Weather & Earth Science News

Snowless NYC breaks 50-year record of longest winter without flurries Wild weather causes chaos for thousands of travellers at Sydney Airport as severe storm system brings a month's worth of rain in just two hours Auckland floods: More heavy rain ahead for New Zealand's largest city After the latest tropical storm in Madagascar: At least 25 dead, roads flooded and crops destroyed Rare 'mother-of-pearl' cloud spotted in Scotland And a warning climate change impacting on avalanche risk in the Highlands

Auckland airport flooded as torrential rain hits New Zealand's largest city with three people dead and at least one missing as rain pounds Auckland and more severe, wide-reaching rain set to keep lashing North Island over the weekend. Ohio busts snowfall record as winter storm moves north South Korea’s capital weathers snowstorm as cold spell bites Snow hits the Costa Del Sol just weeks after a record-breaking heatwave And there goes asteroid 2023 BU: Space rock passes closer than some satellites

‘Heat February’ likely to follow Germany’s warmest January on record so far There's been snow on the beach in Ibiza! though, as heavy snow causes disruption in Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Mallorca South Korea, Japan grapple with heavy snow chaos, delays Scores of people die as wave of freezing weather sweeps across Afghanistan In the US, s torm brings tornado damage to Gulf Coast region of Texas Cyclone Cheneso hits Madagascar and destroys roads to capital NASA satellite images show greening effect of flooding in Queensland's Channel Country Clouds part to reveal colossal Antarctic iceberg And an ocean enigma: mysterious white clouds keep popping up near the Bahamas, and no one knows why

In China: Northern city of Mohe reports coldest temperature ever recorded there; -53c North Korea issues 'extreme cold' weather alert However, here, after snow last week, the Highlands and Grampian enjoy warm spell as ‘unusual’ weather reversal causes England to freeze .  It was -6.7c in my garden this morning, 20c colder than Altnaharra (13.2c).  And yesterday London had their coldest night for 12 years recorded as temperatures drop to -8.4C making UK capital chillier than Russia Meanwhile, across Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Eastern European rivers flood after ‘extraordinary’ weather and record high temperatures And down in the Antarctic: Giant iceberg breaks away in front of UK station

  Floods in western Balkans cause huge damage, drownings whilst the stormy south wind broke five temperature records in Bulgaria . Friday saw '6ft snowdrifts' block roads to Scottish winter sports centres as Britons brace for more icy travel chaos In parts of the USA, m ajor cross-country storm leaves motorists stranded for more than 16 hours Dozens of people killed as cold wave sweeps Afghanistan Tibet avalanche kills 28 A video shows rare snow covering Taklimakan desert in northwest China Meanwhile, temperatures on Greenland haven’t been this warm in at least 1,000 years, scientists report In the Malacca Strait: How one volcano could trigger world chaos And thanks to light pollution: Huge fall in stars that can be seen with naked eye

After the rains came the snow (though not in Evesham ..... )  Winter's icy grip brings fresh travel hell for millions of commuters on roads and rail across the South, West and Scotland Meanwhile, major incident declared due to Somerset flood risk and in the Channel Islands too Jersey flooding: Major incident declared Storm Gerard slams France with hurricane-force winds, disrupts travel California storm death toll climbs to 20 as deluge begins to subside ‘Binge rainfall’ sends New Zealanders’ summer plans down the drain Cyclones in the Arctic are becoming more intense and frequent Researchers say increased atmospheric dust is masking greenhouse gases' warming effect And after last year's Tonga eruption: Atlantic seafloor felt Pacific volcano megablast

Heavy rain causes floods and travel chaos across UK whilst flooded residents brace as river levels set to peak across the West Midlands, and in Wales there's a warning of more flooding without investment .   However, for the most part this is all stuff that happens every year. And deaths from US tornadoes rise to nine as crews search for trapped survivors

More than 30 tornadoes reportedly struck several states as severe weather swept across the South, leaving at least 7 dead  More flood hell as residents are forced out of their homes amid 258 flood alerts as cut-off pub lunches boat taxi service for regulars (I'll not walking out to the Camp House this weekend then!) 2022 confirmed as one of warmest years on record: WMO - either the 6th per the Met Office , or the 5th according to NASA And it's now clear that, despite no admission from ExxonMobil: Oil giant predicted climate change in 1970s - scientists

Europe and polar regions bear brunt of warming in 2022 as twelve European countries broke temperature records in 2022 Meanwhile, globally, the last 8 years were the hottest on record North Yorkshire roads flooded and drivers rescued after heavy rain with Hull Pot sinkhole becoming a lake whilst many homes and businesses at risk of flooding from heavy rain elsewhere in the country (including Tewkesbury, but not Evesham) - but the weather does look like turning a bit drier now. Landslides, sinkholes, floodwaters plague soggy California with the death toll expected to rise as California braces for more storms . But will California’s extreme storms offset its years-long drought? Alice Springs' usually dry Todd River flowing strong thanks to rain from former tropical cyclone Ellie In Saudi Arabia: Makkah mountains turn green after heavy rain Siberia sees coldest air in two decades as temperature dips to minus-80 Study offers most detailed glimpse yet of planet's last 11,000 sum

California storm: Five-year-old boy swept away as residents told to flee NZ's North island hit by Cyclone Hale - State of local emergency declared as Hikuwai river expected to peak 13 metres tonigh t Spring sunny heat waves caused record snow melt in 2021, adding to severe water supply impacts across the Western US Ozone layer may be restored in decades, UN report says UK wind generated a record amount of electricity in 2022 And with relentless rain, record heat: study finds climate crisis worsened extreme weather over the past few years

Widespread damage to California coast in wake of major storms whilst the death toll rises to six as deadly storm smashes into California Thousands of Aussies wake to darkness as monster storm hits Severe cold wave grips north India In Hawaii: Footage shows Kilauea volcano erupting again Satellite images reveal beavers are transforming the Arctic "like wildfire" - and accelerating climate change as a result Half of glaciers will be gone by 2100 even under Paris 1.5C accord, study finds And Scottish skiing gets lift as European resorts struggle for snow

  Evacuations ordered in California as massive storm slams into coast whilst heavy snowfall and tornadoes wreak havoc on Midwest and South  In WA, Fitzroy Crossing and Derby isolated as Kimberley flood emergency deepens More on how the snow shortage threatens Alps with wet winter season In Wales, Machynlleth bridge closed as cars rescued from floods Bering Land Bridge formed surprisingly late during last ice age And 2022 was warmest year ever, Met Office confirms

Thousands of records shattered in historic winter warm spell in Europe whilst s ki slopes close as Europe enters 2023 with record January warmth    Spain sees hottest year on record in 2022 Meanwhile, on Saturday San Francisco records second-wettest day in 174 years  While in Western Australia, flooding inundates homes in Fitzroy Crossing, central Kimberley as river hits highest level on recor d in the wake of Cyclone Ellie. And here, after last week's rain, on the West Coast Mainline, the flooded rail line to remain shut until Frida y - although with strikes all this week there won't be trains running anyway ....