22nd August - Today's News: Storms, Tornadoes, Torrential Rain and Floods Across Europe

Deadly overnight storms batter Germany as tornado hits region

Italy sees extreme weather: torrential rain and flooding in Liguria, Lombardy and Tuscany

Seven injured as heavy rains lash northeast Spain

Another impact of the heatwave in France: 2026 sets record for rockfalls in the Alps 

Meanwhile, Hurricane forecasters watch 'unusual' activity in Atlantic - could a tropical storm form off Portugal? 

Flash-floods damage Lancaster homes and businesses

We've had a bit of rain here now, but only a bit (5.6mm this month).  So how soon will the drought be over?

Heatwaves drive record-breaking demand on NHS services in Wales

'There should have been more planning over wildfires'

Life in Ireland’s wildfire zones: ‘I’ll never forget that evening on Slievenamon for the rest of my life’

Dramatic shelf cloud spotted over Sea Palling in Norfolk

Rare tornado hits New York City as storm drenches Mid-Atlantic

Tropical storm Lala wreaks ‘devastation’ to some areas of Hawaii’s Big Island

Why Australia's weather is seeing a soaking while a record El NiƱo is forming

Potatoes ‘boil’ in the ground as record heatwave sweeps across swathes of Asia

Panama Canal to cut daily ship traffic as drought worsens from El Nino

US hiker dies after being struck by lightning on Mount Etna

Earthquake rocks Spain's historic Granada, injuring three

Peru earthquake damages buildings and causes power cuts

Rising carbon dioxide is supercharging grass growth in African savannas, study finds

 

Smoke transport in the Arctic and intense seasonal fires in Indonesia

Giant whales move into Greenland waters as ice disappears

AI to help planes avoid climate-warming 'sky graffiti' 

El NiƱo set to be 'strongest in living memory', says Met Office - and this could mean a stormy autumn, cold winter - how might El NiƱo affect the UK weather?

And how cooling the planet with geoengineering would upend climate economics

 

 

 

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