“With hibernation fast approaching, a grizzly bear family is spotted searching for fish near the shores of Canada’s Knight Inlet. They’re emaciated.
“The heartbreaking images, captured by a Canadian photographer, have sparked concern from wildlife observers. They worry whether the bear and two cubs will even make it through hibernation.
“It also shines light on another victim of the climate crisis and the depletion of wild salmon population.”
“The first two days of the month featured record warmth from New Orleans to New York City as millions sweltered in conditions more typical of July. Temperatures in the 90s F were widespread across the region…
“The extreme temperatures on Wednesday forced some school districts across the region to dismiss classes early or to cancel classes entirely.
“On Tuesday alone, over 30 cities set new all-time high temperatures for the month of October.”
“…scorching temperatures in the D.C. area Wednesday broke the all-time heat record for October. Thermometers in the city hit 97 degrees a little after 1 p.m., breaking a record that had stood since Oct. 5, 1941.”
“Rainfall totals in the Southeast have been less than 40% of their normal average in the past 60 days, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, jointly produced by NOAA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.”
“This is the first time in 50 years that Gruber won’t make any money on his corn crop.
“”I’m starting to pay attention to some of this climate change they are talking about,” he said. “Now if you don’t have irrigation, you can’t grow anything,” he said.”
“…the weather service also noted Tuesday was the second-wettest October day ever, trailing one 19th century day by a few hundredths of an inch. Des Moines has already exceeded its normal annual rainfall total by nearly seven inches with three months to spare, and more rainfall is expected Wednesday afternoon and evening.”
“Lorenzo is a special storm. It shattered all types of records in its journey across the Atlantic Ocean and was the strongest hurricane we’ve seen this far east and north.
“It is also just really weird to be talking about the second tropical cyclone in the past two years to head to Ireland.”
“France’s ongoing battle with drought means that 79 out of metropolitan France’s 95 departments will continue to have some form of water restriction in place during the month of October…
“…large swathes of central, southern and eastern France that were badly hit by suffocating temperatures and a lack of rain this summer – are all still undergoing a “water crisis”.”
“At least nine people were killed and several others missing after Typhoon Mitag lashed South Korea with heavy rain and strong winds, authorities said Thursday.
“The storm hit southern parts of the country on Wednesday night, prompting flood warnings and triggering landslides in affected areas.”
“Australians will bake in temperatures of up to 40 degrees heading into the weekend, as heatwave conditions raise the risk of bushfires but could also send crowds flocking to the beach for the first time since last summer.
“Sydney was expected to reach a scorching 34C tomorrow…”
“A cascade of impacts including rising sea levels, heatwaves and back-to-back tropical cyclones has created 400km of dead and badly damaged mangroves in the Gulf of Carpentaria, a scientific monitoring trip has discovered.
“Prof Norman Duke, of James Cook University, spent 10 days monitoring 2,000km of coastline from a helicopter, as well as conducting land-based checks at 32 estuaries along the coastline between Weipa, Queensland, and Cape Barrow in the Northern Territory.”
“While the rest of the world wakes up to the climate emergency, people in Oceania have been living it “for decades”, a new report says. In low-lying nations such as Tonga, Samoa, Papua New Guinea and Fiji, many have already died from climate-related extremes.”
“West Palm Beach received just 1.39 inches of rain last month, making it the driest September in more than a century.
“From Pensacola to the fringes of Biscayne Bay, many Florida cities experienced their driest September on record as tropical systems bypassed the Sunshine State.”
“Dozens of cities across the country [USA] experienced their hottest September in more than a century of recordkeeping. The September record heat even stretched into Alaska and Hawaii.
“All told, more than 100 cities nationwide had a top-three-warmest September and more than 50 locations experienced their hottest September on record.”
“Instead of a monsoon, people in Flagstaff are calling the weather pattern this summer a “nonsoon.” It was the driest on record.
“Typically from mid-June through September, the Southwest United States experiences a shift in wind patterns and rain from the tropical coast of Mexico. The period of storms is usually a relief for farmers and anyone living near a fire-prone forest. Not so much this year.”
