Published: 05:40 PM GMT del 07 Luglio 2012 June 2012 Global
Weather Extremes Summary June featured many notable extreme
weather events from around the world. Extreme heat in the U.S.
from Colorado to the East Coast, record-breaking rainstorms and
floods in Duluth, Minnesota and Pensacola, Florida, and a
powerful derecho event that caused extensive damage and
fatalities from Illinois to Virginia. Britain suffered its
wettest and cloudiness June on record. Typhoons and drought
plagued portions of East Asia, and massive monsoon floods
wreaked havoc in India and Bangladesh. Below is a summary some
of the month’s highlights. The most notable event of the month
was the extraordinary heat wave (and wild fires) that enveloped
the U.S. from Colorado to the East Coast. Details about this
event may be read in my previous two blogs. The fires in
Colorado near Colorado Springs and Fort Collins were the worst
in the state’s history, destroying over 600 homes and killing
three. On June 29th one of the most powerful derechos