last three days, said Meteorologist HS Pandey on Saturday.
[Bhopal also broke its all-time annual rainfall record in 2019]
“”The rain in Bhopal has broken the record of many years in the month of June. The district has recorded at around 32 centimetres rainfall in last three days. The normal rainfall in June is around 16 cm. So, it is almost doubled this time,” Pandey told ANI.”
http://www.businessworld.in/article/Bhopal-breaks-rain-records-Meteorologist/20-06-2020-289439/
“Assam is in the grip of second wave of floods, triggered by incessant rains in the state and neighbouring states, which has affected around 25,000 people of five districts of the state.
“Over 12,000 people were affected in Dhemaji district after floodwaters of the Gai river breached a portion of an embankment at Sissiborgaon area in the district and submerged 10 villages.”
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/flood-assam-water-level-brahmaputra-river-1691474-2020-06-22
“A weather expert says it is rather uncommon to have rain and floods in June after floods were reported in five Johor districts [Malaysia], forcing more than 1,210 people to be evacuated from homes.
“Climatologist and oceanographer Prof Fredolin Tangang, of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, said the rainy season should have ended in May but it seems to have been extended by almost another month.”
“Since June 1, steady torrential rain has drenched 11 provinces and regions in southern China, affecting 2.627 million people…
“Heavy flooding has caused the collapse of houses and roads, landslides, and damage to crops.
“The flooding disaster continues to expand.”
“Wild weather caused flooding in Calgary on Sunday afternoon. It’s the second storm to hit in the last week.
“There are reports of flooding from McKnight Boulevard to 36 Street. There was standing water through Falconridge, Saddleridge, and other communities.”
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/more-flooding-in-calgary-as-another-big-storm-hits-the-city-1.4993859
“Some of the warmest temperatures in North America are occurring right here across southern and eastern Quebec and Ontario into New Brunswick.
“Over three dozen record highs occurred on Friday, followed by more record heat on Saturday. Montreal reached 33.9C (93F) Saturday afternoon…”
“Across the US, authorities are finding that their usual strategies for protecting people against heat-related health problems are in direct conflict with their strategies for containing the virus — and with record-breaking high temperatures already recorded in some places before summer even began, those conflicts are likely to become more frequent.”
https://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=876004761
“A raging wildfire burning northeast of Phoenix, Ariz., now the largest active fire in the nation, is also in the record books after becoming one of the largest in state history as the blaze consumed another 10,000 acres as of Sunday morning…
“The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Phoenix said Saturday that the blaze is now the fifth-largest wildfire in state history.”
https://www.foxnews.com/us/arizona-bush-fire-wildfire-state-history-fire-growth-evacuation-weather
“An expansive plume of dust from the Sahara Desert has surged into the Caribbean Sea.
“It is forecast to complete a 5,000-mile journey to the U.S. Gulf Coast this week. This Saharan air layer generally hampers tropical cyclone development.”
“The week got off to a sunny start on Monday morning, with temperatures of over 30C forecast for several parts of Sweden this week — and along with them, warnings for forest fires…
“It comes after a sunny, warm Midsummer which in several parts of the country was the hottest in 50 years – despite the holiday having a reputation for unseasonably rainy weather.”
https://www.thelocal.se/20200622/heatwave-on-the-way-for-sweden-after-record-warm-midsummer
“A vast tarpaulin unravels, gathering speed as it bounces down the glacier over glinting snow. Summer is here and the alpine ice is being protected from global warming.
“In northern Italy, the Presena glacier has lost more than one third of its volume since 1993.”
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/italian-glacier-covered-with-tarps-to-slow-melting-1.4992897
“Authorities in Greece say a wildfire north of Athens has halted traffic on a section of the country’s main highway.
“Cars were being redirected to secondary roads near the town of Martino, some 125 kilometers (78 miles) northwest of Athens, as dozens of firefighters worked in the area on Friday afternoon.”
“At least five people in northwestern Turkey’s Bursa province have died in floods caused by heavy rains, officials said early on June 22.
“According to information obtained from the teams taking part in search and rescue operations, three of four missing people have been found dead.”
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/flood-kills-5-in-northwestern-turkey-155890
“Gripped by soaring heat, Iraqis in Baghdad try to stay cool by swimming in the Tigris River. A sweltering heat wave has pushed temperatures up to 43 degrees Celsius (109 F).
“With constant power cuts, it is a struggle for Baghdad residents to cool down during the merciless heat.”
https://www.rudaw.net/english/people-places/21062020
“In 2013, an 18-month old boy got sick after playing near a hollow tree in his backyard, in a remote West African village. He developed a fever and started vomiting. His stool turned black. Two days later, he died.
“Two years and more than 11,000 deaths later, the World Health Organization put out a report saying the Ebola outbreak that likely emanated from that hollow tree may have been caused in part by deforestation, led by “foreign mining and timber operations.””
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/22/875961137/the-worrisome-link-between-deforestation-and-disease
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