24th January - Today's News: Cyclone Harry Batters Southern Italy

Coastal towns in southern Italy left battered as Cyclone Harry rips up waterfronts 

Dawlish trains cancelled in black alert over storm threat with flood warnings as Storm Ingrid hits South West and in eastern Scotland, three rescued from flooded vehicles as roads impassable amid heavy rain

From Alberta to the Maritimes, Canada faces a wind-chilled deep freeze this weekend whilst over 8,000 flights cancelled as major winter storm bears down across US

Bushfire threatens communities in Victoria's south-west as temperatures soar across the state

Human remains found as New Zealand landslide search moves to recovery

Damaging winds still expected despite Tropical Cyclone Luana downgraded to category one

A landslide on Indonesia's Java island kills at least 8 people and leaves more than 80 missing

Flood damage to South Africa's Kruger park will take years to fix

And, in a story that Donald J Trump really should get an adult to read and explain to him (though admittedly getting him to understand it properly is an impossible task as he really doesn't have the cognitive ability) how extreme temperature swings signal new climate reality

  


 

 

 

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