“Great Falls [Montana] saw a morning low temperature of 9 degrees Tuesday morning, according to preliminary readings by the National Weather Service, which would shatter a previous low for the 1st of October set in 1959… Areas to the northwest also saw record low daily temperatures…”
“Prime Minister Hubert Minnis called Dorian “an unprecedented destructive force of wind and rain and sea surge.” It tore into the islands of the northern Bahamas with 185 mph sustained winds gusting to 200 mph and beyond.
“Then it stalled. Lingering in place, its cataclysmic force shredded buildings, flipped trucks, tossed trailers like dice and shoved up to 20 feet of seas inland.”
“As winds started to blow, authorities closed numerous streets and roads in Portugal’s Azores islands in preparation for Hurricane Lorenzo, which is expected to hit the mid-Atlantic archipelago early on Wednesday.
“The hurricane, packing 100-mph (155-kph) winds, is likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions…”
“More rain and winds are expected in parts of the country later this week as the remnants of ex-Hurricane Lorenzo arrive in the UK.
“The storm – the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the far east Atlantic – will have lost most of its power by the time it arrives on Thursday. It comes after torrential rain brought flash flooding and led to some places being evacuated on Tuesday.”
“Across Switzerland, reports of rockfalls are piling up. Some have blocked streets, others have destroyed infrastructure. In the most catastrophic events, millions of cubic tons of rock have crumbled off mountains and crushed tourists.
“Last week in the Italian Alps, authorities closed roads and evacuated residents after warnings that a large part of the Planpincieux glacier was at risk of collapsing.”
“Seven people were killed and 11 others injured in separate incidents of roof collapse due to torrential rains in Pakistan’s east Punjab and northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces on Tuesday, local reports said…
“According to the country’s National Disaster Management Authority, over 230 people were killed and 180 others injured in rain-triggered accidents in the country from July to September this year.”
“Last month was the warmest and driest September in Singapore on record at the climate station in Changi, the Meteorological Service Singapore said on Tuesday (Oct 1).
“The monthly mean temperature last month was 29°C, 0.2 degrees warmer than the previous record set in September 1997.”
“Typhoon Mitag hit Jeju Island [South Korea] on Wednesday, bringing 100-250 millimeters of rain to most parts of the southernmost island. Floods and damage have been reported in the eastern part of Jeju. More than 250 flights to and from the island have been canceled. As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, a wind shear alert has been in effect at Jeju Airport.”
“Perth [Australia] has just posted its hottest September on record and the driest in 42 years, setting the scene for a sizzling spring and summer to come.
“The city’s average maximum for the month was 22.9 degrees Celsius, which is 2.6C higher than the September average of 20.3C…
“In fact, it was the warmest September on record for Western Australia as a whole, with the mean maximum 2.18C above average.”
“The Chilean government has been left baffled by an unidentified flying object (UFO) that appeared to fly across the sky before falling to Earth and causing six fires.
“Residents of the Chilean port city of Dalcahue on the island of Chiloé reported seeing the UFO in the early evening last Wednesday (September 25).”
“While folks in Montana dig out from a historic “winter” storm, people in the South wonder how much longer this endless summer can last.
“Unfortunately for the region’s heat-weary residents – who endured one of the hottest Septembers on record – the warmth will continue even as the calendar turns to October on Tuesday. More than a dozen daily record highs could fall each day through Thursday…”
“A “200-year storm” along a narrow band from northern Minnesota into Northwestern Wisconsin brought flooding to parts of Aitkin, Pine, Carlton and Douglas counties Monday…
“Steve Gohde, hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Duluth, said radar indicated rainfall totals of between 5-6 inches within six hours…”
“Alaska is home to lush temperate rainforests, rivers full of migrating salmon, and plenty of rain, so water shortages seem unlikely in our northernmost state.
“But despite conceptions about the state, there have been some serious water shortages among some communities in Alaska.”
“Arctic sea ice is already disappearing rapidly but our research shows winter storms are now further accelerating sea ice loss…
“The research is based on data we gathered during an expedition on a small Norwegian research vessel, the Lance, that was left to drift in the Arctic sea ice for five months in 2015.”
“Three people were killed by falling trees Monday as storms carrying high winds swept across parts of central Europe. Train service was snarled and power outages were reported in some areas.”
“Cattle, hippos and elephants compete for water as drought affects the Okavango Delta in Botswana.
