2003 Freak Weather News Summary of another year's worth of increasingly freak weather news from around the world.
2002 Summary
2002 Freak Weather News A summary of weather news stories from around the world in another record breaking year for climate change.
2001 Summary
2001 Freak Weather News
31.10.01
Hottest UK October on record October 2001 was, by a very wide margin, the warmest October in the UK since records began in 1659.
26.9.01
2001 WORST YEAR ON RECORD FOR TYPHOONS IN TAIWAN 26 September 2001 Already this year Taiwan has suffered eight typhoons which have killed a record 300 people. The National Science Council has openly blamed climate change for the dramatic increase in typhoon activity.
13.8.01
WORST FLOODS IN IRAN IN 200 YEARS: 120 DEAD 10,000 people were evacuated in North East Iran, and 2,000 homes were damaged in the heaviest flooding in 200 years. This follows severe flooding in the affected areas just three months ago. Those floods, the worst flooding in 30 years, killed 32 people.
9.8.01
600,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CENTRAL AMERICAN DROUGHT In parts of Central America there has been little or no rain since April. Nicaragua has lost half its crops. El Salvador and Honduras have declared the drought a State of Emergency.
26.6.01
FREAK RAIN IN INDIA There have been heavy rainfalls during the summer dry season in India. Rainfall at this time is extremely unseasonal and Indian scientists are taking it as clear evidence of climate change.
12.6.01
KOREA HAS WORST DROUGHT IN 100 YEARS South Korea has mobilized 130,000 troops to dig wells in a desperate attempt to find water. Major famine is predicted for North Korea. There are record breaking droughts as far north as Mongolia. Some areas in North China have had no rain for over 100 days
27.4.01
U.K. HAS WETTEST 12 MONTHS IN 500 YEARS During the last 12 months the UK's rainfall has been the heaviest since record began in 1735. Meteorologists say that under previous "normal" conditions the UK would only get this much rain once every 500 to 750 years. Looks like there's no "normal" weather any more. So much for all those people (and the Daily Mail) who claimed global warming was going to make us into the Costa Del Sol.
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