“Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, according to the WMO [picture from yesterday’s floods in Turkey]…
““It’s time for global leaders to start telling the truth,” said Andrew Weaver, a professor at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria in Canada. “We will not limit warming to 1.5C; we will not limit warming to 2.0C. It’s all hands on deck now to prevent 3.0C global warming – a level of warming that will wreak havoc worldwide.”
“With the arrival of El Niño, prepare for stronger marine heatwaves.
“Oceans are warming up, and dangerously so. Since April this year, the average global sea surface temperature has been unusually high and rising; by August, oceans in the Northern Hemisphere had reached record-high temperatures, even surpassing 38 °C in one area around Florida.”
“One way to save coral reefs? Deep freeze them for the future…
“Scientists are working on preserving corals by cryogenically freezing them. In a new study, a team from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, UC Berkeley and the University of Hawaii at Manoa report they successfully brought a coral fragment back to life after freezing it at -196 degrees Celsius.”
“Why hasn’t a Blue Ocean Event happened? After 2012, it seemed like it was just a couple of years away, and yet we’ve made it to 2023. As this article discusses, our good luck may be coming to an end soon.
“The words for today are “Arctic dipole reversal.”” [Prof Eliot Jacobson via Twitter]
“Retreating sea ice in Arctic affecting zooplankton behaviour…
“… as the climate warms and Arctic sea ice retreats and gets thinner, more light is getting through. “Since marine zooplankton respond to the available light, this is also changing their behaviour – especially how the tiny organisms rise and fall within the water column,” the AWI said in a news release on their website.”
“Record-High Temperatures in Svalbard and Northern Norway This Summer.
“While the summer in Southern Norway rained away, Northern Norway experienced drought and high temperatures… The average temperature in [Svalbard’s] permafrost has also increased. *Before* this year’s measurements, the temperature in the permafrost had risen by more than two degrees ten meters below the surface.”
“Rain and floods: How global heating could alter Nordic summers.
“Last month was one of the wettest Augusts on record in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. We asked three climate scientists if climate change could make this weather normal in future… Denmark’s state forecaster DMI has declared July the wettest since records began in 1874, with more than double the normal rainfall…”
“The United Kingdom’s longest-lasting patch of snow, located in a remote mountain range in the Scottish Highlands (and known as The Sphinx], has fully melted for what’s thought to be just the tenth time in the last 300 years.
“7 of these occasions have occurred in my lifetime (I was born in 2000).”
“It appears a large number of UK stations (and there will be more than shown here) have now broken their September max temperature record in this hot spell… including Larkhill [30.7C / 87.3F] where the POR goes back to 1921.” [Met Office is forecasting UK’s hottest September day this weekend].
“Ireland could be set for its hottest September day ever as weather models show temperatures of up to 29C [84.2F] for the end of the week.
“As Ladbrokes suspended betting on this September being the hottest in Irish recorded history – Friday could be the hottest day on the cards yet. That’s according to Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather.”
“Drought: French city to give water-saving shower heads to residents.
“New water-saving shower heads are to be distributed for free to residents in Dijon (Côte-d’Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) next spring. Residents will be encouraged to install them on all of their showers… Currently, Côte-d’Or is still facing restrictions on water use due to drought. Eleven areas in the department are ‘in crisis’…”
“Boy rescued from flood waters in Spain after clinging to tree for eight hours…
“A 10-year-old Spanish boy has been rescued after clinging to a tree for eight hours to escape the flood waters that have claimed at least five lives as much of the country was lashed by record heavy rains over the weekend.”
“At least 12 people have died in Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria as flash floods from torrential rainstorms turned rivers into torrents, swept away bridges and inundated streets, homes and public buildings.
“Greece’s climate crisis and civil protection minister, Vassilis Kikilias, said after an emergency cabinet meeting: “This is the most extreme phenomenon in terms of the maximum amount of rain in a 24-hour period since records began in the country.””
“Rabat – Morocco’s importation of live animals intended for consumption has surged fivefold since the start of the year, as the nation seeks to stabilize meat prices and ensure a steady supply in preparation for Eid al-Adha, the annual festival of sacrifice, Morocco state media reported today.”
“From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera – the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa.
“The winds that whip the towns of the Eastern Cape in South Africa have the power to generate energy. But on a dry, hot day, those winds can gather up embers and dump them into tinder dry savannah and forest, destroying crops, fodder and homes, and taking lives.”
“Record heat in Middle East: On 6 September Kuwait City with a brutal Tmin of 37C [98.6F] and a Tmax of 50C [122F] broke both its monthly records, moreover the Tmin of 37C is the highest in September in Kuwait and close to the highest in the world.
“Pakistan is the epicenter of a global wave of climate threats…
“…Dark clouds of mosquitoes bit through even the toughest donkey’s hide, spreading malaria to Yaqoob and four dozen of his neighbors. People came down with itchy dermatitis from walking through the floodwaters. Farmers who could not plant in drenched fields began cutting back their simple meals…”
“2023 marks second driest August in Pakistan after below average rain: PMD.
“August 2023 was the second driest August in Pakistan in the last 63 years [of record-keeping], as the national rainfall recorded for the month of August 2023 was largely below average (-66%), the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said in its monthly climate summary published on Tuesday.”
“Minimum temperatures up to 29C in Bangladesh and monthly records by dozens. Most important are: 37.4 [99.3F] Dinajpur; 37.5 Rangpur; 38.4 Bogra; 37.4 Tangail; 38.0 Saidpur tie… In Myanmar monthly record at Myitkyina with 37.8C.”
“Bangladesh’s worst ever dengue outbreak a ‘canary in the coal mine’ for climate crisis, WHO expert warns.
“Bangladesh is battling its worst dengue outbreak on record, with more than 600 people killed and 135,000 cases reported since April, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as one of its experts blamed the climate crisis and El Nino weather pattern for driving the surge.”
“Shocking heavy rain in Fuzhou [China]! The rainfall reached 174.7 mm [6.8 inches] in 1 hour, 23.5 mm in 5 minutes, and 556 mm in 6 hours, breaking the records in Fujian Province!
“…The torrential rain in Fujian from September 5 to the present is very alarming. This is the second time in two months that Fujian has been hit by a record-breaking rainstorm. Fuzhou has 600 mm of rain in 24 hours and 700 mm in 48 hours!”
“Record heat in North Korea. Almost every station in the country broke its record of the hottest day in September.
“Highest was at 33.8C [92.8F] at Huichon. In just a few days of September several thousands of heat records have fallen across the world in multiple heat waves.”
“A temperature of 8.5°C [47.3F] is not exactly sizzling hot, but when you consider that was Dunedin’s mean air temperature over the past three months, it means the city has just experienced its warmest winter on record.”
“At least 36 dead in Brazil cyclone, many still stranded…
“The governor, who declared a state of emergency, called it the deadliest weather disaster ever to hit Rio Grande do Sul, as hundreds of rescue workers, police and volunteers continued efforts to reach areas cut off by flooding.”
“Record-high temperatures prompt ‘heat crisis’ in Florida prisons without air conditioning.
“The scorching heat made this summer one for the record books, sending Floridians to the water or to hole up in their air-conditioned homes and offices. But there’s one population who can’t seek relief from the heat — people who work and live in Florida’s state prisons.”
“Louisiana has faced unusually high temperatures this summer, leaving at least 32 people dead since June 1 and thousands more in emergency departments…
““It truly is a public health problem,” Alicia Van Doren told the Illuminator. And though the numbers are high, “all of this is an undercount,” she said. Heat exposure isn’t always documented in medical charts or death records.”
“Phoenix on track to set another heat record, this time for most daily highs at or above 110 degrees…
“The National Weather Service says after a brief respite from the heat over the Labor Day holiday, Phoenix this weekend is expected to break its previous record of 53 days of 110-degree Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) weather in a single year, set in 2020.”
“Climate change is hurting Six Flags, SeaWorld and Disney World…
““Weather was the clear driver of weakness in the period across regional theme parks,” Paul Golding, an analyst at Macquarie Research, said in a note to clients. Golding has lowered his estimates for the theme park industry because of growing risks from extreme weather.”
“Out of the 34 water basins in the province, 23 reached drought levels of four or five (level five being the highest) this summer. In recent years, BC has experienced severe heat waves, heavy rain and flooding and, most recently, a record number of forest fires.”
“Calf prices in Alberta hit record high amid drought conditions…
“A lot of people over the last two and three years have downsized their herds. This has happened in both Canada and the United States. We have less cattle — we probably have the least amount of beef cows we’ve ever had,” said Balog. “It finally catches up with the lack of numbers.”
“Canada has more than doubled its annual record for land burned by wildfire.
“Relentless wildfires in Canada continue and may only get worse in September. The number of hectares burned so far in 2023 has reached 16.5 million, more than double what the last record was in 1995 at 7.1 million hectares.”
“In the face of climate change, we’ve been told forests are our salvation. But scientists believe this summer’s wildfires [in Canada’s boreal forests] are a sign of a tipping point — with trees a major source of carbon emissions… The transformation of the forest from carbon sink to carbon source is troubling to scientists, who warn of a feedback loop…”
“Air pollution prevents pollinators from finding flowers, study shows.
“A research team comprising the UK Center for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and the Universities of Reading, Surrey, Birmingham and Southern Queensland, found that ozone substantially changes the size and scent of floral odor plumes. It reduced honeybees’ ability to recognize odors by up to 90% from just a few meters away.”
