Weather & Earth Science News

Southern California swelters as late-season heatwave smothers region Hailstones ‘the size of tennis balls’ leave holes in cars after massive storm in Paraguay Severe storm leaves widespread damage across Crete Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes Several killed in Senegal as heavy rains cause flooding, damage to infrastructure And now it's Typhoon Nolo after Pacific hurricane crosses the international dateline      

One dead and 90 rescued in terrifying flash floods in Spain holiday hotspot as cars swept away & houses swamped Tornado causes damage as it rips through Ulladulla on NSW south coast Hawaii’s centuries-old sea arch collapses into Pacific after series of rough storms May heatwaves, deaths, ruined harvests: study of Europe’s summer paints grim picture for the future C ould El Niño mean there are no Atlantic hurricanes this year? Global glacier retreat has accelerated And a warning that t he solar system will fall apart far sooner than anyone thought, scientists say  - albeit still billions and billions of years in the future, and long after the Sun has consumed the Earth.        

  Crete at the mercy of severe weather: Floods, landslides, power cuts and closed schools Record rain in Nebraska leaves streets in Lincoln, Omaha underwater Hurricane Rachel intensifies to Category 3 off Mexico coast as US hit by flooding Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies Flooding, storms forecast for parts of south-east Australia after record dry start to spring Ocean heatwaves are hiding months of extra warming It was the j oint-fourth warmest September on record for the UK  - a nd a slightly misleading headline from the BBC:  UK on track for one of the warmest years on record after warm September - the reality is that we'd now need something like Yellowstone to erupt or a Chicxulub impact event for 2026 to avoid smashing the CET record.      

One dead as nor'easter storm pummels New York and New Jersey Hurricane Polo makes landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast Central Tokyo records 34 consecutive days of rain; longest on record Floods and landslides kill at least 56 people in India, 12 in Nepal Four bodies found after avalanche hits Himalayan climbing group France puts out massive fire that torched 42,000 hectares and smouldered for 69 days And  satellite images reveal Greenland and Antarctica have lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice over the past 50 years  

Hurricane Polo lashes Mexico as Nolo strengthens near Hawaii Hurricane Nolo predicted to bring ‘life-threatening flooding’ to Hawaii Tracking the nor'easter: Millions brace for this weekend's powerful storm  as r oads flood in New Jersey, inundate some homes, as first major signs of nor’easter take shape Meanwhile, in the Atlantic,  Zombie Storm Fay comes back to life Bangkok roads submerged as flood disaster declared More than 170,000 respiratory cases recorded in haze-choked Indonesia In Papua, t he treasured 'eternal snow' on this tropical island is about to disappear forever Contrasting fortunes for British food producers as heatwaves and drought wipe out Suffolk pumpkin crop  and  UK farmers see 'disappointing' harvest with cereal yields below historic averages  but a h ot chilli legacy of summer heatwave  for some. And j ust how hot and dry was your summer? Use our postcode lookup to find out   (not entirely accurate for specific locations of co...

El Niño transforms Atacama desert as thousands of hectares burst into bloom   Hurricane Polo downgraded but remains 'very powerful' off coast of Mexico  whilst further out in the Pacific  Tropical Storm Nolo strengthening, Hawaii bracing for flooding, winds .   Still no sign of an Atlantic hurricane developing though.   Could it be a hurricane-free season?   Floods, landslides and storms: Typhoon Dujuan ravages Japan – in pictures One of America’s largest reservoirs just hit a record low The Arctic sea ice melt season grew longer for decades, but something strange happened around 2010 Scientists say a critical Atlantic Ocean current is weakening and the effects could be global Scientists warn super El Nino could cause 450,000 deaths: Should we worry? And how emissions from the last ten years made Europe’s deadly 2025 heat wave even hotter