Weather & Earth Science News

  LA fires death toll rises to 24 as high winds expected after California is hit by fire tornado US s outhern cities brought to a halt as winter storm dumps historic levels of snow Snowstorm leaves 32,000 households in Poland without power Here, there are flooding fears as frozen Britain begins to melt - with temperatures in parts of the Highlands rising 30c compared with Saturday night. Mother nature puts on a show in the Pilbara, including a waterspout And the French, Indian Ocean island of Mayotte hit by floods and mudslides from second storm

Not quite an ice day in my garden yesterday, with the temperature very briefly rising to +0.3c - remarkable though given there was neither snow nor fog.   Today we do have freezing fog though, after an overnight minima of -7.3c (not in itself that unusual)  so we could beat that.    In Scotland though the t emperature drops to -18.7C in Highland village - with some unofficial sites getting down to around -20c.   The lowest January temperature since 2010. Biggest snowstorm in years shuts down travel across southern US  A 'severe heatwave' has been declared in Tasmania and experts warn suburbs lack resilience to warm weather Scientists explain white patch that appears near northern lights And floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally

The European Copernicus climate service confirms 2024 first year to pass 1.5C global warming limit UK records coldest night of winter as snap to last into weekend - -6.2c in Evesham, though that's some way off the -8.8c recorded in January last year. 2 people have died and 20 injured in snow and ice storm in northern France Los Angeles wildfires death toll rises as Palisades and Eaton blazes remain uncontained BOM predicts wet weather will continue over the weekend in south-east Queensland More s mog causes travel chaos in Indian capital Delhi And m illion year-old bubbles could solve ice age mystery

Five killed, many injured as tens of thousands flee Los Angeles fires   with apocalyptic scenes as wildfires tear through Los Angeles Hollywood Hills evacuated as LA fire spreads High winds, lack of rain and climate change stoking California fires   (although Frump doesn't believe any of these things exist) Unfortunately, Frump's boyfriend Muskrat - aka big knickers - doesn't appear to have lost any homes in LA, though a number of other "celebrities" have. Snow causes severe delays in Devon and Cornwall yesterday Manchester a irport closes runways due to heavy snow again today, whilst in Scotland m ore than 100 schools close as temperatures plummet And could the UAE and rest of Gulf see more rain? New data shows close to 19% rise in rainfall over 20 years

Los Angeles running out of water as Pacific Palisades wildfire forces 30,000 from Malibu to Calabasas to evacuate Here, there are s ub-zero temperatures across UK as floods remain and thousands without water and electricity as cold snap grips RoI Hundreds rescued as search for quake survivors continues in Tibet   Greece saw t emperature records broken across seasons in 2024 whilst Spain records its third-hottest year and 2024 was Bulgaria’s warmest year since 1930 (when records began) And with e arth shattered heat records in 2023 and 2024: is global warming speeding up?

Major incident as 59 people rescued from floods in Leicestershire whilst fifty children rescued as major incident declared in Lincolnshire due to flooding Meanwhile, Britain's big freeze shuts four major airports with hundreds of flights disrupted as heavy snowfall continues to spark mayhem and there are f resh snow and ice warnings in place for Scotland Five dead as huge winter storm grips swathe of US Mecca underwater: Cars are swept away and streets become rivers in Saudi holy city Train cancellations and delays expected in France as Storm Florian strikes Small e arthquake shakes homes on west coast of Scotland Tibet earthquake: Scores dead as tremor strikes holy city U.S. Corn Belt: Intensive farming and shallow groundwater affect precipitation patterns Climate extremes in 2024 'wreaking havoc' on the global water cycle Citizen science reveals that Jupiter's colorful clouds are not made of ammonia ice Scientists solving meteorological mysteries on Mars ...