“‘The city was underwater’: quarter of a million Somalis flee flooded homes.
“Floods have caused almost a quarter of a million people to flee their homes after the Shabelle River in central Somalia broke its banks and submerged the town of Beledweyne, even as the country faces its most severe drought in four decades, according to the government.”
“Return of destructive Budalang’i floods after Lake Kanyaboli breaks dyke [Kenya]…
“800 households in Budalang’i have been submerged after the Lake Kanyaboli dyke collapsed. The affected villages are Mabinju, Budala, Rukala, Runyu, Bulwani and Iyanga in Bunyala South ward.”
“The food crisis in East Africa is expected to hit a new peak in July with one person dying of hunger every 28 seconds between now and then, Oxfam has warned.
“Climate-induced drought, compounded by ongoing conflict and high food prices, has left over 40 million people across East Africa facing severe hunger – up by nearly two-thirds from last year…”
“Muscat – Large parts of Oman are under the onslaught of a heatwave with daytime temperatures touching a high of 47° [116.6F] in Sohar on Sunday.
“According to the Met Department’s weather bulletin for Monday, the mercury was expected to hit a high of 47° again in places like Suwaiq and Madha, and 46° in Rustaq.”
“Rains and windstorms have claimed at least 7 lives and injured nearly a dozen people in the country’s most populated region Punjab [Pakistan].
“During the windstorm in Lahore, over 100 feeders tripped which caused power outages in parts of the provincial capital. Heavy thunderstorms along with torrential rains battered several areas of Pakistan…”
“Scorching heatwave grips Odisha [India]…
“Odisha experienced scorching temperatures with 18 locations recording a maximum temperature of 40 degrees Celsius [104F] on Tuesday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that this intense heatwave will persist for another five days.”
“Communities struggle as climate impacts threaten public wellbeing and livelihoods [Nepal].
“Lack of rainfall for about six months, dry spells and extended rainfall in monsoon, snowfall in Kathmandu Valley in April, growing wildfire incidents and dry landslides are among the weather events Nepal witnessed this year.”
“A searing heatwave in parts of southern Asia in April was made at least 30 times more likely by climate breakdown, according to a study by international scientists.
“Unusually high temperatures of up to 45C (113F) were recorded last month in monitoring stations in parts of India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Laos.”
“Moody’s Sees Malaysia Heatwave Risking Food Inflation, Rate Hike.
“Malaysia may raise its key interest rate yet again should the heatwave gripping Asia worsen the nation’s already elevated food price pressures, according to Moody’s Investors Service.”
“SE Asia with another blistering heat wave: Today the Vietnamese capital Hanoi rose to 41.3C [106.3F] with several stations above 40C.
“Bangkok Thailand is also approaching its historical record set earlier this month. The record heat in the region started in early March and it sets to worsen.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1658826247567294464
“Historic heat wave in East Asia: The Korean Peninsula rose above 35C [95F] breaking records for May and the whole spring.
“In South Korea 35.5C at Kangnung (tied the May record),34.4C at Sokcho and 33.5C Donghae all break monthly records. Over 33C also in North Korea. Japan is next…”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1658437003979964417
“35 weather stations in Japan experienced the hottest May day on record Wednesday. Ibigawa reached 35.1℃ / 95F, setting a new record for the entire Tokai region in May.
“Heat will remain into Thursday.”
https://twitter.com/sayakasofiamori/status/1658760071478923264
“Another record from the Caribbeans: The Dutch Caribbean island of Saba rose to 32.4C [90.3F], its hottest May day on records.
“It had previously beaten its record for April few weeks ago. Juancho Yrausquin Int. AP is very maritime (left):since 1970 it never dropped below 20C.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1659016488576065537
“The scorching reality of Jalisco [Mexico]: an unprecedented surge in forest fires.
“Forest fires in Jalisco state have surged dramatically this year, causing extensive damage to large swathes of land, with the number of incidents rising from 585 to 707 in just a week, from May 4 to May 11. These fires have devastated over 71,062 hectares of forested area…”
“Complications arise in the West as early heat wave causes snowpack to melt rapidly…
“The rapid melting is causing some complications, with rushing water from mountain ranges such as the Sierra Nevadas, the Colorado Rockies and the Cascades posing danger for flooding, mudslides and landslides.”
https://abcnews.go.com/US/complications-arise-west-early-heat-wave-causes-snowpack/story?id=99363173
“US makes rare wheat imports from Europe after drought ravages crops.