“International report confirms record-high greenhouse gases, global sea levels in 2022…
” Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — Earth’s major atmospheric greenhouse gases — once again reached record high concentrations in 2022 [417.1 parts per million]…
“This was 50% greater than the pre-industrial level, 2.4 ppm greater than the 2021 amount, and the highest measured amount in the modern observational records as well as in paleoclimatic records dating back as far as 800,000 years.”
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“The most important graph in the world has been updated to include the last 150,000 years! Here I’ve added the +0.5 W/m² average Earth’s Energy Imbalance from 1971-2020 from von Schuckmann et al…
“It’s hard to grasp how much energy 1.4 W/m² adds. If this Earth’s Energy Imbalance is maintained for 20 years, that would add about 450 ZJ of heat to the Earth system. If all that additional heat melted land ice (hypothetical), global sea levels would increase by 3.5 meters!”
“Aberdeen [Scotland] breaks record with hottest ever September day – with more to come.
“On Sunday, the city saw temperatures soar to 27C [80.6F] – beating the previous record of 25.9C by more than a degree. With 27.1C at Fyvie Castle, it also beat its previous record of 26.9C – both previous highs were on September 8, 2021.”
“I’ve got to be honest, until temps began to escalate across large parts of the globe this year, I didn’t think we’d see 850s [hpa, ie about 1.5km altitude] reach more than 20°C [68F] over any part of the UK in September for at least another decade.
“Then I began to wonder… & now (well, very soon) here we are.”
“Historic Heatwave over the UK, France, and Benelux – Record-Breaking High Temperatures under the Heat Dome…
“This is a historic, record-breaking heatwave for September for several countries… After Monday’s record temperatures in France and Switzerland, even more significantly anomalous temperatures are forecast from Tuesday through Saturday, including for northern Europe.”
“Incredible day in France with 212 monthly records broken with up to 38.9C [102F] at Le Blanc.
“Most important records include 36.8 Cognac, 36.4 Bourges,34.5 Limoges. Also 13 records hot nights: 24.2 Toulouse,21.6 Nantes,21.4 Limoges and incredible 24.4 Montauban all time highest Tmin!”
“Temperature record for September broken on Mount Pilatus.
“Swiss mountains are enduring unprecedented high temperatures. Mount Pilautus in canton Lucerne registered a record 21°C [70F] on Monday morning. “The end of the line has not yet been reached,” wrote the weather service Meteonews on X, formerly Twitter.”
“Vineyards, olive groves decimated by weekend rain and hail [Portugal].
“The mayor of Valpaços in Portugal’s north said today that “a hail storm” over the weekend “wiped out a year’s work” in vineyards and olive groves and that “farmers needed someone to come to their aid (…) It was a tragic weekend for the municipality of Valpaços,” Amílcar Almeida told Lusa…”
“At least three people died and three were missing as record rainfall caused heavy flooding in central Spain, shutting roads, subway lines and high-speed train connections, authorities said on Monday.
“Helicopters were sent to rescue people who had sought refuge on the roofs of their homes in the Toledo area…”
“Flooding caused by torrential rain has killed eight people in western Algeria, the country’s civil defense service said on Sunday. It said the eight had been swept away by floodwaters at Tlemcen and El-Bayadh on Saturday.”
“A potential Medicane is Forecast to form in the Ionian Sea this week, posing a heavy Rainfall threat for Sicily and Malta. Major Flooding Event Expected for Greece…
“First historic wildfires, now extreme 400-600 mm rainfall [some forecasts are even worse than this] and major flooding is forecast for Greece.”
“BREAKING: The Krafsidonas river in Volos, Thessaly (population: 85,000) has just overflowed its banks. Catastrophic situation unfolding…
“[National observatory in Athens apparently reporting a record-breaking 528mm [20.7 inches] of rain in just ten hours with another 24 hours coming – but I haven’t had time to fact-check this yet].”
“Floods ravage Samsun, Giresun [Turkey] following torrential rain.
“In Samsun, the deluge caused extensive flooding, inundating homes and businesses. Atatürk Boulevard, a major thoroughfare, transformed into a lake, necessitating the closure of the road to all transportation. Stranded vehicles and distressed citizens added to the chaos.”
“Heavy rainfall, hail and strong wind late on Saturday affected municipalities in the eastern Georgian regions, causing damage to agricultural beds, vineyards, buildings and floods in residential homes.
“The strong winds uprooted the trees and toppled power poles in several villages of Akhmeta, Telavi and Gurjaani municipalities in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region.”
“Missing monsoon rains combined with dry westerly winds blowing from Pakistan and clear skies made Monday exceptionally hot in the capital, with the temperature hitting 40 degrees Celsius at Safdarjung… Monday’s maximum was close to the month’s all-time high of 40.6 degrees C, recorded at Safdarjung on September 16, 1938.”
“Record 61,000 lightning strikes in two hours kill 12 people [Odisha, India]…
“Areas around the capital Bhubaneswar received heavy lightning on Saturday which continued during the afternoon thundershowers, according to the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority.”
“Hong Kong experienced its hottest summer on record this year, with the city seeing “record-breaking” temperatures, the government said Monday, the latest region to experience the impact of a warming planet.”
“Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes and vehicles were swept away in floods as storms from now weakened Typhoon Haikui made landfall in China’s southeastern Fujian province early on Tuesday after battering Taiwan for the past two days…
“Several areas in Fujian recorded more than 300 mm (1 foot) of rainfall in just over 24 hours [322 mm of rain in 12 hours in Yontang – a local record].“
“Today CHINA had 21 monthly records (see list) both in Xinjiang and the South. Record heat in MONGOLIA >1000m asl: 35.4 Khovsgol; 35.0 Bayantoraai… In THAILAND: 38.4 Tak; 38.2 Lampang; 37.7 Mae Hong Son; 37.4 Uttaradit; 37.2 Phetchabun.”
“September has just started but heat records are already falling allover the world.
“Vietnam wasn’t the exception today with the hottest September days recorded in the capital Hanoi with 37.4C and at Lao Cai with 38.6C [101.5F… Hanoi already broke its all time heat record in May this year, you may recall].”
“Record downpours pelt northern Kanto as atmospheric conditions destabilize [Japan]…
“Weather radar shows the area around the town of Shioya had about 110 millimeters [4.3 inches] of rain in the hour through 4:50 p.m. on Monday… Utsunomiya City had record rainfall of 130.5 millimeters during the three hours ending at 2:50 p.m.”
“Extraordinary heat in South America is rewriting climatic books: Last 2 days Paraguay had stations with Tmin >30C.
“Yesterday the min. temp. at Base Aerea Jara was 30.6C [87.1F] this is the highest minimum temperature ever recorded in September in the whole Southern Hemisphere.”
“Extratropical cyclone leaves four dead in Rio Grande do Sul and trail of destruction [Brazil].
“Heavy rains and winds hit municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná since the weekend, and damage is accounted for. There are reports of houses and sheds being deroofed, trees and bridges falling, even flooding.”
“The town of Ituzaingó [Argentina] added its fourth day of flooding on Monday [it experienced its wettest day on record with 267 mm / 10.5 inches]…
“There are images recorded by inhabitants of different neighborhoods of the commune: water in the houses and totally flooded streets that keep hundreds of neighbors isolated.”
“The world’s highest navigable lake is drying out.
“Water levels at Lake Titicaca – the highest navigable lake in the world and South America’s largest – are dropping precipitously after an unprecedented winter heat wave. The shocking decline is affecting tourism, fishing and agriculture, which locals rely on to make a living.”
“USA is living a historic heat wave; dozens of stations are recording their hottest September days, especially in Minnesota and Wisconsin, but also Dulles AP with 99F tied its monthly record.
“Here a preliminary list of the main September records broken/tied.
More to come…”
“El Paso’s high temperature topped 100 degrees twice over Labor Day weekend, bringing the number of triple-digit temperatures so far this year to a record 63.
“The previous record for triple-digit days was 62 set in 1994. The record is likely to be broken several more times this week, according to the National Weather Service forecast.”
“Austin Has Driest Summer In Over a Century, Record Breaking Heat…
“Heat records date back to 1897, but the 10 hottest summers on record in Austin began 1998. Throughout the summer of 2023, Austin experienced extreme heat, with temperatures rising to 105 degrees and above for 40 days. In 2011, temperatures rose to that high for 26 days only.”
“One drowned, dozens rescued from Las Vegas floods after two days of heavy rain…
““Las Vegas saw more than 2.5 times the average rainfall for the entire month of September in a single day,” The Weather Channel reported. The NWS said there was a chance of more rain on Sunday. Flood watches were in effect through Monday for several parts of Nevada.”
“Hilary ‘reshaped the landscape’ of Death Valley; storm damage closes park, maybe for months…
“On Aug. 20, Tropical Storm Hilary tore through the park near the border of Nevada, dropping more than a year’s worth of rain — 2.2 inches — in one day, forever transforming one of the hottest and driest places on Earth.”
“This Alaskan glacier holds back billions of gallons of water. Until it doesn’t…
“This torrent of meltwater — normally held back by the giant glacier looming above Juneau — known as a glacial outburst flood, dwarfed any that have occurred since the phenomenon began here a dozen years ago. The destruction has exposed just how unpredictable these floods can be, as glaciers around the world recede amid warming temperatures.”
“First Nation, regional district in central B.C. Interior orders wildfire evacuations.
“Weekend winds in British Columbia’s central Interior resulted in increased wildfire activity and forced evacuation orders in remote areas north of Burns Lake… There have been 2,071 wildfires in B.C. so far this season, said BCWS.”