“According to farmers in the area, the government has promised to pump water into the delta in an effort to save the animals and the farmers’ livelihood but they are concerned this will just lead to more mud.”
“Detailed meteorological information about the region is available from the branch office of Zambia’s Agricultural Ministry in the provincial capital of Choma…
“”Our annual average is 800 to 1,000 millimeters of precipitation. This season, from November to April, it was 327 millimeters (13 inches),” says Zandonda Tembo, 38.”
“Several parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh continued to remain inundated on Tuesday as the toll in rain-related incidents since last week rose to 151, PTI reported.
“At least 111 people have died in Uttar Pradesh, while 40 deaths have been reported from Bihar…. The weather department said seven districts were expected to receive heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours.”
“Rescuers were scrambling on Tuesday to reach six people they feared were trapped after a bridge collapsed in Taiwan, smashing onto a group of fishing boats moored underneath.
“Dramatic CCTV images captured the moment the 140-metre long single-arch bridge came crashing down in Nanfangao, on Taiwan’s eastern coast… Taiwan was skirted by a typhoon on Monday night, which brought heavy rains and strong winds to parts of the east coast.”
“A gigantic iceberg about the size of greater London has calved from the Amery ice shelf in east Antarctica, according to expert monitors. The tabular iceberg, officially named D-28, separated from the ice shelf on 26 September.
“The iceberg is 1,636 square kilometres in size, or about 50 x 30km, the Australian Antarctic Division said.”
“Given the real threat of a sixth mass extinction event brought about by human-caused climate breakdown and habitat disruption, we wanted to find out how long the ocean ecosystem took to reboot after the last one.
“What we found has grave implications for the long-term outlook of marine ecosystems should we tip the critical base of its food chain over the threshold of extinction.”
“One week after summer’s end, a “winter” storm began blasting parts of the West with up to 3 feet of snow, smashing records with low temperatures, heavy snow, strong winds and blizzard conditions forecast into Monday.
“Snow was piling up across parts of California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Nevada and Utah. The National Weather Service, calling the storm “historic,” said temperatures in some areas would drop as much as 30 degrees below normal…
“”An unprecedented winter storm (is) throwing our state a surprise in September,” said Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who declared a winter storm emergency in his state.”
“The U.S. weather map looks a little like Batman nemesis Two-Face as September comes to an end. Two-Face is blisteringly scarred on one side and cool and chill on the other.”
“Some of Alaska’s salmon fisheries are in jeopardy according to researchers who are looking at this summer’s record warm water temperatures.
“According to Cook Inlet Keeper Science Director Sue Mauger, early July temperatures on the Deshka river were actually higher than what climate models have predicted through the year 2069 — 80.4°F compared to the projection of about 79°F.”
“Hurricane Lorenzo strengthened into a Category 5 storm overnight before weakening into a Category 3 as it churned in the central Atlantic on Sunday evening.
“Lorenzo is the strongest hurricane recorded so far north and east in the Atlantic basin, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday night when the storm reached Category 5.”
“When the Triftbach suddenly burst its banks one day last summer, it did not cause loss of life, but it damaged housing and infrastructure.
“The start of it was the sudden outflow of an underground lake that had formed under a glacier above the tourist town in canton Valais, which the mayor of Zermatt, Romy Biner-Hauser, later called “an unforeseeable freak of nature”.”
“The Northern Cape’s economy [South Africa] has been crippled by the ongoing drought in the region, says Agri Northern Cape’s second-in-command.
“Agri Northern Cape says the ongoing drought in the province has severely affected the community and local economy. It’s estimated that the drought has led to more than 62,000 job losses within various parts of the agricultural production chain.”
“The death toll from torrential rains in northern India has risen to 120, with more than 50 deaths reported in the past 24 hours alone, officials say. Monsoon rains, accompanied by storms and lightning, hit large parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states since Thursday.
“The incessant downpour felled trees and electricity poles, and brought down roofs and temporary structures.”
“Rainfall in 12 cities, including Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur, in Maharashtra has surpassed their annual rainfall quota within four months of the monsoon.
“As the season comes to a close on Monday, eight of these cities have recorded 50 per cent or more rainfall than what they receive during the entire year.”
