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Why do UK water companies pump sewage into the sea?   There are a number of reasons, but one of them is simply the increase of "extreme" rainfall events hitting the British Isles.  Thanks to climate change.   Of course, inadequate Victorian drains don't help!  Even here, in one of the driest parts of the country, this morning, in the space of 3 hours, we had 14mm of rain - roughly equivalent to a week's worth.  And it was just a "normal" damp morning ....  we get rain less, but when it rains, we get more fall.   In the Lake District we've seen sewage 'erupts' into the streets amid 'horrendous' floods  whilst drone footage shows extent of Dumfries flooding Meanwhile, in Wales, landslide wrecks Nefyn road after heavy rain And it's not just in the UK .... Sicily floods: Stay at home warning as Cyclone Apollo hits Powerful storm leaves parts of Washington D.C. and Annapolis underwater In NZ it'll be a long weekend for Blenheim bus

Heavy rain hits Cumbria with homes flooded and travel disrupted whilst Glasgow floods days before it is due to host world leaders at COP26 In the Borders, there were two bridges 'washed away' by heavy downpours , with a "major incident" declared at Hawick. However, despite well over a foot of rain falling in the Lake District in the space of 36 hours, flooding was not nearly as bad as happened, under very similar synoptic conditions, in November 2009 . And after Europe's floods: Lessons from German tragedy Apocalyptic scenes over Louisiana freeway as tornadoes lift ATV into the air, whip into power line and send electric blue flash over the heads of drivers on freeway Record California rains help end wildfires and fill reservoirs .  However, there's still “extreme” drought affecting agricultural lands in the northern Great Plains After Victoria and South Australia storms: thousands without power with more wild weather forecast In NZ, temperature soars to 28

Catania: Two dead as rare storm floods streets of Sicilian city The world's greenhouse gas build-up reached new high in 2020 - despite a downturn in activity due to Covid Sunday saw a rare 'weather bomb' hits B.C.'s South Coast, Vancouver Island Climate migration predicted to rise in India amid extreme weather And a satellite image captures dust storms in Greenland

Powerful storm hits California amid warnings of ‘potentially historic rain’ Flash floods damage buildings and sweep away cars in Alicante Heat waves in Seville will be named and ranked like hurricanes Storm Aurore: Tornado that ripped through Worthing homes 'sounded like a helicopter' And airlines are forced to cancel half-term holiday flights to Athens while other services are delayed as Italy's Mount Etna spews ash and smoke whilst lava streams continue to pour from La Palma volcano – in pictures

Tornado impacts Brisbane Airport in supercell storm event Thursday saw weather disruption and travel delays as storm hits Jersey and there were deaths in Poland as Storm 'Aurore' wreaks havoc across Europe In the Alps, climate change is turning glaciers into lakes Death toll rises following disastrous flooding in Nepal, India  ‘Worst thing in lifetime’: South Sudan floods affecting 700,000 And northern lakes warming six times faster in the past 25 years

Yesterday in Widnes: Possible tornado damages houses and vehicles whilst there were abandoned cars, closed roads, and flooding in Wales after thunderstorms and heavy rain .  And overnight, more flooding and transport disruption after Storm Aurore hits South East .  In Evesham we even had thunder.  And on the Scottish hills there's been a dusting of snow. It's autumn!  There was also travel disruption as storm wreaks havoc across Germany whilst storms in northern France lead to train disruption and power cuts More hailstorms in Australia with a massive clean-up after terrifying hailstorm that ravaged Coffs Harbour in NSW Uttarakhand: At least 46 killed in floods in Himalayan state as floods, landslides kill more than 100 in India and Nepal Heat waves, extreme droughts in 2020 had worst impact on heath: Lancet How changing ocean currents are driving extreme winter weather in North America Satellite images reveal shrinking glaciers and growing lakes as temperatures rise on t

BOM says 'Australian record'-sized hailstones may have fallen on North Queensland Swiss glaciers continue to shrink despite heavy snow in 2021 What was the role of climate change in Germany's fatal floods? And tropical wetlands reduce storm impacts and save thousands of lives and $600bn each year, study suggests

Kerala floods: At least 24 killed as rescuers step up efforts Two tornadoes seen as severe storms sweep across Queensland Alberta glacier suffered record melt this year — but researchers suggest it will get worse And how air pollution caused 1.1 million deaths across Africa in 2019

Burning peat and wildfires bring unseasonal smoke apocalypse to Urals and Siberia Storm Ballos dumps over a month's worth of rain in Greece capital As the max temperature touches 36.4 degrees Celsius, Mumbai sees hottest October day At least 3 killed as 4.8 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's tourist island of Bali  And did Venus ever have oceans?   Probably not.

