31st August - Heavy Rain, Floods Spread as ex-Harvey Tracks North

Tropical Depression Harvey trekking toward the Ohio Valley; major flooding swamps East Texas; heavy rain threat from Louisiana to Kentucky as a broken levee puts Louisiana homes in danger

Houston flood: Explosions reported at Arkema chemical plant - this was expected ....

Meanwhile, there's an intense heat wave across the west to end August

And yes, Houston floods, but what about all the other disasters?   Houston has dominated the headlines in this blog, but other floods have still recieved due attention (bearing in mind Monsoon floods kill hundreds every year in SE Asia).  

Heavy rains trigger deadly floods in Yemen

Parts of the Netherlands gets 2 weeks worth of rain in 24 hours

Last week saw August snowfall in Northern Romania mountains

Bushfire conditions in Australia's east at ‘near record’ levels following dry winter

Brazil court blocks Amazon mining decree - but for how long?

Volcanic eruptions drove ancient global warming event - the PETM, 56mya

Unfortunately, billionaire loses Creag Riabhach Wind Farm challenge - some may question the amount of property Povlsen owns in the Highlands, but at least he puts the land ahead of short term financial gain.   But better news as more environmentally friendly tidal turbines in firth 'set world record' for production

And in kight of the record high August bank holiday temperature, the Met Office answer the question how are temperature records measured?