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A large earthquake hits Greece and Turkey, bringing deaths and floods with Izmir and Samos badly hit,  whilst rescuers cheer as they haul teenager from rubble of devastated eight-floor apartment block as death toll from deadly earthquake in Turkey and Greece hits 26 with more than 800 injured Life-threatening storms sweep Australia's east coast leaving 30,000 homes without power - as monstrous hailstones smash properties and cars as South-east Queensland hit by very dangerous thunderstorms as hail up to 14cm pummels the region .  Meanwhile, the Bushfire inquiry says Australia must prepare for 'alarming outlook' Storm Aiden: Heavy rain and winds hit UK Typhoon Goni: Philippines orders evacuations ahead of 2020’s strongest storm Meanwhile, in Pictures: Ferocious Typhoon Molave smashes through Vietnam as today Vietnam tackles Typhoon Molave's deadly aftermath, searches through landslide destruction as new storm threatens region In El Salvador: At least 7 dead, more

Typhoon Molave: rescuers scramble to find dozens buried under landslides in Vietnam whilst earlier in the week in the Philippines: Typhoon Molave displaces thousands, floods villages Cirencester residents shocked at size of hailstones that fell during a thunderstorm yesterday (of course, we had nothing except a little rain in Evesham) Hurricane Zeta kills one in Louisiana as category 2 storm bashes coast Queensland storms forecast again, but now there's a risk of fires as well China's forest carbon uptake 'underestimated' - the country's policy of planting huge new forests to counter desertification and provide timber resources appears to be paying other dividends And in the Great Barrier Reef: Scientists find reef taller than Empire State Building

Intense rain and large hail impacts Brisbane and inland areas as storms moves across South-East Queensland with warnings that the huge storm will batter Australia's east coast for another three days Hurricane Zeta closes in on resort zone of Mexico's Yucatan A new Silverado wildfire rages in California The greenhouse effect of clouds instrumental in origin of tropical storms And how newly discovered water on the Moon could sustain a lunar base (it's not liquid water though)

Tropical Storm Zeta stalls in Caribbean as Hurricane Epsilon passes eastern US The weekend saw more travel chaos as Scots roads flooded and trains cancelled as heavy rain batters country whilst flash flooding hits part of Brighton after Met Office warning Wild weather in Australia too as power restored to thousands after 100mm of rain falls in northern Sydney But snow in Colorado expected to put damper on wildfires - some of which have been burning since August

Met Office scientists build computer model to predict when tornadoes will hit the UK There's alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record In Canada, Okanagan snowstorm breaks 120-year-old record for most snow in October The drought in western U.S. is biggest in years and predicted to worsen during winter months And whilst the effects have so far been a reduction in pollution globally, in the UK, at least more pollution expected from stay-home workers this winter.

Record heatwave in Midwest and south Brazil, with warning of hyperthermia risk with Sao Paulo among the places recording their highest ever October temperatures. Homes evacuated and cars stranded after Aberdeenshire flooding UK Planners 'must prepare' for weather extremes - Met Office Waterspouts, torrential rains hit Greek Islands Storm Barbara leaves 76,000 homes in southern France without power And 10 million snowblowers? Last-ditch ideas to save the Arctic ice

Vietnam faces deadly flooding disaster - Red Cross with ‘catastrophic floods’: 105 killed, 5 million affected in Vietnam , as Tropical Storm Saudel lashes Philippines, heads for Vietnam There's been flooding on Moray coast amid warnings of heavy rain on the way The 26th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Epsilon strengthens to a hurricane, charges toward Bermuda The season's first major snowfall breaks record in Minnesota There's elation as Nasa's Osiris-Rex probe tags asteroid Bennu in sample bid And Typhoon-hit South Korea suffers cabbage shortage

California just had the hottest August and September on record. October might break records, too Ground-breaking discovery finally proves rain really can move mountains   Spectacular red sprites - ultrafast bursts of electricity - filmed over the Urals   Are climate scientists being too cautious when linking extreme weather to climate change?  250mya the world's greatest mass extinction triggered switch to warm-bloodedness  And real-time data show COVID-19's massive impact on global emissions whilst COVID-19 lockdowns averted tens of thousands of premature deaths related to air pollution, study finds