“Humidex records fall as intense September heat broils northern Ontario…
“Unusually hot conditions are spreading all the way toward Hudson Bay, where communities are on track to see daytime high temperatures coming in 15-20 degrees above seasonal for the beginning of September… We could break some all-time heat records in places like Moosone…”
“Somebody please explain to me why the North Atlantic stabilizing at about 1.1°C above the 1991-2020 baseline is not as big a story as 70,000 people stuck in the mud in Nevada.
“Tropical forests lose their ability to absorb carbon when conditions become exceptionally hot and dry due to El Niño, research has revealed.
“For decades, tropical forests have acted as a ‘carbon sink’ – taking more carbon out of the atmosphere than they release into it – a process that scientists say has moderated the impact of climate change.”
“The extreme heat across the world this summer has raised the temperature at semiconductor companies that need huge amounts of fresh water to fulfil increasing manufacturing demands for chips… The water scarcity risks for semiconductor companies are the latest wake-up call to investors about the supply chain vulnerabilities brought on by global warming.”
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“How raging wildfires could break the global carbon budget.
“As human-made climate change brings more heat and drought, wildfires are burning longer, hotter and more often in forests from Canada to Greece and Australia… Recovering forests do sequester carbon again, but full regeneration of these carbon stores is less likely after “high-severity” fires…”
“Experts discover new reason that uncontrollable ‘zombie fires’ could rise from the dead: ‘A near-exponential relationship’…
“Zombie fires — blazes that burn underground and come back from the dead after smoldering through cold seasons — are spreading more extensively in hotter, drier, more lightning-prone Arctic environments affected by the planet’s warming, a recent study finds.”
“B.C. extends state of emergency as wildfire risk stretches into colder season.
“British Columbia and the Northwest Territories both extended their states of emergency this week as tens of thousands of residents remain displaced or ready to flee a sudden blaze even as the cooler temperatures of September arrive.”
“Canada wildfires inflict brutal toll on tourism, other areas of economy.
“”The worst Canadian wildfires on record appear to be behind much of the recent weakness in GDP and, with more areas now under evacuation orders, the data are likely to remain weak in the coming months,” he said.,, Statistics Canada on Friday reported a 0.2 percent contraction in the second quarter and a weak start to the third.”
“After Maui’s wildfires, thousands brace for long process of restoring safe water service.
“Some populated areas of Maui are looking at months or even years before their water systems are fully and safely restored following the wildfires that devastated the island last month.”
“Hottest August on record caps scorching summer for the southern U.S…
“Nearly every place where weather records are kept along the Gulf Coast just experienced its hottest August. From Brownsville to Houston and New Orleans and onward to Pensacola, Tampa, Fort Myers and over to Florida’s east coast, it was sweltering.”
“A Tesla combusted Wednesday in Hurricane Idalia floodwaters near Tampa, prompting officials to remind residents of the dangers of electric vehicles coming in contact with saltwater.
“Dunedin Fire Rescue, located in Pinellas County west of Tampa, confirmed crews responded to a fire Wednesday afternoon, hours after Hurricane Idalia blew by in the Gulf of Mexico.”
“Summer of 2023 goes down as second rainiest on record in Boston, forecasters say.
“The only summer it rained more than this one, a pair of hurricanes inundated southern New England in rapid succession and Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” topped the pop charts.
“More than 20 inches of rain fell in Boston over the past three months…”
“Finnish Lapland sees record-high temperatures in August…
“This past August saw warmer-than-usual temperatures across Finland with Lapland seeing record-high readings… Three weather stations located across Finnish Lapland, in Kilpisjärvi, Utsjoki and Savukoski, all captured record-warm temperatures for the month of August.”
“‘A first in Paris’: city fumigates for tiger mosquitoes as tropical pests spread, bringing disease.
“Health authorities in Paris have fumigated areas of the French capital for the first time to kill disease-carrying tiger mosquitoes whose rapid advance through northern Europe is thought to have been accelerated by climate change.”
“Spanish Food Industry Group Makes Plea for Water as Drought Threatens Crops…
““It’s essential that the food and beverage industry receives special treatment in these serious circumstances and has preferential access to water in order to guarantee a stable and safe supply of food and beverages,” Fiab General Director Mauricio García de Quevedo said in a statement.”
“Wildfires force Sicilian winemakers to grapple with climate change…
““People in the city complain about the temperature, the heat, the smoke, but it is nothing compared to people who dedicate all their life to growing almonds, olives, grapes,” said Dario Vento, a guide who gives bicycle tours of Sicily’s landscapes.”
“Three people lost their lives and seven were injured in northern Yemen due to lightning strikes and floods in the past 24 hours, according to local health authorities on Thursday.
“Two women were killed by lightning strikes in separate incidents in the Shaharah and al-Ashah districts of Amran province. Another woman was swept away by floods in the al-Jamimah district of Hajjah province…”
“As Pakistan finds itself in another unpredictable monsoon season, vulnerable farming communities face a resurgence of indentured servitude and other forms of modern slavery.”
“Amid record heat, even indoor factory workers enter dangerous terrain… Climate change is making it unbearable to labor in Asia’s factories…
“Extreme heat caused by human-induced climate change has wreaked havoc on the bodies of outdoor workers, from delivery drivers in India to construction workers in Qatar. Now, heat scientists and labor researchers say even those who labor indoors are not safe.”
“August was not just the driest month since 1901 but it was also the hottest ever recorded in India, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday…
“Four out of five hottest August mean temperatures were recorded in the last seven years, an indication of growing extreme weather events due to climate change.”
“For the first time in recorded history, daily highs in Tokyo, Japan never dropped below 30°C (86°F) for a whole month [Aug. 2023]. Records date back to 1875.”
“Another record day in Japan. 34 stations today had their hottest September day on records: Hokkaido still records 35C [95F], after an exceptional August +3C/+5C above average.
“More fierce hot days and nights are ahead for Japan next week. Records will be hundreds.”
“Record heat also in Siberia and Far East Russia. Today 29.2C [84.6F] at Ust Yudoma at 59N of latitude destroys the previous September record of 28.0C.
“That area has beaten records of high temperatures every month since the start of the spring.”
“Dozens of towns and villages have been submerged under water in Russia’s Far East amid ongoing flash floods since early August, the environmental news outlet Kedr reported Friday.
“Russia’s Primorye region — which for weeks has been under a region-wide state of emergency since — witnessed fresh flooding from heavy rainfall in 19 settlements.”
“Authorities struggle to fight fires on Mt. Sindoro-Sumbing [Java, Indonesia], hiking trails remain closed [the fire is real but the link is erroneous; see comments section].
“The authorities are scrambling to tackle land and forest fires that have ravaged Mount Sindoro and Mount Sumbing in Central Java, but challenging terrain and strong winds are hampering the efforts to extinguish the fires.”
“Record-breaking winter heat in the Southern Hemisphere.
“Perth airport in Western Australia just recorded its hottest winter day on record at 30.2°C (records go back 79 years here). Cape Town Observatory, South Africa records its hottest August day on record with 32.9°C. Records here go back 63 years here.”
“Bureau of Meteorology confirms Australia’s warmest winter on record…
“Bureau of Meteorology data shows the mean temperature across the country this winter was 1.53 degrees Celsius above the long-term average, and the highest since national records began in 1910. The previous record was +1.46 Celsius set in 1996.”
“Australia Set to Reduce Wheat Forecast on Drier, Hotter Conditions…
““If it gets drier and production falls below average, a higher proportion of our grain will need to remain on the domestic market to meet our own demand,” said Dennis Voznesenski, an analyst with Rabobank in Sydney.”
“It’s been *over six years* since Aotearoa/New Zealand had a month during which the nationwide average temperature was below average!
“The last 73 months (June 2017-July 2023) had average or above average temperatures. The streak may end this month…[it did and NZ also had the strongest cold anomaly of any nation in August, thanks to El Nino].”
“The Australian (BOM) model is back at forecasting a 3°C El Niño. Let’s keep hoping this is totally off, while preparing for a very strong El Niño, because hope is not a strategy.”
“Pacific Ocean global sea surface temperatures reach record levels in 2023…
“In March and April 2023, some Earth scientists began to point out that average sea surface temperatures had surpassed the highest levels seen in a key data record maintained by NOAA. Months later, they remain at record levels…”
“After a historic August in South America with hundreds of heat records all 31 days of the month, September starts extremely hot in several areas again.
“Paraguay rose to 40.3C [104.5F] with a torrid night ahead (Tmins can be near 30C in the Chaco). 39.5C at Girardot, Colombia.”
“The far-reaching ramifications of a drought-hit Panama Canal…
“…the problem could become a full-blown crisis by next spring, the time of year when conditions are at their driest. It has raised fears within the maritime industry that climate change will make such hold-ups a more common and costly occurrence.”
“”Is anyone alive?”: Man kayaks after flooding in Guadalajara streets [Mexico].
“In the videos that were released on social networks, the streets are totally flooded, even the level reaches the meter and a half completely covering the cars parked in the streets.”
“Researchers find Antarctic ice shelves thinner than previously thought.
“As global ice dams begin to weaken due to warming temperatures, a new study suggests that prior attempts to evaluate the mass of the huge floating ice shelves that line the Antarctic ice sheet may have overestimated their thickness.”
“Antarctic research stations have polluted a pristine wilderness.
