“Canada hits national record temperature of 46.1C amid heatwave… Canada has set its highest temperature on record after a village in British Columbia reached 46.1C (115F) on Sunday. [since updated to 46.6C / 115.9F]
“The temperature in Lytton, in the south of Canada’s western-most province, surpassed the previous national high of 45C (113F), set in Saskatchewan in 1937.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/28/canada-hits-record-temperature-of-461c-amid-heatwave
“Vancouver set its all-time heat record on Sunday.
“The National Weather Service recorded 112 degrees F [44.4C] just after 4 p.m. at Pearson Field. That broke the record of 108 degrees that was set on July 29, 2009 and matched on Saturday.”
https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/jun/27/vancouver-poised-to-break-all-time-heat-record-sunday/
“Pacific Northwest bakes under once in a millennium heat dome… The heat wave baking the U.S. Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, Canada, is of an intensity never recorded by modern humans.
“Portland, Oregon, has already broken its all-time record hottest temperature at 108 degrees on Saturday [edit – and 112F on Sunday]…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heat-dome-2021-seattle-portland-weather/
“Early Utah wildfires point toward a season ‘for the record books’…
“At a time when the summer wildfire season has barely started, Utah has already experienced four major wildfires this year. So far, the dire predictions that the state is in for its worst fire season on record are coming true.”
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2021/06/28/early-utah-wildfires/
“A high-temperature record that had stood for 42 years was broken Sunday in the Coachella Valley….
“Palm Springs also set three record high temperatures last week during an extended heatwave, including tying the city’s all-time hottest temperature of 123 degrees on June 17.”
“Rattlesnakes everywhere: the odd consequences of California’s drought.
“Snakes, bears and other animals seeking refuge from the drying landscape are increasingly finding their way into urban environments.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/26/california-drought-rattlesnakes-bears
“Up to seven inches of rain fell early on Saturday in parts of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan, stranding hundreds of vehicles on flooded freeways and prompting the rescue of about 50 drivers, officials said.
““This isn’t normal here,” said Lt. Michael Shaw, a spokesman for the Michigan State Police.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/us/flooding-detroit-rain.html
“Federal rainfall estimates might go up. Here’s how that could affect flood insurance, construction.
“Louisiana will soon begin updating official rainfall probability estimates that influence standards for everything from new bridge and canal construction to new neighborhoods to the flood maps that govern flood insurance rates.”
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_d64b16a2-d5d5-11eb-aabb-0b036faa676a.html
“[Storm] Claudette was one for the record books in a way that we may not see again in our lifetime…
““In my experience, about 1 storm in 100 will intensify while over land, so we would expect to see less than 1 in 17,000 do what Claudette did — form over land, and later intensify over land,” said Weather Underground co-founder Jeff Masters…”
“Dueling heat waves are baking the East and West Coasts. One is going to be worse than the other… by next week soaring temperatures could travel as far north as the Arctic Circle.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/26/weather/heat-wave-forecast-west-east-coast/index.html
“Mystery illness strikes down birds across US south and midwest.
“A mysterious illness is killing birds across several states in the south and midwestern US, and wildlife scientists are rushing to try to find the cause, with many victims suffering from crusty eyes, swollen faces and the inability to fly.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/24/birds-mystery-illness-us-south-midwest
“UK Pigeon fanciers are trying to work out how around 5,000 birds have disappeared into a “Bermuda triangle” in a single race in what is being called one of the worst days ever for the sport…
“Atmospheric conditions are the only explanation that has been put forward so far…”
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/mystery-5000-homing-pigeons-birds-20907818
“London: Homes damaged as tornado rages through Barking and Dagenham. Homes have been damaged amid reports of a tornado in east London last night.
“Footage shared on social media showed collapsed garden walls, bricks strewn across driveways and fallen tree branches scattered across the road in Barking on Friday.”
https://www.cityam.com/east-london-homes-damaged-as-tornado-rages-through-barking-and-dagenham/
“Another day, another heat record: temperatures soar to 41.3°C / 106.3 [Malta].
“Malta experienced another record-breaking day of heat on Friday, as temperatures rose to 41.3°C just one day after the hottest June day on record.”
“Ghana – Deadly Floods in Ashanti Region… Days of heavy rainfall triggered deadly flash flooding in parts of the Ashanti Region of Ghana…
“Images shared on Social Media showed city streets and the New Kejetia Market inundated.” [Video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw0S3RcNSo4&t=241s
“One killed in forest fire in Turkey’s Marmaris.
“An employee of Turkey’s General Directorate of Forestry was killed and a police officer was injured in a major forest fire in the Marmaris district of southwestern Turkey’s Muğla province on Sunday as authorities are intensifying efforts to bring the blaze under control.”
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/one-killed-in-forest-fire-in-turkeys-marmaris/news
“Syrian Arab Republic: Euphrates water crisis & drought outlook…
“Since autumn 2020, unseasonably low levels of rainfall across the eastern region of the Mediterranean Basin, have contributed to drought conditions in Syria and Iraq.”
“Kuwait registers highest temperature on earth for 2021.
“Dubai: Kuwait recorded the highest temperature in the world for this year, registering 53.2°C [127.8F], according to America’s El Dorado Weather, which collects temperature data from countries’ meteorological stations.”
“Drought strikes in Russia and Central Asia.
“Some Russian regions are in danger of losing up to half their harvest. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are holding back water from their rivers to the detriment of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.”
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Drought-strikes-in-Russia-and-Central-Asia-53507.html
“Several areas in Russia’s far east are struggling with severe flooding, with many villages along the Amur River near the city of Blagoveshchensk on the border with China particularly affected.
“Hundreds of people have already been brought to safety, authorities said on Saturday.”
https://newsghana.com.gh/hundreds-of-people-brought-to-safety-from-floods-in-russia/
“Hurricane Enrique leaves fallen trees and floods in Tepic [Mexico].
“After the storm that fell this Saturday night in the capital of Nayarit – as part of the effects of Hurricane Enrique – the balance was flooding, fallen trees and traffic problems on the main roads, reported the Ministry of Public Safety and Protection of Citizens.”
“Three dead and two injured leave the rains and floods in Bello (Antioquia), Colombia:
“The mayor of the town, Óscar Pérez, regretted the events and confirmed that “a torrential avenue left three lives lost, we have two injured and we continue to attend to the situation.””
“Amazon hydropower plant contributes significant greenhouse emissions: study…
“…climate researchers now know hydropower is not as good for the environment as once assumed. Though no fossil fuels are burned, the reservoirs release millions of tons of methane and carbon dioxide as vegetation decays underwater.”
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-amazon-hydropower-contributes-significant-greenhouse.html
“Antarctic lake disappears after ice shelf fractures.
“An Antarctic lake holding twice the volume of water as San Diego Bay in California has vanished… an estimated 600 to 750 million cubic meters (21 to 26 billion cu ft) of water drained through the ice and into the ocean during the 2019 Antarctic winter.”
https://newatlas.com/environment/antarctic-lake-disappears-ice-shelf-fractures/
“Unfrozen world: Arctic thaw becomes major source of global risk.
“Dormant forces buried under Arctic ice for thousands of years are remerging, posing a multitude of threats to civilization from potential conflicts over newly unearthed resources to viruses long-thought lost to history.”
“Global warming makes extreme weather a regular event.
“In the past few decades alone, climate change has shifted from a far-off problem disconnected from our day-to-day lives to a crisis to be grappled with here and now.”
https://www.axios.com/earth-climate-warming-three-decades-23aafe31-7730-4915-b5b5-6e66801f5b1d.html
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