Weather & Earth Science News

Shanghai records hottest day in May in 100 years India heatwaves take a toll on most vulnerable Typhoon lashes eastern Taiwan as it heads for southern Japan British man killed by lightning ‘while paddleboarding during thunderstorm’ - not the cleverest thing to do! In Nova Scotia about 200 homes, structures 'damaged' as Halifax-area wildfire burns out of control, officials say Meanwhile, South Saskatchewan storm leads to first confirmed tornado of 2023 Queensland meteor confirmed by satellite data as largest over Australia in 30 years whilst on Sunday night, Melbourne earthquake stronger than previously thought, with Geoscience Australia revising it to magnitude-4 And how climate change worsens avalanches in the Himalayas

Terrifying floods ravage Spain's Mediterranean coast whilst there's one dead after severe storm and flooding hits southern Italy But in the UK there's a wildfire warning after North York Moors nature reserve gutted by fire whilst in Dorset: Warning over wildfire risk ahead of bank holiday .   In mid Wales, a wildfire helicopter helps crews tackle blaze near Tregaron and there are further warnings in Scotland as water scarcity alert issued for parts of the Highlands There's haze, dust cloud skies as Israel swelters under heatwave; fires banned in parks Frost expected across nearly every state and territory in Australia this weekend Philippines braces for 175mph category 5 super cyclone Betty - formerly Typhoon Mawar Global flash droughts expected to increase in a warming climate And a storm on Uranus: NASA spots a swirling cyclone at the ice giant's north pole for the first time

Typhoon Mawar flips cars, cuts power on Guam as scope of damage emerges in US Pacific territory Two hikers killed in ‘wall of water’ flash flood at Utah canyon 2 dead, 7 injured in Texas tornado-warned storm Middle East countries face extreme heat risk, study finds whilst Asia's heatwave prompts climatologists' warning amid UN report on rising global temperatures But why is extreme weather killing fewer people? Can ‘enhanced rock weathering’ help combat climate change? How last year's Tonga volcano eruption created 'super plasma bubble' in atmosphere, disrupting precise GPS And some nice pictures of UFO-like lenticular clouds in Highland skies

Shelters start to fill in Guam as US territory in Pacific braces for Typhoon Mawar Seven killed, including four children as school roof collapses in Thai storm Italy begins cleanup after catastrophic floods Meanwhile, heavy rain causes flash flooding across southern Spain - seems it's all or nothing in Europe at the moment Half of world's largest lakes losing water Huge swathes of Mexico are blanketed in dust as Popocatepetl volcano continues to spew ash and dust The Montreal protocol is delaying first ice-free Arctic summer And how climate change causes 2m deaths in 50 years; poor suffer most: UN

Italy floods leave 13 dead and force 13,000 from their homes Meanwhile, more torrential rain overflowing rivers, cause chaos in Bosnia, Croatia Hundreds of people evacuated as wildfire rages in western Spain whilst a mega hail storm leaves streets blanketed in ice as freak weather hits the country Cyclone Mocha death toll rises sharply in Myanmar Alberta, Canada, wildfires show no sign of slowing, experts say How a 'warm Ice Age' changed climate cycles And there was a flying sofa seen over Turkish capital during storm - makes a change from a carpet, I suppose!

Death toll from 'apocalyptic' floods in Italy climbs to nine as new footage shows devastation of Italian floods In Somalia: Floods force nearly quarter of a million to flee Extremely hot days are warming twice as fast as average summer days in North-West Europe And global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for first time

Cyclone Mocha: Myanmar's Rakhine state declared disaster area with fears that Cyclone Mocha may have killed ‘hundreds’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine Experts foresee more heat waves outside summer as May hot spell shatters records in parts of Canada Meanwhile, another heat wave sweeps across many parts of China And a  dust storm in India sends New Delhi pollution to triple the hazardous level

Cyclone Mocha: Deadly storm hits Myanmar and Bangladesh coasts Heat wave challenges firefighters in B.C. as new wildfires prompt evacuations whilst in the USA, 12 million people are under a heat advisory in the Pacific Northwest News crew saves terrified dog from tornado-ravaged Texas town ‘The country is becoming a desert’: Drought-struck Spain is running out of water And Scottish Mountain Rescue reports 'extremely busy' year in 2022 - as more and more people go into the hills without the necessary skills .....

Cyclone Mocha: Major evacuations as cyclone threatens Bangladesh   as Cyclone Mocha becomes an extremely severe Cyclonic Storm and expected to make landfall on Sunday Rare tornado-like clouds spotted above storm-hit UK The Netherlands has had 10 straight winters with below-average number of snow days whilst this years m eteorological spring in the Netherlands is the wettest of this century Swiss village of Brienz evacuated over risk of imminent rockslide  In southern France, the Pyrenees' drought is officially a 'crisis' with dried-up rivers and water restrictions Map shows Alberta wildfire smoke now blankets most of Canada Meteorologists targeted in climate misinfo surge And it's revealed that this year's hurricane season started with a storm in January

On Tuesday, heavy thunderstorms (which all missed Evesham) bring flash flooding: Major incident declared after heavy rain in south whist Wednesday and Thursday saw funnel clouds form overhead as nation is battered by thunderstorms, lightning strikes and even freak hailstone flurries Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time - but our energy bills are based on the price of gas.  Last year's price .... Wildfire smoke from Alberta and British Columbia reaches US Key Ugandan highway cut off by floods And astronomers puzzled by 'largest' cosmic explosion ever seen

As the SE Asian heatwave continues, Vietnam records highest-ever temperature of 44.1C In NZ, Auckland declares flood emergency again, on Torrential Tuesday: Auckland's downpour by the numbers Eastern Australia wakes up to cold weather, snow, wild surf and flight cancellations At the weekend in the USA, 12 tornadoes hit the Heartland overnight, fueled by record-breaking temperatures Alberta asks for help from military to battle wildfires DR Congo buries its flood victims as death toll surpasses 400 In southern Turkey, a tornado slams Mersin, injures 13 Researchers discover a cause of rapid ice melting in Greenland And atmospheric research provides clear evidence of human-caused climate change signal associated with CO2 increases

Out-of-control wildfires force thousands more Albertans to flee Flooding and landslides in DR Congo, Rwanda leave hundreds dead, thousands homeless Drought prompts French ban on garden swimming pools whilst residents in southern Spain face drinking water shortage amid persistant drought Strong earthquake hits central Japan, killing one and leaving 20 with injuries April Mediterranean heatwave ‘almost impossible’ without climate crisis And construction begins at Sutherland Spaceport site

 Rwanda floods and landslides kill more than 130 people Torrential rain lashes northern Italy, killing at least two people Finland unusually warm, sunny and dry in April - with a maximum temp of 21c -  higher than recorded in England Warning of summer water shortages after dry winter in Scotland West Virginia sees biggest May snowfall on record with up to 16 inches 6 dead after dust storm causes pileup on Illinois highway Mexico is seeding clouds to make rain — scientists aren’t sure it works And Meteosat-12: Europe's new weather satellite takes first photos