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Mudslide in Malibu wildfire zone prompts evacuations as flash flooding in Northern California hits area affected by deadly Camp Fire Across the US, 49 of 50 States have had snow this season, and it's not even winter yet Hull stadium floodlight collapses onto pitch rather than offices as 80mph Storm Diana wreaks havoc with rail, roads and flights Cyclone could form as Queensland fires set to burn through weekend  as people caught up in Queensland bushfires describe 20-metre flames fanned by 'tornado-like' winds Meanwhile, BOM's summer outlook expects above average temperatures and dry in the north A Greenland glacier's quirky glacial behavior explained Climate change risks 'extinction domino effect' - but it wouldn't result in the extinction of " all " life on Earth ...  Not even snowball Earth did that. And some strange seismic waves that rippled around world baffle scientists

2018 is on track to be the 4th hottest year on record according to the WMO meaning the last four years are 'world's hottest' overall. Queensland bushfire emergency continues with two homes lost but whole towns saved Despite a chilly Thanksgiving - for some - extreme heat increasing in both summer and winter in North America.  Frumpy, no doubt, denies it.   Microplastics pollution in Falklands as high as UK Climate changes brings a risk of many regions increasingly suffer hot, dry conditions at the same time - as happened this year - with implications for food supply And researchers rise to challenge of predicting hail, tornadoes three weeks in advance

Sydney storms: Two killed amid flash-flooding chaos whilst the Sydney weather sparks road chaos, as 'mini cyclone' blows part of building off  and further north in the Queensland bushfires: Thousands told to flee 'catastrophic' threat . Sydney weather and Queensland bushfire extremes have a common thread When a bushfire creates a storm, fire tornadoes, dry lightning and pyrocumulonimbus clouds are just the beginning  In the UK, travel hit across Wales amid 70mph winds and tomorrow looks windier.  And in Ireland, ESB working to restore power to 19,000 customers as weather warnings extended Apparently the EU aims to be 'climate neutral' by 2050 - so does that mean no soya or palm products?   No hardwood furniture?  No contrail producing air travel?  No, it's just a con ....  There's a lot more to AGW than CO2.   Meanwhile,  CO2 emissions rising for first time in four years - and it's no good blaming China when all ...

Cars overturned as huge tornado tears through Italian city of Crotone as storm-battered southern Italy hit by more bad weather In the US, winter storm Bruce heads east after dumping snow throughout Midwest Tourists baffled at rare weather event off coast of Thai island - 4 waterspouts at the same time, caught on video The WMO see a strong chance of a new El Niño forming by early 2019 As I said would be the case yesterday: Trump on climate change report: 'I don't believe it'   Frump is so predictable! Iran earthquake: More than 700 injured in Kermanshah And the Met Office announce that UK summers could be over 5C warmer by 2070 - but that doesn't mean they will.   And thankfully I'll not be around to find out.   The full report is here .

Northern Queensland experiences record high temperatures: The Sunshine State swelters as record-breaking heatwave pushes temperatures above 40C and the hot weather will linger - but tell Frump, he'll deny it .... Meanwhile Queensland bushfire evacuation order widens and conditions set to get worse this week Snow hits the US Midwest:  Hundreds of flights are canceled amid blizzard warning and a state of emergency is declared as Midwest snowstorm wreaks havoc for Thanksgiving travel Arabia remains wet.  Heavy rainfall in Iraq kills at least 21, displaces thousands whilst thunderstorm, heavy rains continue to lash UAE How climate change could be causing miscarriages in Bangladesh - sounds bizarre, but it could be true. And could an anti-global warming atmospheric spraying program really work?   Maybe.  But the side-effects could be even more disasterous .....  As numerous other studies have shown.  This latest study is on feasibili...

