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Southern England sees a rare amber extreme heat warning issued with heatwave forecast for many  and June records expected to fall next week. Meanwhile, Western Europe braces for more extreme heat as temperatures continue to climb as  heatwave hits more than half of France's population  whilst  Spain faces first major heatwave of the year, highs up to 45°C from Monday Illinois has seen more tornadoes this year than any state since 2015 Atlantic hurricane season opens with Tropical Storm Arthur inundating Gulf coast And vast areas of coral reef could resist climate change: study  

Incredible floods hit southern Spain with pedestrians swept along streets as roads turn to rivers France braces for heatwave with canal swimming allowed in Paris Sydney records warmest run of June days in more than a century Antarctic blast brings extreme cold across Argentina Extreme heat and rainfall, glacier loss and record ocean heat impact Asia in 2025 Australia warns El Nino weather pattern set to be strongest in decades And  Delhi's temperature showed 43.5C. Why did it feel hotter?      

Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown - 15c?  That's warmer than some parts of the UK were this week! Second-highest surface air and sea surface temperatures for May globally, exceptional heatwave in western Europe Meanwhile, it's official:  El Niño under way and threatens weather extremes, scientists say Midwest storms blamed for Iowa death, power outages and flight delays while heat hits the East Storm chaser digs man out of rubble after tornadoes rip through US Midwest Saskatchewan rarely gets tornadoes as strong as the one that hit the Oxbow area this week How extreme weather and heat could affect players at World Cup 2026 Alaska’s glaciers have a startling response to rising temperatures Parts of Australia on track for warmest start to winter on record amid influx of tropical air ‘Homes turned into ovens’: Millions of Yemenis swelter amid heat, blackouts China warns people in desert regions to prepare for ‘extreme floods’ thi...

Destructive tornado, flash floods hit Rome after holiday weekend After heavy rain in Ipswich this week, climate change or dodgy drains - what caused town floods?   There were never floods like that when I lived there in the 80s and 90s ......  The s cene of Scotland's largest-ever wildfire turns snowy white with blossoms There have been record heat-related deaths in Spain after an unusually warm May Spanish town faces ‘65ft flames’ during massive wildfire in holiday hotspot In Japan, tropical storm causes traffic disruption and damage In South Africa,  Eastern Cape floods force evacuations and widespread road closures Monsoon rain reaches Kerala 3 days late but on time to save Indian harvests Some good news:  Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction  and some bad news:  Rising seas could drown mangroves and release vast stores of carbon How could El Nino reshape tropical storms around the world this year? The last stable glacie...

WA storms leave thousands without power as wild weekend weather continues Typhoon No. 6 disrupts travel across Japan including Tokyo  with at least 16 injured as Tropical Storm Jangmi threatens Kyushu 'Mornings and nights no longer exist' at 47C: A day in the hottest place in India   Warmest spring on record declared for England and Wales  whilst we now need to  prepare for El Niño, UN warns - it could be the strongest in decades   (something I did warn about back in March, of course!)  

Portugal breaks hottest May day record as Europe swelters in heatwave Spain’s weather agency hails new UK record temperature as May maximums are shattered across Europe Storms overnight follow Met weather warning - with even Evesham getting some house shaking thunder and spectacular lightning in the early hours of Thursday, although little rain as the main cell passed west of here - whilst in Melksham,  'golf ball-sized' hailstones damage roofs and cars ‘Firenado’ spotted amid wildfire in Dublin mountains as crews battle blaze overnight Are 'heat spikes' becoming more common?   Yes .... An excellent piece from the MetO on how record-breaking heat rewrites May temperature records across the UK A new report suggests more global temperature records ahead Poland faces ‘critical’ day as wildfire rages northeast of Warsaw It's a case of s urvival before safety for Delhi's poor as temperatures hit 45C Al Shara visits Syria's flood zones after week of mayhem on ...