“Torrential rainfall has affected many states this year. The sequence of record rainfall and flooding is the sign of a changing pattern and will be the new normal, the Yale scientists said. This is because of the increasing frequency of extreme weather conditions.
“A senior weather official with the Indian Meteorological Department in Hyderabad explained, “The rain which earlier fell in a full day is now being seen in two hours…””
“Financial markets and offices in Taipei will be closed on Monday as Typhoon Mitag approaches.
“Schools and offices in some other cities and counties in northern and eastern Taiwan will also be shut, according to a statement on the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration’s website.”
“Australia has enjoyed growth for a generation yet livelihoods are now at risk from drought worsened by climate change, a predicament more familiar to developing countries.
“Parts of northern and inland New South Wales, along with southern Queensland, have been in drought since 2016, severely depleting river and dam levels.”
“The bushfires in NSW and Queensland this month may be just a taste of an expected horror nationwide fire season, as experts and former fire chiefs warn agencies risk being “overwhelmed”.
“Forecasters say many parts of the country face above average fire risk and there is concern longer, overlapping bushfire seasons may prevent vital resource sharing between states during crises.”
“Wildfires are still raging in the Amazon rainforest. Twelve million hectares have burnt so far, three times more than last year. This means an area nearly the size of Greece.
“Brazil paid the hardest price, but the flames are ravaging also some other of the nine countries the Amazon spans to. In Bolivia, 5,000 people are fighting the blaze, but it is still out of control.”
“Hurricane Lorenzo is a powerful category four storm this evening, packing maximum winds of 145 MPH far out in the Atlantic Ocean. Lorenzo joins the heap of storms we’ve seen in the last couple of years to break some sort of a record…
“Meteorologists have never recorded such a strong hurricane so far east in the Atlantic Ocean. Lorenzo’s minimum central pressure of 939 mb is the lowest on record this far east, according to hurricane expert Philip Klotzbach. The hurricane’s maximum winds, which clocked in at 145 MPH on Thursday night, were also a record for so far east in the Atlantic.”
“The first week of Fall has felt anything but Autumn-like with record hot temperatures.
“Thursday afternoon’s high temperature of 97 degrees at Jacksonville International Airport was the latest 97 degree temperature reading in recorded history in Jacksonville [Florida].”
“A flash drought is rapidly developing across much of the Southeast [USA] and is likely to persist or worsen in October…
“…flash droughts can develop much faster, taking weeks to a few months rather than years, leaving less time to prepare for impacts such as crop losses, reductions in water supply and increased wildfire risk.”
“It’s been a world of extreme weather for parts of the Mississippi Delta this year. From too wet, to too dry, the Mississippi Delta can’t catch a break when it comes to weather. Warren County EMA Director John Elfer says the county has only had about 10 percent of the rain it usually has during September.”
“A significant winter storm will blast through the northern Rocky Mountains this weekend. “This has the potential to be a historically significant early-season snow event,” the National Weather Service in Great Falls, Montana, said.””
“Rising numbers of farmers in drought-stricken Honduras could be forced to leave their homes unless support for rural communities is ramped up to help struggling families better cope with extreme weather and climate change, U.N. officials have warned.
“Earlier this month, Honduras declared a national emergency…”
“Tying or breaking a record high temperature is impressive. Doing it several days straight? Even more notable. But to do it 20 days straight? That’s unheard of.
“But not this year in Hawaii. The Aloha State likely just wrapped up their warmest summer on record, obliterating records left and right and over and over again.”
“Australia’s east coast will swelter through at least three more months of hot, dry weather, the weather bureau said on Thursday, a dire forecast for the struggling agricultural sector.
“Australia’s largest and most lucrative rural crop, wheat, faces the biggest damage in the third consecutive year of drought.”
“The western Indian city of Pune was battered by 140 mm (5.5 inches) of rain in 48 hours this week, in what the Maharashtra state chief minister called an “unprecedented” level of monsoon rain.
“Last night in Pune there was a lot of heavy rain that developed into an unprecedented storm,” said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday, in a video he tweeted.”
“Between the years 2016 and 2017 Somalia faced one of its most severe droughts due to consecutive poor rainy seasons which pushed the country to the brink of famine with over half of the population in desperate need of assistance…
“Fast forward to 2019, the rains came late and when they did come, they were not enough.”
