Weather of 2010

January 1–3 Overnight snowfall on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day caused disruption in North East England, affecting roads across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Teesside. Snow also fell in parts of East Cumbria. In places, the snow fell as deep as . On January 2, a weather front with a northerly wind brought heavy snow to the northwest of England. Wythenshawe, near Manchester Airport, saw of snow. This affected road transport, particularly in the Greater Manchester area, causing the closure of Snake Pass and poor conditions on the M60, M602 and M66. and the Newbridge Roundabout in Edinburgh. Rail services between Inverness and Central Scotland were also affected by poor weather. Heavy record-breaking snow also fell in Moscow in early January 2010 and light snow briefly fell in Greece and Turkey. Possibly more than 200 people died in northern India, mostly in Uttar Pradesh, after a cold snap and accidents in heavy fog around January 2 and 3. Heavy rain fell in parts of southwestern Brazil. The worst affected municipality was Angra dos Reis, about southwest of the city of Rio de Janeiro. At least 35 people were killed at a resort on Ilha Grande after the hotel was buried under a mudslide. In Rio Grande do Sul, at least seven people were dead and 20 missing after a bridge collapsed due to heavy rains. It was reported to be one of the worst mudslides in Rio de Janeiro's history. January 4–5 On January 4, heavy rain fell in Brazil. Heavy snow fell in northern China and grounded hundreds of flights on the 4th. Beijing was hit by a blizzard starting the evening of the 2nd, with 70–80% of flights canceled out of Beijing Capital International Airport on January 4. Schools across the area were closed. Continued snowstorms were forecast for the city of Beijing and the province of Inner Mongolia. It was also predicted on January 7 for snow to reach the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and Hubei on January 9 according to China National Radio. One person was killed in Xinjiang Autonomous Region as a result of the storm. Japan's Hokkaido island was hit by heavier snowfall, causing heavy travel disruption and some airport closures. By January 4 about 30 people died from cold-related causes in the last 11 days across Bangladesh as snow and a cold wave swept over the north and center of the nation. Freezing fog also occurred on the 4th in Punjab, India. Some parts of Bangladesh were the hardest hit with temperatures plummeting as low as 6 °C. The New Brunswick villages of Upper Cape and Port Elgin were devastated as a massive hurricane-strength blizzard hit Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island on January 4, causing massive blackouts in its wake. In Scotland, Fife Council became the first local authority to confirm that its supply of grit was exhausted on January 4, after it received less than it had ordered from suppliers. Government Ministers denied there was a shortage of grit and salt and insisted there were "very substantial" supplies for Scotland's roads. January 4 saw four villages in Sakhalin lose power as a result of a storm. The 2,000 strong town of Tomari was worst hit. Blizzard struck Sakhalin island, a narrow island in the stormy Sea of Okhotsk, off the coast of Siberia and just 25 miles north of Japan's snowy Hokkaido island. On January 4, many motorways in Shandong were closed and 19 flights canceled in the Yantai International Airport. January 4 saw Seoul's heaviest snowfall since 1937, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. The blizzard dumped of snow on the town. Avalanches and heavy snow hit the Russian's Sakhalin Island, which was smothered by a snow cyclone and blizzard, the Island's emergency officials said. Civil authorities were put on a major alert in the province of Shandong on January 4 as more snow fell in both Shandong and Beijing. Travel was affected as the snowstorm paralyzed Beijing on January 4, 2010. Inner Mongolia was still in a critical situation as teams battled to clear severe rural snow drifts. 4–8 inches (10–20 centimeters) of snow fell in Beijing on the 5th, in the largest snowfall since 1951. 2,000 weather modification offices in China were used to bomb the skies with silver iodide to induce rain or snow. Schools in Beijing and Tianjin were closed. The capital received the harshest Siberian winds in decades. BBC Weather and the Met Office also warned that temperatures in the Highlands of Scotland could drop to later in the week. The Met Office also confirmed that the UK was experiencing the longest prolonged cold spell since December 1981. and the public bought up large amounts of cooking salt and table salt to put on their paths and drives. The government was reported to have reallocated reserve supplies of road salt and grit from Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire and sent it to Cumbria and Fife due to the higher priority of even lower salt and grit reserves, along with the greater snow clearance work, according to Radio Oxford. and flooding and hailstorms hit southeastern Australia and Queensland in March 2010. The lack of winter precipitation in parts of China, however, contributed to a severe drought in the southwest. Bolivia, Venezuela, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco and Spain had also seen periods of drought in 2009 and 2010. On between May 12 and 26, both Mauritania, the Sénégal River Area and neighboring parts of both Senegal and Mali faced both a drought and famine in 2010. January 6–9 Snow and fog occurred in Germany from January 3 to 10. The Finnish railways and Helsinki airport were disrupted by further snowfall and record low temperatures for the Helsinki region. On January 6, the London Borough of Harrow closed 58 schools. 73 flights were canceled after 3 cm of snow fell at Heathrow Airport. Continued snowstorms were forecast for the city of Beijing and the province of Inner Mongolia. Electricity rationing started on January 7. Snow started falling in Gangsu province on January 7 ad reached the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and Hubei on January 9. The Met Office confirmed that of snow fell in some parts of southern England. A "severe" warning issued by the Met Office was in place for every region in the UK. Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond said Scotland was experiencing its worst winter since 1963. In Eastern Parts, there were accumulations of 40 cm to 50 cm in places. In Kent, six inches of snow fell in four hours in the early evening. By January 7, 2010, 22 people had died in the UK because of the freezing conditions. Heavy snow blocked many roads in the Irish Republic. Dublin Airport closed on January 6 and again on January 9. Cork Airport closed on January 10. Dublin Bus canceled all services for a time. Ireland West Airport was also closed. A new Irish record low temperature of was recorded in Dublin, Ireland. Temperatures in County Limerick dropped to . Varying amounts of snow fell across Ireland on the 7th and 8th and road salt reserves began to run low. The snow fell heavily in some places of Spain including Prades (Tarragona, southern Catalonia) which received 120 cm of snow after a storm lasting over 30 hours. The BBC News reported heavy snowfall as far south as Granada, in Spain. 25 people, mostly children, died as a blizzard swept over most of Nepal on January 7. Heavy snow also fell in Chicago on the 7th In Norway, temperatures hit on the 7th in the village of Folldal as snow fell across Scandinavia on the 8th as Kuusamo in Finland, the lowest registered temperature was . Heavy blizzards and snow storms raged across Germany, Scandinavia and the northwestern parts of European Russia. In Poland, more snow hit the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, and nine people died across the country in a 48-hour period, bringing the total weather-related deaths to 139 since the start of November, a police spokesman said. The snow continued to fall on the 10th. Bitter weather may have wiped out some Alaskan reindeer as temperatures and snow depths exceeded those of the extraordinarily harsh winter of 1963 to 1964. Many Oxfordshire locations had between 1 and 2 ft of unmelted snow. Cherwell District Council workers began using a mixture of table salt and sand instead of their diminishing road grit and rock salt supplies. Record overnight temperature lows of were recorded in Altnaharra, Caithnessshire, in the Scottish Highlands on the 7th. as another area of low pressure over the North Sea started bringing further fronts of snow over the east of Great Britain on January 7, accompanied with cold, easterly winds. The snow continued in to the 9th and the UK almost ran out of road salt, rock salt, table salt and road grit supplies due to the heavy demand from various agencies and local government bodies. By January 7, 2010, twenty-two people had officially died in the UK because of the freezing conditions. 