9th August - Today's News: Norway and Sweden Latest Countries to Experience Record Rainfall

Train derails and roads flood as Sweden, Norway hit by torrential rain as Storm 'Hans' batters Scandinavia - with the worst floods for 50 years in some parts 

Meanwhile there are  more than 30 dead, 18 missing after recent Beijing flooding with reports that 59,000 homes collapsed and another 150,000 damaged

War-torn Sudan battered by torrential rains

Flooding hits UK as Storm Antoni brings month of rain in less than 24 hours

As the global year of the flood goes on ....  And as expected, Copernicus announce that in July 2023: Global air and ocean temperatures reach new record highs

Two dead, over 700,000 left without power as storms batter eastern US

Cypriot forest fires doubled this July whilst heat records fell as July saw 16 consecutive days of 40C plus

Portugal battles wildfires amid third heatwave of the year

As Typhoon Khanun lashes southern Japan, South Korea; another storm looms

There are fears over Antarctic sea ice as yearly ozone layer hole forms ‘very early’

And Amazon nations fall short of agreed goal to end deforestation

 


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