“More than half of Europe’s endemic trees are threatened with extinction as invasive diseases, pests, pollution and urban development take a growing toll on the landscape, according to a study.
“Ash, elm and rowan trees are among those in decline…”
“The Arctic affects the world’s ecosystems – and weather systems. But the latest evidence suggests ice levels could be devastated within decades [optimistic!].”
“The Arctic has lost around 12.8% of its surface area every decade between 1979 and 2018, which, although “unprecedented for at least 1,000 years”, could shrink even more if no action is taken.”
“The number of meltwater lakes on the surface of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is more significant than previously thought, according to new research.
“A study led by Durham University, UK, discovered more than 65,000 supraglacial lakes using high-resolution satellite imagery covering five million square kilometres of the ice sheet, including areas where surface melting was previously thought to be less intense.”
“At least 12 people were killed in separate incidents after heavy rain led to flooding in several areas of Pune [India]…
“In Baramati, as many as 28,500 people have been evacuated due to heavy water discharge from Nazare Dam… The water level in the dam had already reached to its full capacity last week”
“Bearing the brunt of global warming, Hindu Kush Himalayan region, an area covering high mountains chains of central, south and inner Asia, faces the risk of losing over 60 per cent of its glaciers by 2100, a global climate report said on Wednesday…
“It supports 120 million people directly through irrigation systems, and a total of 1.3 billion indirectly through river basins in India, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.”
“Coastal sea levels around China were 48 millimeters higher last year than the 1993-2011 average, with winter ice floes shrinking and temperatures on the rise, the Ministry of Natural Resources said on Thursday…
“In December last year, average recorded temperatures were 1.7 degrees Celsius higher than normal, and winter ice volumes had also shrunk steadily.”
“A southwestern Japan city on Thursday became the country’s first municipality to declare a “climate emergency,” joining more than 1,000 local governments across the world resolved to tackle climate change…
“The city of Iki in Nagasaki Prefecture said in the declaration that natural disasters and other phenomena caused by global warming pose a “significant threat” and vowed to lower its carbon dioxide emissions.”
“Australia’s military capability could be seriously tested by climate change, according to a speech prepared for Australian Defence Force Chief Angus Campbell.
“Details of the speech emerged as Prime Minister Scott Morrison skipped the United Nations Climate Summit, and Sir David Attenborough sharply criticised Australia’s climate and energy policies.”
“More than 2 million wild animals, including jaguars, pumas and llamas, have perished in weeks of wildfires that devastated huge swaths of Bolivian forest and grassland, environmental experts said Wednesday.
“The fires devastated the Chiquitania tropical savanna in the east of the country.”
“Dung beetles could be heading towards oblivion as pesticides and veterinary medicines poison their daily diet of faeces. The declining numbers of the insect could have wide-reaching catastrophic implications for both the food chain and the wider ecosystem.
“Mexican researchers found the chemicals can alter the growth and development of dung beetles, which can then reduce their ability to function.”
“Wildfire season in the Yukon is beginning earlier; the fires are hotter and move faster. Seasonal combustion is natural to the North, but scientists say there’s a reason for the newfound ferocity of northern fires: a warming Arctic.
““I had friends’ homes burn. There was nothing I could do.” – Chad Thomas, firefighter.”
“Strong southwest flow may make the first few days of October feel uncomfortably like July in much of southern Ontario. Temperatures are expected to nudge above the 30ºC mark for many, and humidex values will soar even higher.
“Since many all-time October records in the region are right around, or just above, the 30ºC mark, if the pattern pans out we’ll see a lot of old records — some that have been in place since the 1940s — topple.”
““It is scary – I’m afraid for the future,” says Gitti Titussen, an IT worker and environmental activist [Greenland] fearful of the consequences of rising sea levels and warming oceans.
““We have to tell the world: change is here, it is not some thing in the future or 100 years. It is here. It is happening. We have to do something.””
“We found high concentrations of particles at the [Arctic] sea ice surface, due to the particles’ buoyancy and to the rapid formation of ice crystals, trapping the particles as ice coalesces into a firm ice layer.
