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3rd April - Today's News: Hundreds Dead, Missing in Colombian Landslide

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April 03, 2017

Colombia landslide leaves at least 254 dead and hundreds missing

Tornadoes kill 2 in Louisiana, while severe storms trigger water rescues in Mississippi

5 Dead In Maharashtra As Heat Wave Sweeps Through Parts Of India but it's now thought it may have been heat radiation from rocks sizzled Bhira at 46.5 deg C: IMD

NSW floods: Girl escaped car that entered Tweed River, three other passengers feared dead meanwhile video emerges of a Gold Coast family saved as their home swept away whilst floods in NSW and Queensland claim more lives. But good news as exhausted horse saved from floods in Australia whilst thousands of birds flock to Australia's inland lakes after record rain

And in the Highlands, we had the fewest avalanches recorded in almost 10 years - though that was largely down to the lack of heavy snow fall this winter.

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23rd September - Today's News: Climate Change Impacts "Accelerating"

September 23, 2019

Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather for UN talks with the five warmest years on record occurring in the past 5 years. Meanwhile on the Pizol glacier: Swiss hold funeral for ice lost to global warming After heavy rain in Northern Ireland, Sion Mills residents return home following 'worst flooding' in years Last week saw the first snow falls as winter arrives in northern Sweden Japan's latest typhoon leaves 30 injured; downgraded to extratropical cyclone 5 deaths now linked to flooding in Texas after Tropical Storm Imelda Magnitude 5.6 earthquake rocks buildings in Albania The UK's climate change: 800 years tracked using oak tree rings And how Enceladus causes snowfall on other moons of Saturn

12th March - Today's News: Channel Snowstorm Causes Chaos

March 12, 2013

With a max of +1.7c yesterday was my coldest March day on record, whilst a flurry produced a slight dusting here this morning ..... Somewhat colder and snowier down towards the Channel though as hundreds of drivers left stranded overnight as storm causes traffic chaos across the South-east . In the Channel Islands, Jersey Airport suspends flights for second day whilst Guernsey snow hits schools, roads, buses and airport . There's been some impressive drifting too. Roads, flights and trains hit by snow in France as other parts of Europe gripped by winter weather outbreak as well. Meanwhile, snow and ice cause travel chaos in Scotland but up in Sutherland and the Hebrides they could do with snow as Highland crews called on to tackle wildfires - it's that season again. And in stark contrast, down under, Melbourne breaks heatwave record Study predicts lag in summer rains over parts of US and Mexico Remote clouds responsible for climate mode...

23rd February - Today's News: More UK Floods, European Storms

February 23, 2024

Flood warnings in place across England and Wales as heavy rain and strong winds hit UK One death and thousands without electricity after storms in France whilst Scandinavian storm tears the roof off a train station and leaves ferries idle but no one hurt 8 people die in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state as heavy rains cause landslides and floods There's been another rare Tropical Storm in the South Atlantic And another Moon landing: US firm Intuitive Machines makes historic touchdown

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