At least 26 people were killed and 57 injured as dust storms, hail, rain and lightning struck various parts of Uttar Pradesh late on Thursday evening, collapsing walls, uprooting of trees and prompting authorities to launch a large-scale rescue operation, officials said.

"While six people died in Mainpuri, three each died in Etah and Kasganj, two each in Farrukhabad and Barabanki, and one each in Moradabad, Badaun, Pilibhit, Mathura, Kannauj, Sambhal, Ghaziabad, Amroha, Badaun and Mahoba in incidents related to dust storm and lightning," data released by the state relief commissioner said.

May 2019 was the United States' second-wettest month of all time after numerous heavy rain events soaked the nation, according to a just-released government report. The first five months of the year ranked as the wettest such period on record.

The national climate report from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) said the country's average May precipitation total was 4.41 inches, 1.50 inches above the 20th-century average (1901-2000) and only 0.03 inches shy of the nation's all-time wettest month of May 2015 (4.44 inches) in records dating to January 1895.

Record or near-record precipitation was observed in May from the West Coast to the central Plains, Great Lakes and parts of the northern mid-Atlantic region.

Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri all experienced their wettest May on record, NOAA said. Seven additional states - Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Utah - ranked among their five wettest Mays.

First crop assessment coming June 09, survey experts will give emergence report and health of US crop even though they will only use the 45% that has emerged as the picture for all of US corn. Australia record snow and kangaroos are in distress because of cold as Al Gore visits to train Australians on Climate Change. Massive bomb cyclone hits France, emerging crops will be hit with 100mph winds. So much above normal rain 274% the state of Oklahoma is now named Soaklahoma.

Storm Miguel hit the western part of France on Friday, bringing winds of up to 100 km/h and heavy rain.

As the waves battered the seas, three members of a French lifeboat crew died after their vessel capsized off Tanchet aux Sables-d'Olonne in the Vendée.

The crew had been going to the rescue of a fishing boat which got into difficulties in the treacherous seas.

People in the western part of France were ordered to stay away from the coast as the storm continued to move north throughout the day.

Winter is coming... In May! The sun has been spotless for 19 consecutive days - almost 3 full weeks, could this be one of the many signals of beginning of a new ice age, mini....or maxi?

May 2019 became yet another portent of what may be to come in the not so distant future for most of the world: sheets of rain, floods, massive hail, plunging temperatures, unseasonable snow, damaged and failed crops, significant earthquakes, tornadoes and more volcano eruptions.

Heavy rains and widespread floods hit most of the US Midwest, parts of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

In the US, the Mississippi river overflowed due to heavy rains, breaking historical records. At least three people died, and tens of thousands have been displaced.

In Europe, Germany and Austria received over 1 month's worth of rain that flooded streets and disrupted travel. While the Middle East saw flash floods leaving dozens dead, houses destroyed and streets wiped out. In China torrential rains turned deadly with over 200,000 affected.

Unseasonable snow also continued in May, with heavy blankets covering the Midwest and western US, with parts of Europe also affected, resulting in delayed planting and damaged crops. Meanwhile in Australia early snow falls dumped snow right across the country.

The Ring of Fire remained active this May with increased volcanic activity and a 6.2 Mag earthquake in El Salvador sparking panic and tsunami warnings. Peru was also rocked by a huge 8.0 Mag earthquake that was felt as far as Brazil, leaving one dead and several injured.

All that, and more, in this month's SOTT Earth Changes Summary...

There was one death after a car was swept away on a flooded road

Yesterday was the rainiest day on record in the city of León, Guanajuato, since the city started recording rainfall in 1961.

Wednesday's rainfall totaled 88.8 millimeters, breaking the record set on June 12, 2018, when 66.6 millimeters of rain fell over a period of 24 hours.

But yesterday's record-breaking downpour took place over just seven hours between midnight and 7:00am, and represents 14% of the rain that was forecast to fall in all of 2019, according to Everardo Lozano Enríquez, head of hydrology at the municipality's water and sewer department.

Modelled data by the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) show that Arctic sea ice stopped shrinking 13 years ago, defying earlier predictions made by climate scientists and models.

A few days ago we showed how Antarctica's coastal stations were in fact cooling somewhat rather than warming. This came as a surprise to many.

And now that it's June 1st, with the Arctic melt season starting in earnest, it is a good time to check Arctic ice volume. Here as well we find an equally surprising trend. Instead of shrinking rapidly — as is often claimed by the .global warming by alarmist scientists and the click-sleaze media — Arctic sea ice volume has not shrunk in 13 years!

Glaciers Appear to be Growing, not Melting in Recent Years

Officials at Glacier National Park (GNP) have begun quietly removing and altering signs and government literature which told visitors that the Park's glaciers were all expected to disappear by either 2020 or 2030.

In recent years the National Park Service prominently featured brochures, signs and films which boldly proclaimed that all glaciers at GNP were melting away rapidly. But now officials at GNP seem to be scrambling to hide or replace their previous hysterical claims while avoiding any notice to the public that the claims were inaccurate. Teams from Lysander Spooner University visiting the Park each September have noted that GNP's most famous glaciers such as the Grinnell Glacier and the Jackson Glacier appear to have been growing - not shrinking-since about 2010. (The Jackson Glacier-easily seen from the Going-To-The-Sun Highway-may have grown as much as 25% or more over the past decade.)

The centerpiece of the visitor center at St. Mary near the east boundary is a large three-dimensional diorama showing lights going out as the glaciers disappear. Visitors press a button to see the diorama lit up like a Christmas tree in 1850, then showing fewer and fewer lights until the diorama goes completely dark. As recently as September 2018 the diorama displayed a sign saying GNP's glaciers were expected to disappear completely by 2020.

Heavy rain and severe weather pounded parts of the Southern Plains and Deep South on Thursday, with eight reported tornadoes in three states: Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama.

Also, very heavy rain fell in a short period of time from Tulsa to Oklahoma City and to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, prompting multiple water rescues. Tulsa received more than 4 inches of rain in three hours, while Baton Rouge saw 4 to 5 inches in a matter of hours as well.

There are three states under flood alerts on Friday: Kentucky, Alabama and Florida.

The Ministry of Interior in Romania reports that 8 people were rescued from floods and over 260 people have been evacuated in 6 counties of the country.

Fire services and civil protection have been responding to flooding in the country since 31 May, carrying out flood prevention, pumping and flood clearance. Around 200 homes and other buildings have been damaged. The Ministry of Interior said that emergency services have carried out interventions in 23 counties in total, with evacuations and rescues carried out in Arges, Arad, Bihor, Buzău, Botoșani and Timiș over the last few days.

Four people were saved from a car trapped in flood water in Lăpuşnic, Timiş county. In Botoșani County, 3 people were rescued from floods in Stroeşti, and another in Câmpeni.