“Antarctica is often described as one of the most pristine places in the world, but it has a dirty secret. Parts of the sea floor near Australia’s Casey research station are as polluted as the harbour in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to a study published in PLOS One in August.”
“Icebreaker sails to Antarctica to rescue sick Australian expedition member.
“An urgent evacuation operation has been launched to assist an Australian with a “developing medical condition” at the remote Casey research station in Antarctica. Australia’s icebreaking vessel RSV Nuyina left Hobart last week and is sailing thousands of kilometres to collect the expedition member…”
“Bats and brain worms: how humanity’s environmental impact is giving rise to new infections.
“As humans encroach further on the natural world, researchers warn that 75% of novel diseases are transmitted from wildlife… As the world’s first case of a parasitic roundworm infecting a human’s brain made headlines this week, infectious diseases experts warned the threat of novel infections is rising.”
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“Japan baking under hottest summer temps in recorded history.
“Japanese who are complaining of suffering through the hottest summer they’ve ever endured now have their belief endorsed by the country’s weather agency. The average temperature from June to August this year will be the highest since record-keeping began in 1898.”
“Typhoon Saola: China issues highest warning as storm approaches Hong Kong and Guangdong.
“China has issued the highest typhoon warning as Typhoon Saola crawled closer to the south-eastern coastline, threatening Hong Kong and other major manufacturing hubs in neighbouring Guangdong province… Wind speeds at 9am were clocked at 209km/h [130mph].”
“Chinese authorities have detained five people on suspicion of falsely understating the number of deaths from a flash flood at a construction site in Sichuan province, state media reported on Wednesday… Regions across China have suffered through weeks of torrential rains that have caused deaths, massive flooding and landslides.”
“Rain deficit over 30%, this is India’s driest August on record.
“Hit hard by El Niño, this month is set to be India’s driest August ever in records going back to 1901. The month is likely to log a massive rain deficit of over 33% — with as many as 20 days of the monsoon remaining in a “break” — which has raised the threat of the season (June-September) ending in deficient rainfall.”
“South Africa’s west coast registers record-breaking maximum temperatures in August.
“It’s been a cold and ruthless winter – but for a few days this week in the Western Cape, you would never have guessed it with the region experiencing scorching hot weather conditions and record-breaking maximum temperatures, some parts even exceeding 34°C [93.2F] on Tuesday, 29 August (still officially winter).”
“Drawing attention to the number of days with record-breaking heat worldwide in 2023, he predicted: “We anticipate much higher temperatures in 2024 compared to this year, with almost every day potentially setting new temperature records.””
“Hundreds of firefighters are trying to put out blazes near the Russian Black Sea town of Gelendzhik, one of the country’s most popular resorts, the local mayor said on Wednesday.
“In a post on Telegram, mayor Alexei Bogodistov said that 441 people, more than 80 vehicles and fire-fighting planes and helicopters had been deployed…”
“Europe split between extremely cold in Central Mediterranean and record heat in the East with 39C in Moldova and Ukraine.
“HISTORIC HEAT IN UKRAINE: 38.2 [100.8F] Vinnytsia hottest day in history (previous 38.0C in July 1936!); Monthly records: 36.1 Khmelnytskyi; 36.3 Zhytomyr.”
“Greece wildfire declared largest ever recorded in EU.
“A forest blaze in Greece is the largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU and the bloc is mobilising nearly half its firefighting air wing to tackle it, a European Commission spokesperson has said. Eleven planes and a helicopter from the EU fleet have been sent to help…”
“Extreme, bad weather is lashing Italy again and is not confined to the north as it was on Monday, but wreaking havoc across the whole of the country in a fresh break from recent muggy heatwaves, Azernews reports, citing ANSA.
“Cyclone Poppea is ripping across Italy bringing cloudbursts, gales and ‘maxi waves’ to most parts, according to local reports Tuesday.”
“Marmolada glacier shrinks by half in 25 years [Italy].
“The surface area of the Marmolada glacier in the Dolomites dropped to 112 hectares in 2022 as the glacier continues to shrink rapidly while global temperatures rise, according to data released on Wednesday.”
“Comprising 20% of Slovenia’s total exports and contributing 10% to the country’s GDP, the automotive sector is an important pillar of Slovenia’s economy. It’s worth noting that no European car is manufactured without incorporating at least one component originating from Slovenia…”
“Austria flooding: River levels reach 100-year high amid storms…
“The western and southern regions of Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg and Carinthia had seen the biggest impact from the extreme conditions. Some homes were evacuated and a number of rail routes and bridges were closed by the authorities amid fears over rising water levels.”
“German farmers hit by climate change impacts, new data shows…
“A sequence of different weather extremes over the past months has left its mark on Germany’s agricultural production and led to significant variations between regions and production sectors, according to harvest data.”
“Arctic heat: Svalbard lufthavn …sets two new records – warmest august and also warmest summer.
“August record: pr.29.8 the medium temperature is 8.5C [47.3F], old record 7.5C 2002. Summer record: 7.8C. Old record 7.4C last year. (Third summer record since 2020).”
“While Antarctic Sea ice extent is still by far at record low levels for August, Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 7th lowest on records and it’s now 60Km2 below the 2010s average with few weeks to go to reach its minimum.”
“Melting Permafrost Sinks Pipelines In Russia And Canada…
“Melting permafrost has already triggered giant sinkholes, slumping phone lines, damaged highways and airport runways, and industrial pollution from melting containment wells. In May 2020, melting permafrost resulted in a Siberian diesel-waste spill of 20,000 metric tons, contaminating an area the size of Philadelphia.”
“Heavy precipitation, glacier runoff forces trail closure in Nunavut’s Auyuittuq Park [Arctic Canada]…
“”Due to high levels of seasonal precipitation and run off from surrounding glaciers, river and stream crossings currently present an extreme hazard and the risk of rock fall and landslides has significantly increased,” reads an Aug. 21 bulletin from Parks Canada.”
“Lightning strikes have sparked dozens of new wildfires in British Columbia — including 18 on the Island — as thunderstorms brought mixed blessings to the province’s battle against its worst fire season on record.
“A forecast of rain promised relief for some wildfire zones in the south and Interior, but lightning associated with the storms triggered most of the 47 new blazes…”
“Climate change makes wildfires in California more explosive.
“…a new study, published Wednesday in Nature, uses a machine-learning model to show that climate change has nudged the risk of fast-spreading fires up by about 25% on average in California. That’s compared to a time before humans heated up Earth’s atmosphere by burning vast amounts of fossil fuels.”
“Five World War I-era ships were found in a southeast Texas river this month as ongoing drought conditions push water levels to new lows, officials said.
“A 70-year-old retiree-turned-amateur shipwreck hunter discovered the wooden vessels, each 80 to 100 feet long, in the Neches River on Aug. 16, according to the Ice House Museum in Silsbee, Texas.”
“Hurricane Idalia latest: Tropical storm now heading for Georgia – Florida homes submerged, 250,000 lose power and flights axed.
“Hurricane Idalia has wrought havoc in Florida, leaving 250,000 homes without power and submerging properties. The storm has now been downgraded as it heads into Georgia – but storm surges and rainfall pose new risks.”
“A 100-year-old oak tree toppled over onto Ron DeSantis’ mansion in Tallahassee as Hurricane Idalia began its path of destruction across Florida.
“The governor’s wife Casey DeSantis revealed the incident on X (formerly known as Twitter), saying she and her children were home at the time but no one was injured.”
“Record heat again in the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba:
“Yesterday 34.4C [93.9F] in the Juancho Yrausquin is the highest temperature ever recorded in the airport (data since 1970), which beats the old record of 33.5C set 3 times (last one earlier this month).”
“51.4°C [124.5F] in Mexicali, Baja California yesterday!
“If reliable, this would be a new August record for Mexico, but this station needs to be checked as it has been at a suspect level for several years. Yesterday, it was “only” 119/120°F [48/49°C] on the other side of the border.”
“The city of Tampico with 40.2C [104.4F] on 29 August broke its record of the highest temperature ever recorded in August. Hundreds of records have fallen in Mexico since June.”
“…the ones providing shade and a splash of green in Mexico City are suffering from lethal yellowing, which experts say is caused by the red palm weevil, a type of beetle. The pest is native to tropical Asia but has spread around the world, causing irreversible damage to palm trees in various countries.”
“Several records of high temperatures for August fell in Peruvian Amazon Region the past days (see below).
“Yesterday record heat also in the North, in the Piura and Tumbes areas with up to 36C [96.8F]. Winter has been non-existent in Peru with records broken since the start to the end.”
“Climate change accelerates the melting of glaciers in Chile.
“Due to the impact of global warming, the average temperature in Chile has increased year by year over the past decade, and the melting rate of glaciers on the Southern Patagonian Ice Field has accelerated significantly. “This winter will be the hottest winter ever recorded in Chile in terms of temperature…””
“Sydney, Hobart weather records broken as Australia prepares to enter bushfire season following a historically hot, dry winter…
“Hobart saw also broke that [hottest July] record, getting to a mean daily maximum temperature of 14.7C, the warmest in 141 years. In August, the Tasmanian city’s mean daily maximum was 15.2C, which is also likely the warmest on record, although we do have a few hours left to make sure.”
“Southern Ocean deepwater is shrinking, warming, and scaring the bejeebus out of scientists.
“Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and the University of Southampton found direct observational evidence that changes in the winds and sea ice formation change are warming and shrinking the bottom water production in the Weddell Sea of Antarctica.”
“Climate-changing human activity could lead to 1 billion deaths over the next century, according to new study.
