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Balearic blizzards: Spanish holiday isle of Mallorca is covered in snow as the coldest snap of winter arrives in Spain Turkey is hit by another earthquake: Buildings collapse as powerful 5.6-magnitude tremors rattle country's south weeks after quake disaster left 48,000 dead Tornadoes touch down in Kansas, Oklahoma as massive winter storm moves east And I missed it all, but even down here some may have seen the northern lights: Aurora seen across UK in spectacular display

Snow in California, sunbathing in DC - winter weirdness grips North America as LA snow dusts Hollywood sign as winter storm tightens grip Waihi Beach tornado sounded like 'missile' as it tore off roofs in NZ Cyclone Freddy slams Mozambique with 'dangerous' rainfall Drought in Horn of Africa worse than in 2011 famine James Webb spots super old, massive galaxies that shouldn't exist And last night there was a Welsh earthquake: Brynmawr, Cardiff and valleys feel tremors

Los Angeles meteorologists marvel at blizzard warnings   as North America hit by blizzards and heat wave After a whole month without rainfall, 'France is in a state of alert' as water restrictions are put in place around the country and Europe braces for threat of severe drought whilst in Britain fears grow for another drought this year after England sees its driest February for 30 years - yesterday saw a "massive" 1.8mm of rain in Evesham, the wettest day here since the 14th January ....   Meanwhile, in pictures: Parts of Europe face risk of drought after historically low winter rainfall Brazil floods: death toll rises to 48 as landslides and looters prevent aid reaching survivors Winds lash Madagascar's coast as Cyclone Freddy makes landfall High February temperatures have India already bracing for more heat waves In Australia, rare u pward lightning sprouting from broadcast towers near Robertson captured on camera by storm chaser And if you're looking

In Brazil, 680mm of rain in 24 hours triggers floods and landslides in São Paulo with dozens killed as deadly storms hit Brazilian coast    Turkey earthquake: Deadly new tremor traps people under rubble Mauritius grounds flights as it braces for Cyclone Freddy In the USA, a massive winter storm moves in as South prepares for heat wave Venice's canals dry as Italy faces new drought alert, Alps receive less than half usual snowfall Australia's east coast is battered by wild storms as a 'tornado' hits Sydney And fish 'rained from the sky', outback community says, in freak weather event  

Lack of snow cover blamed for mountain accidents in Scotland - although a growing number of inexperienced people heading to the hills, prompted by social media, is very probably also be a factor. Storm Otto subsides but travel delayed and thousands left without power after Storm Otto lashes Scandinavia closing the Oresund bridge whilst overnight in Scotland there were also thousands still without power after Storm Otto .  Italy faces another year of severe drought after little winter rain or snow A two-sided storm unleashes heavy snow, tornadoes and flooding across parts of the USA From heatwave to snowfall: Argentina's heat and cold records broken in 5 days Meanwhile in India, the temperature surges to 40 degrees in February - a new record for the month And before global warming, was the Earth cooling down or heating up? Temperature surges to 40 degrees in February Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/temperature-surges-to-40-degrees-in-february-t

Storm Otto batters Britain today: '100mph' gales spark travel chaos with power cuts and schools closed as Storm Otto hits Scotland With 8 now reported dead from the impacts of  Cyclone Gabrielle: Thousands yet to be contacted after New Zealand storm A search for survivors after deadly avalanches hit Tajikistan Antarctica sea-ice hits new record low while Antarctica's Thwaites glacier at mercy of sea warmth increase And Yosemite's 'firefall': Fiery-red water looks like lava as the sun catches it just right for a few days every year

New Zealand authorities confirm four deaths, including child, as ex-Cyclone Gabrielle moves away and magnitude-6.1 quake strikes with Cyclone Gabrielle worst storm to hit New Zealand this century, says PM After the Turkey-Syria earthquake: Satellite images show Jindayris devastation as the total confirmed dead nears 40,000 And the UK is one hot, dry spell away from drought returning this summer, National Drought Group warn s - with some places - including Evesham - not having seen any rainfall above 0.25mm in the past 30 days (although February is often one of the drier months of the year)

Cyclone Gabrielle: Thousands left without power in New Zealand as Cyclone Gabrielle sparks flooding, broken trees, storm surges Meanwhile, after the same storm system brought Brisbane's hottest February day since 2018, there's a cyclone risk for Queensland north-west days after Gabrielle passes over Norfolk Island Argentina issues health warnings amid record heat And in the early hours this morning a 3ft wide asteroid lights up sky above English Channel as it burned up in the atmosphere - remarkable mainly because, despite its small size, it was predicted in advance

‘Exceptional’ warming: January temperatures 2.2 degrees higher than average in Europe Turkey-Syria earthquake: Freezing weather adds to despair as quake toll passes 22,000 Turkey earthquake fault lines mapped from space Finally, New York City gets snowfall after longest ‘snow drought’ in its history Norfolk Island on red alert as Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle tracks directly towards it, warnings issued in New Zealand Chile forest fires: Heatwave puts new regions at risk as climate change looms behind South America's heat wave  Earthquake hits Indonesia, with four people killed as floating restaurant collapses into the sea In Mozambique – Floods Affect Thousands in Maputo Province There is now record low sea ice cover in the Antarctic A new idea for geoengineering to cool earth: Space dust as Earth's sun shield And Australia's last eruption was 5,000 years ago so could extinct volcanoes come back to life?

Now a very major natural disaster after the Turkey earthquake: Survivors in streets as rain hampers rescue as overnight a new earthquake hits Turkey amid fears death toll from the disaster 'could hit 20,000' Turkey earthquake: Where did it hit and why was it so deadly? Landslides kill at least 15 people in southern Peru More frequent atmospheric rivers hinder seasonal recovery of Arctic sea ice And Britain's forgotten volcanic landscape: Incredible interactive tool reveals the 68 volcanoes that once covered the UK

Magnitude-7.8 earthquake knocks down buildings in Türkiye and Syria, more than 600 dead - the toll likely to rise further Elsewhere in the eastern Med,  heavy storms accompanied by rain, snow batter Istanbul , in Greece: ‘Barbara’ storm affects services, closes schools, disrupts travel and in Israel, Storm Barbara blows in with furious winds, heavy rain, snow; injuries reported Weekend avalanches kill 10 in Austria and Switzerland And overnight in NZ, Greymouth tornado: Shocking footage shows twister ripping through Cobden School

Mount Washington has seen the coldest wind chill ever recorded in continental US, say forecasters as an ‘extremely dangerous’ Arctic blast hits northern US and Canada NSW and Victoria get summer snow while Brisbane swelters through heatwave Death toll rises as Chile reels from wildfires driven by heatwave Water crises due to climate change: More severe than previously thought Jupiter's moon count jumps to 92, breaking Saturn's Solar System record And an entire apartment block is covered in snow and ice after tenant leaves the front door open during -40C cold snap in China  

Auckland floods: city begins clean-up after ‘biggest climate event’ in New Zealand’s history Deadly ice storm sweeps parts of southern US as today the ice storm leaves thousands without power in Texas South Sudan is the country that has been flooded for four years For those missing the snow: In photos: deep freeze descends on Siberia Why have there been no named winter storms this year? And newly discovered green comet comes close to Earth - but most people won't see it