- Title: Extreme weather timeline from April-July 2021
- Date: 19th July 2021
- Summary: Former tropical storm Elsa that doused Cuba with heavy rainfall and claimed at least three lives in the Caribbean, strengthened to hurricane force on July 2 as it moved toward Florida, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph). KINGSTOWN, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES (JULY 2, 2021) (REUTERS) FLOODED STREAM AMONG HOUSES ST. MICHAEL, BARBADOS (JULY 2, 2021) (REUTERS) STREET VIEW, PALM TREES BLOWING AND STRONG RAIN EXTERIOR OF DESTROYED HOUSE SUMMERLAND KEY, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (JULY 6, 2021) (REUTERS) TROPICAL STORM ELSA'S WIND BLOWING PALM TREES AND BUSHES IN FRONT OF HOUSE ON CANAL KEY WEST, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (JULY 6, 2021) (REUTERS) PALM TREES BLOWING IN WIND / WAVES CRASHING ON SHORE Forest fires tore through the central Russian region of Chelyabinsk, killing one man and destroying dozens of village homes, authorities said. CHELYABINSK REGION, RUSSIA (JULY 10, 2021) (REUTERS) TREE BURNING VIEW OF FOREST RUINS OF BUILDING DESTROYED BY FIRE AND FIRE ENGINE DRIVING PAST DESTROYED PART OF VILLAGE CHELYABINSK REGION, RUSSIA (JULY 11, 2021) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS OF DRONE FOOTAGE OF VILLAGE DAMAGED BY FIRE A brutal heat wave punishing the U.S. West pushed temperatures toward all-time records for a third day on July 11, as Death Valley in California, scorching at 130-degrees Fahrenheit (54 Celsius), was again one of the hottest spots on the planet. A heatwave also smashed all-time high temperature records in western Canada. DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 11, 2021) (REUTERS) SIGN READING HEAT KILLS TEMPERATURE REGISTERING 133 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, 56 DEGREES CELSIUS TEMPERATURE REGISTERING 134 PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 11, 2021) (REUTERS) (MUTE) TIMELAPSE OF POPSICLES MELTING IN FRONT OF "POPSICLES" ART INSTALLATION IN DOWNTOWN PALM SPRINGS PEOPLE COOLING OFF UNDER MISTERS IN STREET OUTSIDE RESTAURANT MISTER FAN BLOWING AIR AND MIST TOWARDS DINERS AT RESTAURANT MISTER FAN BLOWING MIST AND ROTATING YOUNG GIRL EATING SHAVED ICE YOUNG MAN EATING ICE CREAM FAMILY EATING ICE CREAM IN STREET JOSHUA TREE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 10, 2021) (REUTERS) (MUTE) TIME-LAPSE OF TWO ICE BLOCKS MELTING UNDER THE SUN IN JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK
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- Keywords: Alabama Hurricane Elsa Indonesia Texas climate change cyclone extreme weather flooding snow tornado
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- Topics: Environment,Weather,Editors' Choice
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- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS PROFANE LANGUAGE (SHOTS 5 AND 93)
Environment ministers from G20 countries will meet in Italy on July 22 and 23 to discuss issues including climate and energy.
The G20 members account for more than 80% of world gross domestic product, 75% of global trade and 60% of the population of the planet.
The meetings come as the European Union on July 14 unveiled its most ambitious plan yet to fight climate change, with a dozen policies setting out in unprecedented detail how to overhaul its 27 economies to become greener this decade.
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