Two countries that rarely see tornadoes, 在 UK 和 Japan, have both been hit with storms this week.  The Japan tornado wiped out power to over 20,000 家園, injured 20 people and killed one person.  Fortunately no significant damages were reported in the UK tornado.  In other news, Flint, 密歇根州, 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 人.

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 英國 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 印度,  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, 和 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, 與 droughts, heat waves, storms 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 年, causing a severe shortage of food and water across the country. Meanwhile, Vietnam braced itself for Tropical Storm Pakhar, 和 Fiji experienced flash floods. 然而, 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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雖然最後的狀況似乎解決 塞爾維亞 和其他巴爾幹國家, 冬季打美國, 值得注意的是 加州, 復仇. 國家已超過 18 英寸 (45.7公分) 在一個暴風雪, 生成雪崩的高的風險領域. 儘管滑雪者就是雪崩的風險最高, 這些邊坡失敗會導致嚴重的財產損失太. 雪也打 Henryville, 印度繼毀滅性的輕率的龍捲風摧毀了數以百計的安老院，而索賠 52 生活. 本周還, 一 熱帶風暴 在馬達加斯加已切短的生命 65 那裡的人們. 在澳大利亞, 多個 13000 人被迫離開家園，由於 洪水的恐懼. The Warragamba Dam in Sydney, which has not overflown in 13 years has so done.

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隨著冬天的臨近在北半球的春天, 已經帶來了死亡和破壞的大規模降雪 巴爾幹 造成更多破壞形式的洪水威脅和國家. 共 9 龍捲風 擊中弗吉尼亞州, 南卡羅萊納州和格魯吉亞. 與此同時, 乾旱災區 德州 看到一些救濟, 但在很多國家的, 它仍然是不足夠. 只有當他們得到持續的降雨和主要雨的事件，他們需要將解除旱災.

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記錄中斷, 致命的寒流本周仍在繼續, 提高死亡人數 羅馬尼亞 到 79. 在同一系統推動了死亡人數 烏克蘭 達 151, 造成破壞性的經濟損失 塞爾維亞.

雨終於一直在南方各州在下降, 雖然這解除乾旱條件的大部分時間 德州, 20% 國家的仍然遇到乾旱條件, 和降雨仍低於平均水準. 不過, 在東南的主要作物生產國家現在已在乾旱. 一些 東南各州 收到傾倒雪, 這種溫和的冬天在北美的異樣. 電源撞在肯塔基州的幾個家園, 西佛吉尼亞州, 弗吉尼亞州, 和田納西州.

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幾人死亡 東歐 本周作為一場暴風雪和殘暴冷籠罩了該區域. 在塞爾維亞的死亡人數已上升至 9 人, 和總計超過 250 整個歐洲, 其中許多人 無家可歸. 關於 20% 在該國已宣佈進入緊急狀態. 它是天氣的極不尋常，看到這寒冷在東歐. 在中 科羅拉多州和內布拉斯加州, 一場風暴覆蓋大片、 淘汰的權力 15,000 客戶最初, 但後來那天只 10,000. 目前尚, 已在這裡無死亡報告.

雖然冬天一直在歐洲特別苛刻, 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. 與此同時, Dallas, Texas is no longer in drought, but are not yet out of the woods.

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三人死于 塞爾維亞這周因嚴寒和降雪. 在同一系統以及積雪覆蓋中央大片和東歐. 系統是歸咎于附近的額外死亡 布加勒斯特. 記錄冷附近打 阿拉斯加州, 氣溫徘徊-62ºF (-52º C). 與此同時, 在布魯克林的溫度, 紐約 是暖和, 通常冬季節那裡導致被取消. 在加利福尼亞州, 潮濕的天氣造成的交通混亂.

繼續 乾旱 在德克薩斯州, 儘管最近一系列 龍捲風和關聯 水浸, 正迫使牛向北遷移. 冬季龍捲風是一種極其罕見, 雖然我們有報導有已發生，整個月 1 月 1 日. 此外, 六人喪生和數百個更失去了家園 斐濟, 由於對山泥傾瀉和水浸.

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本週一開始用另一出疹的冬天 龍捲風, 人死亡兩人受傷和破壞移動家園和撿和拋出兩個拖拉機拖車. 在阿拉巴馬州的龍捲風還殺了兩個人. 一 俄勒岡州 冬季風暴左 30,000 居民在黑暗中. 生成的 水浸 造成死亡的一位母親和她的孩子. 相同風暴系統造成了 250,000 居民 華盛頓 失去權力, 氣溫凍結的正上方有徘徊. 在塞爾維亞, 條件顯示小的改進.  蘇爾杜利察, 那裡一個小鎮丟失了大部分及其通路.

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