More than half of the continental United States was in moderate to extreme drought in June — including corn- and soybean-producing states — damaging crops and impacting prices at the grocery store.
Some say if the hot, dry weather continues, this year’s drought could rival the “dust bowl” years of the 1930s.
How are you feeling the heat where you live?
John Moore, Montreal, QC:
Dog walking in Montreal has become a nightmare. Instead of plenty of fluffy snow in which to play, our dogs must walk on ice-covered parks due to constant warm-freeze cycles not normal to the area. The result: Dogs without exercise, bleeding paws and sad faces.
(Photo courtesy John Moore)
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Devastation and clean-up after a deadly tornado hit Joplin, MO one year ago.
This March was the warmest it’s ever been in the continental U.S.
Here is a day-by-day animation of the daily temperature records tied or broken in March 2012. Over 15,000 records were broken.
Track new maximum high temperature records from official government recording stations:
Over the past 60 years, on average, the cherry blossom trees in Washington, D.C. are reaching their peak bloom earlier by about five days.
Have you seen big changes in the weather where you are?
Hari Sreenivasan snaps a photo of the early cherry blossom blooms in today’s 80 degree weather in D.C. while out reporting.
Might have to submit this weather to our form asking for anecdotal examples of climate change.
^TG
A satellite designed to study the Earth’s weather and climate launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket early Friday.
(Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A monk sits atop a sandbag-fortified flood gate at Khlong Rapi Pat in Khlong Luang on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.
Thailand’s worst flooding in decades is encroaching on Bangkok.
Heavy monsoon rains have swamped a third of Thailand since summer, causing at least $3 billion in damages, according to the Thai government.
(Judy Woodruff will have more about Thailand’s flooding woes on Friday’s NewsHour)
(Source: pbs.org)
Just a few blocks from the rubble of the Joplin, Mo. tornado, a bright new mural has been painted, depicting life in Joplin both before and after the storm.
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