“If global warming reaches or exceeds two degrees Celsius by 2100, University of Western Ontario’s Joshua Pearce says it is likely that mainly richer humans will be responsible for the death of roughly one billion mainly poorer humans over the next century.”
“‘I tend to be very gentle’: how teachers are navigating climate change in the classroom.
“…teachers who felt confident with the scientific “facts” of climate change, often felt less equipped to respond to student enquiries about social and emotional dimensions of climate change. This included feelings of sadness or feeling unsupported by older generations.”
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“Gulf Coast temperatures surge to highest levels ever observed…
“Houston and New Orleans were among the many locations that observed their hottest weather on record, reaching 109 and 105 degrees, respectively. The all-time high in New Orleans came amid an unprecedented August in which it has set calendar-day record highs on 20 of 28 days.”
“The forecast for [storm] Idalia is alarming: a so-called rapid intensification as it tracks through the Gulf of Mexico, tapping into some of the warmest waters on the planet ahead of making landfall in Florida this week.
“If it does so, it would join a growing list of devastating storms like Hurricane Ian — which leveled coastal Florida and left more than 100 dead — to rapidly intensify before landfall in recent years.”
“Louisiana’s Tiger Island Fire, largest in state’s history, doubles in size.
“The Tiger Island Fire burning in Beauregard Parish, the largest wildfire in Louisiana’s history, doubled in size over the weekend. State fire officials reported on Sunday that the fire expanded to cover a staggering 33,000 acres, up from an estimated 15,000 acres on Friday.”
“Flash Flooding in West Virginia Prompts Dozens of Rescues.
“Between three and six inches of rain fell in the Upper Kanawha Valley area, near Charleston, with radar picking up more than eight inches of rain in some areas.”
“Nova Scotia Floods Cost Insurers More Than C$170 Million.
“An atmospheric river event that led to significant flooding in parts of Nova Scotia on July 23, 2023, is estimated to have caused over C$170 million (US$125.5 million) in insured damage, according to initial estimates from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ), according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC)…”
“Extraordinary heat in all the Americas. “SIX NATIONAL/TERRITORIAL monthly records fell…
“DOMINICA 36.6C [97.9F] Canefield Hottest day in history of Dominica; MARTINIQUE 35.7C Carravelle; Also monthly record 32.2C Fond St Denis; SABA 33.5C Int. Airport all time record tied.”
“28 days of August and South America has been breaking records every day:
“37.5 [99.5F] Grand Santi FRENCH GUIANA Territorial August record tied; 36 Zanderj SURINAME national August record tied; 36.6 Lethem GUYANA station monthly record tied… BRAZIL: 40.4 Sao Joao do Piaui; 39.6 Boa Vista.”
“Scientists voyage to Greenland’s melting sanctuary…
“After the warmest July ever recorded at Summit Camp atop Greenland’s ice sheet, the expedition members sailing the country’s east coast are acutely aware of the urgency. “The risk that we have here is the disappearance of the complete ecosystem,” Eric Marechal, director of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), tells AFP…”
“Trains cancelled and roads closed as new floods hit Norway.
“Torrential rain over the weekend has led to trains being cancelled and roads closed across eastern Norway. As the week begins, red-level warnings have been issued for several regions due to a heightened risk of floods.”
“German district on alert as hail storm like ‘steel balls’ hurts locals and destroys homes…
“The district office of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, southern Germany, has declared a disaster for the municipality of Bad Bayersoien, home to around 1,300 residents, following the devastating weather.”
“Just a few weeks after heavy rain caused devastating floods in the southern Austrian provinces of Carinthia and Styria, extreme weather is causing major problems once again. Experts at Geosphere Austria (formerly the ZAMG) issued a rain and thunderstorm warning for several regions across the country on Monday.”
“While Western Europe witnessed a sharp cooling (Zermatt Switzerland 1600m asl from 31.2C to snow), Eastern Europe is with intense heat. Record heat for late August in Moldova and Ukraine with 39C [102.2F]+ and similar if not hotter tomorrow.”
“Climate change set to worsen snow shortages on Europe’s ski slopes, says study.
“At current rates of greenhouse gas emissions, which would see Earth’s surface warm nearly three degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, 90 percent of Europe’s ski resorts will eventually face critical shortages of natural snow, researchers said Monday.”
“Watch: landslide closes major train route from France into Italy.
“A landslide has wreaked havoc on transport in the east of France with trains to and from Italy impacted and roads in the area shut. A 700 m³ rockfall happened on Sunday evening (August 27) when boulders rolled downhill into a stretch of the RD 1006 road in the Savoie department.”
“Mallorca emerges from devastation left in the wake of severe weather…
“This past Sunday the island was shaken by strong storms and hurricane-force winds that left a total of 366 incidents in the Balearic Islands, 332 in Mallorca, up to 8.30pm. The emergency services will provide updated information during the day.”
“With an average temperature of 32.6C [90.7F] and an anomaly of +4.0C vs 1991-2020,it was by far the hottest month ever recorded. 20 out of the 27 stations broke monthly (or absolute) record of highest temperature and 15 that of the highest minimum.”
“Ten wildfires have erupted in five Tunisian provinces in the past 24 hours, forcing the evacuation of 11 families, the Tunisian civil protection services said on Monday…
“Triaa stated that civil protection units are actively engaged to rapidly contain the fires and safeguard populated areas. The extent of the damages remains to be assessed.”
“Weird weather: Torrential rain in Haifa in August.
“Watch: Rain falling near Haifa’s southern beaches and the Carmel beach caught residents by surprise; The weather ‘has been a little crazy lately’… residents who looked toward the Mediterranean Sea could also see a spectacular waterspout.”
“At least 13 people were killed in Tajikistan following flash floods triggered by heavy rains, the Emergencies Committee of the Central Asian nation said on August 28.
“The deaths occurred in Vahdat and Rudaki districts, east and south of the capital, Dushanbe, which were hit by storms and heavy rains, authorities said, adding that the flash floods also damaged roads.”
“Authorities accelerated evacuations from settlements along a river on Sunday as raging floods inundated large swaths in northeast Pakistan, with over 100,000 fleeing.
“The River Sutlej, which flows through northern India and Pakistan, is running high as India is releasing more water towards downstream areas in Pakistan following the massive rains, officials said.”
“Heavy rains, floods inundate China; Hunan province sees record rain, thousands evacuated.
“Chinese weather forecasters on Monday warned several provinces to expect torrential rain and flash floods over the next two days as unrelenting downpours wreak havoc on the country.”
“Never ending record heat in Japan. Today 28 August more historic records fell, especially in Hokkaido:
“33.8 Shizunai [92.8F]; 33.4 Mitsuishi; 31.5 Urakawa… All broke their all time records of highest temperature. There is no end in sight to the record heat in any foreseeable future.”
“Laos pulls the plug on crypto mining electricity supply after drought.
“Laos state-owned electricity distribution company Électricité du Laos (EDL) has announced that it will suspend electricity supply to crypto mining operations in the country, citing various reasons such as the struggle to generate enough power amid drought conditions.”
“Exceptional winter heat wave in Western and Southern Australia with temperatures anomalies up to +16C above average.
“Several records for August were broken like: 35.4C [95.7F] Eyre; 35.3C Red Rocks Point; 34.4C Eucla; 33.3C Mount Magnet; 33.0C Forrest; 31.3C Southern Cross.”
“Four signs spring has sprung in Sydney … but it’s not all good news.
“…oceans have warmed, contributing to record-breaking heat. The city’s monthly temperatures have been almost 2 degrees above average… This summer, ocean temperatures around Australia are likely to hit extreme heat levels…”
“Australia’s south-east could be in for a marine heatwave that is literally off the scale, raising the prospect of significant losses in fishing and aquaculture.
“The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a patch of the Tasman Sea off Tasmania and Victoria could be at least 2.5C above average from September to February, and it could get hotter.”
“Exceptionally high temperatures at the South Pole:
“The temperature of -32.5C recorded today ties the August record which was also set on 3 August 1963. In July the South Pole already beat the July record as well.”
“‘Antarctic sea ice has transitioned to a different state with less volume overall, shorter presence’…
“Indications are that this transition is due to anthropogenic global warming. How can we assess? Via mapping of the impacts of changed forcing on the formation, evolution and melt of Antarctic sea ice.”
“El Niño’s storm clouds gather over global food prices.
“…“complacent” investors have yet to price in how the spell of extreme weather will influence commodity and financial markets, said Zanna Aleksahhina, grains analyst at commodities research group Mintec.”
“Low oceanic oxygen: ‘It’s hard to imagine, but a fish can drown’…
“… for certain fish that ply the waters of the world’s oceans, exceptionally high ocean temperatures can be a death knell, decreasing the levels of dissolved oxygen in the sea they need to survive.”
“August 2023 Globally so far is heading towards another record. According to JRA-55 Reanalysis 1-24 August anomaly is +0.66C vs. 1991-2020.
“67% of the countries broke at least 1 heat record (unprecedented). The most above average country is Paraguay, the most below are New Zealand & Denmark.”
“‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate?
“Extreme weather is ‘smacking us in the face’ with worse to come, but a ‘tiny window’ of hope remains, say leading climate scientists… The issues with models meant “we may be seriously underestimating the dangers ahead”, said Cordero. “We are flying partially blind on what to expect for climate extremes.””
“Exxon Predicts World Will Miss Climate-Change Targets.
