Weather & Earth Science News

  Met Office: A review of the UK’s climate in 2025 ‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk Heatwave across Australia’s south-east continues for eighth day ahead of a welcome cool change Anatomy of a heat wave: How a cyclone, humid air and atmospheric waves drove brutal heat in southeastern Australia Residents of world’s largest Arctic city left without heat as sub-zero temperatures persist in northern Russia In the USA, t housands still without power as brutal temperatures head to the South Tornado outbreak in Antalya leaves boats, structures in ruins Argentina declares emergency over Patagonia wildfires And how the climate crisis pushes global food system to breaking point    

Moscow records heaviest snowfall in more than 200 years, meteorologists say Heavy snow derails normal life in northern Japan  as  Japan weather officials urge caution for heavy snow in northern, western regions with  Nozawa Onsen, Japan, buried by 1.5 meter storm as historic snowfall overwhelms village In Australia, Port Augusta and Andamooka hit 50C with temperatures set to drop across SA And contrary to claims they'd starve, p olar bears on Norwegian islands fatter and healthier despite ice loss, scientists say  

At least five killed after Storm Kristin hits Portugal Storm Kristin brings snow, wind and power cuts to Spain  with trains suspended and villages cut off as 90km/h winds batter Malaga Here,  flood-hit homes are evacuated in the south west ahead of fresh downpours Meanwhile  'Ireland has flood forecasts - we’re just not allowed to see them'  with f urther rain warnings issued for Ireland as clean up under way at flood-hit town Bushfire threatens dozens of homes in Ellenbrook, north-east of Perth Why some towns in regional Australia are hotter than others Drought in the east, floods in the south: Africa battered by climate change And sea levels are rising across the world. But in Greenland, scientists say they’re about to fall - or, rather, the land will rise due to isostasy  

 Major incident declared as 'life-threatening' flooding from Storm Chandra devastates the south west  whilst in Northern Ireland there was almost a month's rain in one day at Katesbridge - breaking the locations daily rainfall record by some 30mm.  Today there are still m ore than 100 flood warnings as Storm Chandra disruption continues .   But nothing much happening in Evesham. Heat records tumble in Victoria Morocco’s Meteorological Service explains record rainfall and snowfall patterns And scenes from the winter storm in the USA        

Victorian maximum temperature record broken as heatwave engulfs Australia  as  firefighters battle 'emergency level' blazes in Australia heatwave  and SA's  Riverland town rises above 49C in 'new all-time record' for Renmark The  death toll rises to 30 as freezing temperatures continue to sweep across the US Winter storm buries Eastern Canada in snow. Frigid cold means it's sticking around Storm Chandra brings flooding and road closures with warnings across UK  with  350 schools closed and 10,000 without power as Storm Chandra brings disruption to Northern Ireland  - and another 30,000 without power in the Republic Hundreds evacuated as 2.5-mile long landslide hits Sicilian town Death toll from Indonesia landslide exceeds 20, dozens remain missing Wildfires in Patagonia reignite, destroying over 35,000 hectares And strange white rocks on Mars hint at millions of years of rain    

At least seven dead and 800,000 without power as major winter storm hits US  with 'steamnadoes' reported in Texas as blizzard conditions plague US from Nashville to Nantucket - and Winter Storm Fern's not done yet   and piercing cold across most of Canada brings heavy snow, power outages People cling to treetops as 'worst floods in a generation' sweep Mozambique Clean-up after 'devastating' storm wreaks havoc in SW England Worst heatwave since Black Saturday forecast for Victoria as WA faces Tropical Cyclone Luana And still  ‘completely cut off’: Kamchatka calls for Moscow’s help as record snowfall paralyzes region