6th June - Today's News: Tornado Hits Rome

Destructive tornado, flash floods hit Rome after holiday weekend

After heavy rain in Ipswich this week, climate change or dodgy drains - what caused town floods?  There were never floods like that when I lived there in the 80s and 90s ...... 

The scene of Scotland's largest-ever wildfire turns snowy white with blossoms

There have been record heat-related deaths in Spain after an unusually warm May

Spanish town faces ‘65ft flames’ during massive wildfire in holiday hotspot

In Japan, tropical storm causes traffic disruption and damage

In South Africa, Eastern Cape floods force evacuations and widespread road closures

Monsoon rain reaches Kerala 3 days late but on time to save Indian harvests

Some good news: Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction and some bad news: Rising seas could drown mangroves and release vast stores of carbon

How could El Nino reshape tropical storms around the world this year?

The last stable glaciers on Earth are starting to collapse

And as we continue to find more and more ways to use more and more electricity and water, the complete opposite of what any species that was half way sentient would be doing, a UN report reveals data centre energy use rivals nations

 

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