From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere


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KEYT— From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere

NZ Herald—Weather: Flooding in Auckland and Coromandel, severe weather advisories issued for North Island, warning of flash flooding and thunderstorms. Firefighters have dealt with at least 70 weather-related jobs overnight in the north of the country as a raft of severe weather advisories...

FOX 26 Houston—Summer weather in Houston: Above-average heat and rain predicted. What will summer look like in Houston? The Climate Prediction Center just updated its three-month summer temperature and precipitation outlooks. Houston looks to have above-average temperatures in June, July, and August. As for rain, we look to have slightly above-normal chances. Maybe you are planning on traveling across the country this summer. The western half of the U.S. looks to have temperatures well above normal and will likely be dry. The eastern half of the U.S. will be wetter with...

Phys.org—Floods in south Brazil have displaced 600,000—here's why this region is likely to see ever more extreme rain in future. A mighty river is flowing out of the Amazon rainforest, and it's not the one you're thinking of. In the first kilometer above the forest canopy, a "flying river" is transporting moisture evaporated from Amazonian trees southwards along the Andes mountains towards Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brazil.