Turtles die as cold temperatures set regional records for Thanksgiving in NE USA.  In Frumpland this proves that the whole planet is not getting any warmer.   So he'll be none to bothered that a report warns of growing impact on US life .  Cos it's all fake, innit?! Rain helps douse California fire but slows search crews Pacific Ocean typhoons could be intensifying more than previously projected Slow Arctic freeze raises risk of polar bear extinction, say scientists - slight exageratioin there, methinks, and one which will only come back to bite.   But the arctic is freezing up slower than normal. A happy ending for Toshka the flying Yorkshire terrier blown away by a gust of Arctic wind And Amazon rainforest deforestation 'worst in 10 years', says Brazil

As a dust storm hits Sydney, NSW Government issues air quality warning and with 'thundersnow', dust storms and gale force winds: What is going on with Australia's weather? California wildfires: Rain brings threat of mudslides Perfectly timed image captures the rare moment conditions were just right to catch the Northern Lights and an elusive 'moonbow' in the same frame Climate change: Warming gas concentrations at new record high - but don't worry, it's cold in a small part of the USA this week, thus proven global warming is a hoax.  I know so, cos President Frump says so! How volcanoes and glaciers combine as powerful methane producers The climate of small star TRAPPIST 1's seven intriguing worlds has been calculated And the source of 2015 Southeast Asia smoke cloud found - the burning of peat to clear land for palm oil crops ....

Snow hits southern England after temperatures plummet overnight - actually, they didn't drop particularly low, but it's not very warm today.  And apparently it even snowed this morning in Evesham - though as I was in the shop at the time, I missed it .... Massive waterspout forms off the coast of southern Italy .   Meanwhile, in NZ, another waterspout sighting on North Shore 'crazy' Australian dust storms cloak outback NSW, could hit Sydney if winds persist M igrants trapped in Bosnia awaken to winter’s arrival - some seeingf snow for the first time in their lives. But it looks like there'll be n o snow in Lapland at start of Santa season Current climate models underestimate warming by black carbon aerosols And a d ead sperm whale found in Indonesia had ingested '6kg of plastic' including 115 cups .....

The 1st snow of season in Sapporo latest ever recorded California wildfires: Concern over rain in search efforts Video footage shows massive waves crash into apartment buildings as storm hits Canary Islands  whilst mainland Spain battered by weekend storms too Enormous tornado whips up dirt and debris as it surges through New Zealand 12 dead in central Vietnam flash floods, landslides Thousands flee as Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts And 'true polar wander' may have caused ice age to begin 3.2mya

The USA's brutal first winter storm of the season brings up to six inches of snow, shuts down all New York buses and kills at least eight across the US with major criticism of how unprepared New York was and the chaos than ensued.  The death toll from the catastrophic California wildfires rises to 71 and more than 1,000 people are missing  And there are worries over CO2 emissions from intensifying wildfires Severe thunderstorms bring damaging winds and large hail to south-east Queensland Finland has greyest start to November since 2000 Snow tsunami shows winter arriving, as pictures show ice halo and noodles in the Siberian cold Terrifying twin tornado touchdown in Turkey caught on camera And how overflowing crater lakes carved canyons across Mars

Before and after aerial shots reveal devastation in California as wildfire death toll rises to 63 with over 600 now reported missing In India, over 12 killed as cyclone Gaja pounds Tamil Nadu Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/national/over-12-killed-cyclone-gaja-703230.html Kuwait halts flights as torrential rains lash region El Nino triggers landslides in Peru, tornado in Argentina How Houston's urban sprawl increased rainfall, flooding during Hurricane Harvey Fires sparked by lightning destroy $3.6 million worth of crops in Western Australia's Wheatbelt And an erroneous climate change study reported far and wide, corrections few and far between - although quite how erroneous (and how ths ignificant any errors may be) isn't actually that clear outside of Wattsyland.

