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On Saturday,  Storm Malik sweeps in: Britain is battered by 80mph winds as Met Office warns that power and mobile phone coverage could be hit - whilst Sunday and today saw the chaos of Storm Corrie with thousands without power as second storm hits But on a positive side - though ironic for those without power - UK windfarms generate record amount of electricity during Storm Malik In Europe, there was one dead as storm batters Denmark and Sweden and there's flooding in Hamburg after hurricane-force winds hit German north coast Meanwhile in the eastern US, incredible drone footage shows icy Brant Rock homes covered in frozen sea spray as temperatures plunge to 16F and more than two feet of snow falls on Massachusetts whilst there were amazing Storm Kenan scenes from New York with mass snowball fight breaking out in Washington Square Park and people skiing through Central Park and further south, the coldest Florida winter in 12 years sees iguanas fall from trees In WA, streets

Snow arrives in NYC as powerful storm Kenan bears down on the East Coast Storm Malik: Gusts up to 80mph could hit parts of UK - the storm was named by the Danes, before we got the chance to! South Australia makes major emergency declaration over storm damage and flooding as SA's flooded Stuart Highway leaves road-train truckers weighing massive detour to deliver food to NT Freak 'temperature inversion' makes a Welsh mountain hotter than Majorca - although the quoted 21c is obviously in direct sun The snow in Tenerife leaves us with fantastic images of a white Mt Teide Aid agencies scale up Storm Ana response amid floods and rising death toll And we may finally understand why clouds are different between Earth's hemispheres  

Snowfall overnight in Jerusalem closes main highways to capital whilst snow blankets Greece and Turkey as wild weather system creates rare 'snownado' Meanwhile, snowy cyclone pummels Russian cities Experts say Cape Town ‘destroyed it’s hottest temperature record’ on Saturday At least four killed after tropical Storm Ana hits Malawi and Mozambique Key crops face major shifts as world warms Ancient ice reveals mysterious solar storm that occurred 9,200 years ago Australia scientists find 'spooky' spinning object in Milky Way Is there liquid water beneath Martian south polar cap? And is this England's earliest report of ball lightning ?

Snowstorm brings much of Turkey and Greece to a halt as snow wreaks havoc on Athens roads, leaves dozens trapped overnight on highway and heavy snowfall in Turkey forces Istanbul Airport to shut Tropical storm Ana floods Madagascar's capital; 34 dead after which, weakened Tropical Storm Ana makes landfall in Mozambique Parts of Iceland experience a brief w inter heat wave on anniversary of coldest day ever Beijing warns of heavy air pollution during Winter Olympics Last December, Typhoon Rai wrecked 1.5 million houses in the Philippines: Report Tonga volcano: Plume reached half-way to space Tonga volcano: Eruption more powerful than atomic bomb, Nasa says Climate change threatening buried UK treasures as peak bogs dry out As Caucasian glaciers melt, locals face the future with stoicism World’s coldest marathon at blistering minus 53C is complete in Yakutia And a bit of humour in Mumbai winter: India's muggy city is butt of jokes in 'winter' memes

 Perth smashes heat record, recording fifth consecutive day over 40C Meanwhile rain causes more flash flooding in outback South Australia, drenching the town of Kimba Rare snowstorm hits Iraq and Syria ‘The treeline is out of control’: how the climate crisis is turning the Arctic green And how a Tongan volcano shocked the world (literally)

The US police arrest ‘Elsa’ as prime suspect behind winter storm Perth heatwave continues with temperatures above 40 degrees expected until Sunday First the Sahara, and now rare snow and hailstorms cover Saudi desert Dust storm engulfs Canary Islands Storm blankets Syrian tented camps in snow, at least one child dead Giant canyon discovered underneath Vanderford Glacier in Antarctica, revealing history behind rising sea levels A68: 'Megaberg' dumped huge volume of fresh water into the South Atlantic Climate-related deaths fall in England and Wales - ONS And the Met Office look at natural variation and the influence on global temperature

The harrowing first pictures from tsunami hit village in Tonga after deadly volcanic eruption emerge along with Tonga tsunami: Before and after eruption pictures.  At least 4 people are now known to have died. And Tonga eruption: How its impact spread so widely and violently This incredible 'tornado' funnel cloud pictured over Solihull looks to be a contrail.  It definitely was not a funnel cloud. Thousands rescued, more remain stranded on snow-hit Turkish highway 10 killed by floods in Madagascar Snow falls in the Sahara Afghan earthquake death toll reaches 26 And ancient life on Mars is one of three possible explanations for the discovery of carbon on the Red Planet by NASA's Curiosity rover, study finds

