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1.TAIWAN ::

Issued a weather warning as TYPHOON TALIM came straight for the Island. The typhoon made landfall the following day with winds of over hundred knots [185km/h] shutting down businesses, financial markets or schools and causing some 1.5M power failures.

Massive damage in central Taiwan town of Lushan after 1600mm of rain dumped by typhoon Sinlaku caused huge flash floods

 

Collosal waves smash ashore near Hualien, Taiwan ahead of typhoon Talim

2.BAHAMAS ::

While HURRICANE KATRINA  wreaked havoc along the Louisiana coast. The heavy rains experienced in Nassau were cause by local thunderstorm.   

Hurricane Katrina Facts: 

•  Pressure and sustained wind at landfall: / 125 mph
•  Pressure and sustained wind at landfall:  / 120 mph
•  Maximum sustained winds at peak: 175 mph
•  Storm surge height: 27.8 feet, Pass Christian, MS
•  Up to 80% of New Orleans was under water from flooding.
•  Hurricane Katrina began as a tropical depression near the Bahamas

Katrina formed in the central Bahamas and moved northwest. It made landfall in south Florida on the Broward/Miami-Dade counties line as a category 1 hurricane

3. AFRICA ::

Long term drought continued in parts of the horn  of Africa and Southern Africa. Southern Somalia, central and southern Mozambique, southern Malawi and eastern Zimbabwe were among affected regions. Representing the transition zone between humid tropical Africa and the arid Sahara, it is particularly sensitive to changes in the position  and intensity of the African Monsoon, which are modulated by changes in solar insolation and sea-surface temperatures. While the Sahel has experienced numerous dry episodes in the past, data prior to the beginning of the twentieth century are inadequate to  determine conclusively whether the period of desiccation in the latter part of the twentieth century is unprecedented within the context of climate variability over the historical period.Here we present a decade-scale reconstruction of rainfall and drought in equatorial east Africa over the past 1,100 years, based on lake-level and salinity fluctuations of Lake Naivasha (Kenya) inferred from three different palaeolimnological proxies: sediment stratigraphy and the species compositions of fossil diatom and midge assemblages. 

Our data indicate that, over the past millennium, equatorial east Africa has alternated between contrasting climate conditions, with significantly drier climate than today during the 'Medieval Warm Period'

4.  PORTUGAL ::

As a result of the region's  extended drought, firefighters were tackling some of the worst forest fires in living memory . Some 250,000 hectares of forest were burned across the country.

Drought In Portugal :: Hundreds of firefighters are trying to douse brush fires that have spread through northern and central Portugal.  Residents tried to beat back the flames nearing their homes with the branches of trees and buckets of water.

5. PHILIPPINES ::

Seasonal monsoon rains hit the Philippines, while Typhoon gathered strength in the Philippine Sea and headed for the Northern Mariana Island.Typhoon Megi struck the Philippines on Monday with ferocious winds of 140 miles (225 kilometers) per hour, but initial assessments showed relatively light damage and casualties, partly because the storm struck sparsely populated areas. Philippine officials also cited their massive emergency preparations days ahead of the storm. 

 

6. MUMBAI ::

 Record monsoon rains fell at the end of July.  Flooding not just Mumbai city but also the surrounding rice-producing region. The rice harvest from thousands of hectares was wiped out. Already struggling with the  aftermath of the rains.

7. SASKATCHEWAN ::

In Western Canada, southern Saskatchewan and south-eastern Alberta baled in abnormal heat.The Canadians' ice-free passage is further evidence that Arctic ice is melting in the northern summer more extensively than usual.

In a trend that scientists attribute to changing winds and rising temperatures, submarine sonar probes indicate the thickness of polar ice is only 58 per cent of what it was in the 1950s.

 

8. LOUISIANA ::

 New Orleans was under water. During the previous night. The storm surge caused by Hurricane Katrina, broke through the flood defences submerging 80%of the city   

New Orleans is being evacuated due to flooding caused by hurricane Katrina.

The baby is being placed on a military transport for medical attention. 

New Orleans is being evacuated due to flooding caused by hurricane Katrina.