Jeddah storm warning as deadly floods sweep across Saudi Arabia with at least 30 dead in recent days California's wildfire death toll rises past 50, more than 100 still missing Snow and ice spread from Mississippi to Maine in the East’s first big winter storm of the season Climate simulations project wetter, windier hurricanes Deluge and Drought: Climate Council issues grim warning on looming water security crisis for Australia Massive impact crater from a kilometer-wide iron meteorite discovered in Greenland .   Evidence of the "Clovis Comet" impact?   Probably not.  As yet it's been dated only to within the past 4 million years.    The full paper can be read here . While at the South Pole: Rock 'hotspot' causes ice sheet to sag For arid, Mars-like Peruvian desert, rain brings death to the microbes living in the Atacama soils. If there life around Barnard's Star?  Cold Super-Earth found orbiting clos...

California fires: Firefighters hold containment lines in north as the official death toll rises to 48 Hurricane Florence set at least 28 flood records in Carolinas Records from deep earth confirm Indian landmass is warming  And the unintended consequences of dams and reservoirs - they can actually make droughts worse

The wildfire which razed Paradise is now the joint deadliest in state history leaving 29 dead and 228 missing with 2 other deaths reported in other fires. After yesterday saw eight months of UAE rain in one day: now new storm set to hit Dubai and Abu Dhabi And in Brazil: Mudslide in Rio de Janeiro state kills 10

California reels as the most destructive wildfire in the state's  history kills at least nine in the north razing 6,700 homes , driven on by Santa Ana winds.  And a look at the weather and climate behind the infernos that wrecked Paradise and threaten Malibu More Jordan flash floods: Eleven killed and tourists evacuated from Petra as the Middle East suffers a spate of wet weather.   Kuwait's public works minister resigns amid severe flooding - the country had an interesting response to heavy rain and flooding earlier in the week: declare a public holiday!  Meanwhile, another torrential downpour bursts ceiling tiles at Saudi airport Here, flood chaos leaves thousands without power and homes under water after heavy rain lashes west of Britain The USA's October 2018 records: Wettest on record in Texas, warmest October in Alaska NASA's Juno probe captures stunning view of 'magnificent, swirling clouds' on Jupiter And it's not just soya and...

Northern California wildfires force thousands to flee Paradise as town burns In NZ, bad weather moves north after bringing snow, heavy rain and washouts to the South Island Here, it's been soggy out west: Roads and homes flood in Pembrokeshire as more rain due And the good news is a 'remarkable' decline in fertility rates .  The bad news is the suggestion that ever growing human populations are in any possible way anything at all other than a very, very bad thing ....  A 50% drop in population levels over the next 100 years ought be the target (and would probably, in itself, alleviate most human induced climate change).

Port Macquarie pummelled by 'life-threatening' tennis ball-sized hailstones  In NZ, highway bridge washed out, students stranded in mountain lodge as severe weather batters the West Coast Melbourne weather: Flash flooding as massive deluge hits Aurora Australis with bonus 'picket fence' wows southern lights chasers in Tasmania Heavy rain causes havoc and widespread disruption across Northern Ireland In the US, the past week has been the deadliest for tornadoes since April 2017 Toxic smog returns to Delhi after Diwali Climate change causing more severe wildfires, larger insect outbreaks in temperate forests Satellite data reveals there are far fewer lakes below the East Antarctic Ice Sheet than previously believed Could thinning out high-altitude clouds combat climate change?    Not sure it'd that make that much difference.  And in any case, what about contrails? A new study says large hydropower dams 'not...

More tragedy from the Italy storms: Two families killed in Sicily house Tornado confirmed in Baltimore, killing 2 Delhi panic over toxic air ahead of Indian festival Diwali And in northern India record-breaking snowfall leaves farmers worried in J&K's Doda Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/66499614.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Italy storms: Five dead as northern villages are cut off How glaciers created a huge 'flour' dust storm in Greenland Category 6: Is it time to increase the hurricane scale? And an off topic but rather worrying: Search and rescue contract criticised by mountain volunteers

Extreme weather reveals changing climate in the UK, says a new report from the Met Office.  Hot days (and nights) are getting hotter, cold days less common. In the US, severe storms, tornadoes rattle Deep South, leaving 2 dead and 100,000 powerless Canberra fire: Pierces Creek blaze alert level reduced after thunderstorm hits city And new research suggests that the oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated'