Weather impacts around the world in 2021
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Extreme weather events in 2021 broke records across the globe, with many disasters likely made worse by climate change
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Jan-Nov 2021 temperature anomalies (relative to 1981-2010 base period) -2 -1 0 1 2 3°C
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1 Feb: Cold spell in normally warm Texas kills 125 people and leaves millions without power in freezing temperatures

2 Feb: East Africa suffers its worst locust plague in decades, spurred on by unusual weather patterns

3 Mar: Desert dust sweeps into Beijing, causing China’s worst sandstorm in 10 years

4 Jun: Hundreds die during record-breaking heatwave in western U.S. and Canada. All-time high of 46.7°C in Portland, Oregon

5 Jul: More than 300 people killed in central China’s Henan province when a year’s worth of rain falls in three days

6 Jul: Record rainfall and floods kill nearly 200 people in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands

7 Jul: Prolonged drought hits large parts of South America, particularly Argentina, Brazil and Chile

8 Aug: Mediterranean gripped by extreme heat, with wildfires forcing thousands to flee their homes in Algeria, Greece and Turkey

9 Aug/Sep: Nearly 100 people killed in U.S. after Hurricane Ida hits Louisiana as Category 4 storm

10 Sep: Melting of long-frozen permafrost layer poses increasing threat to infrastructure and homes in Siberia

11 Nov: Worst flooding in 60 years in South Sudan affects about 780,000 people, or one in every 14 residents

12 Nov: Severe storm in British Columbia brings a month’s worth of rain in two days, destroying roads, houses and bridges
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© GRAPHIC NEWS  Sources: NOAA, Reuters