Super typhoon

So far this summer, the US hasn't been hit by a killer hurricane--just record flooding and record heat. Elsewhere, global warming is having its way:

Super typhoon slams into China

A super typhoon, the strongest to threaten China in half a century, slammed into the southeast coast on Thursday killing at least two people, injuring more than 80 and forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes.
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Storm tracker Tropical Storm Risk (www.tropicalstormrisk.com) had graded Saomai a category 5 "super" typhoon--its highest category--but reduced that to category 4 once it came ashore. It landed with a wind velocity of 216 km (135 mph) per hour.

Indian floods worsen, 4.5 mln people homeless

Swollen rivers swamped thousands of villages and towns across India's south and west on Wednesday, forcing 4.5 million from their homes as rescuers struggled to bring them food and drinking water, officials said.

India's annual monsoon rains--vital for the country's agriculture-driven economy--have triggered floods across at least five states since the weekend, killing at least 311 people, submerging villages and causing widespread damage to crops.