“The human fingerprint on the climate is now unmistakable and will become increasingly evident over the coming decades, the UK Met Office has confirmed after 30 years of pioneering study.
“Since the 1990s, global temperatures have warmed by half a degree, Arctic sea ice has shrunk by almost 2 million km2, sea-levels have risen by about 10cm and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by 60 parts per million (17%), according to figures exclusively compiled for the Guardian to mark the 30th anniversary of the Met Office’s Hadley Centre for climate science and services.”
“Flash flooding hit much of Miami-Dade County Tuesday night as torrential storms soaked South Florida for a third straight day, with pools overflowing, cars underwater and at least two canals breached.
“And Wednesday was only looking slightly better, with the rain chance increasing as the day goes on.”
“A stifling heatwave is expected to sweep the southwest this week, with temperatures predicted to reach 20 degrees above average.
“Meteorologists have warned ‘dozens of record highs’ could be broken across California, Nevada, and Arizona beginning on Tuesday and over the coming days.”
“When the dry season returns, the Amazon forest will burn again, as it does every year. But this time promises to be different…
“Deforestation is increasing at an alarming pace. It has grown by 94 percent since August 2019, compared with the previous year’s rate, which had been the highest in a decade.”
“As the UK continues to bake in above-average temperatures, this May could be the country’s driest since 1896, as just 31.5mm of rain has fallen this month.
“Parks, heaths and lawns in much of the country desperate for a drink of water may be left parched as much of the country basks in sunny, dry conditions expected to last until the end of the month.”
“Each Romanian farmer who incurred losses because of the drought will receive a lump sum, announced on Tuesday, May 26, the secretary of state in the ministry of agriculture (MADR), Emil Dumitru…
“Winter crops on some 1.6 million hectares have been reported by farmers as fully damaged.”
“Four people have been found dead including two Emirati siblings, after the cars they were traveling in were swept away by flash floods in Wadi Al Helo in Sharjah on Tuesday evening.
“A girl aged four and her two-year-old brother were both found dead…
“Three cars were swept away in all and from the second car one man was rescued and two other men were later found dead bringing the total found dead to four. Occupants of the third car were all rescued.”
“On Tuesday, Indian authorities sent out drones and tractors to track desert locusts and spray them with insecticides, in one of the worst locust swarms seen by the country in nearly 30 years.
“With about 50,000 hectares of cropland destroyed by locusts, India is facing its worst food shortages since 1993.”
“The intense heatwave led to record high daytime temperatures in many places including the national capital Delhi. At 47.6°C, Delhi’s Palam recorded the decade’s maximum May day temperature on Tuesday…
“Churu in Rajasthan bagged the record of being the hottest place in not just India, but the entire world, on Tuesday. Recording the country’s first 50°C mark this year…”
“After the hottest winter on record in Russia, spring has brought with it a heatwave to Siberia… High temperatures and low precipitation have dried out vegetation sooner than normal leading to wildfires in the boreal forests with some blazes starting in March and stretching into May.
“An early start typically means a longer fire season, according to academics at Swansea University.”
“Some of the coldest permafrost on Earth might be more vulnerable to thawing than previously thought.
“In the PERMANOR project led by the University of Oslo in Norway, an international research team has investigated so-called thermokarst processes which can significantly accelerate thawing of permafrost.”
“April 2020 was the warmest April on record globally (land/ocean surface), surpassing April 2016. April 2020 averaged 1.16 deg. C. above the 1951-1980 mean. The NASA database goes back to 1880.
“The top 5 warmest Aprils on record have all occurred over the past 5 years.”
“May temperatures in several northern and central Vietnam localities set new records last week, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting…
“The new temperature records were set by a heat wave sweeping through northern and central Vietnam this month…
“Last year, Vietnam went through possibly the hottest summer in history… The nation set its highest temperature record on April 20 as the mercury hit 43.4 degrees Celsius, or 110 degrees Fahrenheit, in Huong Khe District, Ha Tinh Province.”
“2020 could be delivering another miserably hot summer to the state of Hawaii, with ocean surface temperatures projected to be normal or higher than usual by the National Weather Service…
“2019 was the hottest year on record for Oahu, while the state had 273 days which tied or broke record-high temperatures.”
“Fire danger is already rated as “Extreme” in the southern parts of Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.
“Unfortunately, conditions there are forecast to worsen during summer leading to “well above normal” wildfire danger, meaning “Very High” or “Extreme” danger. These conditions are forecast to expand westward into southern British Columbia.”
