Weather & Earth Science News

Growing concern over unseasonal warm spell in Europe as Sweden sees record heat for this late in the year and weather records galore are broken as NL basks in autumn sunshine .  Saturday also saw the date record smashed in the UK with people are sunbathing like it’s summer and nearly November (the month record was set on the 1st October 2011). Australian rainfall records tumble as NSW and Murray-Darling Basin record wettest October on record Roof torn off home, powerlines downed as severe storm labelled 'mini tornado' hits Alice Springs And the Philippines storm death toll jumps to 98

Storm Nalgae: floods and landslides in Philippines kill at least 45 Unusually warm weather for France and Spain with the climate crisis fuelling unseasonably warm October in UK and Europe, say experts Mauna Loa volcano sets off warning signals in Hawaii The Antarctic ozone hole continues shrinking in 2022, NASA and NOAA scientists say And ‘we know it will happen’: Inside France's red alert plan for the 15 minutes after a tsunami

A few thunderstorms around whilst I was away in the Highlands .....  with the east of England hit by fires, floods and fallen trees as storms raged across UK sparking flash-floods, uprooting trees and forcing evacuation of festival... Hampshire tornado destroys buildings and trees Thunderstorm outbreak slams Europe, with damaging tornado in France Meanwhile, as summer-like temperatures linger, Spain on track for hottest October on record and that looks to be the case for many other European countries too Hurricane Roslyn: At least three dead on Mexico's coast T ropical storm leaves at least 24 dead in Bangladesh Brazil’s Amazon faces severe drought Greenland's vast ice sheet facing climate fight on two fronts Atmospheric levels of all three greenhouse gases hit record high And Earth is 'unequivocally' in midst of climate emergency, scientists say

Historic October heat shatters records in the Pacific Northwest but there are millions of people under frost and freeze alerts as cold temperatures hit Deep South whilst the Upper Midwest buried by heavy snow as Chicago sees 1st flakes   Meanwhile, bodies of water all over North America are drying up due to drought, climate change   Fr ance experiences summer temperatures in mid-October due to warm air from North Africa and after scorching summer, parts of Spain continue breaking heat records   And Chad declares state of emergency as floods affect one million        

  Deadly flash flooding batters Greek island of Crete as a second person found dead after flash flooding in Crete Nigeria floods: 'Overwhelming' disaster leaves more than 600 people dead A warm Sunday breaks temperature records across Czechia And England could be in drought beyond spring 2023, say ministers , assuming "normal" winter rainfall

Nigeria floods: Braving the rising waters in Kogi state as the death toll from Nigerian floods tops 500 - ministries Meanwhile, flood woes continue in Pakistan and India sees one of wettest October months, gets month’s rain in 14 days Greenland is disappearing quickly, and scientists have found a new reason why East Antarctic glacier melting at 70.8bn tonnes a year due to warm sea water And on its 35th anniversary, the UK ‘hasn’t learnt lesson’ since Great Storm of 1987, weather experts warn

Residents in Melbourne's west evacuate as floodwaters spread through Maribyrnong, Werribee Evacuation order in place for parts of northern Tasmania as floodwaters pose threat to lives While in NSW, flooded Lachlan River continues to rise at Forbes, evacuated residents told not to return home Floods in Victoria are uncommon. Here's why they're happening now – and how they compare to the past EF0 tornado is 1st twister to hit Milwaukee suburbs in decades Scotland generates record amount of renewable electricity during April, May and June And climate change: Summer 2022 smashed dozens of UK records

Dozens dead as storm Julia dumps heavy rains in Central America Meanwhile, Venezuela crews search for missing as landslide death toll rises At least 33 killed in Nepal flooding and landslides Nearly a million affected by South Sudan flooding, says UN emergency response agency Rare green lightning spotted in record Darwin storm Rainfall is becoming more intense in most of the U.S. And confirmation that Nasa's Dart spacecraft 'changed path of asteroid' - raising hopes we have a means of protecting Earth from an asteroid impact

Landslide hits Venezuelan town, leaving scores of people dead or missing Hurricane Julia batters Nicaragua as a Category 1 storm China rocked by ‘catastrophic’ heatwave with hottest October day on record Children evacuated from remote south-east NSW, as emergency services deliver supplies to cut-off campers , whilst there was spring snow on the hills Late monsoon brings more misery to north India; 18 dead Italy's Stromboli volcano erupts, lava stretches to the sea And the Sphinx has gone (again) - Scotland 'snow-free' for fourth time in six years

After this summer's European forest fires: Nine member states now have new burned area records Flash storms return to flood Mallorca for second time in one day Torrential rain causes travel chaos disrupting bus and train services in Scotland More temperature records in B.C. topple as unusually warm and hazy autumn continues Tropical Storm Julia strengthens as it heads for Nicaragua In V enezuela: Landslide beneath building crashes down into apartment block as heavy rain batters Caracas And there were record excess deaths in UK's heatwave summer

With nearly 3 months still to go, already Sydney sees wettest year on record whilst rain 'lifts the mood' for outback residents in far west NSW Some Chinese cities break October heat records as others shiver In NZ, an icy blast sweeps up country - with Christchurch experiencing it's first October snow for 50 years Heat waves and dust clouds return to Portugal California’s three-year drought continues with no relief in sight Salmon struggle to spawn amid record-setting drought, with hundreds dead in B.C. Across the northern hemisphere, the climate crisis made summer drought 20 times more likely, scientists find How ships release invisible contrails that slightly cool the climate Under the North Sea, ancient ice age valleys offer clues to future ice sheet change Dinosaur-killing asteroid triggered global tsunami that scoured seafloor thousands of miles from impact site And the Theia collision may have formed the Moon in mere hours, simulations reveal

Time-lapse shows 15-foot storm surge from Hurricane Ian completely wiping out Fort Myers as the death toll continues to rise Hurricane Orlene strikes Mexico’s Pacific coast with 80mph winds Another storm expected to hit areas of Western Alaska damaged by last month’s typhoon remnants Sheep 'swept away' during Borrowdale flash flooding 40c at the weekend in Cyprus as an October heatwave had beaches flooded with bathers Already flooded inland NSW warned to prepare for one month's rain in four days And an investigation reveals that Drax is not green: UK power station owner cuts down primary forests in Canada

Cyclone Ian batters South Carolina in second US landfall Satellite images reveal entire neighborhoods have been wiped out by Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers The terrifying moment huge rogue wave hits Miami sidewalk sending pedestrians flying - after Hurricane Ian had departed Fallen trees, landslides and floods as rain and wind cause travel chaos in Scotland Winter is coming: Finland sees official 'first snow' and,  yes, it does snow in Spain...even in September! And a planet-sized heatwave has been found in Jupiter's atmosphere whilst cyclones circling Jupiter's poles still baffling space scientists