Weather & Earth Science News

At least 10 dead as huge floods sweep southern and central China  after record rainfall hits parts of China amid severe downpours Stranded school students rescued from national park as deluge drenches Gold Coast South Korea's unusually early heat wave expected to retreat nationwide due to heavy rainfall Iraq records over 800 suffocation cases amid dust storm  Duststorms and lightning kill at least 96 people in northern India And another  warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows    

The world's worst start to wildfire season raises alarm as El Niño threatens South Africa declares natural disaster as flooding kills at least 10 At least 96 dead as freak summer hailstorm and heavy rains strike northern India Scientists say a critical Atlantic ocean current is weakening and the world could feel the impact Scientists discover the strange way CO2 cools part of Earth’s atmosphere    

It’s May and Colorado is covered in snow. Locals are loving it   EF3 tornado damages hundreds of homes, injures 17 in Mississippi Giant waterspouts soar into skies above Spanish holiday coasts as roads turn to rivers and flood alerts issued  The Kremlin fiddles while Tuapse burns A colossal and rare roll cloud astonishes beachgoers in São Lourenço, Brazil Why is a record heatwave sweeping South Asia? A  ‘triple whammy of climate chaos’: Why Antarctica's sea ice collapse is no longer a mystery As  El Niño looms: Near-record sea temperatures in April raise fears of more global heat The Arctic is on fire - and no, it’s not normal Clean air, thinner clouds? A century-old pollution puzzle And clouds in cuckoo land: Frank McNally on the meteorological ‘scaraveens’ of May  

More than 300 mm (11.8 inches) of rain triggers flooding, evacuations, and dam overflow in South Africa Cold blast in Victoria brings snow to alpine peaks a month out from ski season opening Floods and landslides kill at least 18 in Kenya At least six dead in heavy rains in northeast Brazil, thousands displaced Poland ramps up response to huge wildfire as blaze burns through 500 hectares of forest Greenland ice melt has surged sixfold and scientists are alarmed Massive Alaska megatsunami was second largest ever recorded Snow in Shetland after UK's coldest May night in five years - the official min was actually -6.8c at Tomintoul Why is NI facing a growing threat from wildfires? Big cities receive more drizzle than their surrounding areas Global forest loss slows but El Niño fires could threaten progress  

Thousands evacuated as wildfires spread across forest in Italy’s Tuscany  whilst  France and Germany send firefighters to help battle woodland blazes in Netherlands Wildfire at Peak District's Snake Pass 'under control' .  In Wales there's a warning after fires near popular mountain ahead of holiday weekend .    And in NI, w ildfires are 'significant drain on fire service resources' After one of the driest Aprils on record in some parts of England (about 30% average for Evesham)  is the UK heading for another drought this summer?   After a very wet winter, I wouldn't be at all surprised .... The USA's southeast faces explosive wildfire activity despite recent rainfall due to exceptional drought   Texas tornado collapsed buildings, ripped roofs off homes Australia's south-east basks in record May temperatures, but polar weather blast days away Deep snow triggers multiple rescues in Banff National Park Snow cover on Greek mountains has more tha...