122 people had already died in Poland, most of them reportedly homeless and 11 had died in Romania. Deaths in Bosnia and Austria luckily stood at only 4, with Kosovo only losing 1 life so far. The heavy snowfall across the British Isles between January 6 to 9, resulted in large-scale traffic disruption, closed airports, many canceled trains and hundreds of school closures. A polar low developing in the English Channel brought fronts of snow over southern England before moving south and dissipating. Two middle-aged men died after falling into a frozen lake in Leicester, in the English Midlands. Heavy snow fell in the North of England throughout the day giving significant accumulations. A high of −7.7 °C was recorded at Tulloch Bridge. Heavy snow fell in Denmark on January 8. By the evening of January 8, the Rügen Islands off the northeast coast of Germany was covered, on average, in 30 centimeters of snow while the capital Berlin was carpeted with snow and ice. Autoclub Europa warned that chaotic traffic conditions could potentially leave large parts of Germany completely paralyzed as the country prepared for further freezing conditions as forecasters warned that temperatures would drop below −20 degrees Celsius (−4 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight. As shortages in road salt and grit were already being feared, while the authorities recommended that people consider stocking up with a few days' worth of food and water. The A5 autoroute leading from Baden-Württemberg into France was closed on Friday afternoon, leading to a queue of hundreds of lorries building up. The road was opened again on Saturday morning. Snow was also proving to be a major problem in Saxony and the Rhineland. The French government said all non-essential travel should be avoided in these localities. On January 10, Croatia declared a national flood emergency as the Neretva River reached near-record high levels, flooding the town of Metković. Northern Croatia also got flooded in related storm system. Heavy hailstorms also hit the Dubrovnik that day. During the early hours of January 10, light snow showers spread across parts of Central England and Wales. The maximum temperature was in Altnaharra and low of was recorded at Kinbrace. On the 11th rain, sleet and snow traveled northwards throughout the early hours. Allenheads in England had fears over a potential snowdrift. A low of was recorded in Altnaharra in Highland Region. More than 300 flights were cancelled on 10 and 11 January at Germany's Frankfurt Airport. All three runways were cleared and being used by 12 January despite light snow falls that day. in Alton, England, on January 10 The snowstorms and blizzards of 11 January brought widespread travel chaos to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Hungary. Airports, Motorways and railways were closed en masse due to heavy snow and ice. Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Liechtenstein, the Czech Republic and Slovakia also reported some snowfall. January 10 saw heavy snow fall in Chicago. Freezing rain storms battered parts of Sichuan, Yunnan and Hubei, killing dozens of people. On January 10, 1 person died and 5,435 were evacuated after a snowstorm in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. A total of 261,800 people in 12 counties or cities were affected by the blizzards. On January 11, intense snowstorms hit a still beleaguered Europe. Many cars and a lorry were stuck in drifting snow near the northern German town of Soehlen. The German transport ministry warned people to travel on essential journey only. Polish authorities reported that there were about 140 hypothermia deaths in Poland, that nearly 50,000 Polish residents without electricity, that the PKP trains were delayed by as much as 9 hours and that most of Poland's homeless shelters were overflowing. A similar situation was also occurring in the shops and homeless shelters of the Czech Republic. Snow also fell in Belarus. Coal supplies ran low at power plants as the death toll rose to two in the strong snowstorm in the Altai and temperatures fell to −40 °C on January 12. January 12–14 On January 12, heavy snow caused hundreds of accidents, halted flights, and downed power lines in Poland. More than 160 people were trapped overnight on a frozen stretch of German roadway. Hundreds of road accidents were also reported in Germany over the weekend, especially along the Baltic Coast. Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein were also badly hit by snowy and freezing conditions. , England, on January 12 Heavy snowfall continued for a second day in Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen and Rutland. A further 5 to 10 cm of snow fell across the UK during the midday of January 12, including Stafford in Staffordshire. Many schools were once again closed across England and Wales. There were many road accidents and closures; the M25 motorway was down to one lane between Leatherhead and Reigate whilst roads stretching right across southern Great Britain were untreated causing havoc for commuters. Gatwick and Birmingham airports were closed and many flights were delayed at Heathrow. road's pot-holes during 2010. The Banbury Cake and the Banbury Review newspapers did an exposé on the weather-induced potholes during the second week of January 2010. They were filled in by May 2010 after media pressure. The filled-in one is from 2011. During January 13, the weather system continued north affecting much of Northern England before reaching Scotland. On January 14, southerly to south-easterly winds brought bands of snow to northern parts of Britain. About 440 Welsh schools were either fully or partially closed on Thursday the 14th. The English snowfall began to ease on the 14th and the British government ordered an inquiry into the road salt and grit shortage scandal crisis, travel disruption and the poor handling of the disaster by various British companies and agencies. As the thaw took hold in the UK and France, rain began to fall across the UK. It was revealed on the 14th that all of the British county councils, London boroughs and unitary authorities were advised by the government to have six days' supplies of road salt in 2009. Up to 30 councils rejected last year's offer of thousands of tonnes of de-icing salt at a reduced price, to use on the roads this winter according to the BBC. Heavy rain also fell in parts of Indonesia and Queensland, Australia. Later, the Environment Agency warned that heavy rain and snow melting in slightly warmer temperatures meant that there was a risk of some localized flooding from drains, especially in Wales and parts of England. They issued flood warnings for possible isolated river flooding in these areas, as heavy rain moved in from the south west on Friday evening. In Scotland, a landslide led to the temporally closure of the A76 in Dumfries and Galloway, while a section of the M74 was shut temporally shut due to flooding. On the afternoon of January 19, the National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for San Diego County, as potentially tornadic thunderstorms crossed the area. As the fifth and second-strongest of the week's storms slammed into California on January 20, officials predicted as much as four feet (1.2 metres) of snowfall in Northern California. Rouiller expected that evening's storm to bring from 4 to 12 inches of rain, severe mudslides, a few tornadoes, and heavy mountain snow ranging from 6 to 15 feet across the Sierra Nevada mountain range. which was entering its fourth year by 2010, On January 22, the sixth storm caused heavy rainfall and additional flooding in parts of Los Angeles. During that week, the storms dropped to of rain in Los Angeles. In California, the storms dropped a maximum total of of rain in the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada, while a maximum total of of snow was recorded at Mammoth Lakes. In Arizona, the storms dropped a maximum total of of snow at Flagstaff. Near Wikieup, the Big Sandy River crested at , breaking the previous record of previously set in Match 1978. Overall, the storms killed at least 10 people, and caused more than $3 million (2010 USD) in damages. January 19–30 On January 19, heavy rain fell in Oxfordshire and King's Sutton, causing some flooding. The River Cherwell nearly flooded Banbury and parts of Oxford. Light snow fell in the Pennines on January 19. On January 20, heavy rainstorms wreaked havoc in Haifa, Israel, as snow covered Mount Hermon in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Both Wakehurst Place, near Ardingly, West Sussex and Bedgebury Pinetum, near Lamberhurst in Kent, were damaged. Iain Parkinson, Wakehurst's woodland and conservation manager who had worked on the estate for 23 years, said it was the worst storm he had ever seen in the park. The