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Lane second only to Harvey for amount of storm rainfall Meanwhile, the tropical Atlantic is waking up as the peak of hurricane season approaches   Last weekend was a typically cool, wet bank holiday weekend here, but in the US the summer hangs on: 70 million endure late-August heat wave A warning that UK food prices 'to rise 5%' because of extreme weather Summer meets winter in central Europe In Australia, dry times to continue as BOM releases grim spring outlook after Western Australia has its wettest, and driest, winter in years Severe weather causes widespread blackouts across Adelaide as wind whips up after the city's warmest August night on record: 19.6c.   And it's still winter ... 'Meteor' lights up sky over Perth, causing sonic booms that rattled houses 'Archived' heat has reached deep into the Arctic interior, researchers say How cold climates contributed to the extinction of ...

Hawaii storm: Hurricane Lane downgraded to tropical storm as a tree falls on journalist reporting on Hawaii hurricane A wind turbine is blown over: 196 foot structure is toppled in a park as powerful typhoon hits Japan World War II arms explode in Germany as huge wildfire burns south-west of Berlin Heatwave and 'Beast from the East' combine to produce ‘incredible bounty’ of summer fruit Mount Etna volcano spews plumes of ash and lava as it roars back into action And I missed them myself, but some fine pictures here of unusual 'cloud streets' spotted over Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire

Soulik: Typhoon makes landfall, veers away from Seoul whilst Typhoon Cimaron leaves behind trail of damage in western Japan as it heads for Hokkaido Hurricane Lane: Hawaii hit with floods and landslides as storm nears coast Fires overwhelming British Columbia; smoke choking the skies There's record grain harvest potential for Western Australian farmers as prices spike on east coast drought And climate change is melting the French Alps, say mountaineers

Whilst the Atlantic remains quiet (so far), out in the Pacific there's Hurricane Lane: Hawaii braces for category four storm Italy floods: Girl, 8, rescued after deadly flash flood In Brazil, a state of emergency declared in Alagoas after drought The Arctic’s strongest sea ice breaks up for first time on record South Australia runs out of hay as drought bites VW weather-altering tech causes storm in Mexico - hail supression cannons accused of causing a drought (but is there any evidence?) Air pollution reduces global life expectancy by more than one year Aeolus: Wind mapping satellite lifts off Venezuela hit by 7.3-magnitude earthquake whilst another earthquake and aftershock rattle Oregon coast And how a volcanic eruption in Indonesia 'caused Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo' by bringing two months of rain to Europe and stalling his troops and cavalry

At least eleven hikers killed in flash flooding in southern Italy Hurricane Lane could come dangerously close to the Hawaiian Islands late this week There's currently nearly two million acres on fire in the United States How nice sunny days can grow into heat waves -- and wildfires: summer weather is stalling Water-worlds are common: Exoplanets may contain vast amounts of water And we have the first direct evidence of water ice on the surface of the moon

Kerala floods: Relief teams rescue 22,000 as rains ease but over 350 people have died.  So, what caused the Kerala floods? Could we have done anything to prevent it? 2 tropical storms near Japan strengthen Colombians warned not to have sex as intense heatwave continues California wildfires: Ferguson Fire near Yosemite contained In Australia, Mt Buller receives most snow at the resort in 14 years with 30cm recorded overnight as icy cold snap hits Melbourne and Canberra but further north Qld bushfires continue to burn as conditions worsen Lombok earthquake: Strong tremors shake Indonesian island   'Abrupt thaw' of permafrost beneath lakes could significantly affect climate change models and perhaps even more worrying, s ome Arctic ground no longer freezing - even in winter   14 Backstreet Boys fans hurt in Oklahoma storm   But there were only tears and sair heids in Stirling this weekend at The Last Dance: thou...

A prediction that, globally , the next few years 'may be exceptionally warm' - but that doesn't mean England will get a summer heatwave each year, or any year, whatever the gutter press may say! In the US: Torrential rain, flooding to continue across northeast NSW bushfires: Emergency warnings for Bega blaze but Ulladulla and Nowra fires downgraded  - conditions much worse because of the on-going drought There have been t en times more wildfires in the Arctic than a decade ago Photos show aftermath of 'tornado' that struck Chelmsford in Essex last Friday How the heatwave reveals England's lost prehistoric sites Trees and climate change: Faster growth, lighter wood How historic space weather could clarify what's next whilst satellite measurements of the Earth's magnetosphere promise better space weather forecasts And why the Atlantic hurricane season is so different right now compared to a year ago