28th February - Today's News: Texas Hits 100f in February

As one Texas town made it to 100 degrees Monday. What's behind this rare February heat wave? 

Meanwhile, Texas wildfire scorches more than 200,000 acres of land with more than 11 million under 'red flag warning'

Figures reveal SEPA issued a record number of Flood Alerts and Warnings this winter in Scotland whilst the brutal end to February continues as heavy rain forces the River Thames to breach its banks  (now the ongoing floods affecting many parts of England are hitting the Home Counties it's becoming a national news story again .... )

Across the Channel flood warnings continue in south-west France and close to Paris

In Australia, Victorian fire threatens communities south of Ballarat, as winds sweep state

Contrasts in cold and heat break records in China

Unprecedented anticyclonic anomaly in northeast Asia triggers extreme weather events and prolonged marine heat wave in 2021

Winter heat waves are now a thing

Air pollution hides increases in rainfall

Cloud clustering causes more extreme rain in the tropics

And a new study shows how significant glacial retreat in West Antarctica began in 1940s