“Although microplastics did not affect the sea ice growth rates, distinct changes in sea ice albedo in response to medium and high concentrations of microplastics microcosms.”
“Wholesalers fear that recent flooding in Spain could hit availability of vegetables throughout winter, leading to higher prices and worse quality.
“Heavy storms in south-eastern Spain have caused extensive losses to fruit and vegetable production and severely damaged infrastructure across the region.”
“Angola’s government is delivering basic food such as rice, corn and beans to drought victims, in the face of deteriorating living conditions for many families.
“Television reports showed the efforts of the national executive and local authorities to distribute supplies in affected areas…”
“Extreme weather of the sort that used to ravage coastlines once a century will happen every year by 2050, according to a United Nations report on the likely effects of global warming.
“Sea levels are rising twice as fast as during the 20th century as the melting of the world’s largest reservoirs of ice accelerates, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said.”
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“With hibernation fast approaching, a grizzly bear family is spotted searching for fish near the shores of Canada’s Knight Inlet. They’re emaciated.
“The first two days of the month featured record warmth from New Orleans to New York City as millions sweltered in conditions more typical of July. Temperatures in the 90s F were widespread across the region… 
“…scorching temperatures in the D.C. area Wednesday broke the all-time heat record for October. Thermometers in the city hit 97 degrees a little after 1 p.m., breaking a record that had stood since Oct. 5, 1941.”
“This is the first time in 50 years that Gruber won’t make any money on his corn crop.
“…the weather service also noted Tuesday was the second-wettest October day ever, trailing one 19th century day by a few hundredths of an inch. Des Moines has already exceeded its normal annual rainfall total by nearly seven inches with three months to spare, and more rainfall is expected Wednesday afternoon and evening.”
“Lorenzo is a special storm. It shattered all types of records in its journey across the Atlantic Ocean and was the strongest hurricane we’ve seen this far east and north. 
“France’s ongoing battle with drought means that 79 out of metropolitan France’s 95 departments will continue to have some form of water restriction in place during the month of October… 
“At least nine people were killed and several others missing after Typhoon Mitag lashed South Korea with heavy rain and strong winds, authorities said Thursday. 
“Australians will bake in temperatures of up to 40 degrees heading into the weekend, as heatwave conditions raise the risk of bushfires but could also send crowds flocking to the beach for the first time since last summer. 
“A cascade of impacts including rising sea levels, heatwaves and back-to-back tropical cyclones has created 400km of dead and badly damaged mangroves in the Gulf of Carpentaria, a scientific monitoring trip has discovered.
“While the rest of the world wakes up to the climate emergency, people in Oceania have been living it “for decades”, a new report says. In low-lying nations such as Tonga, Samoa, Papua New Guinea and Fiji, many have already died from climate-related extremes.”
“These cities not only broke daily records, but broke the record for hottest October day:
“West Palm Beach received just 1.39 inches of rain last month, making it the driest September in more than a century. 
“Dozens of cities across the country [USA] experienced their hottest September in more than a century of recordkeeping. The September record heat even stretched into Alaska and Hawaii. 
“Instead of a monsoon, people in Flagstaff are calling the weather pattern this summer a “nonsoon.” It was the driest on record. 
“Great Falls [Montana] saw a morning low temperature of 9 degrees Tuesday morning, according to preliminary readings by the National Weather Service, which would shatter a previous low for the 1st of October set in 1959… 
“With more rain days than dry ones, Winnipeg [Canada] endured the second wettest September on record (since 1872). 
“Prime Minister Hubert Minnis called Dorian “an unprecedented destructive force of wind and rain and sea surge.” It tore into the islands of the northern Bahamas with 185 mph sustained winds gusting to 200 mph and beyond. 
“As winds started to blow, authorities closed numerous streets and roads in Portugal’s Azores islands in preparation for Hurricane Lorenzo, which is expected to hit the mid-Atlantic archipelago early on Wednesday. 
“More rain and winds are expected in parts of the country later this week as the remnants of ex-Hurricane Lorenzo arrive in the UK. 
“Across Switzerland, reports of rockfalls are piling up. Some have blocked streets, others have destroyed infrastructure. In the most catastrophic events, millions of cubic tons of rock have crumbled off mountains and crushed tourists. 
