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Three killed in Sweden as major storm sweeps across Nordic countries Four hikers found dead after avalanche in central Greece Spanish s torm results in more than 300 emergency incidents across Malaga province with people rescued and evacuated from their homes New York blanketed in snow, sparking travel chaos  whilst a t ornado rips roofs off homes in central Illinois, widespread damage reported Winter floods wreak havoc on Gaza displacement camps as Israel blocks aid Here, c old weather to ring in New Year as amber health alerts issued and most of us could see at least some snow next week Scientists and data explain why Kenya's lakes are rising as thousands face an uncertain future Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025 across the UK Why 2026 looks bright for Northern Light sightings And a Perthshire   l och records UK's most powerful earthquake in 2025  - with over 300 recorded across the UK through 2025

  With a below average maxima of 6.1c and not a single cloud in the sky from dawn to dusk it was, I think, my coldest and sunniest Christmas Day since 2010.   No white Christmas for anywhere in the UK though.   Although down in the Channel Islands, Jersey has a White Christmas for the first time in 55 years after snow falls  Southern California sees third death from atmospheric river storm drenching region  as the weekend sees  California downpours ease but flood and mudslide risks linger  whilst in the NE, t housands of US flights disrupted as winter storm looms Deep freeze grips Canada as US records warmest Christmas In Iceland,  Christmas temperature record broken as heat reaches nearly 20°C - some 6c higher than the previous record And, as the planet warmed, politics wobbled: The defining climate moments of 2025        

Well, it won't be a white Christmas, and it doesn't now look like being particularly cold for the end of the year, either, meaning  2025: likely another record year for UK annual temperature And  'this is our future,' climate adviser warns as 2025 to break heat records   Meanwhile,  'year of octopus' declared after warmer seas lead to record UK numbers In the USA, w inter storms on both coasts wreak havoc for travelers as flights are canceled days before Christmas   Down under, a severe Christmas heatwave scorches WA as Tropical Cyclone Grant strengthens offshore South Koreans warned that winter could disappear, heat waves may triple if we don't mend our ways, Korea's climate agency data suggests Snow blankets Portugal on first day of winter And why global warming could trigger the next ice age      

Freak storm hits UAE with streets completely flooded and civilians warned to stay inside  whilst  Saudi Arabia, Qatar have a white winter as snowfall hits northern areas Pink fog descends over the UK Toxic haze covers Delhi as air quality worsens Earth’s frozen regions are sending a clear warning about climate change – but politicians are ignoring it And the  UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists    

2025 has been the UK's sunniest year on record   Widespread white Christmas unlikely but parts of the UK still have a chance as it finally turns a bit colder.   Some model output is showing some widespread precipitation for the 25th - which could well be white - but, for here at least, the general trend is for it to be dry.   Snow before the year is out?   Maybe ..... Relentless storms keep dangerous flood risk high across the Pacific Northwes t Rain turns Iran’s Hormuz Island seas bright red in surreal natural display Heavy rains worsen conditions for displaced Gazans, UN warns - but the Israelis are all warm, dry and well fed and that's all that matters ...... Right? Category '6' tropical cyclone hot spots are growing Thousands of glaciers to melt each year by midcentury, study finds How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril - in maps and charts Natural disasters hit global economy for $220bn in 2025: Swiss Re And the 'crazy Engl...

Morocco’s Safi counts the cost in aftermath of deadly flash floods with at least 37 dead Travel disruption and flooding as heavy rain hits Wales  Poland bit by warmest December in 74 years Online classes and construction ban as toxic haze covers Delhi And h ow common is a white Christmas where you are?   No very ....  Pershore hasn't had one since 1995 - although I we did have a flurry in Evesham one year in the early 2000s (2004?) and of course plenty on the ground in 2010 (the last time any snow was seen at Christmas at all).      

Fourteen Palestinians, including children, die in Gaza amid Storm Byron Flooding remains threat in Pacific north-west as Washington declares emergency  whilst flooding in B.C.'s Fraser Valley expected to peak Friday, with more rain on the way Ancient lake reappears in Death Valley after record-breaking rains In WA, severe heatwave cancels event, closes popular abalone fishing spot as season begins Hundreds of earthquakes detected at Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday’ glacier – sparking fears of collapse And  'hidden' contrails in cirrus clouds contribute to climate warming, research finds      

'Catastrophic' Pacific Northwest floods leave 100,000 facing evacuation 2 children, 3 men die in Gaza storm amid extreme cold Lincolnshire roads damaged by drought Cyclone causes blackout, flight chaos in Brazil's Sao Paulo Fears grow that world's rarest apes were swept away in Sumatran floods ‘Not normal’: Climate crisis supercharged deadly monsoon floods in Asia Amazon rainforest is transitioning to a 'hypertropical' climate — and trees won't survive that for long Space dust reveals the Arctic is melting faster than expected And  Shell facing first UK legal claim over climate impacts of fossil fuels - worth remembering that as far back as the 1960s big oil companies were well aware of the likely consequences of climate change brought on by use of fossil fuels.  

Storm Bram clears after flooding and travel disruption across UK as well as producing a date record for temperature.    In Scotland, the  M74 reopens after lorries blown over during Storm Bram And in England, a warning that t housands of flood defences below standard as Storm Bram hit At the weekend, a  Sussex town was hit by tornado, experts confirm As Storm Byron hits Israel, h eavy rains flood tents sheltering the displaced, heaping misery on Gaza Globally, 2025 on course to be joint-second warmest year, with November third-warmest on record - and it looks likely this will be the warmest year on record for the UK And  UN environment report 'hijacked' by US and others over fossil fuels, top scientist says  

Severe weather front “Byron” batters Greece, causing widespread disruption  with an  evacuation order issued to Thessaly village as Storm Byron eases Arctic blast slams Midwest, Northeast as snow prompts school closures in Mid-Atlantic Sydney records highest temperature in nearly two years amid heatwave as Tasmanian bushfires threaten homes Heavy rains hamper recovery as death toll from floods in Asia exceeds 1,750 Temperature increase is accelerating in Arab Region, with escalating impacts Storms in the Southern Ocean are producing more rain – and the consequences could be global Major study on catastrophic cost of climate change retracted - but revised figures remain alarming How a major v olcanic eruption may have triggered Europe's deadly Black Death plague Glaciers speed up and slow down at predictable times according to the first global map of ice movement And w ill we still be able to ski in Scotland in 2080?    The way things are goi...

Rescuers race in search for survivors after last week’s floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand   as the  Asia flood death toll surpasses 1,500 as calls grow to fight deforestation  and  Indonesian environmentalists blame rapid forest loss in Sumatra for severity of deadly floods How cyclones and monsoon rains converged to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide   Australia's first day of summer delivers record heat in the west, record cold in the east  whilst  mineworkers describe being caught in huge outback dust storm Northern Ireland records third wettest Autumn on record, and Wales its tenth Small e arthquake shakes homes in north-west England Dozens missing as deadly landslide hits two boats in Peru Antarctica's s mallest and shortest-lived ozone hole in 5 years closes Sci entists uncover surprise origin of wispy cirrus clouds And w hat it was like for Billy Walker, the man inside this wrecked caravan as a tornado sent it fly...