21st July - Today's News: Flash Flooding Hits Britain

Well a wet day in parts of Britain yesterday (SW, Wales, N England) with reliable reports of some low level sites around Merseyside and Lancashire recording over 60mm of rain. Meanwhile in Cambridge it reached 29.5c - not quite the 34c predicted by the media on Saturday! Here we saw just 1.3mm of rain ..... A chance of some thundery showers (ie showers with maybe the odd rumble of thunder - as opposed to a thunderstorm which produces frequent thunder and lightning) today and tomorrow, though not holding my breathe!

Homes in Swansea clean up after flash flood

Torrential rain causes floods across Merseyside

Heavy rain causes flash flooding on Teesside

And in SW Scotland today new flood warmings as drought alert stays in place.

However, it's worse elsewhere as China flooding causes worst death toll in decade - in fact, it's the worst flooding there since 1998 which, coincidently, was the last time we had a major El Nino event. Meanwhile Tropical Storm Chanthu may make landfall in south China Thursday - which will hardly help matters.

Dead penguins wash up on Brazil's beaches - with some reports suggesting cold weather may be to blame. However the fact many had no food in their stomachs suggests starvation is to blame. Is it due to warmer seas or over fishing though? Or maybe both (bet that never occurred to anyone else!).

In New York, thunderstorm cuts power to thousands but makes no dent in heatwave

As the hot weather continues, Russia struck by worst drought in 100 years

Amazon drought raises research doubts

Arctic to be ice-free in summer by 2050 according to the head of the Russian Meteorological Centre. Who clearly believes averything Al Gore tells him .....

And last, but most certainly by no means least, a eulogy to climate scientist Stephen Schneider who sadly died on Monday, age 65.

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