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14th November - Today's News: Storm Charles Hits Southern Europe

Portugal cancels more than 300 flights, shuts schools due to Storm Charles Storm Charles batters French Riviera as rockfalls close roads and flooding hits coastal towns Storms in Italy block roads and flood buildings  with flooding in Ventimiglia: 16 people rescued from the Roja Hail piles up like snow near Philadelphia as tornadoes, flooding hit mid-Atlantic In northern Queensland, the  Cape York town of Weipa breaks weather records in prolonged heatwave Children’s lives at risk as heavy rains flood Gaza shelters - and the evil, corrupt and genocidal Israeli Govt does nothing to help. 32nd Pacific cyclone logs a record for this century 2026 and the 4-year global temperature average on track to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels The cloud forest being abandoned by its clouds Here, w idespread frost and freezing fog as cold health alerts continue - nothing that unusual for the time of year though, albeit even Evesham has seen it fall to -4.5c...
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10th November - Today's News: After Storm Bruna, Iberia to be Hit by Storm Charles

Storm Bruna leaves five homeless and disrupts flights in Madeira Storm Charles to hit Portugal and Spain with torrential rain and 120 km/h winds London pollution warning after fog and fireworks  Storm Boelo debris left Arrochar facing 'emergency' appeal Nearly 100 communities in Dagestan left without power after storm Four children among five killed in Gaza floods ‘A new age of climate extremes’: Earth accumulating heat at accelerating rate But fossil fuel emissions set to fall for first time since Covid, research shows And some s cientists predict 2026 hottest year on record as climate talks begin (the WMO are a little more conservative - but its moot really because 2027 will be even warmer)    
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7th November - Today's News: Tornado Tears Through Brazillian Airport

Tornado tears through Chapecó Airport in Brazil, forcing suspension of flight operation Storms that caused 1-in-1,000 year flood event in Tennessee and Georgia move up Atlantic coast Famous New Mexico rock formation destroyed after torrential El Niño rains Landslide prompts evacuation order for Zeballos on Vancouver Island Typhoons batter East Asia as El Niño makes Pacific 'burn with fever' Cyclone Murasu makes landfall on India’s eastern coast Delhi air quality worsens ahead of Diwali as firework restrictions enter force Long-term temperature records reveal a surprising picture of climate change on Kilimanjaro World’s wettest rainstorms are getting wetter, affecting flood and drought risk Prince William says UK faces terrifying risk of more wildfires due to climate change Microplastic pollution could be changing the color of the Pacific Ocean And s cientists just found dinosaur blood that survived 115 million years - note it is fossilized blood .....  
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3rd November - Today's News: Storm Agneta Floods Greek islands

Storm Agneta floods Rhodes, Samos and Volos as Greece issues new weather warnings Canary Islands storm causes massive power outage as Brit holiday hotspots go dark Colorado town braces for historic flood as heavy rains batter south-west  whilst a t least 15 inches of rain falls in Florida county as flash flood danger continues Heavy rain falls in eastern India after second cyclone in a week Hong Kong logs its warmest October since records began in 1884 And here in the UK, how e xtreme weather hits Christmas tree harvest    
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29th October - Today's News: 4 Dead as Tornado Hits Turkish Construction Site

4 workers killed as tornado tears apart containers in Türkiye’s Antalya At least 3 dead after Cyclone Arnab hits southern India Weather warning lifted as third storm to hit Scotland eases off And a call that c limate change should be declared health emergency as health risks can no longer be ignored    
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31st October - Today's News: Record High Tides Hit USA

Record-breaking high tides spark chaos – and kayak commutes – across California  as k ing tides inundate streets and flood homes and businesses along both US coasts Fears for mature Scots Pines burned by huge Highland wildfire Overall, England has just had its w ettest week for two years but still not enough rain to get out of drought  - and not everywhere was all that wet Slovenia mourns loss of glacier on its highest peak after scorching summer El Niño-driven drought in Papua New Guinea a ‘national crisis’ as rivers dry up and local farms fail Hector the giant thunderstorm arrives like clockwork every day during Top End's wet season Smoke from wildfires killed 3,500 people in Indonesia in September: Report   Bhutan glacial lake outburst triggers flood, no injuries reported There were r ecord heat-related deaths in 2023, WHO-partnered report finds Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” could raise sea levels twice as much as predicted   Scientists confirm global warming is...
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26th October - Today's News: Storm Boelo Brings Deaths, Widespread Disruption

Storms batter northern Europe, cutting power to more than 150,000 homes and disrupting road and air transport Travel disruption and power cuts after back-to-back storms in Wales Suspected tornado tore through village as storm hit UK Thousands still without power after Storm Boelo batters Scotland In pictures: Storm Boelo leaves a trail of destruction across Scotland Today,  Storm Boelo leaves 90,000 without power as Met Office issues new wind warning Typhoon Champi declared strongest storm of year so far Phuket battles flooding as heavy rain hits southern Thailand Stranded campers rescued as thunderstorms threaten south-east Queensland And Arctic ice had been expanding for at least 1,000 years before reaching its greatest extent around 1960  as scientists discover Arctic sea ice loss could be far worse than predicted  
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