Onland Mountains and Sikhote-Alin Mountains were buried in snow as the weather system swept through Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais, Russia. Lake Khanka froze over and was then covered in snow. Power, gas and water cuts occurred in Istanbul. From late 2009 through early 2010, a series of massive snow and ice storms that swept the Dakotas caused a number of Indian Reservations to lose power, heat, and running water for an extended period of time. The storms were most severe in Ziebach and Dewey counties, South Dakota. The heavy snow, ice storms and low temperatures of January 25 and 26 led the closure of parts of Interstate 90 and Interstate 29. Power outages began with a storm in December knocking down around 5,000 power poles, and were accelerated by an ice storm on January 22 knocking down another 3,000 power lines on the reservation. Among the tribes of South Dakota affected were the Cheyenne River Sioux, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The reservations were further buffeted by the February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard, which further depleted foodstocks and exacerbated the power problems. January 28–31 On January 28, floods tore through the River Dnieper's and Prypiat River's floodplains. Weather forecasters said that the abnormal winter in Ukraine had seen severe snowfalls being replaced with long-lasting frosts and temperatures as low as −30 °C. Extreme winter weather that began in December and followed a hard summer drought that prevented farmers from stockpiling food for their livestock. The bad weather had also reduced food security, intensified poverty and increased domestic rural-urban migration for many families. January 30 and 31 saw heavy snow storms hit the East Coast of the United States and the Sierra Nevada of California. A nor'easter dumped tons of snow over much of central and eastern parts of the United States. The nor'easter unleashed heavy snow over the Central United States, and left some places with over of snow. It then moved eastward and turned up the coast of America, and left some places with over 12 inches of snow on January 30,. Rain and floods also hit Southern California. 6 inches of rain and temperatures of 15 °C were recorded at Long Beach and L.A. on the 31st. == February ==

February 1–4 On February 1, the Chinese government aid arrived in Mongolia and included 10 million Yuan's (1.46 million U.S. dollars') worth of food, portable power generators and quilts. It was said to be the worst snow storms in both Mongolia and Inner Mongolia in at least 30 years. GOES 12 on February 6, 2010, at 0531 UTC On February 1, utility crews were working overtime to get power back to the 14,000 residents of Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. The wind chill factor averaged about −25° and there was about 1-foot of snow on the ground on average. An unusual event dropped 82 mm of rain and flooded out 27,000 homes over a 24-hour period. The average February rainfall is only 36 millimeters. The El Niño phenomenon was blamed for the unusually high sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean that moved east, thus pulling rainfall along with it. causing air, rail, and Interstate highway travel to come to a halt. On February 6, authorities said about 4 inches of rain fell in Hollywood Hills and 3.2 inches in Santa Barbara. , cars were buried under more than of snow by 8:45 am EST on February 6. The snow storms of February 6 and 7 left record levels of snow in many cities. Approximately of snow had fallen by midday on Saturday. Some 300,000 homes were without electricity in Maryland and neighboring Virginia, while Washington, D.C., was reporting an initial figure of 100,000 power outages for that day. On February 7, 10 people were dead across Kandahar Province, according to the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS). Najibullah Barith, ARCS's director in Kandahar complained of the lack of local and national resources. A series of avalanches caused by a storm in eastern Afghanistan killed 172 people on February 8 and 9. 11 were killed by avalanches in Farah, Bamyan, Ghor, and Daykundi provinces between February 4 and 8, a spokesman of the Afghanistan National Disasters Management Authority said. and trapping over 2,000 of travelers. They were caused by a freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains located in Afghanistan. Several heavy avalanches killed 15 and on a highway north of Kabul killed at least 15 and injured 55 on February 8 and 9, according to the Afghan Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). A few other avalanches and landslides also hit other parts of the snow laden Hindu Kush. 60 died and hundred were still missing on February 9 a treacherous mountain pass in Afghanistan series of avalanches smashed into and badly damaged an long Soviet-built Salang tunnel after several days of heavy snow in the Hindu Kush. Afghan Interior Minister, Hanif Atmar 24 dead were found and 40 more were feared dead. The defence minister, Abdul Rahim Wardak said 3,000 people had been trapped in vehicles along the mountain pass, that is at an altitude , but about 2,500 were rescued later that day. Several inches of snow fell in both Washington, D.C., and New York City on the night of February 10 and 11. On February 8, nearly of snow was recorded at Reagan National Airport, and nearby Dulles International Airport recorded a local record of . The storms were dubbed "Snowmageddon", by US president Barack Obama. In Western Bulgaria it snowed non-stop for more than 48 hours, with up to a metre of snow accumulation in Kyustendil. United States federal government activities were ground to a halt by the, in some places 3 ft deep, snowfall in Washington, D.C., on the 10th. February 11 saw heavy snow east coast USA, but power workers resorted electricity supplies to 100,000 users in Maryland on February 11. On February 11, at least of snow fell in some areas, and strong winds caused drifting in places across Kent and East Sussex. Snow also fell in Sheffield, Berkshire, Brighton and the Grampian Mountains. Snow was confirmed in 49 states by February 13, and small patches of remnant snow on the north face of Mauna Kea in Hawai'i were confirmed soon after. The snow on February 12–13 forced the cancellation of Bi-Lo Myrtle Beach Marathon XIII. A record depth of 12.5 inches of snow fell within 24 hours in the Dallas–Fort Worth urban metro on the 13th. The result of the massive snowstorm led school districts being shut down and over 200,000 buildings were left without power, and forced to use fire and candles to light and heat their homes. A 1 ft tall wind-induced wave swept 3 people off of various southern Californian beaches on February 14, slightly injuring one. Light snow fell in both parts of Hampshire and Fife, and heavily in the mountainous regions of Sakhalin Island on the 15th. About 1,800 out of 24,00 flights at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Airport were canceled on February 13. Numerous minor car accidents happened all around the Metro Atlanta area. Moderate amounts of snow fell in Gwent and Northamptonshire on the 16th. Weather forecasters warned of more snow predicted across South East Wales and parts of Central England. Moderate snow fall was reported in both Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, the Malvern Hills, Pembrokeshire, Bristol, Aberdeenshire and Greater London on February 17 and 18. The various London Authorities warned of growing travel chaos in London on the 18th. Over two inches of snow had fallen in part of Gwent, Pembrokeshire and Gloucestershire on the 18th. The roadways in the Gloucestershire town of Dursley had been quickly covered in snow that as a cold weather front moved over the west of the county of Gloucestershire, Chief Inspector Steve Porter, of Gloucestershire Constabulary told motorists to take care and warned that many roads including the B4221 at Gorsley and the A4136 at Longhope had had major accidents. Most of the roads would be closed due to heavy snow for the next few days. including in the Welsh town of Pant Glas, Gwynedd between the 18th and 20th. A horse racing meeting in Naas was abandoned due to heavy snow the following day. Light snow fell in Oxfordshire overnight on the 20th and 21st, causing minor traffic disruption. Manchester Airport was heavily disrupted late on the 20th, closed at 7.10am on the 21st, but opened later that morning after much heavy work clearing the snow off of the runways. Flights were still disrupted by midday. A Eurostar train, with between 700 and 800 passengers on board, broke down in Kent due to the extremely cold weather and heavy snow in the United Kingdom. Between 6am and 11am local time (and UTC), of rain was recorded at Funchal weather station and of rain at the weather station on Pico do Areeiro. The average rainfall in Funchal for