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Summer 2018 in much of Europe was characterised by prolonged heatwaves and droughts.

In the early 2007, heavy rain in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo caused severe flooding.

Severe storm at Klerksdorp, South Africa in November 2006.

Maximum temperature records were broken in many parts of Europe, due to heatwaves.

Drought in parts of Italy an extremely dry spring, caused water shortages in 2017.

Severe thunderstorms with golf ball size hail and flash floods hit Gauteng, South Africa.

Meteosat-8 spots series of dust outbreaks in March 2021.

In mid-September 2017 a huge mesoscale convective system in Croatia caused flash floods.

Fires and rapidly growing burn scars over Mali and Burkina Faso.

Catastrophic floods hit Germany, Belgium and parts of West Europe mid July 2021.