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 Another record breaking heatwave as t emperatures cross 50C in northern India Exceptionally early heat wave hits Finland Armenia seeks volunteers as flood cleanup continues  One dead and 800,000 buildings without power after Texas storms H ow rain can make you happier and healthier as the Met Office dismisses reports of 50 days of rain this summer (it may be a wetter than average summer, but this more likely down to heavy downpours rather than frequent frontal rain). And a newly launched s atellite to probe mystery of clouds and climate

At least 18 people killed as tornadoes and storms rip through Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma with today, still t housands of Americans without power due to severe weather and at least 23 now confirmed dead. Submerged homes and heatwaves fuel Mexico climate angst In PNG, d eadly landslide threatens thousands more as hopes for survivors fade - and the death toll here now possibly as many as 2,000 people. A t least 16 dead as cyclone hits Bangladesh and India whilst Pakistan temperatures cross 52 C in heatwave

Mexico heat waves leave 48 dead since March Hundreds of people suffer heatstroke in Pakistan, and dangerous heat is forecast to stay a while and as India and Pakistan swelter, Bangladesh braces for storm Marine life suffers as Thai sea temperatures hit record More landslides hampering rescue efforts in remote PNG village, where more than 100 are believed dead Something very strange is happening to tornadoes across the US. And scientists are baffled A test of cloud-brightening machines poses no health risk, officials say And  ‘Kitty cat’ storms hitting US heartland are growing threat to home insurance

Drone footage shows mudslides that claimed life of 10-year-old girl in Yorkshire, whilst f looding shuts cross-border rail line and there were d rivers trapped for hours in Edinburgh flooding after heavy rain on Wednesday. Four dead in Iowa as storms batter Midwest North India boils as temperatures near 50C Many feared dead in massive Papua New Guinea landslide And it's forecast that the Atlantic to get 'extraordinary' hurricane season

 Incredible footage shows destruction as deadly tornadoes rip through Iowa and kill multiple people whilst fierce storms leave 120,000 Texans without power for days  But EF5 tornado ‘drought’ reaches 11 years, longest in history 'Screaming in agony': Passengers recall horror onboard flight to Singapore hit by extreme turbulence - and a warning that c limate change is fuelling turbulence on some of our most common flight paths Today sees a mber warnings issued for heavy rain and flooding in parts of England and Wales as overnight h eavy rainfall causes flooding in East of England - a particularly soggy day in store for many (but hot and sunny in the West Highlands!) as a new report shows how c limate change drives increase in storm rainfall in Britain Pub-goer rushes to save pint as 'mini tornado' whips through pub car park (actually a dust devil) Monkeys ‘falling out of trees like apples’ in Mexico amid brutal heatwave Video as a f reak storm leaves Polish city...

Northern Italy hit by severe flooding after heavy rain  Death toll after Texan storms rises as Houston storms leave 7 dead, buildings shattered and power outages may last weeks Australia's weather map freezes for second time, laying the platform for record May in Perth, Adelaide and parts of NSW International study finds lightning storms are causing sea ice to melt faster at the North Pole Death toll rises to 154 from south Brazil's weather catastrophe Global temperature record streak continues, as climate change makes heatwaves more extreme Is e xtreme weather making it harder to be active ? Wind farms can offset their emissions within two years And there's the possibility of m ore Northern Lights soon as Sun storms strengthen

At least four killed and more than one million without power as wild storm topples power lines, uproots trees and blows out high-rise windows in Houston Severe weather ongoing in Italy with widespread flooding in the north Powys family have miraculous escape after freak flash flood during last Sunday's thunderstorms 'We were all under water': Afghans tell BBC of devastating flooding 'Very unexpected and extreme': Coral bleaching has never been this bad, experts say but jellyfish could be one marine creature that benefits from climate change

2023 was the hottest summer in two thousand years Two people dead in Louisiana after tornadoes sweep through US south 14 killed as storm topples huge billboard in India River levels rise in flood-hit Brazilian state Evacuation orders issued as wildfire grows near Canada’s Alberta oil patch Why does Canada have so many wildfires this season? ‘Impossible’ heatwave struck Philippines in April, scientists find Indonesia seeds clouds to block rainfall after floods killed at least 58 people while 35 are missing Middle East bears brunt of 30-year rise in heatwave deaths The US suffers radio blackouts after being hit by another solar storm, NOAA says A w arning of climate change risks to remote St Kilda One in eight Europeans now lives in an area at risk of extreme flooding, says new report And a look inside the giant 'sky rivers' swelling with climate change