“Seven people were killed and 11 others injured in separate incidents of roof collapse due to torrential rains in Pakistan’s east Punjab and northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces on Tuesday, local reports said… 
“Last month was the warmest and driest September in Singapore on record at the climate station in Changi, the Meteorological Service Singapore said on Tuesday (Oct 1). 
“Typhoon Mitag hit Jeju Island [South Korea] on Wednesday, bringing 100-250 millimeters of rain to most parts of the southernmost island. Floods and damage have been reported in the eastern part of Jeju. 
“Get ready to sweat as “near record high temperatures” look set to envelop south eastern Australia. 
“Perth [Australia] has just posted its hottest September on record and the driest in 42 years, setting the scene for a sizzling spring and summer to come.
“A red-hot weather map shows how Australia is set to sizzle through a blistering spring. 
“The Chilean government has been left baffled by an unidentified flying object (UFO) that appeared to fly across the sky before falling to Earth and causing six fires. 
“While folks in Montana dig out from a historic “winter” storm, people in the South wonder how much longer this endless summer can last. 
“A “200-year storm” along a narrow band from northern Minnesota into Northwestern Wisconsin brought flooding to parts of Aitkin, Pine, Carlton and Douglas counties Monday… 
“Alaska is home to lush temperate rainforests, rivers full of migrating salmon, and plenty of rain, so water shortages seem unlikely in our northernmost state. 
“Arctic sea ice is already disappearing rapidly but our research shows winter storms are now further accelerating sea ice loss… 
“A major incident has been declared on the Isle of Man [UK] after people were trapped in their homes by flooding. 
“Cattle, hippos and elephants compete for water as drought affects the Okavango Delta in Botswana. 
“Detailed meteorological information about the region is available from the branch office of Zambia’s Agricultural Ministry in the provincial capital of Choma… 
“Several parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh continued to remain inundated on Tuesday as the toll in rain-related incidents since last week rose to 151, PTI reported. 
“Rescuers were scrambling on Tuesday to reach six people they feared were trapped after a bridge collapsed in Taiwan, smashing onto a group of fishing boats moored underneath. 
“A gigantic iceberg about the size of greater London has calved from the Amery ice shelf in east Antarctica, according to expert monitors. The tabular iceberg, officially named D-28, separated from the ice shelf on 26 September. 
“Given the real threat of a sixth mass extinction event brought about by human-caused climate breakdown and habitat disruption, we wanted to find out how long the ocean ecosystem took to reboot after the last one. 
“One week after summer’s end, a “winter” storm began blasting parts of the West with up to 3 feet of snow, smashing records with low temperatures, heavy snow, strong winds and blizzard conditions forecast into Monday.
“Weird weather struck Davis, California, over the weekend. 
“Record heat for the Eastern US where temperatures are running up to 25° above average for this time of year.”
“Some of Alaska’s salmon fisheries are in jeopardy according to researchers who are looking at this summer’s record warm water temperatures. 
“Hurricane Lorenzo strengthened into a Category 5 storm overnight before weakening into a Category 3 as it churned in the central Atlantic on Sunday evening. 
“Flooding across England and Wales has hit transport networks and forced a number of events to be cancelled. 
“When the Triftbach suddenly burst its banks one day last summer, it did not cause loss of life, but it damaged housing and infrastructure. 
“The Northern Cape’s economy [South Africa] has been crippled by the ongoing drought in the region, says Agri Northern Cape’s second-in-command. 
“Extreme weather hit parts of southern Africa in the past 24 hours with heavy rain and flash floods in areas of South Africa, and snow in Lesotho. 
“The death toll from torrential rains in northern India has risen to 120, with more than 50 deaths reported in the past 24 hours alone, officials say. Monsoon rains, accompanied by storms and lightning, hit large parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states since Thursday. 
“Rainfall in 12 cities, including Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur, in Maharashtra has surpassed their annual rainfall quota within four months of the monsoon. 
“Torrential rainfall has affected many states this year. The sequence of record rainfall and flooding is the sign of a changing pattern and will be the new normal, the Yale scientists said. This is because of the increasing frequency of extreme weather conditions.
“Financial markets and offices in Taipei will be closed on Monday as Typhoon Mitag approaches. 