the whole of February was . Damage was confined to the southern half of the island. About 42 people were reported dead and about 68 According to Portuguese media, the storms were the deadliest on the east Atlantic island since prior to October 1993, in the most extreme rainstorms in 17 years On February 22, 102 to 120 were confirmed injured and 42 were confirmed dead in Madeira. A major winter storm started plowing its way through upstate New York, southern Vermont and Berkshire County, Massachusetts on the 23rd. Colonie, New York saw a total of 17 inches of snow. Hancock, Massachusetts had seen 9.5 inches, with the forecast total at 10–15 inches, and Stamford, Vermont had seen 9 inches. Salem County, New Jersey was hit by heavy snow fall on the 24th, and 4 to 12 inches of snow were predicted to fall the next day by weather forecasters. On February 23, snow fell in Southeast Texas. Snow accumulated in counties north of Houston such as Conroe, Texas, which received 2 inches of snow. Huntsville, Texas had seen about 2 to 3 inches as well as College Station. Only a trace of snowfall fell in Houston, Texas. A winter storm warning was issued for counties north of Houston, while Houston had a winter weather advisory. The extreme winter storm spun around the Northeast by the 25th. Oneonta, New York had seen of snow from this storm. New York City had seen , and Philadelphia had seen of snow. Washington, D.C., and Baltimore had remained under light rain. Boston saw of rain from this storm, and was reported in Belfast, Maine. Major flooding prevailed along coastal New England. The Shawsheen River at Wilmington, Massachusetts was at 8 feet above its banks, and the Merrimack River at Amesbury, Massachusetts was at 20 feet above banks. On Friday morning and night, most of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine were without power. Sustained winds of up to 65 mph pounded the Cape Ann area of eastern Massachusetts. Wind gusts of up to 95 mph were reported in Gloucester, Massachusetts and Rockport, Massachusetts. Millions of trees were felled in the wind from Providence to Bangor. Boston received 52 mph sustained winds and 74 mph gusts. Between February 25 and 26 flood warnings covered most of Rhode Island, the , Boston and Norfolk County in eastern Massachusetts. Orange County, New York saw 2 to 3 feet of snow in Montgomery and Bullville. Widespread snowfall across Scotland brought extreme disruption. 61 cm of snow was recorded in Aviemore as hundreds of people were stranded in cars in Dunblane. Schools and transport services were disrupted. Two people died in Glencoe in an avalanche. Temperatures reached −19.2 °C in Braemar. Some people in Perthshire were stranded in their cars for 17 hours. 45,000 homes in Scotland were left without power. On February 26, heavy snow hit New York and more was forecast for the next day. On February 27, unusually heavy monsoon rains hit Haiti. 11 people died the town in Les Cayes, 3 died in the village of Torbeck, 5 died in the village of Les Cayes's Gelee as rain induced mudslides and flood waters hit them. In January 2010, heavy rain caused flooding which buried or washed away roads and railways leading to the ancient city of Machu Picchu, trapping over 2,000 tourists in addition to 2,000 locals. Machu Picchu was temporarily closed, but it reopened on February 28, 2010. Peru's rail crew had been hard at work since then, and Machu Picchu reopened to tourists on April 1, 2010. February 28 – March 2 Xynthia 51 were killed, 59 injured and 12 were missing in France, 6 killed in Germany, 3 killed and 2 severely injured in Spain, 1 killed in Portugal, 1 in Belgium, 1 in the Netherlands and 1 in England as heavy rainstorms hit the Bay of Biscay and central France on the 27th. Winds of up to caused chaos as the storm moved from Portugal up through the Bay of Biscay, while a maximum gust of in Spain and in France were recorded. Both Belgium and Denmark were hit by heavy rainstorms overnight as the windstorm moved further northeast. 5 people were missing and 1 was injured in Aytre. The French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux declared the storm as a natural catastrophe. The Météo France meteorological service predicted the storm was by then heading towards Denmark. ==March==

March 1–5 It was confirmed on March 1 that 45–52 (reports vary) French people had died, and that the French government had launched an equine in to why the incident had been so disastrously mishandled, especially around La Rochelle and L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer. The 2010 Queensland floods saw inundation of the towns of Charleville, Roma, St George and Theodore among others. The floods were caused by rainfall generated by a monsoon trough described by a Bureau of Meteorology forecaster as "almost like a tropical cyclone over land". Over the period March 1–3, rainfall totals of between were observed in the area. This water ran into already saturated rivers and creeks in the area. The floods, described by the Queensland Minister for Primary Industries Tim Mulherin as the "worst flood in 120 years", were, however expected to provide a billion dollar boost to the local economy, following the "worst drought since Federation". The floods saw a large increase in the Australian plague locust population, and the Australian Plague Locust Commission was concerned the locusts would head south and destroy what was expected to be a bumper winter grain crop. The 2010 Uganda landslide occurred in the district of Bududa in eastern Uganda on March 1, 2010. The landslide was triggered by heavy rain between 12 pm and 7 pm that day. At least 100 people were believed to have been killed. The chairman of the eastern Bududa district suggested that the death toll could be as high as 300. The landslide struck villages on the slopes of Mount Elgon, including Nameti, Kubewo, and Nankobe. AirTran Airways canceled several flights out of Atlanta Airport due to bad weather on March 1 and 2. The Thames Barrier closed twice in less than 24 hours to protect London from a combined high tide and tidal surge in the Thames estuary, where it had been predicted that the water would rise by another 50 cm. The Ewaso Nyiro River in Kenya burst its banks and flooded a safari park's guest house on the 3rd, killing nine people. On March 4, 20 people died in Afghanistan, when an avalanche struck 2 villages in the Wakhan Mountains. Several dozen ships, some with nearly one thousand passengers were stranded in rapidly forming sea ice due to cold weather and strong winds in the Gulf of Bothnia, between Sweden and Finland and near the Baltic Sea. Some of the ships were freed by icebreakers on March 5. On March 5, 20,000 people were left homeless when flood-induced landslides struck Bududa, Uganda. March 6–20 , March 6, 2010 The 2010 Victorian storms were a series of storms that passed through much of the Australian state of Victoria on March 6 and 7, 2010. One of the most severe storms passed directly over Greater Melbourne, bringing lightning, flash flooding, very large hail and strong winds to the state's capital. It was described as a "mini-cyclone". On March 8, Catalonia saw its heaviest snowfall in 25 years; up to 50 centimeters fell in Barcelona. Over 200,000 residents of North-Eastern Spain were left without power, and up to 500 passengers were evacuated from a train traveling to Southern France, which also was experiencing blizzard conditions, with many schools closing. Nîmes and Perpignan were the worst-hit. A state of emergency was declared in Northern Spain, on March 10, due to the unseasonal blizzards. Forty roads in France were closed with snow reportedly 3 ft deep in some areas. Italy also experienced the effects of the Arctic blast; there was traffic chaos in Siena, Assisi and Pisa, with snowstorms stretching as far south as Rome. On Majorca, havoc ensued with 6 major roads closing, due to unseasonal snowfall. On March 10, transportation and power supplies were disrupted by blizzards around Zagreb, hurricanes around Rijeka and a mixture of both in Dalmatia. Both Istria, the northern Adriatic coast and Lika, had electricity supply problems, according to Croatian Power Company (HEP). Heavy rain and rapid snow-melt contributed to the failure of the Kyzyl-Agash dam in Kazakhstan on March 11, killing more than 40 people. On March 12, about 4,000 people were made homeless by floods in the Kazakh towns of Almaty, Kyzyl-Agash, and Zhylbulak. A total of 30 people had been confirmed dead as the flood waters from, the dam that had burst on the 12th reached 2 meters deep on March 13. The American military officials closed Misawa Air Base on March 10, as a blizzard swept across northern Japan, dumping a record-setting 20 inches of snow on the base by mid-afternoon. A cyclone with snowstorms approached Kamchatka coast from the Sea of Okhotsk on the 13th and moved inland by the 15th, after