23rd May - Today's News: Record Heatwave Starts in England & Wales

After a fairly cool May, everything has changed and we're now at the start of with is very likely to be record breaking heatwave with highs of 33°C forecast this weekend and already 28.4c recorded in several places as hot weather to intensify in UK over bank holiday weekend.   Cool, wet and windy in the Highlands though ....

Meanwhile, England must harvest rainfall and take action on water usage, Lords warn whilst the Welsh Govt are told to expect 'disease-carrying mosquitoes and heat deaths if temperatures soar' and the UK should set maximum working temperature rules, advisers say

Last year's Dava Moor fire: scientists say four-day moorland blaze was UK's first megafire

‘Exceptionally high’ temperatures to hit parts of Europe this weekend. Which city can cope the best?

Heavy rainfall, thunderstorms bring flooded roadways, downed trees in New York City

Rescue workers swim through buildings to reach trapped residents as heavy rains kill 24 in China

Delhi's dust storm respite is over: Why a 45°C heatwave is roaring back

Saudi weather center warns of dust storms and extreme heat as Hajj pilgrims gather

How tropical cyclones give rise to unique type of heat wave in Japan

In South Africa, a downburst caused east London storm damage, researchers say

Antarctic glacier collapses at record speed as Hektoria retreats 15 miles in just 15 months

UNESCO warns a tsunami in the Mediterranean is inevitable

Something weird and worrying is happening with rain, study finds - we're getting more intense downpours, but less rainfall overall

Less low cloud cover lets in more heat from the sun—and may lock in centuries of sea level rise

Scientists warn that the world’s rivers are running out of oxygen

Scientists discover the Southern Ocean is “sweating” more as climate change intensifies

Sea level rise is speeding up and scientists now know exactly why

Deadly “red sky” solar storm from 800 years ago discovered in ancient trees 

Jupiter’s lightning may be 100x more powerful than Earth’s

And why this year's Atlantic hurricane season could produce fewer big storms

 

 

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