Despite all the political rhetoric, there was a record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere in March Thousands told to evacuate due to British Columbia, Canada wildfire Mexico heat wave melts temperature records in ten cities 'Cold lava' sweeps villages near volcano , killing 41 Indonesians  More pictures from Friday night of the light show that stunned the world - no more aurora, although we did have some thunder in Evesham on Sunday (but not enough rain to register in the gauge!).   But in Ross-on-Wye (wettest place in the UK with over an inch of rain) there was a proper storm as f lash flood deluges roads and tears up pavement

Stunning auroras light up skies across world as massive solar geomagnetic storm hits Earth with more pictures as the Northern Lights arrive in Britain - it was even visible to the naked eye in Evesham (although I slept through the best of it!)  Baseball-sized hailstones fall in Texas as southern US hit by severe storms In WA, Bunbury tornado captured on film as it leaves trail of damage to 40 properties At least 60 killed in Afghanistan flash flooding Brazil floods drive thousands from their homes Mexico is fighting over 100 active wildfires amid a heat wave whilst rolling blackouts hit several cities as heat wave scorches Mexico

Brazil floods: horse stranded on roof is rescued as death toll rises to 107 people Two skiers dead and one rescued in Utah avalanche after heavy snow in the mountains Dozens rescued as tornado collapses Michigan FedEx depot Venezuela may be first nation to lose all its glaciers whilst Kamchatka's glaciers have shrunk by 36% since 1950 – Russian scientists Heavy rainfall in Iraq ends five years of drought Given the dry weather conditions, it not clear what caused this: SSE stops work after landslide near windfarm site on Shetland Mosquitoes found across Scotland as temperatures warm - I caught one in the Cairmgorms years ago! Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives disease And hurricanes, heatwaves and rising seas: The impacts of record ocean heat

World's oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat .  Whilst El Nino is obviously a factor, we've never seen ocean temperatures this high, and they've been consistently the highest ever recorded for a whole year now .... Meanwhile, the global temperature record streak continues – April 2024 was the hottest on record Brazil floods: 'We've never experienced anything like it' with h undreds of Rio Grande do Sul towns under water as the death toll hits 100 Indians vote in scorching heat as temperatures cross 40C 3 dead as more storms move through eastern U.S. Last month's Oklahoma storm had 3 extraordinary features, including a "wrong-way" tornado  Study suggests heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakes A possible atmosphere surrounding rocky exoplanet has been found And video shows another Fortean "fish fall" as fish rain in Iran; social media stunned by rare phenomenon

Death toll from southern Brazil rainfall rises to 78 with many missing Kenya floods death toll continues to rise as heavy rains, flooding persist Four-year-old boy is swept to his death in Texas floods with at least 400 rescued from flooding in Texas as waters continue rising Houses are destroyed as tornados rip through Oklahoma And Pakistan records ‘wettest April’ in more than 60 years  

Brazil floods: Dam collapses and death toll rises in Rio Grande do Sul as the flooding in Brazil's southernmost state Rio Grande do Sul kills at least 39 with almost 70 missing Kenya floods: Nairobi homes demolished as Cyclone Hidaya approaches So why has the flooding in Kenya been so devastating? Texas tornado rips through town before baseball-sized hail pummels residents as flooding swamps southeast Texas after more than a foot of rain Extreme wildfire warning issued for north-west Scotland Snappers have field day as storms light the night in parts of England A need to adapt as London seeing more days above 30C, experts say whilst c limate change amplifies severity of combined wind-rain extremes over the UK and Ireland Greece experiences warmest April in 15 years Antarctic ice shelves fracture under weight of meltwater lakes Evidence that an Earth-like environment likely on ancient Mars   But Webb telescope probably didn't find life on an exoplanet -- yet And summer ...

Kenyan Floods: Around 50 killed in villages near Mai Mahiu town whilst tourists and staff stranded in Maasai Mara game reserve - and what a deluge reveals about Nairobi's vulnerability Russia’s Ishim River swells to record high amid widespread flooding  Cars are swept away and roads turned into rivers as Saudi Arabia is hit by floods  Spectacular thunderstorms rumble across UK (nothing in Evesham though) Brazil floods: Residents stranded on rooftops in Rio Grande do Sul China highway collapse kills 19 people Climate change, El Nino factor into Japan’s warmest April in 130 years whilst Hong Kong records hottest April in at least 140 years How climate change worsens heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods NASA's Webb maps weather on planet 280 light-years away And airlines lobby against EU plan to monitor non-CO2 emissions from flights (including contrails),  whilst big data reveals true climate impact of...