13th September - Today's News: Hurricane Florence Weakens but Slows; Catastrophic Flooding Forecast

Hurricane Florence: 'Disaster' still feared as storm's winds weaken with a warning that Hurricane Florence could bring massive amounts of rain, devastating floods to the Carolina coast

And Hurricane Florence joins the ranks of weirdest hurricane and tropical storm tracks

Tropical Storm Olivia makes landfall in Hawaii

Meanwhile, in the Pacific, Philippines typhoon: Millions in the path of the year's strongest storm

So we look like having two near-simultaneous major events as a total of 9 typhoons, tropical storms and hurricanes are sweeping across the tropics

This summer has been the hottest ever at UCLA - records there date from 1932

Switzerland is rapidly losing its snow (and climate change is probably to blame)

The dramatic moment tornado rips through neighbourhood in Crimea

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Dramatic moment tornado rips through neighbourhood in Crimea

Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/12/dramatic-photos-show-moment-tornado-rips-through-crimea-7937885/?ito=cbshare
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A study shows that Asian desert dust could be warming Arctic sea surface, confusing satellites - making them read surface temperatures as being colder than they actually are

And the mysterious extinction of the elephant birds: Who killed the largest birds that ever lived? Guess!