Unusual Weather
Click on thumbnails for larger images. All photos found HERE, with the exception of the hailstones photo (photo #6), which is found HERE.
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"For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. (Matthew 24:27)
Divine Judgment by Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water!
Without question, the extremes of weather in the United States are breaking all records.
Posted 7/4/08Extreme Heat, Humidity Hit Much of U.S.
Posted 8/10/07Extreme Weather Plagues Globe in 2007 (Includes photos!!!)
Posted 8/10/07World hit by record extreme weather events in 2007: WMO
Posted 8/10/0728 die in Moscow Heatwave
Moscow has been sweltering this week in temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit). Meteorologists said Monday was the hottest May day in the city since records began.
Posted 6/1/075 killed in lightning storm in eastern China
Posted 6/27/0799 degree weekend in Phoenix
Fifth Straight Day Of Record Heat
Posted 3/20/07Alaska to get British-style temperatures - study
"We are very rapidly heading back towards the greenhouse world of the dinosaurs," Bob Spicer, one of the scientists who mounted the joint BBC/Oxford University study, said on Friday.
Posted 1/22/07April sets European heat records
This month is set to be the warmest April in Britain since records began nearly 350 years ago and all over Europe tourists are slapping on the sun cream several weeks ahead of schedule.
Posted 4/30/07Are You Disaster Ready? La Nina May Form In Pacific Within Weeks
The La Nina weather anomaly may form in the equatorial Pacific in the next two to three months, possibly increasing the risks for more hurricanes later this year in the Atlantic.
Posted 3/12/07Beijing Temperature Reaches Record Highs
According to the city's meteorological bureau, the temperature in the capital reached its record high in 40 years with the mercury reaching to 31.9 degrees (89.4 degrees Fahrenheit).
Posted 5/7/07Blistering heatwave kills seven in Yemen
Searing heat has killed seven people in Yemen's southern port of Aden, with temperatures climbing as high as 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit), a health source told AFP on Tuesday.
Posted 6/21/07China warns of full gamut of weather related disasters
China warned on Wednesday of possible floods, landslides and other weather disasters over the next three days with heavy rain, strong winds and hail expected.
Posted 6/1/07Country [ENGLAND] in chaos after flash floods and storms
Posted 6/18/07Disease breaks out as Intense heatwave sweeps Bangladesh
The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, in Dhaka admitted more than 400 patients, mostly children, on average each day for the past week as temperatures hit 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in many parts of the country.
Posted 5/8/07El Nino strengthens
Fascinating photo from Steve Quayle! El Nino map and text.
Posted 4/9/07Europe swelters in record spring heatwave <- Tell ME Father Yahweh's not giving us signs!!!
Much of western Europe is seeing record temperatures for April which has led to a growing drought threat in many countries.
Posted 4/27/07Five die as Greece Blistering heat wave moves in
Temperatures in Greece this weekend are expected to hit 40 degrees celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), a high normally seen in July and August, prompting fears of power outages due to increased use of air conditioners.
Posted 6/21/07Hail bruises the metro area
A sudden storm dropped heavy rain and up to 4 inches of hail on the metro area, enough to turn streets white.
Posted 6/1/07Heatwave kills 36 in India
Posted 5/15/07Horrific Heat Wave tightens grip over India
Temperatures in the capital New Delhi rose to 40.9 degrees Celsius (106 Fahrenheit) on Friday, the weather office said in a bulletin.
Posted 4/30/07Intense Storm Cancels Flights, Threatens Floods
NEW YORK (AP) -- A powerful nor'easter pounded the East with wind and pouring rain Sunday, grounding airlines and threatening to create some of the worst coastal flooding in 14 years.
Posted 4/17/07La Nina Brewing Up Hurricanes, Forecasters Warn
Forecasters warned Tuesday that a LaNina weather pattern - the nasty flip side of El Nino - is brewing, bringing with it the threat of more hurricanes for the Atlantic.
Posted 3/1/07Lightning kills man beneath cloudless sky
A Dade landscaper died after being struck by an unusual type of lightning that's stronger, hotter, lasts longer and strikes from clear skies.
Posted 6/25/07Los Angeles on pace for driest rain year ever
With little moisture in usually wet February, meteorologists said Los Angeles is facing its driest year ever with less than 2½ inches of rain so far.
Posted 3/12/07More severe weather to follow deadly tornadoes in Plains
Posted 4/2/07Rare Tornado In Western Japan
Posted 4/10/07Secondary Effects of "El Niño" are starting to be evident (Dengue fever)
Posted 3/21/07Six die in Romania due to heat
At least six people have died in Romania due to high temperatures which rose above 35 degrees [95 degrees F] in parts of the country, local media reported Wednesday.
Posted 6/21/07Snow kidding! Weather wacky
Don’t set the holiday picnic table just yet. You might need to clear some snow first.
Posted 5/25/07Something's just not right with the world!
Fascinating photo from Steve Quayle! A street near Hamburg's waterfront is submerged after a storm hit north Germany overnight (11/15/06).
Posted 4/9/07South Africa: Weather breaks records
The icy weather of snow, hail and heavy rain that has swept across South Africa over the past few days has set 54 weather records. The South African Weather Service said 34 new records were set on Monday and another 20 yesterday. Almost all records were for the lowest maximum and minimum daily temperatures in towns across the country.
Posted 5/25/07Thailand haze 'worst in 14 years'
Posted 3/16/07Thousands powerless as storms blast Okla.
Posted 6/1/07UK Punters lay bets on a summer 'scorcher'
It was enough for William Hill to cut the odds of the temperature exceeding 100F (38C) this year from 10/1 to 8/1 after punters, apparently driven by the lovely weather, began laying bets on a "scorcher" to come.
Posted 3/29/07U.S. says this was world's warmest recorded winter
Posted 3/16/07Warm start puts 2007 in UK on course for record
Britain is on course to swelter in the hottest year since 1659, when records began, weathermen said yesterday.
Posted 3/13/07Weather of mass destruction
Drought, crop failure, submerged coastal cities, mass migration, armed conflict - those are the kind of horrors we can look forward to if the world fails to get its collective act together on climate change, and temperatures and sea levels continue to rise.
Posted 5/7/07Wild Lightning strike kills one, injures six at Alberta park
Posted 6/18/07Wild Lightning Strikes 33 Finnish Soldiers
Posted 6/18/07Wild Weather Strikes Southern California
A quick wintry blast brought fierce winds and cold temperatures to normally mild Southern California, but did little to quench the parched region.
Posted 3/30/07Wild Wind shifts devastate ocean life
Posted 2/19/07