“At least two cargoes of Polish grain have arrived in Florida this year, with more expected over the next few months, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the deals are private.”
“Wildfires burn millions of acres in Canada, send oil prices higher…
“The fires have burned about 478,000 hectares, or 1,800 square miles, across Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan as of Monday — 10 times the average area burned for this time of year, according to the NASA Earth Observatory.”
“Canada called for foreign help Wednesday to combat wildfires burning out of control and spreading across vast swathes of the western half of the country…
“In recent years, western Canada has been hit repeatedly by extreme weather, the intensity and frequency of which have increased due to global warming.”
https://www.voanews.com/a/canada-seeks-foreign-help-to-fight-spreading-wildfires/7097961.html
“Another insanely warm day in Canada with temperatures again >18C [64.4F] at Lupin (65N) in Nunavut.
“Lupin has lost all its snowpack, 70cm melted in few days, while this time of the year melting shouldn’t have even started an its average snowpack in mid May is between 40cm and 90cm.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1658993086746296322
“Hottest days are warming twice as fast as average summer temperature in north-west Europe – new research.
“On July 19 2022, the UK experienced its highest ever temperature. At 40.3℃ (Coningsby, Lincolnshire), the temperature surpassed the previous record of 38.7℃ (Cambridge) – a record that had been set a mere three years previously. My new study shows that this is part of a long-running trend…”
“The death toll from the ‘apocalyptic’ floods in northern Italy has risen to nine with more heavy rain being forecast for this weekend.
“Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in the popular holiday region of Emilia-Romagna after torrential rain on a ‘biblical’ scale.”
“Torrential Rain Overflowing Rivers, Cause Chaos in Bosnia, Croatia.
“Heavy rain that has been falling since Sunday has made troubles in north and northwestern Bosnia, flooding hundreds of objects and cutting off road infrastructure. A state of natural disaster has been declared in Una-Sana Canton, one of ten cantons in Bosnia’s Federation entity, after heavy rain.”
“Southern Europe braces for summer of drought…
“With temperatures climbing into summertime, scientists warn that Europe is on track for another brutal summer, after suffering its hottest on record last year – which fuelled a drought European Union researchers said was the worst in at least 500 years. So far this year, the situation is most severe in Spain.”
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0517/1384022-europe-weather/
“The drought has overwhelmed Tunisian producers.
“Four consecutive years of drought have gotten the better of Tunisian producers and forced them to abandon several crops in favor of others, also motivated by government measures in this direction. Selmi Mohameddhia, a Tunisian agronomist, comments on the situation.”
https://www.freshplaza.com/europe/article/9530236/the-drought-has-overwhelmed-tunisian-producers/
“Tropical forests are losing their carbon storage capacity…
“According to a new study led by Colorado State University (CSU) and supported by the National Science Foundation, climate change will significantly affect the carbon storage capacities of tropical rainforests, with persistent drying caused by reductions in rainfall leading to carbon loss from the most fertile soils.”
https://www.earth.com/news/tropical-forests-are-losing-their-carbon-storage-capacity/
“Why Natural Disasters Seem Worse Than Our Direst Predictions…
“In a world where everything seems measurable and quantifiable, scientists can’t provide forecasts with the level of visceral detail that the average person needs to grasp the enormity of the changes unfolding before our eyes. Rather than dismissing the fears of climate scientists as “alarmism,” we should take their manifest alarm seriously.”
“World likely to breach 1.5C climate threshold by 2027, scientists warn.
“The world is almost certain to experience new record temperatures in the next five years, and temperatures are likely to rise by more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, scientists have warned… it would represent a marked acceleration of human impacts on the global climate system, and send the world into “uncharted territory”, the WMO warned.”
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Reading the headlines of today’s round-up at C&E was a musical experience, with the tension building until the mad crescendo of the last two gotterdammung strikes.
I think we faithful readers of C&E know where all this is headed…. up, up, and away, here, there, and everywhere. How long until the C&E 2.0 articles start popping up? Onwards!
Don’t dwell on the helpful photos of the women in India or the terrain in Nunavut – we all know how to go about our day.
“Reading the headlines of today’s round-up at C&E was a musical experience, with the tension building until the mad crescendo of the last two gotterdammung strikes.” 😂
Thank you, Martin. I had never thought of my threads as Wagnerian before…