October downpour sees UK's wettest day on record (that was 3rd October, and all thanks to Storm Alex) Recent Atlantic ocean warming unprecedented in nearly 3,000 years Lava lake rises at dangerous African volcano , threatening a city of 1.5 million people The mountains of Pluto are snowcapped, but not for the same reasons as on Earth And climate change likely drove early human species to extinction, modeling study suggests

Pictures show South America's Paraguay River depleted by drought Several dead in house collapse amid record rain in southern India In California: autumn heatwave sparks fears of new wildfires Storm uncovers time capsule of ancient forest at Cornish beach - the remains of Lyonesse perhaps? Russia sees warmest September in recorded history Two killed as massive forest fires rage in Syria The Great Barrier Reef coral halved by bleaching, climate change, report finds And a fivefold increase in flooding, wildfires and droughts caused by climate change over the last 50 years has led to 2 million deaths and £2.76 trillion in economic losses, study reveals

It's been the worst hurricane season in a century: Hurricane Delta becomes the tenth storm to hit the US mainland this year Israel hit with rare October heatwave as summer swelter stretches into fall How meltwater lakes are accelerating glacier ice loss And Iceland's most active volcano looks like it's getting ready to erupt again

After Hurricane Delta makes landfall in Mexico on Wednesday, now Louisiana braces for Hurricane Delta to make landfall as a Category 3 storm later today. In Australia there have been floods across south-west Victoria after average monthly rain falls in two days Typhoon Chan-hom may bring heavy rain and strong wind over weekend to parts of Japan Nitrous oxide emissions pose an increasing climate threat, study finds And the biggest arctic expedition in history returns to Germany with sobering climate change discoveries

Images show how French settlement was wiped out by storm as it emerges some 'victims' were dead bodies washed away from cemeteries by floodwaters Tornado spotted near Antwerp border Flooding hits six million people in East Africa Warmer winters are keeping some lakes from freezing in the northern hemisphere How African and Middle Eastern dust dampens albedo effect, spurs snowmelt in the heights of the Himalayas Explaining the formation of a hexagon storm on Saturn Manganese-53 provides evidence of a stellar explosion in Earth's proximity, eons ago - around the time the Pleistocene Ice Age began.  Could be a factor? And the European Copernicus Climate Change Service announce that September was world's 'hottest on record'

The death toll in flooding across France and Italy rises to 12 as six bodies wash up on a shoreline Tropical Storm Delta forms in the Caribbean and could hit the US Gulf Coast as a Cat 2 hurricane later this week whilst Tropical Storm Gamma Downs Trees in Cancun, Mexico Dozens of homes razed in New Zealand bushfires Boris Johnson announces plans for wind farms to power every home by 2030 - except, of course, when we're sat under high pressure in winter ....  Appears it plans new hydrogen cell technology and nuclear power stations to cover that. A study suggests the Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah Researchers find some planets may be better for life than Earth - no mention of an oversized moon to stabilise orbit and produce tides though.  And global warming means nights warming faster than days across much of the planet

France sends in the army while rescue teams hunt for survivors in Italy as torrential rain and winds from Storm Alex leave at least two dead and up to 20 missing Huge rescue effort underway after severe floods kill two people in northern Italy Firefighters among eight people still missing after Storm Alex hit southern France Over 60mm here in 60 hours made it the wettest spell in Evesham for several years, possibly since July 2007.   However, no problems this time.   Other parts of the UK saw over 100mm of rain as the heavy rain brings flooding and travel disruption This year's California wildfires burn record 4 million acres, more than twice previous high And how a Mayan community was obliterated 1,590 years ago when a huge volcano erupted

  Storm Alex brings heavy rain and high winds to parts of UK with a lot more rain - and likely flooding - in many parts over the weekend.  Here in Evesham we've already had 50% more rain than we saw in the whole of September.   Meanwhile Southeast France on red alert as Storm Alex wreaks havoc there. It's apparently been Italy's coldest September in 50 years with snow falling around Rome Australia can expect more cyclones, an earlier season, and more landfalls as La Nina cycle declared California's fall heat wave breaks records, prompts statewide flex alert to conserve energy 'How am I going to stay alive?' Flamborough farmer describes sheltering from tornado in Canada earlier this week Climate change responsible for record sea temperature levels And what wobbling rocks can tell us about nuclear safety