which the storms died out in Eastern and Central Kamchatka with no casualties. The Ust-Bolsheretsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Yelizovo districts of Kamchatka were badly hit by the high wind and snowfall. The fourth major winter storm to strike the East coast of the United States caused widespread flooding, severe beach erosion, and tree and structural damage from Virginia to Maine on the 13th. The storm killed at least nine people, and left over 1 million without electricity. After the storm, severe to record flooding occurred at the Pawtuxet River in Rhode Island and along the upper tributaries of the Mississippi River. On March 16, BBC Weather reported that areas of Portugal and Spain witnessed the highest recorded levels of precipitation since World War II. Australia faced the worst flooding in 60 years as 134 people in the small rural town of Wanaaring, just south of the Queensland/New South Wales border, remains cut off on the 18th. The Paroo River peaked at 4.8 meters and broke its banks on the 17th. A major sandstorm hit Kano in northern Nigeria on the morning of March 19. The whole federal state was filled with sandstorms. All flights into and out of the federal state were canceled amid softy fears. Similar events occurred over the border in the drought hit Niger. The Harmattan wind caused others in Mauritania. Rain fall had paradoxically gone down in the African Sahel region as it went up in most other parts of the World. March 21–24 Cyclone Ului made landfall in southeastern Queensland on the 21st, producing heavy rains and flooding. After nearly a month of flooding, the Croatian Kosinj Valley was the center of about 11 million Kuna (1,514,000 Euros) worth of damage in the region of Lika, Croat officials said on March 22. On March 23, a major storm sweeps of the lens west of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, and finally falls on the North Korea and South Korea. The Xinjiang, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei regions were already faceing drought and sandstorms earlier this month. A major sandstorms hit both Mauritania, Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea and inland Sierra Leone. Another gets southern Algeria, inland Mauritania, Mali and northern Côte d'Ivoire. and temperatures began to rise in Southern England and Greater London. On March 31, 48,000 Northern Irish, 24,000 Scottish and 150 Irish homes were without power as heavy snow fell in Northern Ireland, parts of Staffordshire, and Scotland's Southern Uplands. About 300 people were freed by rescue services when 120 vehicles ventured out during a blizzard in County Londonderry's Glenshane Pass. 17-year-old Natasha Paton, from Cleghorn in southern Lanarkshire died as the coach she was in skidded and crashed in the snow on the A73 road, outside Wiston, also in southern Lanarkshire. The UK Met Office issued severe weather warnings for the next day in the following regions: Northern Ireland, Northern England, Wales and Scotland. The storm followed the coldest winter in decades to hit the UK, and was the second most severe storm to hit the UK this year. The most severe was the January 6 snowfall in Southern England and South Wales. Despite lower snow depth of 40 cm, the south was less prepared and has a higher population density than Northern Ireland and Scotland, so the storms caused more chaos and damage to the UK economy. First Great Western closed both Islip railway station and Bicester Town railway station for part of the day due to heavy snow fall on exposed stretches of track. Snow also caused travel disruption for buses and cars in South Glamorgan. Both the Rhone and the Danube begsn to swell at their upper sections due to heavy rain and snow related melt water on the 31st. ==April==

On March 31, the UK Met Office issued severe weather warnings for April 1 i Northern Ireland, Northern England, Wales and Scotland. Tume, who lives in Ulan Bator, said that he had noticed that there were several harsh winters in a row. He blamed climate change, but experts said that overgrazing by cattle had also killed off most of the country's grassland. 161 people were injured (including several rescuers), while at least 15,000 people were made homeless. Meteolagists exspessed concern over the intensity of the storms and their aftermath. The worst part was on the 5th and 6th. Two buildings suddenly fell into the River Buriganga in Nababerchar city's Kamrangirchar district during a heavy storm on April 17, 2010. Bangladeshi police claimed the foundations were weakened by illegal lifting of sand by local sand traders. Heavy rain also hit the borders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the evening. A major snowstorm hit New England after the western side of a low pressure system sank southward from eastern Ontario on April 27, merging with part of a second low. Vermont was hit with the most snow, which totaled as much as . Close to 30,000 customers were left without power. In late April, snow fell east of the Rocky Mountains in southern Alberta as the cold sector of a storm dumped over of snow in the Calgary area. Highway 2 was closed, ice coated some roads, and another was expected to fall on Friday along with strong winds. ==May==

May 1–7 May 1–7: Asia One of the hottest seasons on record was recorded in India through May, prior to the monsoon season. At least 250 people died from the country's heat wave. A major dust storm hit New Delhi, India on May 6, 2010. May 1–7: Europe Heavy rain fell in western Azerbaijan on May 1. By May 2, a rain-induced landslide in Alunitdag village in Dashkasan District (western Azerbaijan) covered the yards of two smallholdings. May 5, further rain and flooding happened in most of the country's east. Heavy rainfall in parts of Poland raised the prospect of flooding in the town of Slubice. May 10 – July 14 The 2010 South China floods began in early May 2010. 392 people died and a further 232 people were reported missing as of June 30, 2010; this included 57 people in a landslide in Guizhou. 53 of the deaths occurred from the flooding and landslides between May 31 and June 3, and 266 deaths occurred between June 13 and 29. 424 people were killed by the end of June, bringing the death toll to 542. More than 72.97 million people in 22 provinces, municipalities and regions, May 16 – June 1 The 2010 Central European floods were a particularly devastating series of weather events that occurred across several Central European countries during May, June and August 2010. Poland was the worst affected. Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia and Ukraine were also affected. On May 16, in southern Serbia about 300 people were evacuated due to flooding after heavy rainfall in the country. The flooded area was left with no electricity, telephone lines, or running mains water. Two people drowned in a flooded Pčinja River. On May 17, one person died in the Hungarian town of Miskolc, while two others died in the Serbian town of Trgovište due to flooding created by heavy rainfall. May 20–26 May 20–26: Americas Heavy rain began to fall in Guatemala City on the 24th, causing local rivers to flood. Heavy rain was also reported in parts of Mexico, Honduras, On May 31, the presidents of both El Salvador and Honduras declared a state of emergency for their respective countries. Tropical Storm Agatha had picked up speed and strength over the Central American state of Belize, in the Atlantic basin, on May 31. May 20–26: Asia The 2010 Indian heatwave was a period of extremely hot weather occurring during the summer of 2010 in India and much of South Asia. Said to be the harshest summer since 1800, the heat wave killed hundreds of people due to heat exhaustion and food poisoning. On May 24, 400 people held a protest in the 1,500-strong village of Altit over the lack of aid provision, following a visit to the settlement by Pakistan's Prime Minister. One protester said he was sheltering in a Gilgit school building and that there were too few doctors in the camp. The only reliable means of transport in the disaster zone was by Army helicopter. About 32 villages in the Hunza–Nagar District were said by the local administration to be flooded. By May 27, after temperatures higher than hit areas across the country, at least 18 people died in Pakistan from the heat. May 20–26: Europe Warsaw faced imminent rain-related flooding as the Vistula river burst its banks and inundated many nearby villages on May 20. The Vistula river burst its banks on May 21 and flooded nearby towns. Warsaw was put on flood alert. 23,000 people were displaced in the worst Polish floods in 160 years. EU officials said Poland would receive 100 million euros in aid from the European Union solidarity fund. The Vistula was at a 160-year high and £2,000,000 worth of damage was done in Poland. Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland all witnessed heavy rainfall, as rivers began to swell in Slovenia and eastern Germany. On May 23, the floods hit the city of Wrocław as the Ślęza river broke a dyke and flooded into the Kozanow neighborhood. The Vistula River reached in height and, like the floods in general, was at a level not seen in 60 years. On May 24, levees failed or were tactically dynamited, southern Poland was hopelessly flooded, and the River Oder began to flood Germany. $2,500,000,000 worth of damage was done in Poland as the river Vistula flooded along its entire length and Poland's death toll reached 15. By May 25, another £400,000,000 worth of damage was done and 15 Poles were reported dead. Flooding also affected nearby parts of Germany. Parts of Lower Austria, the Polish town of Slubice and the German city of Frankfurt an der Order started to be flooded from the rivers Spree and Oder on May 27 due to heavy rain. Heavy rain fell across the English Midlands. May 20–26: Middle East A large dust storm swept across both Libya and Egypt on May 26. May 27–30 On May 30, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared a ‘state of calamity’ as the first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season, Hurricane Agatha flooded about 600 homes and killed 12 people the day after a volcanic eruption. The rain made the volcanic ash set like concrete on and around Guatemala City and the city's main airport. A total of thirteen people had already died in El Salvador the day before. People living in or traveling to flood zones in the capital and five other cities were to relocate to shelters, according to a statement on the civil protection agency's website. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center issued an advisory that the storm had strengthened, with maximum sustained winds of or more predicted during the next 48 hours. ==June==

June 1–6 June 1–6: Americas On June 1, the National Hurricane Center stated that the remnants of Tropical Storm Agatha had only a low chance of regeneration in the western Caribbean Sea. By the next day, the thunderstorm activity associated with Agatha in the western Caribbean had dissipated. The storm had severely damaged Guatemala's principal airport with rain induced floods. It also resulted in the death of 1 person in Nicaragua, 152 people killed and 100 left missing in Guatemala (due to landslides), 13 deaths in El Salvador and 16 fatalities in Honduras. On June 6, the remnants of Agatha dissipated completely, after hitting Honduras. June 1–6: Asia 25 died between June 2 and 4 in a heavy rainstorm in Pakistan's Punjab Province June 1–6: Europe On June 2, police in the Czech Republic warned of vehicles’ aquaplaning after a man died in a flooded street due to it. In Slovakia, a 38-year-old man died searching for another man who had fallen into a swollen river. 2,000 people were evacuated in the northern Hungarian town of Paszto. Major flood alerts hit Serbia and Bosnia as their rivers swelled with floodwater. Government officials in Serbia said the situation was "critical". A Croatian drowned in a flooding Istrian river. A total of of rain fell in Zupanja, Croatia, on June 3. The Croatian government sent 5,000 bottles to the Zupanja region, and the Croatian Red Cross launched an emergency appeal. Meanwhile, there was more rain in Croatia and Slovenia. On June 2, several heavy thunderstorms also hit the high Swiss Alps, accompanied by heavy snow in some places. The Hungarian flood level was critical on June 5. June 1–6: Middle East The Cyclone Phet hit Oman's Masirah Island after 1,000 Omanis and 50,000 Pakistanis were evacuated on June 4. (Phet () is a Thai word meaning diamond.) Cyclone Phet made landfall at Thatta about south from Karachi, Pakistan on June 6, 2010, at about 4:30pm GMT. June 1–6: Oceania A waterspout unexpectedly moved onshore as a tornado at Lennox Head, New South Wales, Australia on June 3. 40–100 houses were damaged, and several people were injured by the tornado. June 6–8 June 6 saw heavy rain hit the sun-scorched UK and Ireland. Heathrow Airport had June 6's hottest spot at . On June 7, 150 Polish schools were closed, flood hit Slovakia received 25,000,000 Euros ($30,000,000) in EU aid, and river levels in Budapest reached . The death toll included 1 Hungarian, 3 Slovaks, and 25 Poles. The Polish towns of Wilkow and Winiary flooded. The river level in Warsaw reached and a local dam collapsed, flooding part of the city on June 8. The Polish city of Sandomierz was cut off by flooding. On June 8, a flood alert was issued in Belgrade as the river Danube was rising by per hour in the city. On June 8, heavy thunderstorms hit the British Isles, ending the 6-day-long heat wave. June 13–17 June 13–17: Asia About 42 people were killed by heavy monsoon-related landslides, winds and flash floods in the south of Bangladesh on June 15. Some flooding was also reported in India's Tamil Nadu and West Bengal provinces. The ultimate death toll was 22. June 21–30 June 21–30: Americas On June 21, the Salvadoran Red Cross Society said the El Salvador flood emergency appeal funds were nearly exhausted. The price of oil rose to $77 per barrel on June 24 as a cyclone began to form in the south-western Caribbean. On June 25, the Category 3 strength Hurricane Darby hit Mexico's Pacific coast (passing south-west of Acapulco) with hurricane-force winds reaching up to from the eye. On June 30, Hurricane Alex hit north-eastern Mexico. An area north of the town of La Pesca was hit by winds up to as the storm moved northward. June 21–30: Asia in Zhangshu, Jiangxi on June 21 The rain-swollen Gan River burst its banks and flooded Zhangshu, Jiangxi, China on June 21. June 27 to 29 saw the heaviest rainfall for 300 years in the Luolou township of the Chinese Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 6,673 people were affected; the town was cut off, schools were closed, and people traveled by boat. June 21–30: Europe Heavy rainfall happened in central and north-eastern Romania between June 22 and 29. 1,870 people were evacuated from villages in Suceava county, as the river Siret threatened to overflow on the afternoon of June 28. The railway line to Ukraine, electricity pylons, bridges, and roads were damaged across northern and eastern Romania. On June 29 and 30, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc toured the devastated regions in the north-east of the country. Romanian Interior Minister Vasile Blaga told parliament that the losses were equivalent to 0.6% of GDP. The agriculture ministry estimated that, of of arable land, were damaged. The fortnight-long floods in Rumania killed 23–24 people, injured 43, made 7,000–18,000 homeless, and caused 60,000,000 Euros (US$76,000,000) of damage. One Ukrainian was killed by the floods in Ukraine's Chernivtsi region. ==July==

July 2–9 July 2–9: Americas On July 2, 2010, Hurricane Alex made landfall in Monterrey, Mexico, causing flooding in most of northern Mexico and killing 2 people. July 2–9: Asia Unusually heavy rain hit Phnom Penh, causing transport chaos. The chief of Phnom Penh Municipality's sewage system department said that several hours of rain had overwhelmed the city's drains and flooded most streets. of rain fell on June 2. On July 7, 2010, five people died and eight were missing after torrential rains caused flash floods in Huangyuan County, in China's Qinghai Province. The rain hit six towns at about 10 pm and lasted for about 40 minutes that night. It triggered floods that cut transport links, phone, power, and water supplies. Local authorities and the National Meteorological Center also issued an orange flood alert in central and southwest China; the worst floods for 40 years hit these regions. Heavy rains hit the Hubei and Anhui provinces on July 8, and caused a deep flood which killed 1 person and made 500,000 homeless. Delhi-Manali National Highway 21 remained closed for a second day after water from the rain swollen Beas river flooded in several places near Aut. Several heavy thunderstorms hit the low Swiss Alps, accompanied by heavy sleet in some places. On July 3 a heat wave hit parts of Ryazan province and the cities of Bucharest and Budapest, killing a Romanian man with heatstroke. Heavy thunderstorms hit the high Swiss Alps, accompanied by heavy snow in some locations. July 10–14 July 10–14: Asia On July 11, heavy floods hit Haryana in India and damaged the archaeological site of Jognakhera, where ancient copper smelting had been found dating back almost 5,000 years. The Indus valley civilization site was hit by almost of water as the Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal overflowed. July 10–14: Europe A thunderstorm with heavy rain hit Zürich and the Swiss-French border on July 10. The storm also threatened to close the Avoriaz stage of the Tour de France cycle race. Alpine and North Sea thunderstorms swept across south-east and north-west Germany respectively. Heavy rain fall was also reported in parts of the Netherlands, Ireland, Normandy and the English Midlands on July 13. Thunderstorms hit the English Midlands, Oxfordshire, Ireland, and Northern Ireland. The heatwave ended in the British Isles and north-west Europe. Heavy storms also hit Warsaw, Vienna and Kyiv between July 14 and 16. July 10–14: Middle East Heavy rain and thunderstorms hit the town of Samail in Oman's northern coastal mountain range on July 14. On that day, heavy rain also fell in most of Iran's East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan provinces. July 15–22 July 15–22: Americas The 2010 Milwaukee flood was a series of two disasters in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area of the United States; they happened from July 15 to 23, 2010. Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Texas, Kansas and Nebraska had heavy thunderstorms with a bad tornado in Northfield, Minnesota on July 16. Later in the day all of Manitoba, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Wisconsin, and Minnesota had heavy storms. July 15–22: Europe The 2010 Var floods were the result of heavy rainfall in southern France that caused severe floods in the Var department in the evening of July 15, 2010. As well as generalized flooding, there were also flash floods. Meteorologists said the floods were the worst in the region since 1827, with more than of rain falling in less than 24 hours. At least 25 people were killed, and 14 people were missing. Trees and chimney pots fell as winds hit parts of Wales and the Bristol Channel area, between July 15 and 16. The winds hit Cardiff, Porthmadog, Pontcanna Fields near Cardiff, coastal Pembrokeshire, southern Monmouthshire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Aberystwyth, Portmeirion, and Prenteg as heavy gales passed over South Wales and the Bristol Channel. By July 20, the Yangtze River at the Three Gorges Dam experienced its highest river discharge in 130 years, and the highest since the dam was built. The dam's walls released of water, while per second of the river flow was held back in behind the dam, after water levels in the Reservoir had risen overnight. The reservoir's water levels peaked at on the morning of July 23; the alarm level for the reservoir was . All ferry service in the reservoir was halted when the total flow rate exceeded per second, although the crest of the flooding passed the dam by July 24. A second peak in the river arrived at the dam on July 28, when the peak flow from the dam was a record per second. It was officially revealed on July 21 that more than 701 people were dead, and that 347 were missing due to the severe flooding in China so far; the floods caused the highest death toll since 1998, which saw the highest water levels in 50 years. of farmland and 645,000 houses were destroyed, and 8,000,000 people were evacuated (about the population of New Jersey). The overall damage totaled 142,200,000,000 Yuan or £13,700,000,000. Due to the bad weather, an Airblue passenger jet crashed into the Margalla Hills outside Islamabad killing all 152 passengers on July 28. The Pakistan Meteorological Department said that over of rain fell over a 24-hour period over a number of places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. A record breaking rain fell in Peshawar over one 24-hour period; the previous record was of rain in 24 hours, recorded in April 2009. Many areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa saw more than of rain over July 28 and 29, breaking a 35-year-old record. Heavy rainfall was reported all over the Hindu Kush mountains. 80 died in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, mostly in the Swat Valley. The EU pledged to give €30,000,000 to Pakistan in aid supplies. It remained so on August 1, 2010. ==August==

August 1–2 August 1–2: Asia On August 1 floods occurred in south-east Afghanistan and continued in the Indus Valley. 1,100–1,400 Pakistani people had been killed and 27,000–30,000 were trapped on high ground, clinging to rooftops and trees. India also suffered substantial dislocations of its road network as rescue workers used boats and helicopters in both nations. There were 900 cases of water-carried illness in Pakistan; the town of Nowshera was flooded. The rain continued to fall on parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iranian Baluchistan, and snow blanketed the Pamir Mountains and Ladakh on August 2. About 2,500,000 Pakistanis were now homeless according to the International Red Cross and Mian Iftikhar Hussain said there might be a cholera epidemic in his Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Over 5,000 people were evacuated from their homes and Vladimir Putin organized an emergency meeting for August 2 with the governors of the various regions in the Central and Southern Federal Districts devastated by the fires. The grain harvest in the disaster zone was destroyed. The major landslides were triggered by torrential rains and covered an area of by . 45,000 people in Zhouqu county were evacuated as 7,000 soldiers, fire-fighters and medical staff were deployed to tackle the disaster. Landslides up to five stories deep buried three villages, destroyed roads and bridges, disrupted mobile telecommunications equipment, and cut phone lines, water, and electricity supplies in parts of the region. August 13–29: Europe After weeks without rain, heavy downpours soaked Moscow and nearby areas, bringing further relief for the extended heat wave. However, in Sarov (about east of Moscow) a new fire started near the country's top nuclear research center. Earlier in August, radioactive and explosive materials were moved out of the facility due to the threat of forest fires; however, they were later returned when the threat lessened. Over 3,400 fire-fighters battled the forest blaze, assisted by a special fire-fighting train. The front end of the forest peat fire-fighting came near the town of Roshal (in the Shatursky district) at one point on August 13. Heavy rain and thunder storms hit the British Isles between August 13 and 22, leading to heavy flooding in parts of Sussex, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The low cloud and rain led to the closure of the Bournemouth Air Festival on August 21 and 22. The morning of August 23 saw heavy storms hit Pembrokeshire, the English Midlands and Argyll. Some flooding was reported in Oxfordshire and Pembrokeshire. As the day went on the storms lined up on the east coast between The Wash and Aberdeen, with isolated storms in south-west Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, south Cambridgeshire, south-west Yorkshire, Leicestershire, and Moray. ==September==

September 1–7 September 1–7: Africa On September 1, floods hit the Niger River. Flooded ruins were all that was left of three districts of the West African country's capital Niamey (Zarmagandaye, Lamorde and Karadje) It was the worst flooding by the Niger recorded since 1929. September 1–7: Americas September 4 saw a landslide hitting a bus and killing 12 people, as record amounts of rain fell in parts of Guatemala and south-eastern Mexico. Thousands were evacuated from the Mexican Gulf coastline by the state of Tabasco, as the flooding continued to grow. September 5 saw up to 100 people trapped in a bus by a landslide as torrential rains continued to swamp parts of Guatemala. Most were rescued, but 18 people were killed in the incident. The Chimaltenango department's governor, Erick de Leon, said that the landslides buried dozens of small rural Amerindian communities and killed at least 60 around the local village of Santa Apolonia alone. Local volunteers worked desperately to recover the bodies of two brothers, aged four and eight, who were buried by a landslide in the village of Parajbei. President Alvaro Colom declared a nationwide state of emergency and urged that citizens to stay off the nation's highways due to the likelihood of more landslides. The week-long heavy rain and floods affected some 40,000 people in the country and caused $350–500 million in damage. He also warned that 24,000 more people were at risk and the government was running out of funds. On September 5 floods hit the squalid refugee camps in Azakhel, miles from Peshawar, Pakistan. On September 4 storms swept into the prefecture-level city of Luoyang in China's Henan province at 7 am. A total of 15 villages were hit by gales, hail, flood and heavy rain. Several small boats were sunk. One person was reported dead, and electricity poles and telecommunication links were cut down in some villages as well as three bridges destroyed, farm crops destroyed, and several roads blocked, causing about 900,000,000 Yuan or $132,000,000 in material losses. September 1–7: Europe A second day of heavy rain hit the UK on September 6. August 2010 was the coolest since 1993, with the average maximum temperatures below