- Title: Extreme weather timeline from July-September 2021
- Date: 12th December 2021
- Summary: AHRWEILER, GERMANY (FILE - JULY 15, 2021) (REUTERS) RESIDENTS CLEANING UP (SOUNDBITE) (German) RESIDENT MICHAEL AHREND, SAYING: "It is not a war, it's just nature hitting back. And we should finally start listening to it." VARIOUS OF STREETS COVERED IN MUD SCHULD, GERMANY (FILE - JULY 16, 2021) (REUTERS) AERIAL VIEW OF SCHULD BRIDGE COVERED IN DEBRIS TROOZ, BELGIUM (FILE - JULY 16, 2021) (REUTERS) TURNED OVER CAR / FLOODWATERS IN RIVER VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUILDINGS FRIDGE STUCK IN HOUSE WINDOW GEULLE, THE NETHERLANDS (FILE - JULY 16, 2021) (REUTERS) MAN STANDING IN FLOODWATERS INSIDE HOUSE VARIOUS OF MAN TAKING BELONGINGS OUT OF FLOODED HOUSE VARIOUS OF FLOODED HOUSES ERFTSTADT, GERMANY (FILE - JULY 17, 2021) (REUTERS) FLOOD WATERS ON ROAD COVERING LORRIES SUBMERGED LORRIES AND TRUCKS LORRY THAT HAS BEEN WASHED UP ON TWO OTHER TRUCKS SEVERAL CARS SUBMERGED (DOORS OPEN) SOLDIERS AND EMERGENCY WORKERS CHECKING VEHICLES DINANT, BELGIUM (FILE - JULY 24, 2021) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) FLOODWATER CARRYING SEVERAL CARS DOWN STREET Over three days in July, 617.1 mm (24.3 inches) of rain fell in Zhengzhou, nearly equivalent to its annual average of 640.8 mm, causing widespread damage and disruption in a city that is a major transport and industrial hub. ZHENGZHOU, HENAN PROVINCE, CHINA (FILE - JULY 22, 2021) (REUTERS) (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING BULLDOZER MOVING PEOPLE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING MAN WALKING IN FLOOD WATER IN FRONT OF SHOPS VARIOUS OF DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING PEOPLE IN RAFT PADDLING THROUGH FLOOD WATER DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING BULLDOZER MOVING THROUGH FLOODWATER, MOVING PEOPLE DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING FLOODED STREETS Drone footage captured on July 24 showed an area near Wenatchee, Washington, where the Red Apple Fire burned down trees and scorched the earth. WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES (FILE - JULY 24, 2021) (REUTERS) (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING FIRE-SCARRED HILLS WITH PLUME OF SMOKE DRONE FOOTAGE OF SMOKE RISING ON HILL DRONE FOOTAGE SMOKE RISING AMID BURNT OUT HILLS DRONE FOOTAGE OF HOME SURROUNDED BY GREEN GRASS AMID BURNT OUT LANDSCAPE DRONE FOOTAGE OF HOME NEXT TO BURNT OUT HILLS The Dixie Fire ranked as the second-largest California wildfire on record - surpassed only by the million-acre-plus August Complex Fire of 2020. BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - JULY 24, 2021) (REUTERS) FLAMES OVER TREELINE FLAMES OVER TREES FLAMES IN RED-TINGED FOREST SCENE FLAMES OVER TREES MEADOW VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - JULY 31, 2021) (REUTERS) SMOKE BILLOWING HELICOPTER FLYING OVERHEAD HELICOPTER IN AIR MEADOW VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT TRUCK SPRAYING WATER VARIOUS OF SMOKE BILLOWING GREENVILLE, CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES (FILE - AUGUST 5, 2021) (REUTERS) CARS AND BUILDINGS BURNED IN WILDFIRE EXTERIOR WALLS OF BUILDING STANDING AFTER FIRE SWEPT THROUGH TOWN / PICK UP TRUCK DRIVING THROUGH RUINS U.S. President Joe Biden declared an emergency in California and ordered federal assistance to boost local responders' efforts to battle the Caldor fire, the White House said on September 1. EL DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - AUGUST 29, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CALDOR FIRE BURNING HOMES DRIVING SHOT OF CALDOR FIRE BURNING IN FOREST AS HEAVY SMOKE IS BILLOWING SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (FILE - AUGUST 30, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS FIGHTING THE CALDOR FIRE BURNING NEAR LAKE TAHOE
- Embargoed: 26th December 2021 03:39
- Keywords: COP26 summit California Germany Greece India Turkey Western Europe climate change drone video environment flooding weather wildfires
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- Topics: Environment,Weather
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