17th October - Today's News: Hundreds Still Missing in Florida After Hurricane Michael

Rescuers search for 1,000 missing in Florida Panhandle after hurricane however the death toll attributed to the storm is currently just 19.  And Michael’s second wind: A rare case of a tropical storm that strengthened over land 

At least 1 dead in Texas flooding that caused bridge collapse, breached dam

After the flash floods hit France: the scale of the damage

It's been quite warm across northern Europe of late.  In Finland on Sunday it was 20C in October, Autumn temperature records broken, in Czechia, Prague temperatures eclipse October record  whilst record, near record high temperatures reached as autumn persists mild in Estonia as well.  And on Saturday the record temperature for Brussels beaten though this appears only to have been a date record, as was the case in Ukraine yesterday where the temperature record broken in Kyiv, thermometers show +23 by Celsius on October 16

And it's been a 'year of extremes' for shrinking Swiss glaciers in 2018: study

Cyclone Titli: Death toll climbs to 27, relief-restoration work stepped up
Scientists find missing piece in glacier melt predictions

And more evidence that climate, not war, is the biggest threat to those living in impoverished nations, and instigating mass migration, with the Afghan drought 'displacing more people than Taliban conflict'

 more at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/66227724.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst