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Hurricane Ian - Maps and images showing destruction with 17 now reported dead (and warnings it could be much higher) as Charleston braces for direct hit and NOAA report that Hurricane Ian’s rainfall was a 1-in-1,000 year event for the hardest-hit parts of Florida Typhoon Noru tears across Vietnam, Laos  Dust devil in UAE rises up to the clouds in rare weather event Arctic sea ice loss leads to more frequent strong El Niño events And why Saturn's rings and tilt could be the product of an ancient, missing moon

Yesterday, after Hurricane Ian: Cuba suffers complete blackout after storm and today, after making landfall in the USA, Hurricane Ian continues to batter Florida as a Category 1 storm while officials warn the worst is yet to come with cities flooded and power cut as storm crosses Florida Meanwhile, after Hurricane Fiona: Satellite images show devastation in Atlantic Canada This summer's heatwave led to unprecedented melt of Swiss glaciers Tropical rains flood parts of Thailand as 5,000 seek shelter And how more powerful hurricanes get second wind in Europe

Ian now a major hurricane, set to strengthen into Cat 4 storm in Gulf as Ian makes landfall in Cuba as Category 3 hurricane Vietnam braces for Typhoon Noru as Philippines cleans up in its wake Storm Hermine brings record rainfall in Spain’s Canary Islands German glacier melts away amid rising temperatures And China’s Mars rover finds hints of catastrophic floods

Storm Fiona: Houses washed into sea as storm batters Canada with a glimpse inside Atlantic Canada after the storm Typhoon Noru batters the Philippines   And Tropical Storm Ian’s uncertain path has all of Florida preparing for a major hurricane   In Spain – 1 killed in Murcia flash floods after 29mm of rain in 10 minutes whilst there were hundreds of flights cancelled, floods and landslides in the Canaries due to storm Hermine   Lightning, heavy rains kill at least 36 in India   And the Earth has a new island thanks to an explosive underwater volcano in the Pacific

Hundreds of thousands without power as Fiona makes landfall in the Canadian Maritimes Meanwhile, Typhoon Talas lashes central Japan, reportedly killing two as thousands evacuate  Tropical Storm Ian forms, expected to hit Florida as a major hurricane And the cyclone near Canary Islands becomes Tropical Storm Hermine Heavy rainfall washes away cars in Spain as emergency services inundated with calls Boy, 5, from Sydney dies after car swept away in floodwaters in NSW Central West

After a very quiet summer, it's now all go in the Atlantic.  Tropical Storm Gaston, 3 more systems form in Atlantic as Hurricane Fiona heads toward Bermuda with the risk of a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico next week? Forecasters warn of 'significant threat' to US Meanwhile, Puerto Rico struggles to reach areas cut off by Fiona earlier in the week and as the storm heads north, the blow-by-blow of what to expect from Hurricane Fiona in Canada Severe weather hits south-east Queensland, more than 200mm of rain dumped on Gold Coast hinterland in three hours Tornado spotted in Al Ain as Northern Emirates hit by heavy rain and high winds El Salvador landslides kill at least 7, including three children When it comes to air quality in the Middle East, anthropogenic air pollution more significant than desert dust A warning that Asian coastal cities sinking fast: study whilst in the UK there's a climate change risk to coastal castles - English Heritage And 2022 Arctic summer

The terrifying moment a bridge is swept away in Puerto Rico as Hurricane Fiona brings catastrophic flooding and 100mph winds: Entire island plunged into darkness as Joe Biden declares a state of emergency as Dominican Republic hit as storm strengthens and Puerto Ricans and Dominicans emerge to discover devastation caused by Hurricane Fiona: Shocking pictures show the islands once again broken by Mother Nature - as Bermuda braces for impact Meanwhile, in Japan storm: Millions told to evacuate as Typhoon Nanmadol makes landfall with mudslides and flooding as typhoon batters Japan And even Alaskans grapple with fallout from typhoon-related flooding Tremor shakes Mexico City on quake anniversary whilst a man dies as strong earthquake topples building in Taiwan Nigeria battling floods ‘beyond control’ as warning given of dams overflowing Last week, the Cairngorms see first snow fall in Scotland this season Europe has it's hottest ever August: as temperature soar, Rhine levels plum

The death toll rises in Italy: Floods and rain kill at least 10 overnight - official Storm batters Mallorca and causes serious flooding Warnings that a severe storm headed for Alaska could bring devastating levels of flooding this weekend Puerto Rico is bracing for Tropical Storm Fiona The rainbow rain cloud: Incredible natural occurrence looms over Chinese city like a multi-coloured halo Pakistan floods 'likely' made worse by warming Parched Poyang Lake – China’s Largest Freshwater Lake Dries Out And after the China, Europe, US drought: Is 2022 the driest year recorded?

'Water bomb' kills at least seven people as 16 inches of rain falls in Italy's Marche region in just two hours, sparking catastrophic floods Swiss mountain pass ice to melt completely within weeks Hong Kong sees record for hottest day in September broken twice Muifa becomes the strongest tropical cyclone in recorded history to impact Shanghai  Deadly floods in Niger and Nigeria affect 75,000 children and leave communities in disarray Earth's newest secret: How volcanoes really work Are we missing a crucial component of sea-level rise? Refreezing poles feasible and cheap, new study finds - but as the lead author says, " There is widespread and sensible trepidation about deploying aerosols to cool the planet ....but if the risk/benefit equation were to pay off anywhere, it would be at the poles ."   The potential consequences of greatly increasing the temperature gradient between poles and equator make that a very big if indeed ..... Saturn's ri

Mountain glacier at Queulat National Park in Chile's Patagonia region collapses amid 'abnormal' high temperatures This should be the absolute peak of hurricane season—but it’s dead quiet out there with the Atlantic hurricane season's startling landfall disparity compared to the past two years Rescuers search for person missing in Los Angeles mountain area mudslides as thousands evacuate Meanwhile, the wildfire situation improves in southeastern B.C. but warm, dry conditions expected further north Spanish wildfire continues to rage into fifth day in Andalucía as rain brings hope Fears of more flooding as Pakistan death toll crosses 1,400 Ports, schools shut as Typhoon Muifa barrels toward eastern China And a Little Ice Age study reveals North Atlantic reached a tipping point

After briefly becoming a hurricane, Kay, a post-tropical cyclone, moves up Baja California’s western coast Meanwhile, the East Coast could see dangerous rip currents this weekend as Hurricane Earl churns near Bermuda whilst Danielle to head toward Europe following Atlantic adventure   California sizzled in a record heatwave this week. We mapped where it was hottest - with several cities recording all time record highs. China reports ‘most severe’ heatwave and third driest summer on record And the European summer brought record heat, solar power to the continent but a warning that the heat and drought in Europe will lead to a huge wave of tree deaths Freak mini-tornado hits Wexford house and farm shed All of Wales in drought despite heavy rain in recent days Death toll of 6.8-magnitude quake in China's Sichuan rises to 88 Chinese scientists forecast rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves with six tipping points ‘likely’ to be crossed Ghost island thought to be norther

On a day of showers, rainbows appear at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace after Queen Elizabeth's death Heavy rain and flooding disrupts travel in Scotland Early on Tuesday morning, the Northern Lights and storm put on Norfolk weather show Isle of Wight tornado captured in dramatic video footage Storms cause mayhem in many parts of Italy Bermuda under tropical storm warning as close call with powerful Earl looms  As US records are broken, n o September on record in the West has seen a heat wave like this Pakistan UNESCO site Moenjodaro badly damaged by flooding In Uganda, 15 people die after heavy rains trigger landslides And no surprise that it was the hottest ever as Europe's warm summer shatters records

Hinnamnor turns deadly, drops nearly 40 inches of rain in South Korea as seven drown in flooded South Korean car park Stunning shelf cloud captured in Dorset before storm hit on Monday evening There was also a waterspout tornado seen in Midlothian during weather warning Earl develops into the 2nd hurricane of Atlantic season but, like Danielle, it's keeping well out to sea. And no surprise to hear that China registers hottest August since records began

Cars are submerged underwater on Interstate 95 in Rhode Island after intense rainfall caused buildings to collapse Meanwhile, in California, The Golden State braces for blackouts as temperatures soaring above 110F and wildfires rip across bone-dry land as the heatwave in North America threatens to break global September temperature record Storm Kay strengthens to hurricane status in path toward Mexico, southwestern US The strongest tropical storm so far this year, Typhoon Hinnamnor hits South Korea, cutting power to homes and turning roads into rivers Two nights running of thunderstorms in England - though we only had distant thunder and lightning last night - diners forced to flee restaurant after water floods through roof amid torrential rain, while firefighters rush to house after it is struck by lightning as Britain continues to be hit by thunderstorms In the Pakistan floods: Officials struggle to stop biggest lake overflowing China quake: Deadly tremor rocks Sichuan city in loc

L.A. sees third day of record-setting temperatures as wildfires, outages bear down Tropical Storm Earl Forms East of the Leeward Islands Aid continues to arrive in Pakistan as deaths from floods pass 1,200 How Pakistan floods are linked to climate change August broke temperature records in Finland And in Canada, August was one of the hottest months on record in B.C.: meteorologists

The MetO confirm it was the joint hottest summer on record for England and one of the top 5 summers on record for the UK as a whole.  It's also, so far, the warmest year on record. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, New Zealand just had its warmest, wettest winter on record - that's the 3rd year running their record has been broken. For this winter's storms: Betty, Cillian and Khalid among this year's names Record temperatures, raging fires, a strained power grid: California heat wave in full effect Tropical Storm Danielle forms in Atlantic, expected to become 1st hurricane of season Typhoon Hinnamnor to bring catastrophic flooding, wind damage to parts of Japan Floods in Sudan leave 100 dead, many homeless And Arctic lakes are vanishing in surprise climate finding