“Exxon Mobil says the global effort to curtail greenhouse-gas emissions isn’t on track to keep the planet’s temperature from rising beyond an increase of 2 degrees Celsius by 2050… The Houston-based oil company faces dozens of lawsuits across the U.S. accusing it of climate-change deception, seeking billions in damages.”
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“El Niño and global warming are mixing in alarming and unpredictable ways.
““We are in uncharted waters,”says Maarten van Aalst, director of the Dutch meteorological agency and former head of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre. “We have never had an El Niño on top of so much global warming, so we don’t know what is going to happen.””
“Extreme surface melt (SMB ~ -10 GT/day) today and tomorrow over the Greenland ice sheet for the end of this melt season as a result of +15°C temperature anomalies.
“It is the highest melt event for this time of the year from the beginning (1940) of the MAR model reconstructions.”
“Heat wave in the northern Baltic Sea now the longest ever recorded.
“The heat wave in the northern Baltic Sea in recent weeks is the longest ever recorded. “The unusually high water temperatures are very worrying and can have major consequences for the marine ecosystem in the area,” says Nicholas Kamenos, director of Umeå Marine Sciences Center.”
“Flood damage in Slovenia estimated at €5 billion.
“Floods that hit large parts of northern and central Slovenia in early August are estimated to have caused around €5 billion in damage to homes, infrastructure and businesses, equivalent to one-third of the national budgetor around 8% of GDP, according to the latest government estimates.”
“Flash floods have struck Far East Russia’s Primorye region for the second time this month, causing major power outages in the territory’s administrative center of Vladivostok on Friday.
“A total of 70,000 out of the 600,000 residents of Vladivostok were left without electricity over an eight-hour period… It was reported that two weeks’ worth of precipitation fell in just a few hours of rainfall.”
“Three of the most important Alpine glaciers “icons”, Titlis (Switzerland), Zugspitze (Germany) and Sonnblick (Austria) are devoid of any snow with the glaciers exposed to melting during this warm spell.
“At last next days fresh snow will cover them but the long term trend is poor.”
“French winemakers harvest grapes by night to escape heatwave.
“At a number of vineyards, however, day time temperatures of over 40C meant harvesting the grapes at night. “At midnight, the thermometer in the tractor says it’s 31°C, which is still very hot and makes the work hard but we are dependent on the weather and can’t do it any other way,” one vigneron told France 3.”
“Record day in France: Hundreds of records fell including Lyon with 41.4C.
“I make a thread with the longest POR all time highs (the other are listed below by Meteociel): Lyon 41.4; Montauban 42.6; Mirande 42.9 [109.2F]; Agen 42.5; Reaup 42.6; Serignac 42.4; Tiranges 42.1; Beaucaire 42.1.”
“France this week recorded its hottest late-summer day ever, breaching the record yet again in the now-ebbing heatwave, weather authorities said on Friday…
“The nationwide average temperature over 24 hours hit 27.8C on Thursday August 24, Meteo France announced, the most intense heat ever measured after August 15 in records going back to 1947. That record had been breached four days in a row, Meteo France added.”
“Barcelona gives hats to homeless people as heatwave sweeps southern Europe.
“Barcelona is handing out water and caps to homeless people and France has recorded its highest overnight temperature since records began, as firefighters in Greece grapple with major wildfires in another brutal European heatwave…”
“The city of Barcelona registered its hottest night on record, Spain’s meteorological service confirmed on Thursday.
“The Fabra Observatory, which has been tracking the temperature in the Catalan capital for 110 years, saw an overnight low of 29.4C (85F) on Wednesday. That shatters the previous low of 27.8C, which was registered in 2003.”
“Milan records hottest day since [record keeping began in] 1763.
“Italy’s northern city of Milan registered a new record high average daily temperature of 33 Celsius (91.4 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday as a heatwave which began around mid-August reached its peak, the regional environmental protection agency (ARPA)said on Friday.”
“Flames devour forests and homes as wildfires in Greece burn out of control.
“Greece’s largest forest fire was burning out of control for the fifth day on Wednesday near the city of Alexandroupolis in the northeast. Another major blaze on the outskirts of Athens torched homes, reducing some to piles of smoking rubble and encroached into the national park on Mount Parnitha, one of the last green areas near the Greek capital.”
“Fierce heat in North Africa and Middle East: extremely rare if not unheard of for late August.
“Yesterday 24 August 52.0C [125.6F] at Basra in Iraq and 48.1C at Agadir in Morocco [which has already broken its national record this summer]. Today 50.3C in the United Arab Emirates. Both areas have been with an extremely hot August so far.”
“Turkey’s largest lake is drying up because of drought, leaving behind stinky, polluted mud and causing a ‘bird massacre’.
“Lake Van, the largest body of water in Turkey and the second largest in the Middle East, is drying up — and its retreating water line is leaving behind stinky, polluted mud and causing a “bird massacre,” locals told the Agence France-Press.”
“Iran ready to cooperate with other countries on tackling sand and dust storms…
“According to studies, eight large sand and dust storm hotspots stretching to 270 million hectares in neighboring and Persian Gulf countries are affecting Iran. Regional maps show that Saudi Arabia produces the highest level of particulate matter, followed by Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, and the UAE, respectively.”
“Global warming link to intense rains in India’s Himalayas, scientists say.
“Torrential rains that have battered India’s Himalayas in recent years, killing hundreds of people and causing billions of dollars worth of damage, are becoming more intense due to a clash of weather systems triggered by global warming, scientists said.”
“On Nepal’s slopes, villages brace for a worsening monsoon.
“The monsoon season, which runs from June through September, has become a nervous time for the people of Nepal. The climate crisis has supercharged the fallout from the annual rains, which are triggering an increasing number of floods and landslides, disasters that are especially devastating in a nation defined by its vertigo-inducing slopes.”
“Indonesia’s tropical Eternity Glaciers could vanish within years, experts say.
“Two of the world’s few tropical glaciers, in Indonesia, are melting and their ice may vanish by 2026 or sooner as an El Niño weather pattern threatens to accelerate their demise, the country’s geophysics agency has said… We are now in a position to document the glaciers’ extinction,” Donaldi said. “At least we can tell future generations that we used to have glaciers.””
“Extraordinary heat wave in Japan: hundreds of records are beaten and re-beaten day after day.
“Yesterday 67 records fell, here the highest Tmins on records courtesy of JMA. The heat will go on into September,let’s expect hundreds of records in the coming weeks.”
“Among so many record heat, we had an “almost” record low:
“Today the Min. temperature in the Easter Island/Isla de Pascua/Rapa Nui, Chile dropped to 7.7C [45.8F], which is just 0.5C from its all time low of 7.2C.”
“Winter heatwave: Another South American country [Brazil] is sweltering in record temperatures.
“August temperatures have soared to 42C after the country recorded its hottest July ever.Brazil has been hit by record temperatures of almost 42°C, despite still being in winter. The rare heatwave engulfed 19 of Brazil’s 26 states on Thursday, as well as the capital of Brasilia…”
“Catastrophic weather hits crop insurers in Brazil and Argentina.
“Recent siginificant losses in Brazil’s and Argentina’s crop insurance markets were big enough to spook reinsurance markets, which have restricted capacity and hardened terms and conditions in both countries.”
“Brazil’s orange production at risk as greening disease skyrockets…
“In the U.S., Florida has grappled with citrus greening disease, or huanglongbing, for more than a decade, shrinking the state’s output. Infected trees produce fruits that are green, misshapen and bitter, unsuitable for sale as fresh fruit or for juice.”
“Chilean citrus harvest impacted by intense rain and flooding.
“Chile’s fruit industry was yet again hit by very high rainfall of between 50 mm to 150 mm, that has caused a fresh round of flooding and a delay in mandarin and lemon harvesting… About 30,000 people have evacuated their homes in six regions. Chile’s Government through President Gabriel Boric has declared a state of emergency in the central-southern parts of the country.”
“The Panama Canal, a vital passageway that moves 6 percent of the world’s maritime commerce, will extend transit restrictions due to drought-induced low water levels.
“Canal authorities first announced restrictions this year, creating a backlog of vessels waiting to cross. But on Thursday, those restrictions were extended for at least 10 additional months.”
“Dominican officials inspect damage inflicted by Tropical Storm Franklin after heavy flooding kills 2.
“Authorities in the Dominican Republic are fanning out across the Caribbean country to evaluate the damage that Tropical Storm Franklin inflicted on crops and homes after causing heavy flooding that killed at least two people and left one missing.”
“Argo floats ahead of Invest 93L show plenty of ocean heat content (deep, very warm water) in the Gulf of Mexico. More heat content = more energy will be available to whatever the invest becomes.
“Plot has a newly expanded temperature axis. Because the Gulf has been that warm. [“Depth of the 26C isotherm being 50 meters is warm. Depth of the 31C isotherm being 50 meters is other-worldly” – additional comment from Andy Hazelton].”
“Historic heat wave in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
“ALL TIME RECORDS tied or * broken: Houston 109 [42.8C]; New Orleans 102; Alexandria 110; Mc Comb & Hattiesburg 106; De Ridder 109; New Iberia 106 *; Liberty & Port Arthur 108.”
“Louisiana residents told to ‘get out now’ in face of sweeping wildfire.
“A rare uncontrollable wildfire in Louisiana has forced nearly 1,000 residents to evacuate the town of Merryville in Beauregard parish, near the state’s border with Texas. “Get out now!” the Beauregard parish sheriff’s office wrote on social media.”
“Houston, nation’s 4th largest city, tightens water restrictions as Texas drought deepens.