“A heat warning has been issued for much of southern Ontario as potentially record-breaking temperatures, that could make it feel close to 40 with the humidity, move into the area.
“Environment Canada issued the heat warning on Monday morning, saying that daytime temperatures will be above 30 degrees.”
“Heavy rainfall led to “significant” flooding across Miami, Florida, and nearby areas on Monday, May 25, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
“The NWS said “torrential” rainfall moved over eastern Miami-Dade County on Monday afternoon. The weather service later issued a flash flood warning for the region.”
“Relentlessly it seems, the sun keeps beaming down on East Anglia [UK] in apparent disregard for those trying to abide by government advice and stay at home as much as possible.
“It looks like that the spring months of March, April and May will have seen record amounts of sunshine in the Anglia region.”
“While scientists were initially reluctant to link the Netherlands’ record dry summer in 2018 to climate change, a study by meteorological institute KNMI and Utrecht University showed that global warming was behind the drought, but only in Eastern Netherlands, NU.nl reports.
“Climate models are very clear about what the Netherlands can expect in the future. Winters will get more westerly winds and more rain, summers will be hotter and drier.”
“As temperatures plummeted throughout Turkey following a [record-breaking] African heat wave system, a cold front accompanied by strong winds, snowfall and hail brought winter back to eastern provinces and plateaus…
“Authorities warned citizens of flash floods, lightning, hail and falling objects, urging caution especially during travel…”
“More than 600 families in Lamu County [Kenya] have been left in the cold after their houses were submerged by ravaging floods.
“The floods, which mostly affected Chalaluma, Moa and Dide Waride villages in Witu Division, Lamu West were caused by River Tana and the Nyongoro tributary which broke their banks recently due to the ongoing heavy rains.”
“At least 11 weather stations of the India Meteorological Department, most of them in Vidarbha, recorded day temperatures above 45C. Akola and Nagpur recorded severe heatwave as the temperature reached 47C on Monday.”
“Among natural disasters, lightning is the biggest killer in India, government records have shown.
“Obscured by the COVID-19 pandemic, lightning strikes have claimed 264 lives from February-May 17. Uttar Pradesh leads the list of such casualties with 100 deaths, followed by Bihar and Jharkhand with 58 and 31 deaths respectively.”
“The flood triggered by heavy rains since Friday affected over 30,000 people in Assam and neighbouring Meghalaya [India] and left more than 9,000 homeless on Monday…
“Several roads have been washed away or eroded while 579 hectares of crops have been damaged by the deluge so far.”
“Chandas Das points to the trees. “The leaves, can you see them? They have wilted, turned yellow,” he said. “The storm bought so much salt water spray from the sea that it even killed the trees it couldn’t knock down.”
“Das looks down and mumbles, “The Sundarbans is finished. Amphan has killed it. All our crops, even our trees have been destroyed. What will we do?”“
“Last summer, the forest fire activity north of the Arctic Circle in Siberia scorched nearly three million hectares. Fast forward to May 2020 and scientists are startled at the unusual fire behaviour in parts of the region.
“Some researchers speculate these fires are in fact ‘zombie fires’ that survived the winter season by smouldering under the snowpack.”
“The high temperatures [in Siberia] have a major effects on ecosystems in the region.
“Researchers from the Tomsk State University have over the last years discovered that a big number of lakes on the Yamal-Nenets tundra have turned into wetlands…
“The higher temperatures are accompanied by rapid growth of vegetation and greening of the region. This trend is very clear for indigenous peoples in the area, the researchers say.
“Over the last decades they have seen a significant change of local bio diversity, the appearance of grass and new kinds of animals and insects.”
“Rates of climate change in the world’s ocean depths could be seven times higher than current levels by the second half of this century even if emissions of greenhouse gases were cut dramatically, according to new research.”
““I’m Siberian-born and lived here for 60 years, I don’t remember a single spring like this,” The Siberian Times quoted journalist Sergei Zubchuk as saying.
““There was no spring, no weeks-long gentle rise of temperature. Somebody just clicked a ‘hot air’ switch on at the end of April, and summer began,” Zubchuk said.”
“Delhi’s residents sweltered in a heatwave on Sunday, with the maximum temperature hitting five degrees above normal for the second consecutive day, and no respite forecast for the plains until at least May 28, prompting a red alert in the capital as well as Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.”
“The flood situation in Assam worsened on Sunday as three more districts were hit by the deluge following heavy rainfall…
“Incessant rain washed away a state highway at Singri which connects Agia to Lakhipur road inundating several villages under Lakhipur revenue circle in Goalpara district.”
