Extreme weather

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That record didn't last long

Monday was hottest day ever measured by humans, beating Sunday, European science service says: "Uncharted territory"

Earth sizzled to its hottest day ever measured by humans Monday, beating a record set the day before, the European climate service Copernicus says.

www.cbsnews.com

 

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That record didn't last long

Monday was hottest day ever measured by humans, beating Sunday, European science service says: "Uncharted territory"

Earth sizzled to its hottest day ever measured by humans Monday, beating a record set the day before, the European climate service Copernicus says.

www.cbsnews.com

I'm sure that record will be broken by next week sometime.

 

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https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/24/asia/typhoon-gaemi-taiwan-china-intl-hnk/index.html

 

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June 2024 featured record-breaking heat and billion-dollar weather disasters, NOAA says

There have been 15 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the U.S. this year so far.

www.space.com

 

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That record didn't last long

Monday was hottest day ever measured by humans, beating Sunday, European science service says: "Uncharted territory"

Earth sizzled to its hottest day ever measured by humans Monday, beating a record set the day before, the European climate service Copernicus says.

www.cbsnews.com

We are killing the planet and not being all that slow about it.

 

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US wildfires: firefighters work to contain 84 large blazes burning across west

Evacuation orders in effect in parts of California and elsewhere, while fire in Oregon is largest active US blaze

www.theguardian.com

 

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Asphalt burns, delirium, body bags: extreme heat overwhelms ERs across US

More than 120,000 heat-related ER visits were tracked in 2023, as people struggle in record-breaking temperatures

www.theguardian.com

 

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Death toll from Ethiopia landslides could reach 500, UN agency says

Mudslide in Gofa zone on Monday traps people rescuing victims from a slide the previous day

www.theguardian.com

 

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Death toll from Ethiopia landslides could reach 500, UN agency says

Mudslide in Gofa zone on Monday traps people rescuing victims from a slide the previous day

www.theguardian.com

Awful. Hope that estimate ends up being high.

 

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Urgent warning issued as thousands at risk for "life-threatening" floods

New Mexico's monsoon season began a little earlier than expected this year, and the state has been inundated with rain.

www.newsweek.com

 

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Largest wildfire in US grows to cover area bigger than Los Angeles

Park fire scorches 386,000 acres as firefighters battle blazes across US west, including historic mining town of Havilah

www.theguardian.com

 

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https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2024-08-03-hurricane-tropical-storm-florida-debby-forecast?cm_ven=hp-slot-1

 

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Cooler weather helps firefighters corral a third of massive California blaze

Fire crews battling California’s largest wildfire this year have corralled a third of the blaze, helped in part by cooler weather

abcnews.go.com

 

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Fast-moving California wildfire destroys homes and burns at least 100 acres

Edgehill fire started this afternoon in San Bernardino and forced evacuations as over 200 firefighters assigned to blaze

www.theguardian.com

 

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Tropical Storm Debby brings deluge, flood warnings to Southeast: Live updates

As Tropical Storm Debby barrels over Georgia, it's begun a potentially historic deluge that could dump over 30 inches of rain in some areas.

www.usatoday.com

 

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Watch the glacier outburst that sent a surge of water into Juneau, causing ‘unprecedented’ flooding

 

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2024 on track to become Earth's warmest year on record despite slight global temperature drop: Copernicus

Earth experienced its two warmest days on record globally, and it's becoming likely that 2024 will end up as the warmest year on record, according to a new report.

abcnews.go.com

 

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Temperatures in southern France could exceed 40C this weekend

This is the second heat wave southern France has seen in several days.

www.euronews.com

 

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Tropical Storm Ernesto forms, churns across waters toward Caribbean islands

A disturbance churning through warm Atlantic waters developed Monday into Tropical Storm Ernesto, the fifth named storm of the 2024 hurricane season.

www.usatoday.com

 

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Tropical Storm Ernesto forms, churns across waters toward Caribbean islands

A disturbance churning through warm Atlantic waters developed Monday into Tropical Storm Ernesto, the fifth named storm of the 2024 hurricane season.

www.usatoday.com

I'm hoping this one doesn't go up the American east coast like the last one did.

 

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Hundreds of firefighters deployed as major wildfire rages out of control around Athens

June and July of this year were the hottest months ever recorded in Greece, which also recorded its warmest winter ever.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Unprecedented number of heat records broken around world this year

Exclusive: In 2024, 15 national temperature records have been set as weather extremes grow more frequent, climate historian says

www.theguardian.com

 

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https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2024-08-14-hurricane-ernesto-forecast-bermuda-atlantic?cm_ven=hp-slot-1

 

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Hurricane Ernesto leaves half of Puerto Rico without power amid flooding: Updates

Ernesto intensified into a hurricane Wednesday as it moved north of Puerto Rico and is now headed northwest toward Bermuda.

www.usatoday.com