Two countries that rarely see tornadoes, the UK en Japan, have both been hit with storms this week.  The Japan tornado wiped out power to over 20,000 woningen, injured 20 people and killed one person.  Fortunately no significant damages were reported in the UK tornado.  In other news, Flint, Michigan, a place no stranger to tragedy, was deluged by rain earlier this week.  Flood waters were up to four feet (1.2m) in some areas of a state highway that was forced to close.  Nepal has also seen flooding this week resulting in the deaths of no fewer than 20 mensen.

One of the predicted effects of global warming on human life is the increase of crop damage.  The hail damage to crops in Lake City, Minnesota is perhaps a data point in this disturbing trend.

While most of the United States is under the effects of a heatwave, with May temperatures more on par with June, the BBC predicted that Britain will have temperatures colder than those on Christmas Day.

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The week started off violently, with three people dying from lightning strikes in the Bengal region and another 17 in India,  It is unusual to hear of this level of lightning fatalities, which was mentioned in last week’s newsletter.  Additionally in India, bad weather is blamed for the sinking of a ferry.  Norfolk, UK was doused by rain this weekend and fortunately there were no fatalities reported there.  While the heavy rain has flooded some parts of England, claiming the lives of a man and his dog, it is not enough to counteract the drought that envelopes the country.

Heat waves seem to be sweeping the globe, en Europe is no exception, seeing record-breaking heat, sometimes nearly twice what is expected (in Celcius) in many places.  Where the average temperatures for this time of year are about 15ºC (59ºF), the temperatures are nearly 30ºC (86ºF).

In other news, a tornado struck the south of France this week, a very rare event indeed.  Fortunately, the damage it caused was minimal.

Whereas the USA and Canada saw winter return with a vengeance in mid-to-late February, by the middle of March it experienced far more erratic weather, met droughts, hittegolven, stormen and then, just as suddenly in some areas, more snowfall. Meanwhile, the cherry blossom trees of Washington, DC bloomed weeks early due to the unusually warm weather. Indeed, Spring’s early arrival allowed farmers in New Jersey to get into the fields two weeks early but forced them to deal with an increase of crop-eating insects due to the mild winter. Overall, it was a very warm March, with dozens of record temperatures being set.

In other parts of the world, the warm weather had troubling effects. In Morocco, droughts caused the country’s cereal harvests to falter. Northern Mexico experienced its worst drought in 71 jaar, causing a severe shortage of food and water across the country. Meanwhile, Vietnam braced itself for Tropical Storm Pakhar, en Fiji experienced flash floods. Echter, just when it had seemed that Spring had come for good, citizens of western Serbia experienced large snowfalls, and in Scotland snow fell just days after record-breaking heat waves.

Thus, to call the weather over the past six weeks “erratic” seems like an understatement. It’s a period that has seen record heat waves and snow storms, and droughts and floods, often in the same places.

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Terwijl voorwaarden eindelijk lijken te worden afwikkeling voor Servië en andere Balkanlanden, winter is raken de Verenigde staat, met name Californië, met een wraak. de staat had meer dan 18 inches (45.7cm) in een sneeuwstorm, een hoog risico van lawines in het gebied genereren. Hoewel het hoogste risico van lawines voor skiërs is, deze helling mislukkingen kunnen ook ernstige materiële schade veroorzaken. Sneeuw ook hit Henryville, Indischeeen op de hielen van een verwoestende huiduitslag van tornado die honderden woningen vernietigd en beweerde 52 leven. ook deze week, een Tropische storm in Madagaskar heeft gesneden korte het leven van 65 mensen er. in Australië, meer dan 13000 mensen hebben moeten verlaten hun huizen als gevolg overstroming angsten. The Warragamba Dam in Sydney, which has not overflown in 13 years has so done.

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Als winter lente in het noordelijk halfrond nadert, de massale sneeuwval die al dood en verderf te hebben gebracht de Balkan Staten dreigt te zelfs meer schade veroorzaken in de vorm van overstromingen. een totaal van 9 Tornado 's hit Virginia, South Carolina en Georgia. Ondertussen, de droogte getroffen Texas is het zien van enige opluchting, maar in een groot deel van de staat, het is nog steeds niet genoeg. alleen als ze krijgen de aanhoudende regen en de grote regen gebeurtenis die ze nodig hebben zal worden de droogte opgeheven.

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De record breken, dodelijke koude snap bleef deze week, verhoging van het aantal doden in Roemenië op 79. hetzelfde systeem heeft gereden het dodental in Oekraïne maximaal 151, en veroorzaakt verwoestende economische verliezen in Servië.

Regen heeft ten slotte teruggelopen in de zuidelijke staten, Terwijl dit droogte voorwaarden voor een groot deel van opgeheven Texas, 20% van de staat is nog steeds droogte voorwaarden, en de regenval is nog steeds onder het gemiddelde. echter, belangrijkste gewas produceren Staten in het zuidoosten zijn nu in droogte. Sommige zuidoosten van de Staten received a dumping of snow, uncharacteristic of this mild winter in North America.  Power was knocked out to several homes in Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee.

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Several people were killed in eastern Europe this week as a snowstorm and brutal cold have gripped the region.  The death toll in Serbia has risen to nine, and totals more than 250 across Europe, many of those homeless.  About 20% of the country has declared a state of emergency.  It is highly unusual to see this cold of weather in eastern Europe.  In Colorado and Nebraska, a storm covered large swaths and knocked out power to 15,000 customers initially, but later that day only 10,000.  As of yet, no deaths have been reported here.

While winters have been unusually harsh in Europe, the US is seeing very little snow  at all.a  This is a huge problem for ski resorts, who as our correspondent have had to rely on manufactured “snow.”  The significant lack of snow can also cause difficulties for farmers planting in the spring. Ondertussen, Dallas, Texas is no longer in drought, but are not yet out of the woods.

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Three people have died in Servië this week due to extreme cold and snowfall.  The same system blanketed large swaths of central and eastern Europe with snow as well. The system is blamed for an additional death near Bucharest. Near record cold has hit Alaska, with temperatures hovering around -62ºF (-52ºC). Ondertussen, temperaturen in Brooklyn, New York ongebruikelijk warm, de gebruikelijke winter festival er veroorzaakt worden geannuleerd. in Californië, nat weer veroorzaakt verkeerschaos.

Voortzetting van droogte in Texas, Ondanks een recente golf van Tornado 'sen bijbehorende overstroming, dwingt vee naar het noorden migreren. Tornado's in de wintermaanden zijn buitengewoon zeldzaam, Hoewel zoals wij hebben gemeld hebben zij geweest die zich in de hele maand januari. Bovendien, zes mensen zijn omgekomen en honderden meer verloren hun huizen in Fiji, Dankzij aardverschuivingen en overstromingen er.

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Deze week begon met een andere uitslag van de winter tornado's, twee mensen te verwonden en schadelijk stacaravans en oppakken van en gooien twee trekker trailers.  A tornado in Alabama also killed two people.  An Oregon winter storm left 30,000 residents in the dark.  The resulting overstroming caused the deaths of a mother and her baby.  The same storm system resulted in over 250,000 residents of Washington losing power, with temperatures there hovering just above freezing. In Servië, conditions showed little improvement.  Surdulica, a town there lost most of its road access.

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