“More than 90 people have been killed and tens of thousands left homeless after Cyclone Amphan slammed into coastal towns and cities in India and Bangladesh.
“Authorities are now working to help communities already stricken by the coronavirus, but are hampered by damaged power and communication lines.”
“After a record-high sea surface temperature observed in some pockets of Bay of Bengal triggered a change in the atmosphere and gave strength to cyclone Amphan that wreaked havoc in coastal Orissa and West Bengal, it is now posing a threat to coral reefs.”
“Agricultural losses caused by the torrential rainfall that drenched Taiwan over the past few days had risen to NT$19.80 million (US$657,552) around the country as of Sunday…
“In terms of produce category, rice accounted for the hardest-hit at 455 hectares, followed by corn, bellfruit, bitter melons, peanuts and bananas, the COA said.”
“Australia has been lashed by a ‘once-in-a-decade’ stormwith extreme weather on both sides of the country wrecking homes and leaving thousands without power…
“The combined weather system lashed a 745-mile stretch of the west coast including Perth… Wind speeds reached 82mph at Cape Leeuwin, the fastest for the month of May since 2005.”
“The fire season in parts of eastern Australia has lengthened by almost four months since the 1950s, with climate change a prominent driver in the trend, the Bureau of Meteorology says…
“…the South Coast of NSW and eastern Victoria now see fire weather arriving three months earlier, occurring towards the end of winter rather than the end of spring.”
“Firefighters with air support were suppressing a lightning-sparked wildfire Sunday in southeastern Colorado that had burned more than 11,818 acres over the past four days…
“A separate fire of unknown origin was burning nearby about 120 acres northeast of the Cherry Canyon fire. Neither fire was controlled Sunday night.”
“Following the record breaking temperatures for May, the Kitas Weather portal [Cyprus] reported on Sunday lunchtime that snowflakes had fallen on Saturday night in Troodos…
“The storms in Troodos were accompanied by hail, which caused damage to crops in several areas…”
“With strong winds, Sunday was a disastrous day for the island [of Cyprus] in terms of fireswith firemen called to 26 fires from 6am until 6pm, while seven fires also caused much damage in the north.
““It was one of the worst days so far,” spokesman for the forestry department Andreas Christou said.”
“On May 20 there was heated debate about what should be done about thousands of people displaced or drowned and businesses and livelihoods destroyed by flooding around Lake Victoria…
“Heavy rains have left many areas around the lake basin, including the Ugandan capital Kampala, flooded. The lake itself has risen to its highest ever level since 1964.”
Re the magnetic shift outlined in the article below, Geoscience Update is reporting that:
“For the last few weeks, vast sections of the Thermohaline current between Africa and South America have been going silent, yielding no indication of a magnetic field whatsoever.
“This has been elevating the temperatures of the ocean dramatically. Some of the indirect currents have pushed some of this heat southward into Antarctica.”
“Torrential downpours have pounded the Mid-Atlantic, with more than 7 inches of rain falling in one day on parts of North Carolina and Virginia, putting residents at risk of flash floods and dam failure.
“More than 13 million people were under flash-flood watches Thursday, with rivers in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Michigan and Illinois at flood stage.”
“On May 17, 2020, heavy rain began pouring over the Tri-Cities region of central Michigan and, after two days, it provoked significant flooding in Midland County.
“The accumulating rainfall led to catastrophic dam failures that swelled rivers and streams and inundated several nearby communities.”
“Aging dams will increasingly fail as climate change makes extreme precipitation and storms more frequent and intense, scientists warn.
““A lot of the country’s infrastructure systems were built during a time when these kind of weather events were considered rare and didn’t present a significant threat,” said Hiba Baroud, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Vanderbilt University.”
“On Wednesday, there was a high temperature of 104 which tied a previous record set back in 1927 on the same day. Tuesday had a record high of 108 degrees and broke the previous record of 105 set in 2003.
“Kearney said San Angelo is warmer this time of year, compared to previous years.”
“At least eight people were confirmed dead after River Lhubiriha in Kasese District in western Uganda burst its banks, according to the Uganda Red Cross Society…
“A family of five people is still unaccounted for according to a report by the national broadcaster, UBC TV. The heavy flooding also resulted in the destruction of property and some roads being cut off.”
“The World Bank on Thursday approved a record $500 million in grants and low-interest loans to help countries in Africa and the Middle East fight swarms of desert locusts that are eating their way across vast swaths of crops and rangelands.