normal. The rainfall was much above average in both south-east England and Wales, and the third-wettest August on record had happened in East Anglia; over twice the average August rainfall occurred in 2010. September 1–7: Oceania The 2010 Victorian floods were a widespread series of flood events across the Australian state of Victoria from September 2 to 7. Heavy rainstorms hit New Zealand's South Island on September 2; the same rain system then hit Victoria in Australia. Flooding followed heavy rain across south-eastern Australia and caused the inundation of about 250 homes, hundreds of evacuations, and millions of dollars of damage. In Skipton in the state's Western District, 20 properties were put on evacuation alert, while in the Central Highlands 120 people sought refuge in the town hall at Creswick and 30 people were evacuated from a caravan park in Clunes. In northern Victoria, 150 extra police and 50 military personnel were deployed to assist with evacuations and sandbagging. September 8–23 of Hurricane Igor east of Cape Race, Newfoundland Although Hurricane Igor was several hundred miles from the Leeward Islands on September 9, large swells produced by Igor swept two people out to sea in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Since the storms started on September 9, 144 people were killed and 13,000 affected people were moved to temporary relief shelters. Five of El Salvador's fourteen departments were still seeing heavy rainfall. More than 20 homes were destroyed, 24 bridges and 1,600 houses were damaged, as the town of San Vicente ( east of San Salvador) was buried under landslides on November 11, killing several people. Mexico experienced its worst rainy season on record starting beginning on September 10. Mexico's President Felipe Calderón said that 900,000 people were affected in the latest tropical storms. It was the worst such event since Hurricane Alex killed 22 and left 40,000 homeless in July 2010. September 13, 2010 saw Tropical Storm Julia hit the Cape Verde Islands with winds at . September 14–18 September 14–18: Asia A record cloudburst hit northern India on September 18 and 19, causing deadly flooding. September 14–18: Europe The 2010 Slovenian floods on the weekend of September 17–19 were caused by heavy rains in Slovenia, resulting in one of the worst floods in the country's history. Among the regions affected were the capital Ljubljana, the Central Sava Valley, Laško, the Slovenian Littoral and the Lower Carniola region. Initial damage was estimated to reach €15 million. Three people were killed. On September 17, north-east England's firefighters, medics and emergency rescue teams did flood and rainstorm related training exercises at Hurworth Burn Reservoir, near Middleton St George in County Durham, as well as at Rothbury and Otterburn in Northumberland. Three Spaniards died as heavy rains hit southern Spain on September 17. A man died when a wall collapsed in Bujalance in eastern Córdoba province, while a man and a woman died in Aguilar de la Frontera in the south of the province. Storm warnings were announced by the national weather authority later in the day. September 14–18: Oceania Heavy rainstorm and snowstorms hit Invercargill, New Zealand on September 16 and 17. On September 18, heavy flooding closed a stretch covered in water up to deep on and off north of Bulls as high winds and rain created major disturbances around the country. was entirely closed and there were also landslips on at the Manawatū Gorge. The NZ Transport Agency said State Highway 1 between Woodlands and Edendale in Southland had reopened after the ending of heavy snowfalls. Similar weather incidents and some minor car crashes closed parts of . Heavy floods under railway overbridge closed the highway near Marton, forcing a local diversion. The MetService reported more than 100 lightning strikes in the Hutt Valley and Wairarapa region yesterday, setting fire to a shed and igniting several trees early in the day. Despite initial fears, the storm caused relatively minimal structural damage. Although roughly 27,500 of the 35,000 residences across the island were without power, there were no reports of deaths or serious injuries after the storm's passage. Officials in Bermuda stated that the biggest loss from Igor would be lessened tourism revenue following a mass exodus prior to the hurricane's arrival. September 19–22: Asia September 19 saw thirteen more people perish in Uttar Pradesh because of the Yamuna river floods. The maximum temperature in the capital city of New Delhi rose to . Food prices rose because of the destroyed farmland. On September 20, heavy rain and landslides killed 63 in Uttarakhand. September 19–22: Europe On September 22, after a night of steady rainfall Strathclyde Fire and Rescue received 117 calls about flooding in Kilbirnie, Glengarnock, Fairlie, and Largs in North Ayrshire, Scotland. There were similar downpours in parts of Northumberland and Cumbria. In contrast, in Christchurch the weather was sunny, with a temperature of . Similar automotive incidents closed most of as of snow hit Invercargill that day and blocked most of its streets. The airport was closed and Air New Zealand crews were sent home. Overnight snowfalls hit Lumsden and Queenstown for the second night running. Heavy snow destroyed a glasshouse at Eldon Gardens, Donald McDonald's drive in Tweed St, killing 2,000 young tomato plants. The snowfall in Invercargill was about deep, and was probably the worst in the town for at least 50 years. September 23–25 September 23–25: Asia September 23 saw northern India's storm devastating railways with 22 Delhi (inbound and outbound) trains canceled and another 65 diverted due to the severe flooding in Delhi as the river Yamuna reached the danger mark. The Old Yamuna Bridge between East Delhi and New Delhi was closed for safety reasons as the Yamuna river's level rose menacingly. Residents in low-lying areas were evacuated to shelters in New Delhi. The Yamuna river reached a record high above the danger mark in the worst monsoon rains for 30 years, leaving mosquito-attracting pools and coming dangerously near the Taj Mahal; more water was discharged from the Gokul and Okhla barrages. September 24–25: Europe In Scotland, Grampian Police warned of treacherous conditions as flooding hit Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen on September 23. September 26–30: Americas The Mississippi river started to rise and threatened St. Paul, Minnesota, with Mayor Chris Coleman declaring an emergency. The previous week's rain caused the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers to reach flood levels. September 26–30: Asia September 26 saw heavy rain (causing more massive flooding) moving into Bihar and devastating an area around Patna. The Danapur Diyara district was the worst affected. The river Ganges breached its banks and flooded all low-lying areas, leaving many stranded due to flooded roads, collapsed bridges, and precautionary closures. September 27 and 28 saw the flood situation reaching its worst at Agra where the river water level touched . Many neighborhoods and ghats, such as the Taj Ganj cremation ghat, were submerged after several thunderstorms brought heavy rainfall. Almost half of the city was without drinking water. Tourists visiting the Taj Mahal were asked to stay away from the raging river. Settlements in the Balkeshwar and Dayalbagh areas were inundated. More than 30 villages in the Bah tehsil were also badly hit by the Yamuna river floods. September 26–30: Oceania In Waikato, people started preparing for floods as heavy rain threatened to push already-swollen rivers past their limits. Preparations were made for the worst as the region had already been hit by a storm the previous week. While further rain did fall, the most serious flooding at the start of October 2010 turned out to be south of Waikato in the central region of New Zealand. ==October==

October 23–28: North America ==December==

December 5–29: North America ==Gallery==

File:2010 Madeira flooding street 1.jpg|Flooding in Funchal in 2010. File:February 26, 2010 snowstorm Dutchess County 13.JPG|Snowfall in Dutchess County, New York on February 26, 2010 File:Banbury pothole in 2010.png|The Banbury Cake and The Banbury Review newspapers did an exposé on the weather-induced potholes during the second week of January 2010. File:Banbury's__Bretch_Hill_Pothole,_2010..png|The Banbury Cake and The Banbury Review newspapers did an exposé on the weather-induced potholes during the second week of January 2010. File:Banpot2.png |The Banbury Cake and The Banbury Review newspapers did an exposé on the weather-induced potholes during the second week of January 2010. File:Banbury_town's_potholes_2010_`_mk7_(6).png|The Banbury Cake and The Banbury Review newspapers did an exposé on the weather-induced potholes during the second week of January 2010. ==See also==