“Australia has enjoyed growth for a generation yet livelihoods are now at risk from drought worsened by climate change, a predicament more familiar to developing countries. 
“The bushfires in NSW and Queensland this month may be just a taste of an expected horror nationwide fire season, as experts and former fire chiefs warn agencies risk being “overwhelmed”. 
“Wildfires are still raging in the Amazon rainforest. Twelve million hectares have burnt so far, three times more than last year. This means an area nearly the size of Greece. 
“The first week of Fall has felt anything but Autumn-like with record hot temperatures. 
“A flash drought is rapidly developing across much of the Southeast [USA] and is likely to persist or worsen in October… 
“It’s been a world of extreme weather for parts of the Mississippi Delta this year. From too wet, to too dry, the Mississippi Delta can’t catch a break when it comes to weather. 
Jet streams wobbling much? 
“Rising numbers of farmers in drought-stricken Honduras could be forced to leave their homes unless support for rural communities is ramped up to help struggling families better cope with extreme weather and climate change, U.N. officials have warned.
“Tying or breaking a record high temperature is impressive. Doing it several days straight? Even more notable. But to do it 20 days straight? That’s unheard of.
“Australia’s east coast will swelter through at least three more months of hot, dry weather, the weather bureau said on Thursday, a dire forecast for the struggling agricultural sector. 
“The western Indian city of Pune was battered by 140 mm (5.5 inches) of rain in 48 hours this week, in what the Maharashtra state chief minister called an “unprecedented” level of monsoon rain.
“Between the years 2016 and 2017 Somalia faced one of its most severe droughts due to consecutive poor rainy seasons which pushed the country to the brink of famine with over half of the population in desperate need of assistance… 
“More than half of Europe’s endemic trees are threatened with extinction as invasive diseases, pests, pollution and urban development take a growing toll on the landscape, according to a study. 
“The Arctic affects the world’s ecosystems – and weather systems. But the latest evidence suggests ice levels could be devastated within decades [optimistic!].”
“The number of meltwater lakes on the surface of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is more significant than previously thought, according to new research.
“At least 12 people were killed in separate incidents after heavy rain led to flooding in several areas of Pune [India]…
“Bearing the brunt of global warming, Hindu Kush Himalayan region, an area covering high mountains chains of central, south and inner Asia, faces the risk of losing over 60 per cent of its glaciers by 2100, a global climate report said on Wednesday… 
“Coastal sea levels around China were 48 millimeters higher last year than the 1993-2011 average, with winter ice floes shrinking and temperatures on the rise, the Ministry of Natural Resources said on Thursday… 
“A southwestern Japan city on Thursday became the country’s first municipality to declare a “climate emergency,” joining more than 1,000 local governments across the world resolved to tackle climate change… 
“Australia’s military capability could be seriously tested by climate change, according to a speech prepared for Australian Defence Force Chief Angus Campbell. 
“Dung beetles could be heading towards oblivion as pesticides and veterinary medicines poison their daily diet of faeces. The declining numbers of the insect could have wide-reaching catastrophic implications for both the food chain and the wider ecosystem. 
“Wildfire season in the Yukon is beginning earlier; the fires are hotter and move faster. Seasonal combustion is natural to the North, but scientists say there’s a reason for the newfound ferocity of northern fires: a warming Arctic.
“Strong southwest flow may make the first few days of October feel uncomfortably like July in much of southern Ontario. Temperatures are expected to nudge above the 30ºC mark for many, and humidex values will soar even higher.
““It is scary – I’m afraid for the future,” says Gitti Titussen, an IT worker and environmental activist [Greenland] fearful of the consequences of rising sea levels and warming oceans.
“We found high concentrations of particles at the [Arctic] sea ice surface, due to the particles’ buoyancy and to the rapid formation of ice crystals, trapping the particles as ice coalesces into a firm ice layer. 
“Wholesalers fear that recent flooding in Spain could hit availability of vegetables throughout winter, leading to higher prices and worse quality. 
“Angola’s government is delivering basic food such as rice, corn and beans to drought victims, in the face of deteriorating living conditions for many families. 
“Extreme weather of the sort that used to ravage coastlines once a century will happen every year by 2050, according to a United Nations report on the likely effects of global warming.