“Four of the hardest-hit countries – Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda – will receive $160 million immediately…”
““The largest rainfall accumulation had fallen over the Bay of Bengal on May 18 while Amphan was at category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale,” said Owen Kelley, a researcher at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., who created a rainfall image.
“GPM data revealed Amphan generated over 914 mm or 36 inches of rainfall…”
“Wide swaths of coastal India and Bangladesh were flooded and millions were without power Thursday as Cyclone Amphan, the most powerful storm to hit the region in more than a decade
“…killed over 80 people and cut a path of destruction that is still being assessed.”
““Because of cyclone Amphan, all the moisture is concentrated around it while dry, north-westerly winds are blowing over the rest of the country which causes temperatures to peak gradually,” said Sunita Devi, who is in-charge of cyclones at IMD.
“Not just the rest of May but even June could be very hot in many parts of India.”
““Disasters wreak havoc on fighting the pandemic,” said Bhuputra Panda, associate professor of Public Health Foundation of India.“
“The possibility of increasing the rate of transmission rises sharply” as it becomes almost impossible to maintain social distancing, personal hygiene, wearing mask and even quarantine centers are converted into cyclone shelters.””
“Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau (CWB) today (May 22) issued heavy to torrential rain advisories for 20 out of Taiwan’s 22 cities and counties, while school and office closures have been announced in Miaoli, Kaohsiung, Chiayi, and Pingtung due to a stationary front which could bring “disastrous rainfall”to those areas.”
“The [Australian] Bureau of Meteorology has said the violent storm that tore through the Geelong suburb of Waurn Ponds early Wednesday morning was a tornado, marking a rare weather event for Victoria…
“There are around 60 tornadoes every year in Australia, most of them in NSW and Queensland, with only one or two recorded in Victoria each year.”
“Globally, 2020 is turning into one of the warmest years on record.
“The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) and Europe’s Copernicus Programme all agree that April 2020 is now the second warmest month of April seen since record-keeping began in the late 1800s. In all, only 2016 saw a January through April with warmer temperatures around the globe.”
“The failure of two dams in Michigan driven by heavy rainfall late Tuesday has brought record-setting flooding to nearby communities as thousands of residents evacuate their homes…
““This is one of those nightmare scenarios that meteorologists hope never happen,” meteorologist Eric Holthaus wrote in a tweet. “We are in a climate emergency.””
“As the US continues to be pummeled by the coronavirus pandemic, a fresh looming threat is set to complicate efforts to contain the outbreak – an unusually fierce hurricane season…
“Penn State researchers’ best guess is there will be 20 named storms, eight more than the 30-year average, which would make 2020 one of the most active years for hurricanes on record.”
“Dramatic infrared footage shows the extent of a huge forest fire [UK] that was declared a ‘major incident’ after flames engulfed an area the size of 250 football pitches.
“The blaze has continued to rip through 150 hectares of Wareham Forest in Dorset on the hottest day of the year so far.”
“The effects of global warming are becoming evident even in Belgium. 2018 was exceptionally warm and dry and the summer of 2019 also broke many weather records, with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius and an increasing shortage of precipitation ….
“2020 will already belong to the list of years with the longest periods of drought, and we are only at the beginning of the growing season.”
“As a majority of Andalucian communities prepare to enter into Phase 2 of the de-escalation plan and relax their measures, temperatures will be climbing and reaching as high as 38 degrees Celsius in some areas.
“The Costa del Sol will undoubtedly experience high summer-like temperatures.”
“Today in Morocco, they have predicted a heat wave with temperatures that will far exceed 40 degrees [104f]…
“According to the National Meteorological Directorate (DMN), this heat wave is fearsome in the interior plains, the Souss, the south-east and the south of the country.”
“Around 5,000 hectares (12,400 acres) of farmland and forests were destroyed by wildfires, which swept across northern Cyprus last Sunday, wiping out around 90 percent of the regions 2,000 monumental olive trees.
““The extent of the destruction is unbelievable,” and added, “the situation is depressing, most tragic.””
“Israel is experiencing an extreme heatwave that could last until the end of the week, with temperatures expected to remain at 104 degrees Fahrenheit in many regions…
“This comes as the country is re-opening after 2 months of COVID-19 lockdowns.”
“Grandmother Millicent Agata’s small farm has disappeared entirely under the floodwaters of a swollen Lake Victoria, forcing her family to join tens of thousands of other Kenyans seeking shelter from the worst floods in three generations.”
