Weather & Earth Science News

Why do UK water companies pump sewage into the sea?   There are a number of reasons, but one of them is simply the increase of "extreme" rainfall events hitting the British Isles.  Thanks to climate change.   Of course, inadequate Victorian drains don't help!  Even here, in one of the driest parts of the country, this morning, in the space of 3 hours, we had 14mm of rain - roughly equivalent to a week's worth.  And it was just a "normal" damp morning ....  we get rain less, but when it rains, we get more fall.   In the Lake District we've seen sewage 'erupts' into the streets amid 'horrendous' floods  whilst drone footage shows extent of Dumfries flooding Meanwhile, in Wales, landslide wrecks Nefyn road after heavy rain And it's not just in the UK .... Sicily floods: Stay at home warning as Cyclone Apollo hits Powerful storm leaves parts of Washington D.C. and Annapolis underwater In NZ it'll be a long weekend for Blenheim bus...

Heavy rain hits Cumbria with homes flooded and travel disrupted whilst Glasgow floods days before it is due to host world leaders at COP26 In the Borders, there were two bridges 'washed away' by heavy downpours , with a "major incident" declared at Hawick. However, despite well over a foot of rain falling in the Lake District in the space of 36 hours, flooding was not nearly as bad as happened, under very similar synoptic conditions, in November 2009 . And after Europe's floods: Lessons from German tragedy Apocalyptic scenes over Louisiana freeway as tornadoes lift ATV into the air, whip into power line and send electric blue flash over the heads of drivers on freeway Record California rains help end wildfires and fill reservoirs .  However, there's still “extreme” drought affecting agricultural lands in the northern Great Plains After Victoria and South Australia storms: thousands without power with more wild weather forecast In NZ, temperature soars to 28...

Catania: Two dead as rare storm floods streets of Sicilian city The world's greenhouse gas build-up reached new high in 2020 - despite a downturn in activity due to Covid Sunday saw a rare 'weather bomb' hits B.C.'s South Coast, Vancouver Island Climate migration predicted to rise in India amid extreme weather And a satellite image captures dust storms in Greenland

Powerful storm hits California amid warnings of ‘potentially historic rain’ Flash floods damage buildings and sweep away cars in Alicante Heat waves in Seville will be named and ranked like hurricanes Storm Aurore: Tornado that ripped through Worthing homes 'sounded like a helicopter' And airlines are forced to cancel half-term holiday flights to Athens while other services are delayed as Italy's Mount Etna spews ash and smoke whilst lava streams continue to pour from La Palma volcano – in pictures

Tornado impacts Brisbane Airport in supercell storm event Thursday saw weather disruption and travel delays as storm hits Jersey and there were deaths in Poland as Storm 'Aurore' wreaks havoc across Europe In the Alps, climate change is turning glaciers into lakes Death toll rises following disastrous flooding in Nepal, India  ‘Worst thing in lifetime’: South Sudan floods affecting 700,000 And northern lakes warming six times faster in the past 25 years

Yesterday in Widnes: Possible tornado damages houses and vehicles whilst there were abandoned cars, closed roads, and flooding in Wales after thunderstorms and heavy rain .  And overnight, more flooding and transport disruption after Storm Aurore hits South East .  In Evesham we even had thunder.  And on the Scottish hills there's been a dusting of snow. It's autumn!  There was also travel disruption as storm wreaks havoc across Germany whilst storms in northern France lead to train disruption and power cuts More hailstorms in Australia with a massive clean-up after terrifying hailstorm that ravaged Coffs Harbour in NSW Uttarakhand: At least 46 killed in floods in Himalayan state as floods, landslides kill more than 100 in India and Nepal Heat waves, extreme droughts in 2020 had worst impact on heath: Lancet How changing ocean currents are driving extreme winter weather in North America Satellite images reveal shrinking glaciers and growing lakes as temperature...

BOM says 'Australian record'-sized hailstones may have fallen on North Queensland Swiss glaciers continue to shrink despite heavy snow in 2021 What was the role of climate change in Germany's fatal floods? And tropical wetlands reduce storm impacts and save thousands of lives and $600bn each year, study suggests