9th January - Today's News: Major Storm Hits Northern Britain

Major travel disruption, most homes north of the Great Glen without power and some structural damage as hurricane gusts cause disruption to power and travel (there is of course no such thing as a 'hurricane gust' but winds have gusted in excess of 100mph at low levels - it will be interested to see what the highest sustained windspeeds were) and further south too North England storms caue travel disruption and power cuts

 whilst in Ireland flights diverted and power cut as 120kmh gales sweep country.

But one upside: planes flew from New York to London at near supersonic speed due to powerhouse jetstream

 Winter storm brings misery to Middle East refugees with Gaza hard-hit by regional storm as snow to pile on Jerusalem, reach negrev Desert

There are 'dangerously cold' temperatures and snow across US (except in California where there's an exceptional heatwave!) as one Colorado reporter hospitalised with frostbite after attempting a broadcast in freezing temperatures

There is heavy rain in South Australia's north as Adelaide braces for wet weekend whilst cattle stations rejoice as heavy rain hits central Australia with some rivers flowing for the first time in years.   Meanwhile, in the east, Bendigo flooded as heavy rain hits Victoria, storms predicted

Northern Japan in standstill over snowstorm

And most fossil fuels 'unburnable' under C2 climate target - so I guess we ignore the target ....