“Rescue teams searched for survivors in eastern India and Bangladesh on Thursday, a day after the most powerful cyclone in over a decade devastated coastal villages, tore down power lines, and left large tracts of land under water.
“The full extent of the casualties and damage to property inflicted by Cyclone Amphan would only be known once communications were restored, officials said.”
“Historically, eight out of ten deadliest tropical cyclones in the world have originated over the Bay of Bengal. Bay of Bengal occupies 0.6% of the global ocean area, but is responsible for 50% of all cyclone-related deaths…
“Experts say that the triangular shape of the Bay of Bengal acts as a funnel and causes massive storm surges, whenever a cyclone approaches.”
“A rare tornado has ripped through several villages on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least two people, damaging hundreds of homes, and fatally knocking over a cow..
“The powerful winds damaged 245 homes in three villages and knocked out power to most of the area…”
“Record-breaking rainfall has lashed parts of Queensland’s north, prompting flood warnings in some areas…
“Some rain gauges received more than half a metre of rain during the 48 hours to 9am today, including 524mm at Bulgan Creek, near Tully…
“At Bingil Bay, 454mm was recorded – the highest two-day total in 29 years and its highest during May since records began in 1926. The two-day deluge included 302mm in 24 hours, a new record for May Weatherzone said.”
“Siberia is sizzling in a heatwave as locals say a swathe of this vast Russian region went straight from winter into a roasting summer, skipping spring.
“Temperatures have touched 106F (41C) in the Altai Mountain foothills, with May records broken in many locations and residents stifling as they stay home seeking to fend off the threat of coronavirus.”
“Just a few weeks after a series of early season heat waves spiked temperatures over 100 degrees in Phoenix, Arizona and baked much of the Southwest in record high temperatures, more excessive heat could be in store this weekend into next week across the region.”
“The English fire in the Fort a la Corne forest is larger than the city of Saskatoon…
“On Wednesday morning, Environment Canada sent out an air quality advisory for a large area of the province, including Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Melfort, Wakaw and Tisdale.”
“You may have noticed that we’re getting less snow in winter as the climate warms. But how much?
“The latest estimate is that the maximum amount of snow that collects on the ground each year in non-alpine areas of North America has been decreasing by 46 billion tonnes per decade since 1980, a new study reports.”
“The natural environment in which we live is the other dominant influence on our health and wellbeing.
“Temperature, weather and the climate have always affected our health, even as we have become better at building shelters and homes to protect ourselves from the elements.”
“A few hundred miles south of the Arctic Circle, the small town of Boguchany in Siberia, Russia, had its hottest April on record. On April 25, the temperature soared to 31° Celsius (87.8° Fahrenheit), even though it should be much cooler at this time of the year.
“Other parts of Siberia, and the greater continent of Asia, also experienced record heat. On April 27, the temperature in Tokmak, Kyrgyzstan, reached 35.1°C (95.2°F), while at Ayding Lake, China, the temperature peaked at 43.5°C (110.3°F). Over the past few months, Europe has also been dealing with abnormal heat during its warmest winter on record.”
“In the convoy that this week set out from Sabetta, the LNG terminal in Yamal, are LNG tanker “Christophe de Margerie” and icebreaker “Yamal”. It is the first voyage across the Northern Sea Route this year. It is the earliest voyage of its kind ever.”
“Like previous years, the Russian Arctic saw average air temperatures far beyond normal.”
“About a hundred firefighters fought a wildfire in Norðurárdalur valley, West Iceland, yesterday and overnight. The fire was reported between 5 and 6 pm yesterday, near Glanni waterfall.”
“Already, fast-melting Bering Sea ice is threatening spotted seals and other marine mammals.
“Warming Gulf of Alaska waters wiped out cod eggs in 2019, causing a crash in cod stocks. Record warm waters in the Yukon River last summer killed thousands of migrating salmon with heat stress.”
“Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency for one county after two dams failed in the area — following heavy rains and flash floods across the state.
“Both the Edenville and Sanford Dams breached Tuesday night, the governor said in a news release, and urged residents to evacuate the affected areas in Midland County immediately.”
“Chicago just notched its wettest May on record — for the third May in a row. At least 8.37 inches of rain has come down so far this month and, with a third of the month still to go, that tally is expected to grow.
“This year’s historic May rainfall broke the record of 8.25 inches set in May 2019, which had surpassed May 2018′s 8.21 inches, the previous record holder.”
“In its 2020 harvest report, industry body Wines of Argentina stated that “nothing about the 2019-2020 season has been usual”.
