Today, it's New Zealand. Floods in the capital Wellington after a record 77 mm of rain (a month's worth here in the Netherlands) fell within one hour!
wellington.scoop.co.nz?p=179320
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200 t0 400 mm rain in a day on Oahu island, Hawaiï.
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Today, it's Seoul, Korea, city of 10 million: floods after 250-300 mm of rain.
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Today, it's Kumamoto, Japan: severe flooding and 3 million people advised to evacuate after 370 mm of rain fell within 6 hours(!). Unprecedented, there's that word again.
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This weekend, it was Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Flooding after up to 350 mm (14 inches) of rain within 24 hours. Way more than a used-to-be-1-in-1000-years event.
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The massive wildfire in southern France got worse today. 135 km² burned already.
Three years of drought created a large amount of fuel in the form of dead trees and dead brushes, a climate expert explained on TV.
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Yesterday, it was Romania:
Flash floods after torrential rainstorms kill at least 3 people and force hundreds of evacuations.
apnews.com/article/roma...
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"Northern China has experienced record rain in recent years, exposing densely populated cities including Beijing to flood risks. Some scientists link the increased rainfall in China’s usually arid north to global warming."
Those scientists might be on to something.
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Now it's northern China: floods after record rainfall.
Baoding’s Xizhuang station recorded 540mm in eight hours, exceeding Baoding’s average annual rainfall of about 500mm.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Iranians asked to limit water use as temperatures hit 50C and reservoirs are depleted.
Public holiday announced in Tehran as government tries to grapple with deepening water crisis.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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A year ago, a district of the Dutch city Enschede was flooded after heavy rainfall. Now 60 homes have been declared uninhabitable.
Reporter: due to climate change, this will happen more often.
City official: Indeed, maybe nobody will live here anymore. nos.nl/l/2575909
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This week it's Korea: at least 14 people died in floods after up to 500 mm of rain - nos.nl/l/2575712
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Now it's New Jersey, after up to 165 mm of rain fell within a short time on Monday.
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Yesterday evening, it was New York. After over 50 mm (2 inches) of rain within an hour, three subway lines were shut down.
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Today, it's central Texas.
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Graph of Mediterranean sea surface temperatures over the year, 1982-now. This year's line breaking out at the top.
The average surface temperature of the Mediterranean Sea is at record level for this early in summer, at 3°C above the 1982-2011 average. Could end up well above the 2023-2024 record summer peaks (Jul-Aug) of 28°C.
www.ceam.es/ceamet/SST/S...
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h/t @terliwetter.bsky.social
Last week, it was Rongjiang, China.
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These days, it's China.
Massive compensation schemes introduced for damage sustained due to flood diversion after heavy rains.
Climate bills are coming in.
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Today, it's Rongjiang, southern China.
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Australia's New South Wales: massive flooding after more than 400 mm of rain fell within a week in all the dark purple places.
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"The amount of water that fell was absolutely ludicrous," said the meteorologist.
"Everything is affected. This is unlike anything we've seen before," said the farmer.
Unprecedented, there's that word again.
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Today, it's the central US.
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Yesterday, it were Greek islands.
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Today, it's Queensland, Australia.
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Yesterday it was Rennes, France.
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5,300 buildings destroyed in this one Los Angeles neighborhood by a climate-fueled wildfire.
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www.latimes.com/california/s...
Today, it's NW-England.
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