Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is grappling with its worst-ever flood, with river water levels reaching unprecedented highs. More than 1,400 villages have been flooded after three large rivers – the Sutlej, Chenab and Ravi overflowed their banks.
The heat dome, a high-pressure system trapping hot, humid air, impacted over 160 million people across more than 25 states, from Florida to New England and west to the Midwest and Mississippi Valley. It began intensifying around 23 July and persisted through to 31 July with the Southeast experiencing prolonged extreme conditions.
A significant temperature drop has brought an abrupt end to summer temperatures in the eastern United States with records for lowest August temperatures tumbling.
Within 10 days of the intense heatwave that affected much of France ending, a wave of thunderstorms bringing intense rainfall and lightening has brought a significant chage in the weather in south west and central France in recent days.
Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir faced devastating flooding due to a cloudburst and heavy rainfall, triggering flash floods and landslides.
The extraordinary level of rainfall falling on the Yosemite National Park area over a 48 hour period on 24 and 25 August was 17 times the typical monthly rainfall of 0.44 inches (11 mm).
As France and in particular the south west of the country recovers after another heatwave lasting 11 days with temperatures above 40°C, it is interesting to consider the historical data for the frequency of 40°C days in the country.
Yuzhong County, located in China’s Gansu Province, has been reeling from severe flash flooding and mountain torrents that struck on Thursday 7 August. The latest in a number of devastating floods in China over the last two months.
A new record temperature of 41.8°C was recorded in Isesaki on 5 August surpassing the record set 6 days earlier…
Storm Floris was notable as the strongest August storm since the Met Office began naming storms in 2015, with only…
Hong Kong experienced its highest daily rainfall for the month of August since records began in 1884, with the Hong…
An unrelenting and historic period of heat in Finland finally started to fade on Sunday 3 August with the highest…
The last month has seen China suffer from significant rainfall and flooding in various regions of the country with the latest flooding occuring in Hebei Province in north east China bordering Beijing and Tianjin.
Finland has recorded 16 straight days of temperatures exceeding 30°C, setting a new national weather record and surpassing the previous mark from 1972, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
As the planet continues to warm not all regions are heating up at the same pace as can be seen from the data above. Over the last thirty years, the global average temperature has increased by around 0.26°C per decade.
