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30th May - Today's News: European Heatwave: Record 40.3c in Portugal

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 ...
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27th May - Today's News: British and Irish Temperature Records Smashed Again

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UK's hottest May day record broken for second day in a row  - 35.1c at Kew Gardens - whilst  Wales sees new hottest May day record  , the Channel Islands saw t emperature record broken for third day in a row  and  Ireland sees another temperature record for May  with 30.6c at Shannon AP on the west coast.   Scotland also had its warmest day of the year so far, but no records up there and on the west coast some places were only around 14c ...... But perhaps of even more interest is Camborne which recorded 30.1c - that's over 5c higher than its previous May record and 2c over it's June record.   And then to follow up, it had an overnight minima of 21.4c - which broke the UK record for the warmest May night.    Camborne?   Must be a big airport, surrounded by tarmac or greenhouses and in a big urban area, right?    Er, no.    Here's Camborne weather station - out in the countryside in a open fiel...
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26th May - Today's News: May Temperature Records Smashed Across UK, Ireland & France

Yesterday was the h ottest May day on record in UK as temperatures pass 34C - and also the hottest bank holiday on record - whilst Wales and the Channel Islands also broke their May record and  Ireland sees new May high of 28.8C And today it's already widely 26-27c across much of southern Britain - from Cornwall to Norfolk - at 9am ......   Likely yesterday's record will fall later ...... Meanwhile,  Europe sizzles under 'heat dome' as France logs hottest May day on record In Scotland, f irefighters tackle grass fire near Arthur's Seat through the night Scorching days, restless nights: Heatwave tightens grip across parts of India Why Michigan is emerging as one of America’s worst-hit climate states The USA's  wildfire season is off to a historic start and it could get worse Record May heat wave grips Northeast cities And dust storms:  deadly fungal storms are now sweeping the US – and spreading a disease few doctors recognise      
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23rd May - Today's News: Record Heatwave Starts in England & Wales

After a fairly cool May, everything has changed and we're now at the start of with is very likely to be record breaking heatwave with highs of 33°C forecast this weekend  and already 28.4c recorded in several places as h ot weather to intensify in UK over bank holiday weekend .   Cool, wet and windy in the Highlands though .... Meanwhile,  England must harvest rainfall and take action on water usage, Lords warn  whilst the Welsh Govt are told to expect  'disease-carrying mosquitoes and heat deaths if temperatures soar'  and the  UK should set maximum working temperature rules, advisers say Last year's Dava Moor fire: s cientists say four-day moorland blaze was UK's first megafire ‘Exceptionally high’ temperatures to hit parts of Europe this weekend. Which city can cope the best? Heavy rainfall, thunderstorms bring flooded roadways, downed trees in New York City Rescue workers swim through buildings to reach trapped residents as heavy rains kill 24...
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19th May - Today's News: Floods Across China After Record Rainfall

At least 10 dead as huge floods sweep southern and central China  after record rainfall hits parts of China amid severe downpours Stranded school students rescued from national park as deluge drenches Gold Coast South Korea's unusually early heat wave expected to retreat nationwide due to heavy rainfall Iraq records over 800 suffocation cases amid dust storm  Duststorms and lightning kill at least 96 people in northern India And another  warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows    
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14th May - Today's News: World's "Worst" Start to Wildfire Season

The world's worst start to wildfire season raises alarm as El Niño threatens South Africa declares natural disaster as flooding kills at least 10 At least 96 dead as freak summer hailstorm and heavy rains strike northern India Scientists say a critical Atlantic ocean current is weakening and the world could feel the impact Scientists discover the strange way CO2 cools part of Earth’s atmosphere    
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9th May - Today's News: Heavy Snowfall in Colorado

It’s May and Colorado is covered in snow. Locals are loving it   EF3 tornado damages hundreds of homes, injures 17 in Mississippi Giant waterspouts soar into skies above Spanish holiday coasts as roads turn to rivers and flood alerts issued  The Kremlin fiddles while Tuapse burns A colossal and rare roll cloud astonishes beachgoers in São Lourenço, Brazil Why is a record heatwave sweeping South Asia? A  ‘triple whammy of climate chaos’: Why Antarctica's sea ice collapse is no longer a mystery As  El Niño looms: Near-record sea temperatures in April raise fears of more global heat The Arctic is on fire - and no, it’s not normal Clean air, thinner clouds? A century-old pollution puzzle And clouds in cuckoo land: Frank McNally on the meteorological ‘scaraveens’ of May  
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