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Pictures of Mexico flooding: Tropical depression Hanna drenches north Hawaii dodges potentially dangerous Hurricane Douglas Floods hit northeastern Japan as major river bursts banks China's Three Gorges Dam under fast mounting flood pressure Terrifying footage captures person running from a tornado in Guatemala Siberia’s ‘gateway to the underworld’ grows as record heat wave thaws permafrost whilst in Yakutia there have been desperate calls for help from Arctic village of Svatay caged by wildfires And as a result of avalanche debris, one Icelandic roads still has seven meters of snow in July

Hurricane Hanna lashes south Texas coast with howling winds and surging sea whilst, rather amusingly, a section of Donald Trump's 'indestructible' border wall collapses as Tropical Storm Hanna lashes south Texas Meanwhile, in the Pacific, Hurricane Douglas could become just the third one in modern history to make landfall in Hawaii Here, a tornado hits Northampton causing thousands of pounds worth of damage Flash flooding hits Inverurie leaving cars submerged as torrential rain batters Scotland Australia's NSW coast pummelled by severe weather as flooding, coastal erosion feared The Mediterranean Sea was 3.6°F hotter during the time of the Roman Empire - the warmest it has been for the past 2,000 years, study shows And another Arctic heat record broken as the hottest ever day recorded in Arctic Svalbard

Taipei records hottest day since 1896 Greece wildfires rage out of control 'Firenado' spotted in explosive Californian wildfire Three storms are threatening the United States and the Caribbean this weekend Argentine Patagonia provinces under a blanket of snow in what is regarded as the worst winter there since the 1990s In the Amazon, fires in Pantanal, world's largest tropical wetlands, 'triple' in 2020 Bangladesh in crisis as monsoon floods follow super-cyclone Streets in South Korea's Busan overflow with floodwater Plastic pollution to weigh 1.3 billion tonnes by 2040 And lightning strikes more than 100 million times per year in the tropics - and maybe once a year in Evesham ....

Baked by midsummer sun, Arctic sea ice could face worst losses on record - already at record lows for mid July Hurricane Douglas barrels toward Hawaii, Storm Gonzalo strengthens in the Atlantic and another storm emerges near the Texas coast An epic hail storm puts out wildfire burning across northern California A new assessment of historical records concludes that recent decades of European floods are among the worst in 500 years - although of course there is much more infrastructure on flood plains and manipulation of river curses today, all of which greatly affect the extent and consequences of flooding. In NZ, snow falls to lowest levels this winter in the south Assam flooding: Several rare rhinos die in India's Kaziranga park China floods: Huai river alert level raised amid heavy rains earlier in the week whilst today thousands evacuated in China after floods threaten villages A new claim that due to climate change, polar bears could be lost by 2100 - so how did they surviv...

Death Valley records temperature of 128F - the hottest reading on the planet in three years In pictures: Severe floods engulf eastern China In Assam: Fifty dead and two million hit by India monsoon floods Where's all the severe weather gone?  So far, there have been no hurricanes in the Western Hemisphere in 2020. Here's how unusual that is whilst the stunning lack of U.S. tornadoes since May not seen since the 1950s New South Wales erosion: Huge swells leave homes at risk of collapse A tornado tore down trees in Devon not a UFO, says Met Office - though I'm not convinced it wasn't straight line winds Surprise flash floods hit Italy's Palermo Climate change: Siberian heatwave 'clear evidence' of warming Summers could become 'too hot for humans' - in my opinion they already are! Solar Orbiter: Closest ever pictures taken of the Sun And, new evidence shows how massive tidal wave in 6,200 BC swept away Doggerland that linked UK to mainland Europe an...

'A third of Bangladesh underwater' after heavy rains, floods Two killed in flood in Turkey’s Black Sea city Rize Floods kill 16 in South Sulawesi, 23 people missing Sydney endures the harshest cold snap in years with wild weather battering the east coast More wild weather in Siberia at the weekend:  hail, fires and tropical storms, with temperature hitting record +35C in world’s coldest city It's snowing sea foam! The ground turns white as rain, gale-force winds and waves batter Cape Town Scientists warn of rapid melting of Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday glacier’ Methane emissions have gone up everywhere except Europe And scientists propose plan to determine if Planet Nine is a primordial black hole

In New York, Tropical Storm Fay adds to city's woes .... as torrential downpours cause at least 10K to lose power in the region Close-up video footage from earlier this week as Minnesota records first EF-4 tornado since 2010 And in Arctic Siberia, the Pole of Cold district that recently recorded desert-like heat of +38C now sees snow

Tropical Storm Fay is set to batter NYC on Friday and bring flash flooding and sustained 50mph winds China cities declare flood 'red alerts' as extreme weather threats surge Japan braces for more heavy rain as death toll rises to 66 Forest fires kill at least six in Ukraine's Luhansk region June's Calgary hailstorm that caused $1.2B in damage ranks as Canada's 4th costliest natural disaster England's future water supplies at 'serious risk' Comet Neowise can be seen with the naked eye throughout July - but only in the early hours of the morning After the end of the lockdown, dirty air 'on the rise again' in UK cities as traffic returns to normal, whilst new road plans will scupper CO2 targets, report says . And in the battle against climate change: 'rising chance' of exceeding 1.5C global target

Record temperatures meant Siberian Arctic 'up to 10 degrees warmer' in June whilst the intense Arctic wildfires set a pollution record for the amount of CO2 released.   And further climate change may cause extreme waves in Arctic by the end of this century. Japan battered by more heavy rain, floods; at least 58 dead June 2020 was 'tornado drought,' fewest number of US twisters in nearly 70 years, forecasters say And in Canada, a B.C. couple escapes from 'debris flood' that filled home with mud, logs, rocks

Japan floods: Country braces for more rain as death toll rises to 37 Historic hotel suffers after heavy rain in Wales on Saturday, whilst a couple narrowly avoid being crushed by a tree as it is blown down across a crossroads in west London as 55mph gusts batter Britain Australia's big freeze: Temperatures drop below freezing as snow blankets some parts of the country .  Well, it is mid winter! Pink ice in Italy's Alps sparks algae probe and climate change concerns And eerie wildfire phoenix seen from space 50km south of the Arctic circle And did the lockdown really intensify Cyclone Amphan?   It might have.  A little.

Torrential Kyushu rain leaves at least two feared dead and 13 missing with the latest reports saying that 15 found with no vital signs in rain, flooding in southwest Japan Thunderstorm winds of 100mph derail 86 freight cars and snap powerline poles in half in Texas India floods: Thousands evacuated in Assam as river banks burst Amazon fires at 13-year high for June Last month's 100-degree fahrenheit temperature confirmed in Siberia; 90s measured at Russian Arctic coast And ESA shares incredible, never-before-seen view of icy Martian canyon

Arctic fires worsen and threaten world famous park set up to recreate flora of woolly mammoth era 2020 brings Finland's hottest June in 60 years France beats all-time temperature record as another scorching summer is forecast - the warmest first half of a year on record Ukraine floods: Why climate change and logging are blamed 'Juneuary' hits northern Rockies as nearly 6 inches of snow falls at Utah ski area A rare bomb cyclone leaves 10 dead in south Brazil A major new paleoclimatology study shows global warming has upended 6,500 years of cooling  - the Neoglacial is officially dead! Meanwhile, a Met Office study says that the UK could hit 40C 'regularly' by end of this century .  But the news report also suggests we could see 35c most years by then.  We already do ..... How better knowledge of severe storm patterns may improve tornado warnings And more on the extreme warming of the South Pole