Weather & Earth Science News

As Australia's floods spread, Lismore flood emergency sees people stranded on roofs, evacuation warning issued for entire NSW Northern Rivers with floodwaters at record levels in some places,  whilst the Brisbane River to see another major peak as south-east Queensland reels from weather emergency . Record flooding in Australia driven by La Niña and climate change Meanwhile, in SA, heavy rain turns Adelaide streets into rivers, as late summer storm also hits Barossa

Queenslanders are warned rain will lash the state for another 24 hours as entire towns go underwater in floods that have left five dead with warnings that flooding on Sunshine Coast predicted to reach record highs A trail of destruction as 'tornado' smashes into Doncaster homes last Sunday whilst another 'mini tornado' leaves gaping hole in roof of Derby home (not clear whether they were tornados though) Cyclone Emnati kills at least four people in Madagascar In the US, dust clouds are killing people out West—and the dangers could spread Corals show rising sea levels in Singapore 'very likely' due to climate change  And Antarctic sea ice hits lowest level since 1970s

Queensland's wet weather continues with more than 400mm of rain falling in three hours, flood warnings issued Brazil storm death toll rises to 186 one week on ‘Race against time’ as Madagascar braces for 4th tropical cyclone in a month Earlier in the week on the Severn, the water tops barriers as levels rise - but the flood risk is now diminishing Two dead as 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Sumatra A study of fossils of creatures that died in the cataclysm shows how the 'dinosaur asteroid' wrought springtime devastation Onset of modern sea level rise began in 1863, study finds A warning that global warming and land use change to drive more extreme wildfires And lessons on climate grief from the people of the sea ice

 After Wales sees near-80mph gusts and more disruption and more heavy rain, major incident declared as flood waters rise in Ironbridge and Bewdley Meanwhile, on Sunday in Normandy Elderly couple ‘drowned as car swept into English Channel’ as winds picked up ahead of Storm Franklin. Stunning ‘mammatus’ formations that look like UFOs appear in the sky above Glasgow And West Midlands rocked by earthquake - but I was asleep and noticed nothing ....

Storm Franklin: Flooding and evacuations as storm nears UK as rain causes flooding across Yorkshire and the Mersey River hits highest-ever level and hundreds of homes at risk of flooding amid 'danger to life' warnings .   Yesterday incredible footage shows pontoon destroy bridge near Armley Mills in Leeds - ironically the pontoon was being used to build new flood defences.   And there's a sub-zero chill and snow forecast after winds of up to 130km hit Ireland with 29,000 without power today. Meanwhile, more deaths in Germany and Poland at the weekend as Storm Eunice carves deadly trail across Europe In Petrópolis: More than 120 still missing in Brazil flood-hit city Wild storms hit Sydney as a shopping centre roof collapses and cars float down the road after 19mm of rain fell in just 15 minutes And NASA's Curiosity rover captures stunning footage of the Martian sky with clouds of carbon dioxide ice passing by overhead

Storm Eunice batters Europe killing at least nine people In England, three people killed as strong winds sweep across UK as Storm Eunice leaves thousands of homes without power and many more pictures in the Daily Mail as the Eunice aftermath rocks Britain There was one man killed by falling tree in Republic of Ireland And in the Netherlands, the death toll rises to four, as storm Eunice moves into Groningen whilst in Germany it was renamed Storm Zeynep: Strong winds hit Germany days after Ylenia Meanwhile, in the US a dangerous storm churns out tornadoes, record-breaking snowfall Earlier this week: Storm Ylenia causes transport chaos in Germany Thirteen pedigree dogs are electrocuted after storm brings down 11,000-volt power line on to kennel block U.S. coastline to see up to a foot of sea level rise by 2050 And pollution causing more deaths than Covid-19, action needed: UN expert

