In the Assumption district of Kuban, a shepherd was killed by lightning while grazing cows. This was reported by the head of the department for go and emergency affairs of the local administration Svetlana Ivanchenko.

On the night of July 29 in the Stavropol region, a sharp deterioration in the weather led to severe consequences. Stormy winds with a downpour damaged power lines and uprooted trees.

Temperatures are expected to remain above 80 degrees for the rest of the week.

The last two nights have been cold in the country. In Hedmark, the 56-year-old cold record for July has been beaten.

It was hotter today on Svalbard than in the Norwegian capital, Oslo. So much so, that the previous temperature record from 1979 was smashed.

Due to excessively wet weather, Leduc County has declared a municipal state of agricultural disaster.

Iqaluit saw record rainfall yesterday, creating turbulent streams. Heavy precipitation may lead to fat berries and caribou, and lots of mosquitoes.

With several days left in July, there's a chance that Yellowknife may be on track to break the monthly and summer records for precipitation.

All forest fires have been extinguished in Chukotka, where thousands of hectares of natural areas have been blazing before, according to the region's Department of Natural Resources and Ecology. RIA Novosti, 20.07.2020

The yellow weather alert released yesterday for north and west Iceland has been strengthened to an orange weather warning for the Westfjords region that will stay in effect until midnight. Wind and rain are causing severe disruption.

Conditions will heat up with every passing day and weekend highs will be in the 20s across the country.

You have to be early if you want plums this year. The cause is cold in flowering. It almost snowed when it was flowering. The bees were barely out, and we can see the result here.

On Saturday night a new cold record was measured for July at Sognefjellshytta. There is unusually high cold and wind in several places in Norway right now. And little indicates improvement over the next few days.

The mountain crossings linking the east and west are all open, but on these mountain crossings it has snow.

Low temperatures and precipitation in the form of snow have been reported on several transitions during the day.

Trees across the region were torn down by the stormy gusts, falling on houses, cars and power lines.

Fairbanks summers are trending toward more precipitation. June 2020 set two rainfall records for the Fairbanks area.

Finland is continuing to heat up this summer - and nearing the all-time heat record for June.

Hospital staff in protective gear are suffering as central Sweden experiences a heatwave.

Abnormally warm weather will be established in the north of the Asian part of the country: in Yakutia, Chukotka and Krasnoyarsk region. In these regions, the temperature will reach 30 degrees Celsius.