5th September - Today's News: "100 Year Storm" Floods Toronto

Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather for UN talks with the five warmest years on record occurring in the past 5 years. Meanwhile on the Pizol glacier: Swiss hold funeral for ice lost to global warming After heavy rain in Northern Ireland, Sion Mills residents return home following 'worst flooding' in years Last week saw the first snow falls as winter arrives in northern Sweden Japan's latest typhoon leaves 30 injured; downgraded to extratropical cyclone 5 deaths now linked to flooding in Texas after Tropical Storm Imelda Magnitude 5.6 earthquake rocks buildings in Albania The UK's climate change: 800 years tracked using oak tree rings And how Enceladus causes snowfall on other moons of Saturn

12th March - Today's News: Channel Snowstorm Causes Chaos

March 12, 2013

With a max of +1.7c yesterday was my coldest March day on record, whilst a flurry produced a slight dusting here this morning ..... Somewhat colder and snowier down towards the Channel though as hundreds of drivers left stranded overnight as storm causes traffic chaos across the South-east . In the Channel Islands, Jersey Airport suspends flights for second day whilst Guernsey snow hits schools, roads, buses and airport . There's been some impressive drifting too. Roads, flights and trains hit by snow in France as other parts of Europe gripped by winter weather outbreak as well. Meanwhile, snow and ice cause travel chaos in Scotland but up in Sutherland and the Hebrides they could do with snow as Highland crews called on to tackle wildfires - it's that season again. And in stark contrast, down under, Melbourne breaks heatwave record Study predicts lag in summer rains over parts of US and Mexico Remote clouds responsible for climate mode...

20th November - Today's News: Snow Disruption Across UK

November 20, 2025

Snow and ice hit parts of UK as some schools closed and travel disrupted and the cold snap brings first snow to the South East . No snow in Evesham, of course. Today, there's an a mber warning for snow as freezing cold snap grips UK Meanwhile, the Met Office show us the UK’s cold weather records: A look at snow, frost, and the coldest nights More Vietnam flooding submerges homes, kills 16, after relentless rain Kenyan lake flood displaces thousands, ruins homes and schools Five hikers killed as deadly storm strikes popular trek in Patagonia’s Torres del Paine National Park - though it's not clear why so many people set off on the walk with bad weather forecast, or why they didn't turn back sooner. Mount Semeru volcano eruption in Indonesia prompts evacuations And no news reports on this yet, but video as a tornado wreaks havoc in the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia - the bright glow and sparks are probably from a street ve...

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