“Unprecedented torrential rains wreaked havoc once again in Karachi on Tuesday, which was battered already by the last week’s heavy rains, overwhelming the city and plunging its main thoroughfares and practically most of the city under knee-deep water…
“…345 millimetres of rain was recorded at the PAF Faisal Base, while previously 298.4mm of rain was recorded there in 1984…”
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/705923-rains-sinks-karachi-s-90-year-old-record
“Heavy flooding in northern and eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 100 people, as the deluge ravaged large parts of Charikar city, the capital of Parwan province, officials have said…
“Many children were among the dead in Charikar, which was hit by heavy rains overnight…”
“Communities along the Yom River in Sukhothai, Northern Thailand, were flooded with up to two metres of water on Monday after a dyke was damaged by strong currents following heavy rain upstream.
“The flooding saw houses in Si Samrong, Si Satchanalai and Muang districts inundated by water as high as a single-storey house.”
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1973771/flooding-in-sukhothai-as-dyke-bursts
“Record high water levels and devastating floods in the south of China have reignited the debate over the Three Gorges Dam’s efficacy.”
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“The winter of 2020 [New Zealand] looks likely to have been one of the three warmest on record, and snow coverage in many areas has been poor, Niwa says…
“Niwa snow experts Dr Christian Zammit and Dr Jono Conway said the early part of the season was fairly typical, but then the snow dried up.”
“Bleak milestone: 500 major fires detected in Brazilian Amazon this year.
“516 major fires, most of them illegal, covering 376,416 hectares (912,863 acres) were detected between May 28 and August 25, 2020, with the Amazon fire season not even half over, and expected to run at least through September.”
“Hot, dry conditions make Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah fertile ground for enormous blazes…
“More than two dozen wildfires are burning across the American south-west as the region’s summers continue getting hotter and drier, laying bare the intensifying consequences of climate change.”
“San Diego ocean temperatures hit record territory this past weekend, as a heatwave also baked the San Diego Region…
“Sunday’s reading at Scripps Pier tied for the hottest on record 79.5 degrees Fahrenheit. It tied the record that was set just two years ago.”
https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/aug/26/ocean-has-record-temperature-san-diego-coast/
“…Kodiak residents [Alaska] began to notice numerous dead pink salmon in a river popular with fishermen. The Buskin River, located near the Kodiak Airport and a short drive from town, is known for its sockeye and silver salmon runs…
“The Buskin River was warmer than usual with water around 60 to 65 degrees. Warm water cannot hold as much oxygen as colder water. That, combined with low water levels, reduced the number of fish the river could support.”
https://www.ktuu.com/2020/08/26/hundreds-of-salmon-found-dead-in-kodiak/
“Satellite imagery is giving meteorologists a jaw-dropping view of Laura’s rapid intensification into a major hurricane.
“….Laura went from a 75 mph Category 1 to a Category 4 major hurricane with 140 mph winds [in 24 hours].”
“Chicago …has logged 29 days of 90 degrees or hotter.
“What’s more, WGN meteorologist Mark Carroll said the average temperature since climatological summer began on June 1 has been 76.5 degrees, making this the hottest summer on the books so far.”
“The Hartford area has broken a 37-year-old record for most days in a year with temperatures at or above 90 degrees, the National Weather Service confirmed Wednesday.
“The temperature on Tuesday at Bradley International Airport hit a high of 90, the 39th day of 2020 that the temperature has been at or above that mark. The previous record was 38 days set in 1983.”
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Hartford-breaks-record-for-most-days-at-90-15516134.php
“Nearly 50,000 salmon escaped when a fish farm in Argyll, Scotland broke free from its moorings during Storm Ellen, it has been revealed. The North Carradale farm, near Campbeltown, suffered damaged to four of its 10 fish pens…
“Just over 30,000 of the farmed salmon also died as a result of the incident.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-53913708
“Record-breaking winds and heavy rainfall have caused chaos in parts of the UK as Storm Francis swept the country, leaving two people missing, dozens of others needing rescuing and damaging hundreds of homes and businesses…
“The Met Office said a number of areas across Wales and the Midlands were hit by record-high wind speeds for August.”
“There are growing concerns about a precipitous decline in hedgehog numbers in Europe after conservationists concluded that Germany’s population was enduring its worst summer in living memory.
“After decades of habitat destruction, the dry summer has taken a toll on hedgehogs’ food sources…”
“The General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) announced in a special bulletin that Morocco will see a heatwave from Tuesday, August 25 to Thursday, August 27 in several provinces.
“DGM forecast temperatures ranging between 38 and 49 degrees Celsius [120.2f] in several regions throughout Morocco.”
“A platform of ice surrounding Antarctica measuring more than 350,000 square miles (900,000 sq km) is at risk of collapse as the effects of climate change threaten to destabilise it, a new study has shown.
“The floating ice shelves that extend from the world’s largest ice sheet into the sea could split if fractures on their surface are flooded by meltwater as the climate warms.”
“Emergency situation: the slow-moving tragedy of the Russian Arctic.
“Melting permafrost, oil spills, collapsing infrastructure, abandoned towns:
Russia’s far north is heading for social, economic and ecological disaster.”
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/russia-arctic-monotowns/
“Siberia, known primarily for its freezing temperatures and thick forests, has been a land this summer apocalyptically transformed.
“Abnormally high temperatures have sparked fires, sending thick smoke bellowing across the landscape of a region that is now firmly on the frontline of the world’s fight against climate change.”
“A new study suggests that the earthworms have made their way into the the Arctic, and as earthworms are typically wont to do, they are making the Arctic soil more fertile. And, even though that might sound like a positive thing, it’s not…
“… as plants grow taller due to the nitrogen-rich soil, that can be attributed to the earthworms, they stick out of the snow, absorb more heat, and accelerate snow-melting.”
I’ll be back with more climate news over the weekend and looking at the economy tomorrow, Friday.
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