Weather & Earth Science News

Probably my last update for a week as I'm off for a long weekend tour of tors (and standing stones on Dartmoor) .... Sadly not expecting to see any 'nadoes from the tors, but there have been some good pics coming in from chasers in the US tornado leaves damage in Dodge City, Kansas And in NZ, a tornado rips through caravan park whilst stormy weather hits Auckland, two houses struck by lightning Sri Lanka floods: Death toll reaches 101 as waters recede   Floods displace thousands in central China There's been an early taste of winter in South America   Exxon Mobil faces 'change or die' moment on climate as shareholders rebel against theor policy of denial Bad news as Poland starts logging primeval Bialowieza forest despite protests   A NASA study helps explain sea ice differences at Earth's poles And El Nino bows out after driving year of record heat as La Nina lurks in the wings

Perth weather: city drenched as another winter storm hits   Magnificent supercell thunderstorm in Kansas amazes tornado chasers   India’s roads melt as record-breaking heat wave continues   Tropical Cyclone Roanu finally runs out of steam Could lasers help avert climate change? High powered beams can create ice crystals in the upper atmosphere to reflect sunlight Caught on video, the incredible moment a huge fireball soars through the sky illuminating FIVE Mexican states There's a history of snowfall on Greenland, hidden in ancient leaf waxes and it shows warmer temps led to more snow And whilst I am looking forward to good skies for photography on Dartmoor this weekend, it seems more than half of us secretly want it to rain so we can binge on box sets and stay at home - according to a Met Office survey.

In NZ group of 38 reach safety after being trapped by snow in Central Otago as a big snow dump blankets southern ski fields   Tornado rips off roofs as storm batter west Germany  The spectacular moment a tornado-like funnel cloud brings onlookers to a standstill in the North of England From Myanmar, video as jumbo-sized hailstones batter buildings in freak storm Bangladesh's Minister Maya says ‘fragile’ dams caused deaths, damage in storm Roanu Sri Lanka mudslides: Death toll reaches 92 with many still missing   Indonesia volcano: Seven killed as Mount Sinabung erupts And the latest from the circus on Mount Everest: Thirty climbers sick on Everest after three deaths - I think in many cases the word is tourist though, not climber ....

Five dead, thousands flee as Cyclone Roanu nears Bangladesh Torrential rain, winds up to 109kph and monster waves hit Western Australia And in NZ, strong winds lift roofs off homes in Waikato as storm hammers North Island 'Half a million flee homes' as Sri Lanka grapples with deadly floods, landslides  Worth watching: Web cam captures dazzling double rainbow timelapse over Wasatch Range Volcano ash covers Costa Rica towns   Alice Springs surrounds rocked by magnitude 6.1 earthquake but, perhaps slightly with tongue in cheek, " the Bureau of Meteorology said there was no risk of it causing a tsunami ". And later this year a massive dust storm will cover most of Mars, scientists say

More records fall as the hottest day recorded in India's Rajasthan since records began.  A staggering 51c.  Meanwhile, in the south, Andhra and Odisha get ready to face Cyclone Roanu's wrath whilst the search resumes in rain for missing in Sri Lankan landslide as hundreds believed to be buried Canadian wildfire crosses border into Saskatchewan   Onlookers stunned as 'twister' spotted in Lincolnshire skies Antarctic rocks record Totten Glacier's rapid retreat history   Will more snow over Antarctica offset rising seas? Don't count on it Scientiists find evidence of ancient tsunamis on Mars - which is, of course, further evidence of ancient oceans on the red planet.   And Hubble takes Mars portrait near close approach And slightly off topic, but after the catastrophic landslides and earthquake in 2014 and 2015, the circus returns to the Himalaya as more than 150 scale Mount Everest after weather improves - it's getting more...

Sri Lanka mudslide leaves scores missing whilst in India there's record rainfall in Chennai, 300 heatwave deaths in Telangana   Wild weather leaves a trail of flooding in NZ Canada faces hot weather, winds in battle against wildfire in Alberta Increased vegetation in the Arctic region may counteract global warming And Jupiter's moon: Europa's ocean may have an Earthlike chemical balance

New England is covered in a record-breaking seven inches of snow whilst down in Texas, rescues unfold as Corpus Christi declares flood emergency   Canada wildfire: Oil workers urged to leave Fort McMurray camps 17 people killed, 4 missing in western Indonesia floods   Israel's spring heat wave continues as southern Israel experiences 46-47 °C And polluted dust can impact ocean life thousands of miles away