Weather & Earth Science News

 Sunday saw  lockdown treat as families frolic in the white stuff, sledding, building snowmen and even having a snowball fight outside Buckingham Palace after people across the South were woken by deafening 'thundersnow' clap this morning    We even had 1cm of snow in Evesham ..... but it didn't last long.  Still, the most we have seen since March 2018.     And on Monday morning, the  icy blast sparks travel chaos   in parts of the Midlands. Meanwhile, in California, r are Malibu snowfall sees excited locals break out the sleds   while an Alabama tornado kills one man and injures at least 20 as buildings collapse, roofs fly off church and hotel and people are trapped in cars - while winter storm blankets Midwest And  International Space Station detects blue 'jets' of lightning shooting upwards from thunder clouds that could influence greenhouse gas concentrations in Earth's atmosphere

Storm Christoph: Evacuations amid floods and snow   as the full impact emerges of the  wrath of Storm Christoph: Man drowns in swollen river, homes teeter on cliffedge and care home residents are floated to dry land on dinghies And in Bewdley, the dramatic moment town's flood defences were breached Storm Christoph floods tracked by satellite radar Meanwhile in Scotland, there's a warning of avalanches following heavy snowfalls - and not just in the Highlands. A dangerous heatwave building across Victoria with temperatures expected to soar to 44C at Mildura   whilst  Western Australia is bracing for Cyclone Lucas to make landfall today And  Tropical Cyclone Eloise Slows after Landfall in Mozambique

Central Spain records temperatures of -25C after snowstorm   whilst a s nowstorm in France strands 2,000 vehicles on highway In Kent,  Rochester village becomes island as flash floods cut off roads   while in  Cambridgeshire: Residents urged to 'stay safe' after heavy rain brings more floods Indonesia earthquake: Sulawesi hospital among collapsed buildings An   'exceptionally hot' 2020 concludes warmest decade And a 2018  Grand Canyon fatal helicopter crash 'probably caused by wind'

Motorists stranded and trains delayed as winter weather pummels Japan    This comes after   Madrid is paralysed by first heavy snow in fifty years . While in the US, a  Winter storm leaves more than 150,000 people without power across Texas as some cities in the Lone Star state record their largest snowfall in almost 40 years   Here in the UK, we may see more snow before too long ....  And who knows, maybe even some more light pillars?    Mystery lights seen over Glasgow sky 'like something from War of the Worlds' But not everywhere is cold.    Figs grow as winter heatwave rages on in Greece Indonesia landslide: Rescuers buried as they help victims And   Aerial photos of Lake Cakora at Brooms Head reveal spectacular 'tree of life' patterns

Storm Filomena: Spain sees 'exceptional' snowfall Here, snow-coated Britain wakes to fresh warning of ice and freezing fog after England suffers coldest night of winter so far with -11.1C low   - but there's only be a scant dusting of snow in Evesham, but the daytime maxima on Thursday was just -1.5c (it rose to just above freezing by midnight though) Avalanche flattens five homes at Russian ski resort amid fears children could be buried by snow Deadly flash floods tear through Bolivia's Sucre city Weakened 'ice arches' speed loss of Arctic floes 2020 in a dead heat for world's warmest year And a  NASA probe snaps spectacular images of the Red Planet's Valles Marineris - the largest canyon in the Solar System

Norway landslide: Seventh body found as rescuers continue search Families rescued in Peak District after getting trapped in snow on Saturday - most of whom should not have been there in the first place - as Derbyshire police pan 'stupid' hikers for defying Covid rules and getting stuck in snow  Tropical Cyclone Imogen delivers falls of more than 200mm to Queensland Gulf communities while a huge thunderstorm smashes Sydney with giant hailstones, dangerous wind and heavy rain

 Norway landslide: Body found as rescuers search Gjerdrum landslide - 9 people remain missing The Met Office take a look back at 2020 In Australia, Victoria hit by severe thunderstorms, producing heavy hail and flash flooding New evidence for a massive paleo-tsunami at ancient Tel Dor in Israel And has 2020 ended as the warmest year on record?    It looks like being close ....