We have more indications that extreme weather in recent weeks may be another harbinger of global climate change, and force us to alter what we consider to be "normal":
-- Heavy rains caused flooding in southern Russia, where some regions got 2 to 5 months worth of rain in 24 hours, and claimed at least 150 lives.
-- Monsoon flooding in India has claimed more than 120 lives and devastated over a half million acres of crop land.
-- In Colorado and many other Western states, fires blazing in the dry, hot conditions have resulted in death and extensive property damage.
-- Across the eastern two-thirds of America, record heat is entering its 11th day, with 30 weather-related deaths in states from Illinois and Tennessee to Maryland and Pennsylvania. The heat follows recurrent, violent storms across the upper Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions.
(Photo: Krymsky in southern Russia)