“The first point of note was the heat. With the exception of Cafayate and some other high altitude areas, Argentine vineyards experienced “historically high temperatures”.”
“Severe storms have ripped through homes In Victoria [Australia], with hail and winds leaving a path of destruction, tearing off roofs and bringing down fences.
“A line of extreme weather burst into Geelong just after midnight on Wednesday, lashing the southwest coast and leaving four families homeless.”
“The Queensland Beekeepers’ Association has used World Bee Day to call for a financial lifeline, warning crops will fail if starving bees don’t make it through winter.
“An unprecedented combination of drought and bushfires has left little food in the wild and many commercial beekeepers have been forced to hand feed their insects to keep them alive.”
“India and Bangladesh evacuated millions of people from the path of the most powerful storm in 20 years, which is expected to hit on Wednesday evening and has raised fears of extensive damage to houses and crops.
“The authorities’ move to save lives was complicated by continuing efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic and enforce social distancing.”
“Scorching temperatures during a record-breaking heatwave continue to be felt throughout Israel on Tuesday, with power outages across the country causing many to be stranded in elevators.
“The Israel Electric Corporation reported a record high demand in the early afternoon hours, surpassing its ppeak in July of last year.”
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“The dry spell that’s scorching parts of the European Union’s eastern wing is devastating harvests and exacerbating what’s expected to be the region’s deepest economic downturn since at least the fall of communism.
“In parts of Romania and Poland, the drought is the worst in a century.”
“Part of Antarctica is already green due to blooms of algae living on the snow. As the continent warms, more of it may turn green…
“A warmer climate would melt more Antarctic snow and destroy some of the algae’s habitat. But it would also mean more areas of slushy snow further inland, so there could be a net increase.”
“Japanese scientists doing groundbreaking research in Antarctica say warm seawater flowing deep beneath a glacier may hold the key to rising sea levels rather than warmer air melting the ice sheets…
“Simulations have shown that a collapse of the glacier’s tongue would induce an outflow of ice from adjacent continental areas into the ocean, leading to a rise in global sea levels by about 4 meters.”
“We have been shown repeatedly, and yet do not learn, that we live within nature, subject to its laws and limits and brutality, and that many of the fortresslike features of modern life that we once assumed were unshakable and unmovable turn out to be very fragile and vulnerable indeed.”
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“The human fingerprint on the climate is now unmistakable and will become increasingly evident over the coming decades, the UK Met Office has confirmed after 30 years of pioneering study.
“Flash flooding hit much of Miami-Dade County Tuesday night as torrential storms soaked South Florida for a third straight day, with pools overflowing, cars underwater and at least two canals breached. 
“Syracuse, N.Y. — The high temperature today topped out at 93 degrees, smashing the previous May 26 record of 90. 
“A stifling heatwave is expected to sweep the southwest this week, with temperatures predicted to reach 20 degrees above average. 
“When the dry season returns, the Amazon forest will burn again, as it does every year. But this time promises to be different… 
“As the UK continues to bake in above-average temperatures, this May could be the country’s driest since 1896, as just 31.5mm of rain has fallen this month.
“Each Romanian farmer who incurred losses because of the drought will receive a lump sum, announced on Tuesday, May 26, the secretary of state in the ministry of agriculture (MADR), Emil Dumitru… 
“Four people have been found dead including two Emirati siblings, after the cars they were traveling in were swept away by flash floods in Wadi Al Helo in Sharjah on Tuesday evening. 
“On Tuesday, Indian authorities sent out drones and tractors to track desert locusts and spray them with insecticides, in one of the worst locust swarms seen by the country in nearly 30 years.
“The intense heatwave led to record high daytime temperatures in many places including the national capital Delhi. At 47.6°C, Delhi’s Palam recorded the decade’s maximum May day temperature on Tuesday…
“After the hottest winter on record in Russia, spring has brought with it a heatwave to Siberia… High temperatures and low precipitation have dried out vegetation sooner than normal leading to wildfires in the boreal forests with some blazes starting in March and stretching into May. 
“Some of the coldest permafrost on Earth might be more vulnerable to thawing than previously thought. 
“Microplastics shed from vehicle tyres are a major source of ocean and river pollution, a UK government-backed study has concluded. 
“Scientists say more than 50 billion years of cumulative evolutionary history could be lost as humans push wildlife to the brink. 
“April 2020 was the warmest April on record globally (land/ocean surface), surpassing April 2016. April 2020 averaged 1.16 deg. C. above the 1951-1980 mean. The NASA database goes back to 1880.
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