Tonga volcano felt around the world as the shockwave from Tonga volcano eruption travels 10,000 miles to Tayside and Fife and, indeed to the rest of the UK.  Including Evesham.  Meanwhile, Australia and New Zealand send surveillance flights to assess damage from Tonga volcano eruption And why satellites are key to understanding Pacific volcano Thousands without power as US and Canada hit by winter storm whilst Florida is hit by four tornadoes with speeds of up to 118mph that have left hundreds homeless Israel hit by massive flooding And cloud seeding scientists win $1.5m grants to boost rainfall in UAE

Breaking news this morning:  Tsunami waves crash through homes in Tonga after eruption of a large underwater volcano Australia matches its hottest day on record as Western Australia town hits 50.7C Brazil rains: Minas Gerais hit by deadly landslides and floods Meanwhile, more southern parts of South America sizzles in record summer temperatures and ground temperatures hit 129 degrees as Argentina suffers blackouts Rivers speeding up Arctic ice melt at alarming rate, experts say whilst the Treeline is now encroaching on the arctic tundra An iceberg in B.C.? Lingering mirage leaves photographer stumped Overall, 2021 was sixth-hottest year since records began as NASA answer six questions to help you understand the 6th warmest year on record Scotland sees a nice display of  'flying saucer clouds' and red skies And a look at t he 21 strangest things about 2021's weather

Past seven years hottest on record - EU satellite data whilst we also had the hottest ocean temperatures in history recorded last year - for the 6th year running. Climate change destroying homes across the Arctic , as well as a lot of other infrastructure, as the permafrost melts. Floods cause havoc in south west France Arctic blast brings frigid temperatures to northern US, Canada It's a 'f 'urnace': Argentina roasts in record-setting heat wave And the US experienced 20 extreme weather events in 2021 that cost $145 billion in damages  

In Queensland, father and daughter rescued after two days clinging to tree in floodwaters, major flooding continues in Maryborough Meanwhile, a cyclone watch issued for Nhulunbuy, Groote Eylandt, as Cyclone Tiffany heads towards the NT Pakistan snow: Hundreds rescued from vehicles in deadly blizzard   Air pollution: Delhi's smog problem is rooted in India's water crisis Ten die after Brazilian cliff collapses onto leisure boats How Covid lockdowns caused decrease in lightning during spring 2020 because fewer fossil fuels were burned, lowering emissions of the aerosols which cause the weather phenomenon - but, on the other hand, a ‘drastic’ rise in high Arctic lightning has scientists worried And Turkmenistan plans to close its 'Gateway to Hell'

Heavy rain in Pacific Northwest see communities cut off by floodwaters with Vancouver seawall damaged as high tides, winds pummel B.C.'s South Coast whilst a bomb cyclone causes chaos on the East Coast, bringing heavy snowfall to NYC Heavy snow leads to 75-vehicle pile-up on Kentucky highway Here, Friday saw cars stuck on motorway as snow causes disruption across Scotland Man dead, girl missing after flooding rain from ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth, falls of 650mm across south-east Queensland In Pakistan: Many dead as heavy snow traps drivers in their vehicles Around the world, more than 400 weather stations beat heat records in 2021 How deforestation has doubled risk of flash flooding in fast-growing West African coastal cities And the death of ‘Throes:’ Astronomers watch rapid self-destruction of a massive star in real time

Here, it's the warmest New Year's Day ever  with  new Temperature Records for the UK  on New Year's Eve as well. In the US, freezing snow storm Frida slams into East Coast whilst last week saw  'life threatening' wildfires raze at least 600 homes, a shopping mall and a hotel to the ground in Boulder, Colorado  on New Year's Eve and after snowfall helped put out the Colorado wildfire: Two people remain missing and presumed dead Also last week, Alaska sets record high December temperature of 19.4C In Australia, Murrumbateman vineyards severely damaged, stripped of leaves and fruit in destructive hailstorm As NZ swelters: The science behind our heatwave Two killed in flash flood in southern province of Iran  Heat wave in Argentina and Paraguay break historical records And another fish fall, in the US, as Texarkana residents are shocked to find hundreds of the dead aquatic animals littering the ground after being swept up by waterspouts from a storm