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Drought. Corn suffering.
Drought. Corn suffering.
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A reactor at Ringhals in Sweden has been closed after sea water reached 25C, the maximum temperature allowed under safety rules
A reactor at Ringhals in Sweden has been closed after sea water reached 25C, the maximum temperature allowed under safety rules
Wildfires are not the only consequence of the warmest July since temperature measurements began in Sweden in 1756. The Swedish state-owned power company Vattenfall was forced to close one of its reactors at the Ringhals nuclear plant on Monday.
Ringhals is the largest nuclear plant in the Nordics and accounts for a fifth of all electrivity consumed in Sweden. The plant has two old reactors, Ringhals 1 & 2, and two new ones, Ringhals 3 & 4.
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A tourist bus drives in Seville past a thermometer showing 45C.
A tourist bus drives in Seville past a thermometer showing 45C.
Holidaymakers bound for the Iberian peninsula have been warned to expect extreme heat, with the chance of the hottest temperatures ever recorded in continental Europe.
The current record of 48C in Athens, Greece, in 1977, could be broken as waves of blisteringly hot air sweep in from Africa.
Temperatures around the Mediterranean are expected to rise and peak at the weekend, with the highs expected inland rather than in coastal areas, after edging into the low-40s on Wednesday and Thursday.
"These sorts of temperatures are not only exceptional for the locals but people from the UK will never really have experienced them," said Luke Miall, a UK Met Office meteorologist.
"Especially with it being the school holidays, and the very young and old being susceptible to heatstroke, we're advising tourists to keep out of the midday sun and protect themselves."
Comment: Weather extremes are plaguing the entire planet - everything from record heat to record cold, hail, flooding, wildfires, etc. A few examples:
- "Is this global warming?" Italy's Dolomite peak buried in "Exceptional" July snow
- Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Arctic bakes and freezes at the same time
- Global cooling: Record cold in Slovakia
- Extreme cold kills 604 people, 20% of farm animals, and crops in Arequipa, Peru
- Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Record cold in Australia with huge snowfall and Japan mega-flood update
- Sweden requests emergency assistance from EU to fight rapidly spreading, uncontrolled wildfires
- Northern California wildfire considered 9th most destructive in state's history
- Lightning strikes ignite 132 more wildfires in British Columbia - Total of 305 across the province
- Athens hit by flash floods just days after devastating wildfire
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Death Valley, California
Death Valley, California
The desert region averaged 108.1 degrees last month, a half-degree increase from its record average in July 2017, according to The Washington Post. Last July's average broke a 100-year record at the time.
The normal high temperature for Death Valley reportedly reaches 116.5 degrees, but last month temps hit a high of at least 120 degrees on 21 days.
Between July 24-27 the temperature climbed to 127 degrees, close to a record high of 129 from June 2013.
Canberra residents have taken to social media with images of the jumping marsupials exploring outside their usual habitats. But beyond the cute photo opportunities, the hungry kangaroos are at risk of dying on the roads as their feeding times coincide with rush hour.
Canberra has more than 30 nature reserves, with most hosting hundreds of Eastern Grey Kangaroos, and it is not unusual to see them in the reserves or in roads or yards nearby, Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Parks and Conservation Service Director Daniel Iglesias told CNN.But he said this winter the animals were far more visible.
"Canberra is experiencing a perfect storm of hardship for its kangaroos. New records have been set in Canberra for very cold, frosty nights this winter. This, coupled with very dry conditions with very little rain at all in June and July, means there is very little food for kangaroos, " Iglesias said, via email."Sports ovals, suburban yards, schoolyards and roadsides are the few places offering any green grass at all in Canberra at the moment and they act as magnets for kangaroos," he said.
Comment: Australia's record drought means there's no food for the 'Roo's or cattle. And these are the same kinds of weather patterns we're seeing all over the world; extreme drought, epic flooding, erratic seasons with earlier winters that drag on longer and are colder than ever before:
- "A threat to our livelihood": Record drought grips Germany's breadbasket
- "Perfect storm": UK farming crisis as areas suffer worst drought for 225 years
- Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Hudson Bay ice breakers in July, ice anomalies Environment Canada silent
- Long cold winter continues for western Canada
- Global cooling: Record cold in Slovakia
- Areas in Australia recording coldest temps in more than a decade
- Drought requires extreme measures to protect West's wild horses
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An aerial view of the flooded Asakura City, Fukuoka prefecture. Huge floods swept away houses in southern Japan.
An aerial view of the flooded Asakura City, Fukuoka prefecture. Huge floods swept away houses in southern Japan.
Comment: Related articles include:
- Record amount of snow in northern Sweden may last the entire summer
- Global cooling: Areas of British Columbia receive up to 15 inches of snow in JUNE
- Snow blankets South Africa again
- Comet PANSTARRS (C/2017 S3) atmosphere bursts into green and continues to expand on its approach to the sun
- Is there a connection between cosmic rays, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?
- Cloud mystery: Climate change and cosmic rays
- Monster dust storm sweeps across southern Arizona
- Torrential rain, floods and landslides leave nearly 200 dead in Japan; worst weather disaster in 36 years (Update)
- Globull warming? Africa, Antarctic, Arctic, Atlantic, Brazil, Greenland, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines, Southern Ocean... were colder than usual
Highs on Friday are anticipated to range from 31 C (88 F) in London and Berlin to 35 C (95 F) in Paris and 40 C (104 F) in Madrid and approaching 43 C (110 F) in Seville, Spain.
While the core of the heat was focused around Germany on Tuesday, temperatures will be on the rise elsewhere across western Europe Wednesday into Friday.
Highs on Friday are anticipated to range from 31 C (88 F) in London and Berlin to 35 C (95 F) in Paris and 40 C (104 F) in Madrid and approaching 43 C (110 F) in Seville, Spain.
Temperatures will continue to soar 6-12 degrees Celsius (10-24 degrees Fahrenheit) above normal in most of these cities through at least the weekend.
"It is not out of the question for temperatures to reach 49 C (120 F) in southwestern Spain and parts of southern Portugal Friday into Sunday," AccuWeather Meteorologist Tyler Roys said.
The impending heat wave is expected to be the most intense and longest for the Iberian Peninsula so far this summer. Temperatures in Madrid have only reached 38 C (100 F) once so far this summer. Such temperatures are anticipated daily from Wednesday through next Tuesday.
Media is silent and all four ice tracking ice satellites are set to go off line next year just as these gains are starting to manifest in the intensifying Grand Solar Minimum.
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Comment: This year's much touted inland 'record warm temperatures' are up for debate, because it's not only heat that causes wildfires but a lack of rain, and drought conditions around the planet are on the rise, as is epic flooding. There are also are other factors that could be contributing to these sea temperatures, and those include warming from below as well as a sluggish ocean currents which may normally bring cooler fresher water to the area: Jams in the jet stream blamed for abnormal weather patterns, baffle forecasters