Summertime weather scenes
This summer has had its share of tornadoes, thunderstorms and heat waves that have caused damage and deaths across the globe – and it’s just getting started.
- Lightning flashes through the sky over the A9 highway near Allershausen, southern Germany, on July 8, 2015. (AFP Photo/Dpa / )
- A woman eats a melting ice cream on July 2, 2015 in Paris. (AFP Photo/Loic Venance)
- A man rides his bicycle under heavy rain in the neighborhood of Koumassi, in Abidjan on June 22, 2015. The high rain fall this month has killed at least 16 people in Abidjan. (AFP Photo/Sia Kambou)
- Spectators sitting in whirlpools together watch the film ‘Pulp Fiction’ shown on a large screen on Prater Island in Munich on July 3, 2015. (AFP Photo/Dpa / )
- Children play as they cool down in a fountain beside the Manzanares river in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, June 27, 2015. Weather stations across Spain are warning people to take extra precautions as a heat wave engulfs much of the country, increasing the risk of wildfires. The country’s meteorological agency says a mass of hot air originating in Africa is moving northwards, bringing with it until at least Monday temperatures reaching 40 C (104 F). (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
- Al Burch examines damage to his kitchen on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, after a severe storm passed through Coal City, Ill. Monday night. Coal City Mayor Terry Halliday said a suspected tornado swept into town, first striking the high school before moving to the southeast over homes and damaging a fire station. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)
- Elsie Yambo inspects damage on Sylvester Street in the aftermath of a storm Wednesday, June 24, 2015, in Philadelphia. Powerful storms that plowed through eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey downed trees and power lines, leaving nearly 400,000 without electricity and disrupting mass transit service in both states Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
- Birds fly as rain clouds are seen in the sky over the river Yamuna in Allahabad on July 6, 2015. (AFP Photo/P / )
- A tree is reflected in a puddle at Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, Mass. on Wednesday, July 1, 2015. The total rainfall for June was 8.1 inches in Pittsfield, making it one of the wettest Junes on record after having a moderate drought declared in May. (AP Photo/The Berkshire Eagle, Ben Garver)
- Indian children ride bicycles along a flooded pathway following heavy rain in Allahabad on June 30, 2014. (AFP Photo/Sanjay Kanojia)
- Mud cracks at the drought affected Carraizo reservoir in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. Thanks to El Nino, a warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects global weather, the worst drought in five years is creeping across the Caribbean, prompting officials around the region to brace for a bone dry summer. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
- Lightning flashes in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area during a thunderstorm on July 2, 2015 west of Las Vegas, Nevada. Several rounds of storms swept though the Las Vegas Valley providing some relief from what was the hottest June ever on record in Las Vegas according to the National Weather Service. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
- This handout photograph released by The Indian Ministry of Defence on June 25, 2015, shows Indian villagers standing on a building awaiting rescue by authorities as floodwaters rise in Amreli District, some 200kms south-west of Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat on June 24, 2015. Heavy rains from a weather depression in the Arabian Sea have moved across the state as the annual monsoon makes its way across the Indian sub-continent. (AFP Photo/P /mod )
- A man adjusts his sandals while wading through floodwater Monday, July 6, 2015, in Las Vegas. Heavy rain throughout the area prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning for parts of Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
- A tourist uses an umbrella to protect from the sun as she goes for a walk by Cascais’ beach on the outskirts of Lisbon on June 29, 2015. Temperatures soared above 40 degrees (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across Spain and Portugal on June 29, 2015, prompting heat alerts, raising the risk of wildfires and drawing crowds to beaches and fountains. (AFP Photo/Jose Ribeirojose manuel ribeiro)
- A woman uses a fan to protect herself from the sun in Cordoba on July 7, 2015. In Spain started on July 1, 2015 a new heatwave which will last for at least nine days and extend to the rest of Europe. The heatwave, the second of the summer, will affect almost all of Spain. (AFP Photo/P / )
- A white heron taking flight over revealed fish nests, normally inches below the waterline in La Plata reservoir in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Thanks to El Nino, a warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects global weather, less rain fell to help refill Puerto Ricoís La Plata reservoir, as well as La Plata river in the central island community of Naranjito. A tropical disturbance that hit the U.S. territory on Monday did not fill up those reservoirs as officials had anticipated. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
