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Hundreds feared dead on Mayotte after Cyclone Chido - have to be honest, I had never even heard of the island before.  'It feels like nuclear war aftermath' say devastated island's residents Tornado hits northern California town as ice storm chills Midwest Victoria records highest December temperature in five years as Australia swelters under heatwave and Australia is officially the hottest place on earth today And the ecological impacts of war, as Lebanon's olive groves and water table contaminated by Israeli munitions

What are the chances of a white Christmas in the UK?   Increasingly unlikely, whatever the tabloid headlines might say!   And extremely unlikely in the south.   High pressure likely to be to the south with a mild west or southwesterly airflow across the UK.   There may be a flurry or two on the summit of Ben Nevis, but even that's by no means certain.   Body found in search for rugby star missing in flood during Storm Darragh Malawi goes on high alert as Tropical Cyclone Chido approaches Don't eat or touch the brown snow, officials warn residents of Maine town Malibu fire rages as improving weather brings hope for thousands who fled Surveys show full scale of massive die-off of common murres following the 'warm blob' in the Pacific Ocean in 2014-16 Is it clouds, shipping or a volcano? Scientists present potential reasons for record heat Air pollution in India linked to millions of deaths And a viral video of German pilot fired for re...

 A very windy weekend with a 96mph gust recorded at height of Storm Darragh and t wo men killed by falling trees as Storm Darragh rages There was a School roof blown off during amber weather warning in Galloway In Northern Ireland, t housands still without power after Storm Darragh In Wales, the s torm rips roof off chapel and cuts power to 95,000 UK 'not ready' for extreme weather like Storm Darragh And, after the 2nd warmest November, 2024 will be the hottest year on record and the first year above 1.5C, scientists confirm

Storm Daragh Strikes   with  m illions urged to stay at home as Storm Darragh hits   and r ed wind warning sees events cancelled across the West .   M y wheelie bin blew away! On Thursday evening a 'tornado' brings down trees and blocks roads in Kidsgrove The w armest waters on Earth help fuel another weekend thunderstorm outbreak from Brisbane to Melbourne Drivers stranded on 401 as blizzard pounds parts of southwestern Ontario Tsunami warning cancelled after magnitude 7 earthquake strikes California coast Mexico study finds that heat kills young people more than elderly as climate change made 2024 the hottest year on record. The heat was deadly We finally have an explanation for 2023’s record-breaking temperatures - it was even hotter than expected due to a decline in low level clouds And what a surprise, g lobal plastic talks collapse as oil states rebel .  Money talks.

Three dead as ‘Bora’ weather front batters Greece In the Canaries, Santa Cruz record highest temperature in December for over 100 years with 28.6c - after Spain breaks yet another temperature record with the hottest November ever China reports warmest autumn since records began At least 19 dead as Cyclone Fengal devastates southern India with heavy rain and flooding Here, new warnings issued ahead of unsettled period of weather coming this weekend And an example of why flooding in the UK will only become worse, regardless of climate change with fears thousands of homes planned near M5 will flood - what isn't mentioned is that, additionally, every time you build on a floodplain, you extend the size of the floodplain, so places that would not normally flood become more vulnerable (buildings and hard standing occupy the land where floodwater would naturally have stood, and drained into the ground, and also restrict the flow). Rocket firm shelves plan for Highland spaceport in Su...

Australia sweats through hottest spring on record as temperatures soar 2.5C above pre-industrial levels Two die as Storm Bora sweeps across Greece In the US, an NFL team asks fans to help clear snow before game as Arctic blast hits Ontario town declares state of emergency as heavy snowfall knocks out power for parts of province Malaysia and Thailand flooding kills at least 12 with t hree dead as rains lash south east India after Cyclone Fengal landfall Unusual pairing of rainbows and lightning lights up Wagga Wagga's stormy skies And after Storm Bert, i s climate change causing more flooding? Yes ..... exactly as predicted.