Storm Ballos batters Athens with power outages, flooded streets with the fire-ravaged Greek island of Evia hit by floods and mudslides Tornado rips through NSW's northern tablelands Hurricane Pamela makes landfall on Mexico’s west coast Antarctica's last 6 months were the coldest on record And Britain could lose its longest-lasting patch of snow this week - the sphinx snow patch looks likely to disappear for the third time in five years, and only the eighth time in 300 years ...

Record high temperatures for October reported across Japan  'Adapt or die' warning from Environment Agency over the expected impacts of climate change in the British Isles.   More floods.  More water shortages.   And no, that's not oxymoronic. 11 dead after Typhoon Kompasu floods the Philippines whilst in China floods: bus falls into river as heavy rains destroy homes Storm Pamela weakens slightly on way to Mexico’s Pacific coast Arctic sea ice may make a last stand in this remote region; it may lose the battle More research on the paradox of the Young Weak Sun: Extreme CO2 greenhouse effect heated up the young Earth And what is origin of the mysterious radio signals detected near centre of the Milky Way galaxy ?   A new type of stellar object?  Or aliens .....?!

How Europe’s electricity generation from wind blown off course by so-called "global stilling" China floods: Nearly 2 million displaced in Shanxi province Taiwan caught between Typhoon Kompasu and northeastern monsoon In the US, almost 90 runners are rescued during 50-mile Utah ultramarathon after course was battered by 18 inches of snow La Palma volcano: Eruption spews searing hot boulders the size of three-storey buildings And why Mars scientists now know where to look for life

  Extreme drought in Brazil triggers fatal sand storms Italian towns switch heating on early as temperatures plummet - I think we should definitely introduce that idea in England.  No heating allowed on till Christmas! And a satellite captures stunning gravity waves over La Palma from Cumbre Vieja eruption

Italy hit by 20 ‘severe weather events’ in a day as Liguria sees record rainfall and 34 inches of rain in 24 hours breaks continental record Pakistan earthquake kills 20 in Balochistan province 'Mini-tornado' hits Coventry street as roof tiles, fences and concrete posts blown away Cloth sheet helps protect Swedish glacier from global warming And before and after photos show how drought has caused water levels to drop by 140 feet at America's largest reservoir Lake Mead

More heavy rain early this morning as London flooding hits Tube services and roads - I think they need bigger drains .... Meanwhile residents in southern France urged to stay home amid more torrential rain and floods Cyclone Shaheen: Death toll rises to 13 after storm hits Oman and Iran A look back at last month's tragic events in New York: the flood that drowned American dreams The lava-falls of La Palma: River of molten rock grows larger after volcanic crater collapses and causes spectacular explosions And all UK's electricity will come from clean sources by 2035, says PM - which probably means open fires and candles ....

Shaheen: Tropical cyclone batters Oman and Iran, killing nine with the UAE, Saudi Arabia on alert after Cyclone Shaheen hits Oman 'Too much water': floods wreak misery in South Sudan The South Pole posts most severe cold season on record, a surprise in a warming world And according to a new s tudy: sunlight filtering through Venusian clouds could support Earth-like photosynthesis

‘Exceptionally warm’ September was UK’s second hottest on record whilst Northern Ireland experienced joint warmest September on record Freak tornado rips through Essex airfield In the Netherlands, seven horses die after being hit by lightning during freak storm Sydney is battered with hailstones as dangerous 'supercell' storm sweeps across the city in a matter of minutes Paraguay drought: Extraordinary photos show how the country is drying up The terrifying moment eight-story building is swept away by landslide in India Satellite images show how river of lava has weaved across La Palma and formed 550 yard-wide 'pyramid' in the sea as new volcano vent begins to spew molten rock And European space probe zips past Mercury

Huge tornado sweeps through Australian town destroying a home and smashing through power lines Tornado lashes German port of Kiel 'Mad Max'-like dust storm envelops Brazilian city in cloud of doom Thai flood victims 'start from zero' after killer storm as Thailand issues new flood warnings amid heavy monsoon rains Gulab Resurrects as Cyclone Shaheen over Arabian Sea Japanese scientists use approaching Typhoon Mindulle as part of 'typhoonshot' bid to generate power Wildfires and flooding prompt Welsh firefighter warning   AI can predict if it will rain in two hours' time - although looking at the radar often does just as well! And how catastrophic floods shaped Mars more than previously thought, scientists suggest