“An intensifying drought across the Lone Star State has forced more communities to increase water restrictions in an effort to head off any potential shortages. The country’s fourth-largest city, Houston, recently announced it will enter the second stage of its drought contingency plan…”
“Police search for missing after floodwaters wash multiple people away in Las Vegas canals.
“At least two people have gone missing after a severe storm caused extensive rainfall and flooding Wednesday along the Las Vegas Strip. Multiple 911 calls were reported about 9 p.m. after people were caught in drainage channels during heavy rain, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police told FOX Weather.”
“If you think it’s never felt this hot in Chicago before, you’re right. CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon reports, As of 3 p.m., the heat index had hit 120°, the hottest “feels like” temperature in recorded history in Chicago.”
“At least seven tornadoes touched down in Michigan as part of severe storms powered by strong winds that killed five people, while downing trees, tearing roofs off buildings and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power, officials said.
“The National Weather Service on Friday said an EF-2 tornado with a maximum wind speed of 125 mph (201 kilometers per hour) struck near Lansing, the state capital…”
“Entire town of Hay river in Canada ordered to leave as wildfires encroach.
“Wildfires in Canada’s Northwest Territories on Friday forced the evacuation of the entire town of Hay River, a community of about 4,000 people on the Great Slave Lake, authorities said. The government of the Northwest Territories ordered everyone in town, including essential workers, to go…”
“Extreme weather costs are pushing rural Ontario towns to the financial brink.
“The mayor of Glencoe, Ont., says the cost of cleaning up and repairing the damage from Wednesday’s deadly rainstorm has pushed his rural community to ask the province for financial relief…So much rain fell so fast that it caused Dundonald Road, the town’s most important thoroughfare, to collapse…”
“‘Catastrophic breeding failure’ of emperor penguin colonies for first time due to record low Antarctic sea ice.
“The ice is usually stable between about April and the end of December, with chicks fledging around mid to late December. But when it breaks up early, thought to be due to warmer seas, chicks likely drown or freeze to death because they have not yet grown their waterproof feathers or are not ready to fledge.”
“Climate Change Is Helping Pests and Diseases Destroy Our Food.
“Pests and diseases are exacerbating crop shortages that have sent prices for goods like cocoa, olive oil and orange juice soaring. That’s set to become even more prevalent as extreme weather events multiply.”
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“Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, according to the WMO [picture from yesterday’s floods in Turkey]…
“Global average sea surface temperatures continued to rise in August, after a long period of unusually high temperatures since April 2023.
“With the arrival of El Niño, prepare for stronger marine heatwaves.
“One way to save coral reefs? Deep freeze them for the future…
“Why hasn’t a Blue Ocean Event happened? After 2012, it seemed like it was just a couple of years away, and yet we’ve made it to 2023. As this article discusses, our good luck may be coming to an end soon.
“Retreating sea ice in Arctic affecting zooplankton behaviour…
“Record-High Temperatures in Svalbard and Northern Norway This Summer.
“Rain and floods: How global heating could alter Nordic summers.
“The United Kingdom’s longest-lasting patch of snow, located in a remote mountain range in the Scottish Highlands (and known as The Sphinx], has fully melted for what’s thought to be just the tenth time in the last 300 years. 
“Ireland could be set for its hottest September day ever as weather models show temperatures of up to 29C [84.2F] for the end of the week.
“Exceptional heat in the Alps: Overnight Tmin 10.4C [50.7F] in the German mt. of Zugsptize at 2900m, record for September.
“Drought: French city to give water-saving shower heads to residents.
“Boy rescued from flood waters in Spain after clinging to tree for eight hours…
“At least 12 people have died in Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria as flash floods from torrential rainstorms turned rivers into torrents, swept away bridges and inundated streets, homes and public buildings.
“Morocco’s Meat Imports Surge Amid Alarming Drought Repercussions.
“From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera – the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa.
“Another record hot month in Bahrain:
“Record heat in Middle East: On 6 September Kuwait City with a brutal Tmin of 37C [98.6F] and a Tmax of 50C [122F] broke both its monthly records, moreover the Tmin of 37C is the highest in September in Kuwait and close to the highest in the world.
“Pakistan is the epicenter of a global wave of climate threats…
“2023 marks second driest August in Pakistan after below average rain: PMD.
“Record heat in Bangladesh and Mynamar.
“Bangladesh’s worst ever dengue outbreak a ‘canary in the coal mine’ for climate crisis, WHO expert warns.
“Shocking heavy rain in Fuzhou [China]! The rainfall reached 174.7 mm [6.8 inches] in 1 hour, 23.5 mm in 5 minutes, and 556 mm in 6 hours, breaking the records in Fujian Province!
“Exceptional heat in China and Mongolia, more monthly records fell…
“Record heat in North Korea. Almost every station in the country broke its record of the hottest day in September.
“Warmest winter on record for Dunedin [NZ].
“At least 36 dead in Brazil cyclone, many still stranded…
“Another hot day in Southern and Eastern USA. Dulles Airport broke its September record of highest temperature with 100F.
“Record-high temperatures prompt ‘heat crisis’ in Florida prisons without air conditioning.
“Louisiana has faced unusually high temperatures this summer, leaving at least 32 people dead since June 1 and thousands more in emergency departments…
“Phoenix on track to set another heat record, this time for most daily highs at or above 110 degrees…
“Climate change is hurting Six Flags, SeaWorld and Disney World…
“Why Vancouver is letting go of green lawns…
“Calf prices in Alberta hit record high amid drought conditions…
“Canada has more than doubled its annual record for land burned by wildfire.
“Air pollution prevents pollinators from finding flowers, study shows.
“International report confirms record-high greenhouse gases, global sea levels in 2022…
“The most important graph in the world has been updated to include the last 150,000 years! Here I’ve added the +0.5 W/m² average Earth’s Energy Imbalance from 1971-2020 from von Schuckmann et al…
“66 days of continuous daily record breaking for the Northern Hemisphere surface air temperature!
“Exceptional warm spell in European Russia with temperatures up to 25C/27C [80.6F] above or near the Arctic Circle.
“Aberdeen [Scotland] breaks record with hottest ever September day – with more to come.
“I’ve got to be honest, until temps began to escalate across large parts of the globe this year, I didn’t think we’d see 850s [hpa, ie about 1.5km altitude] reach more than 20°C [68F] over any part of the UK in September for at least another decade.
“Historic Heatwave over the UK, France, and Benelux – Record-Breaking High Temperatures under the Heat Dome…
“Incredible day in France with 212 monthly records broken with up to 38.9C [102F] at Le Blanc.
“Temperature record for September broken on Mount Pilatus.
“Vineyards, olive groves decimated by weekend rain and hail [Portugal].
“At least three people died and three were missing as record rainfall caused heavy flooding in central Spain, shutting roads, subway lines and high-speed train connections, authorities said on Monday.
“Freak flooding in Algeria kills eight.
“A potential Medicane is Forecast to form in the Ionian Sea this week, posing a heavy Rainfall threat for Sicily and Malta. Major Flooding Event Expected for Greece…
“BREAKING: The Krafsidonas river in Volos, Thessaly (population: 85,000) has just overflowed its banks. Catastrophic situation unfolding…
“Floods ravage Samsun, Giresun [Turkey] following torrential rain.
“Heavy rainfall, hail and strong wind late on Saturday affected municipalities in the eastern Georgian regions, causing damage to agricultural beds, vineyards, buildings and floods in residential homes.
“Hottest New Delhi day in at least 32 days.
“Record 61,000 lightning strikes in two hours kill 12 people [Odisha, India]…
“Hong Kong Logs Hottest Summer On Record In 2023.
“Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes and vehicles were swept away in floods as storms from now weakened Typhoon Haikui made landfall in China’s southeastern Fujian province early on Tuesday after battering Taiwan for the past two days…
“Record heat waves are sweeping all Asia.
“September has just started but heat records are already falling allover the world.
“Record downpours pelt northern Kanto as atmospheric conditions destabilize [Japan]…
“Extraordinary heat in South America is rewriting climatic books: Last 2 days Paraguay had stations with Tmin >30C.
“Extratropical cyclone leaves four dead in Rio Grande do Sul and trail of destruction [Brazil].
“The town of Ituzaingó [Argentina] added its fourth day of flooding on Monday
“The world’s highest navigable lake is drying out.
“Mexico didn’t waste any time to break September records either.
“USA is living a historic heat wave; dozens of stations are recording their hottest September days, especially in Minnesota and Wisconsin, but also Dulles AP with 99F tied its monthly record.
“El Paso’s high temperature topped 100 degrees twice over Labor Day weekend, bringing the number of triple-digit temperatures so far this year to a record 63.
“Austin Has Driest Summer In Over a Century, Record Breaking Heat…
“One drowned, dozens rescued from Las Vegas floods after two days of heavy rain…
“Hilary ‘reshaped the landscape’ of Death Valley; storm damage closes park, maybe for months…
“This Alaskan glacier holds back billions of gallons of water. Until it doesn’t…
“First Nation, regional district in central B.C. Interior orders wildfire evacuations.
“Humidex records fall as intense September heat broils northern Ontario…
“Summer weather in Maine shatters records… Some would call it wet, humid, warm, and cold all at the same time…
“Somebody please explain to me why the North Atlantic stabilizing at about 1.1°C above the 1991-2020 baseline is not as big a story as 70,000 people stuck in the mud in Nevada.
“Tropical forests lose their ability to absorb carbon when conditions become exceptionally hot and dry due to El Niño, research has revealed.
“Water worries hit the chip sector.
“Global Surface Air Temperatures are shocking! 
“Even with Hurricane season in full swing, the upwelling of cool waters by these storms has not done much to cool the world’s oceans.
“How raging wildfires could break the global carbon budget.
“Experts discover new reason that uncontrollable ‘zombie fires’ could rise from the dead: ‘A near-exponential relationship’…
“B.C. extends state of emergency as wildfire risk stretches into colder season.
“Canada wildfires inflict brutal toll on tourism, other areas of economy.
“After Maui’s wildfires, thousands brace for long process of restoring safe water service.
“A large wildfire ignited Friday north of Houston, Texas, causing homes to be evacuated and road closures in Walker County.
“Hottest August on record caps scorching summer for the southern U.S…
“21 weeks of heat stress in the FL Keys this summer. That is more than double the old record of 10 weeks (see graph).
“A Tesla combusted Wednesday in Hurricane Idalia floodwaters near Tampa, prompting officials to remind residents of the dangers of electric vehicles coming in contact with saltwater.
“Summer of 2023 goes down as second rainiest on record in Boston, forecasters say.
“The North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly is still off the chart.”
“Summer 2023 in Svalbard: Record high active-layer thickness (the layer above permafrost that freezes and thaws annually).
“Finnish Lapland sees record-high temperatures in August…
“‘A first in Paris’: city fumigates for tiger mosquitoes as tropical pests spread, bringing disease.
“Spanish Food Industry Group Makes Plea for Water as Drought Threatens Crops…
“Wildfires force Sicilian winemakers to grapple with climate change…
“Three people lost their lives and seven were injured in northern Yemen due to lightning strikes and floods in the past 24 hours, according to local health authorities on Thursday.
“Modern slavery: Pakistan’s latest climate change curse.
“Amid record heat, even indoor factory workers enter dangerous terrain… Climate change is making it unbearable to labor in Asia’s factories…
“August was not just the driest month since 1901 but it was also the hottest ever recorded in India, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday…
“Another record day in Japan. 34 stations today had their hottest September day on records: Hokkaido still records 35C [95F], after an exceptional August +3C/+5C above average.
“Record heat also in Siberia and Far East Russia. Today 29.2C [84.6F] at Ust Yudoma at 59N of latitude destroys the previous September record of 28.0C.
“Dozens of towns and villages have been submerged under water in Russia’s Far East amid ongoing flash floods since early August, the environmental news outlet Kedr reported Friday.
“Authorities struggle to fight fires on Mt. Sindoro-Sumbing [Java, Indonesia], hiking trails remain closed [the fire is real but the link is erroneous; see comments section].
“Record-breaking winter heat in the Southern Hemisphere.
“Bureau of Meteorology confirms Australia’s warmest winter on record…
“Australia Set to Reduce Wheat Forecast on Drier, Hotter Conditions…
“It’s been *over six years* since Aotearoa/New Zealand had a month during which the nationwide average temperature was below average!
“Pacific Ocean global sea surface temperatures reach record levels in 2023…
“After a historic August in South America with hundreds of heat records all 31 days of the month, September starts extremely hot in several areas again.
“The far-reaching ramifications of a drought-hit Panama Canal…
“”Is anyone alive?”: Man kayaks after flooding in Guadalajara streets [Mexico].
“Researchers find Antarctic ice shelves thinner than previously thought.
“Antarctic research stations have polluted a pristine wilderness.
“Icebreaker sails to Antarctica to rescue sick Australian expedition member.
“Bats and brain worms: how humanity’s environmental impact is giving rise to new infections.
“Japan baking under hottest summer temps in recorded history.
“Typhoon Saola: China issues highest warning as storm approaches Hong Kong and Guangdong.
“China detains five for minimising flood deaths.
“Rain deficit over 30%, this is India’s driest August on record.
“South Africa’s west coast registers record-breaking maximum temperatures in August.
“Türkiye to see hotter September this year…
“Hundreds of firefighters are trying to put out blazes near the Russian Black Sea town of Gelendzhik, one of the country’s most popular resorts, the local mayor said on Wednesday.
“Europe split between extremely cold in Central Mediterranean and record heat in the East with 39C in Moldova and Ukraine.
“Greece wildfire declared largest ever recorded in EU.
“Extreme, bad weather is lashing Italy again and is not confined to the north as it was on Monday, but wreaking havoc across the whole of the country in a fresh break from recent muggy heatwaves, Azernews reports, citing ANSA.
“Marmolada glacier shrinks by half in 25 years [Italy].
“Slovenian floods start disrupting Europe’s automotive supply chain…
“Austria flooding: River levels reach 100-year high amid storms…
“German farmers hit by climate change impacts, new data shows…
“Arctic heat: Svalbard lufthavn …sets two new records – warmest august and also warmest summer.
“Melting Permafrost Sinks Pipelines In Russia And Canada…
“Heavy precipitation, glacier runoff forces trail closure in Nunavut’s Auyuittuq Park [Arctic Canada]…
“Lightning strikes have sparked dozens of new wildfires in British Columbia — including 18 on the Island — as thunderstorms brought mixed blessings to the province’s battle against its worst fire season on record.
“Climate change makes wildfires in California more explosive.
“Five World War I-era ships were found in a southeast Texas river this month as ongoing drought conditions push water levels to new lows, officials said.
“Idalia 1 of 10 historical storms since 1950 intensifying at least 40 mph in the 24 hours before U.S. landfall.
“Hurricane Idalia latest: Tropical storm now heading for Georgia – Florida homes submerged, 250,000 lose power and flights axed.
“A 100-year-old oak tree toppled over onto Ron DeSantis’ mansion in Tallahassee as Hurricane Idalia began its path of destruction across Florida.
“Record heat again in the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba:
“51.4°C [124.5F] in Mexicali, Baja California yesterday!
“More record heat from Mexico:
“Climate change, pests threaten Mexico City’s iconic palms.
“Several records of high temperatures for August fell in Peruvian Amazon Region the past days (see below).
“Climate change accelerates the melting of glaciers in Chile.
“Sydney, Hobart weather records broken as Australia prepares to enter bushfire season following a historically hot, dry winter…
“Southern Ocean deepwater is shrinking, warming, and scaring the bejeebus out of scientists.
“Bird Flu Raced Through South America. Antarctica Could Be Next.
“Climate-changing human activity could lead to 1 billion deaths over the next century, according to new study.
“‘I tend to be very gentle’: how teachers are navigating climate change in the classroom.
“Gulf Coast temperatures surge to highest levels ever observed…
“The forecast for [storm] Idalia is alarming: a so-called rapid intensification as it tracks through the Gulf of Mexico, tapping into some of the warmest waters on the planet ahead of making landfall in Florida this week.
“Louisiana’s Tiger Island Fire, largest in state’s history, doubles in size.
“Flash Flooding in West Virginia Prompts Dozens of Rescues.
“Nova Scotia Floods Cost Insurers More Than C$170 Million.
“Extraordinary heat in all the Americas. “SIX NATIONAL/TERRITORIAL monthly records fell…
“28 days of August and South America has been breaking records every day:
“This is not just some high June anomaly from too little Saharan dust anymore..” 
“Scientists voyage to Greenland’s melting sanctuary…
“Trains cancelled and roads closed as new floods hit Norway.
“German district on alert as hail storm like ‘steel balls’ hurts locals and destroys homes…
“Torrential rain and flooding hits Austria…
“Big contrasts in Europe:
“Climate change set to worsen snow shortages on Europe’s ski slopes, says study.
“Watch: landslide closes major train route from France into Italy.
“Landslides and floods have washed away roads overlooking Lake Como in northern Italy where it is feared that severe storms could cause ‘disaster’.
“Mallorca emerges from devastation left in the wake of severe weather…
“July 2023 in Tunisia was exceptional:
“Ten wildfires have erupted in five Tunisian provinces in the past 24 hours, forcing the evacuation of 11 families, the Tunisian civil protection services said on Monday…
“Weird weather: Torrential rain in Haifa in August.
“At least 13 people were killed in Tajikistan following flash floods triggered by heavy rains, the Emergencies Committee of the Central Asian nation said on August 28.
“Authorities accelerated evacuations from settlements along a river on Sunday as raging floods inundated large swaths in northeast Pakistan, with over 100,000 fleeing.
“Heavy rains, floods inundate China; Hunan province sees record rain, thousands evacuated.
“Never ending record heat in Japan. Today 28 August more historic records fell, especially in Hokkaido:
“Laos pulls the plug on crypto mining electricity supply after drought.
“Exceptional winter heat wave in Western and Southern Australia with temperatures anomalies up to +16C above average.
“Four signs spring has sprung in Sydney … but it’s not all good news.
“Australia’s south-east could be in for a marine heatwave that is literally off the scale, raising the prospect of significant losses in fishing and aquaculture.
“Exceptionally high temperatures at the South Pole:
“‘Antarctic sea ice has transitioned to a different state with less volume overall, shorter presence’…
“El Niño’s storm clouds gather over global food prices.
“Low oceanic oxygen: ‘It’s hard to imagine, but a fish can drown’…
“August 2023 Globally so far is heading towards another record. According to JRA-55 Reanalysis 1-24 August anomaly is +0.66C vs. 1991-2020.
“Here is your random unprecedented climate statistic of the day:
“‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate?
“Exxon Predicts World Will Miss Climate-Change Targets.
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