Collapse Observer

'Unprecedented rain' in Japan ... https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/14/asia ... index.html

Princeton BC Mayor Spencer Coyne had emotion in his voice Monday morning when he described the flooding catastrophe in his town.

"I've been here all my life. We've never had a flood like this yet. I talked to a gentleman today, been here 65 years, he said he's never seen one like this," Coyne said.

Story ... https://www.castanet.net/news/Penticton ... n-Tulameen

Mudslide closes highway, other highways cut off ... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.6248999

The floods follow record heatwaves last year that saw BC records broken by several degrees Celsisus. The towns Lytton burned to the ground and there were vast wildfires. Princeton itself set a new heat record of 42.7C, previously 38C set in 2015.

The 2021 BC heat records ... https://bc.ctvnews.ca/temperature-recor ... -1.5490093

British Columbia had been one of the areas some people planned to inhabit to escape climate change.

Perth, Western Australia, smashes heat record ... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-22/ ... /100775652

Australian soil moisture anomaly shown for March 5, 2022. At the time of this post the north is currently nearing the end of its monsoon season (March) and yet the soil is dry, while Australia's east coast is experiencing record floods. It is a La Nina year, which brings more rain. Lower rainfall in the north was not predicted under climate change.

Data adapted from here ... https://ipad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/ ... buteid=432

Record floods in Australia two years after record bushfires ... https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... ther-event

Australia's Lismore has a record flood and then floods again shortly after ...

First - https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/lismore ... /100869342

Second - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-31/ ... /100954926

Australia's East Coast has had major rain events throughout early 2022 in much the same areas that experienced record bushfires in 2019.

Worsening climate disasters ... https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireS ... d-83901237

New tornado record for second year ... https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topst ... ar-AAVIDey

Record cold snap in Farnce ... https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/ ... riculture/

Cold events are expected to worsen with climate change. Changes in the polar vortex and ocean circulation will contribute to cold events.

Extreme flood kills hundreds in Durban ... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... eds-durban