- Indian onlookers stand near a section of road damaged by heavy rains in Ahmedabad on June 25, 2015. Some 45 people have been killed in heavy rains in parts of the state of Gujarat. (AFP Photo/Sam Panthaky)
- Cars drive along the street in Kuwait City during a heavy dust storm on July 7, 2015. (AFP Photo/Yasser Al-zayyat)
- A tourist cools off in central Rome’s Ara Pacis fountain on July 3, 2015 as a major heatwave spreads throughout Europe, with temperatures hitting nearly 40 degrees. (AFP Photo/Filippo Monteforte)
- A girl cools off in a fountain in Cordoba on July 7, 2015. In Spain started on July 1, 2015 a new heatwave which will last for at least nine days and extend to the rest of Europe. The heatwave, the second of the summer, will affect almost all of Spain. (AFP Photo/P / )
- Children play with the water of fountains on the banks of the Manzanares river in Madrid on July 7, 2015. In Spain started on July 1, 2015 a new heatwave which will last for at least nine days and extend to the rest of Europe. The heatwave, the second of the summer, will affect almost all of Spain. (AFP Photo/P / )
- A steward shelters from the rain beneath an umbrella as rain halts play in the men’s quarter-finals match between Switzerland’s Roger Federer and France’s Gilles Simon on day nine of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 8, 2015. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE — (AFP Photo/Glyn Kirk)
- Lightning is seen from Vestavia Hills, Ala., a suburb of Birmingham, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. (Mark Almond/AL.com via AP)
- A truck is abandoned amid downed electrical poles and wires Wednesday, June 24, 2015, after a violent storm passed the area Tuesday night in Gibbstown, N.J. Gloucester, Camden, Burlington and Salem counties saw the most damage from the ferocious storms that barreled through the region Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
- A young boy walks between fountains, in Nice, southeastern France, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Temperatures in the area rose to 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
- Raindrops fall into a puddle in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, July 7, 2015, with the city’s landmark St. Isaac’s Cathedral in the background. Cyclone from the west brought rains to St. Petersburg on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
- Debris surrounds a damaged house and car in southwest Tuscola County, Mich., Tuesday, June 23, 2015. A series of severe thunderstorms that pushed damaging winds and tornados into several parts of Michigan wrecked homes and knocked out power to thousands of people, officials said Tuesday. (Jeff Schrier/The Saginaw News via AP)
- The sun sets on the Washington Monument after a summer storm came through the area, on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in Washington. Severe weather that pounded the Midwest and spawned tornadoes shifted on Tuesday to the East Coast, where tornado warnings were issued in several states and rainstorms were strong enough to stop train service. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
- Joe Higgins, right, helps Debbie Epifano walk past a large tree that crashed through their home during a storm Tuesday night in Gibbstown, N.J., Wednesday, June 24, 2015. The home suffered major structural damage, but no one was injured. Gloucester, Camden, Burlington and Salem counties saw the most damage from the ferocious storms that barreled through the region Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
- David Lawrence cools off in a wall of water on the first day of summer, Sunday, June 21, 2015, at Yards Park in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
- Lightning flashes in the sky above the lighthouse near Blyth on the Northumberland coast early Thursday July 2, 2015 as thunderstorms and showers ushered in some cooler weather following the record breaking temperatures of Wednesday. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)
- A rainbow appears in the sky above the Raisina Hill that houses India’s Presidential Palace and the most important ministries after a rain in New Delhi, India, Monday, July 6, 2015. (Kamal Kishore/Press Trust of India via AP)
- Exile Tibetan kids play in the rain at a Tibetan colony in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
- People re-fill bottles of water at a fountain in front of Rome’s Pantheon, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Europe’s heat wave has pushed the mercury to levels as high as 40 degrees Celsius (114 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
- Women hold umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun, passing by a fountain in Skopje, Macedonia, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. A heat wave with temperature exceeding 38 degrees Celsius (100,4 Fahrenheit) has swept over this Balkan country. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
- A catfish sits on the ground as flood water continue to overflow drainage ditches on Gainder Road in Gun Plain Township, Mich., on June 22, 2015. . A few dead fish litter the yards and local residents are concerned about their septic tanks and drain fields after 4 inches of rain fell in a short time . (Mark Bugnaski/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP)
- Firefighters Kendall Kohutek, center, and Seth Wilson, right, come to the rescue of stranded motorist Teresa McGuinness, left, on Antilley Road near Tamarisk Circle, Tuesday, July 7, 2015, in Abilene, Texas. (Nellie Doneva/The Abilene Reporter-News via AP)