 So far, just a normal windy days here in Evesham, but with red weather warnings out for the SW and SE, millions across UK told to stay home as severe winds hit whilst in the north, Scotland hit by heavy snow as Storm Eunice arrives .    Meanwhile, in Ireland, 55,000 homes without power, multiple weather warnings and schools close in nine counties In Petrópolis: Hopes fade for survivors in flood-hit Brazil city And the Covid shutdown linked to record rainfall in China during 2020

More very windy weather in Britain:  Storm Eunice looms as Storm Dudley clear-up continues - and Eunice will be hitting southern parts, possibly with 100mph gusts, so a red warning looks very likely.   And there's already been more than eight million trees lost this winter in the UK , before this week. And as Dudley moves east, high winds slam northern Germany whilst in the Netherlands, Storm Dudley brings down trees ahead of Eunice’s arrival on Friday .   I see the EU have finally agreed to give the same name to storms in all countries, to avoid confusion, despite which, the Danes have renamed Eunice as Nora, since they claim Eunice is too difficult to pronounce.   And the Germans have still renamed Dudley as Ylenia ....   so we'll see how that works out - and whether the Germans (or others) start pre-empting storm names in order to get in first, ahead of the British .... Meanwhile, thanks to climate change: Flooding is 'the new reality' in Wales In Petrópolis: Deadl

Climate change-induced extreme winter drought devastates crops in Spain and Portugal whilst the dry winter drains reservoir in northwestern Spain In the US, megadrought plaguing Southwest is worst the region has seen in 1,200 years, researchers say WA weather warnings: Severe storms light up skies with over 2 million lightning strikes as bushfires, dry lightning, rapid spark and spread all indicate climate change, southern fire chief says New research solves longstanding Antarctic climate change mystery And the EU-Russia orbiter captures picture of Mars surface etched by dust devils

Winter heat wave sets all-time February record highs in California cities Madagascar: Death toll from Cyclone Batsirai rises to 120 Amazon deforestation: Record high destruction of trees in January How Mars lost its oceans And there's the possibility that life could exist on planet orbiting 'white dwarf' star - though not necessarily as we know it, Jim

At the weekend, Cyclone Batsirai pounds Madagascar and now, the Madagascar death toll from Cyclone Batsirai nears 100 Homes engulfed as deadly landslide hits Colombia Severe drought threatens 13 million with hunger in Horn of Africa In WA, Pilbara residents and pets welcome heavy rainfall to end region's dry spell World’s glaciers hold less ice than thought: Study Solar storm knocks out 40 newly launched satellites from Elon Musk's SpaceX In search of the meteorite - or was it a spaceship?! - the first expedition to depths of Lake Cheko close to epicentre of Tunguska event to start in February Earth's inner core is 'superionic', a state of matter somewhere between solid and liquid, study suggests And a new hope for clean, cheap energy in the future as the UK's JET laboratory has a major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy

Cyclone Batsirai: Madagascar braced for second storm in weeks Another winter storm disrupts U.S. with power outages and icy roads Meanwhile, in Nevada it's a Dry January: Reno goes a month with no rain for the first time in nearly 130 years In Israel, a storm brings rain and flooding to south as more snow falls on Hermon Avalanche kills five people in Austrian mountain resort near the Swiss border, while another five are rescued alive from under the snow On Mount Everest: Mountain's highest glacier melting rapidly, new study shows And the Western US 'megafloods' during last ice age might not have been so mega

Supercell storm tears off roofs, downs trees and cuts power across Brisbane and Logan as Queensland's wild weather sees more severe storms develop as state battles heatwave, threat of flash flooding In the capital of Ecuador: Deadly landslide after heaviest rainfall in almost 20 years At least three dead in Haiti rains, flooding: Official Climate change: UK plants now flowering a month earlier Ocean eddies could explain Antarctic sea-ice paradox: why sea-ice extent hasn’t changed much since 1979  Ancient DNA suggests woolly mammoths roamed the Earth more recently than thought - maybe surviving in Alaska until as recently as 5,700 years ago. And in 2020 an almost 500-mile-long lightning bolt crossed three US states