Weather & Earth Science News

Colorado hail storm delivers tennis ball-size ice Britain has seen a north-south rainfall divide for July - Evesham itself has now had just a fraction over 20% of average rainfall and it's the driest summer month and 4th driest month overall in my records (from 2007) Dramatic footage shows twister above the skies of Essex Bad news as the SNP get their way and wreak more destruction to despicable useless high moors where no-one ever goes as plans for the biggest windfarm in the Highlands are to go ahead Portugal swelters through July Caught on camera: tornado rips off roofs in northern Vietnam Over 100 dead in South Asia monsoon flooding ‘Volcano of Fire’ erupts spectacularly in Guatemala, authorities on alert whilst this volcano in Hawaii looks as if it’s smiling And China's $30 million project to control the weather - well, seed clouds to dubious effect, anyway ...

Tropical Storm Mirinae barrels across southwest China Man struck by lightning as storm rips through Edmonton whilst more heavy rains pound Toronto, causing flooding on major roadways Monsoon flooding in India affects 1.6m people and submerges national park Heat wave sparks anthrax outbreak in Russia's Yamalo-Nenets area apparently after an infected reindeer carcass thaws out of the permafrost  WMO examines reported record temperature of 54°C in Kuwait Current atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations likely commit to warmings greater than 1.5C over land Jupiter's great red spot heats planet's upper atmosphere And there's a puzzling paucity of large craters on dwarf planet Ceres

In south Africa, wild weather continues as a tornado hits Tembisa and another tornado hits Joburg in peak traffic Tens of thousands of alpacas are dying in Peru during bitter cold snap but, again, we shouldn't forget that it is mid winter! In NYC, did the Empire Strike back? Amazing footage shows the moment when lightning forks into the iconic skyscraper and the Freedom Tower In Nepal, at least 39 dead in floods, landslides across country Earlier today, Taipei records second highest July temperature on record Caught on video, the terrifying moment a powerful tornado looms over a Chinese motorway before ripping through toll gates Dramatic pictures show the devastating wildfire that sparked a state of emergency in Europe (well, the Greek island of Chios) When will she blow? Iceland’s vicious Katla volcano rumbles Fascinating photos capture magical snow tunnels on Scotland's highest mountain And have you noticed there aren’t many mi...

More snow, rain and a tornado hit SA in extreme weather shock (well, it is mid-winter) as snow chasers cost KZN farmers thousands in damages California wildfire: 10,000 homes evacuated from path of Sand Fire In NZ, more temperature records broken as tropical winds streamed over the country And US researchers find that farmland 'increases the severity of thunderstorms'

Torrential rain and floods leave more than 200 people dead in China  Tropical Storm Darby brings heavy rains, winds and power outages to Hawaii Los Angeles homes, cars and palm trees covered in pink flame-retardant as ferocious wildfire rages through 22,000 acres of land As the USA's blistering heat wave continues into Monday   Adelaide weather: Houses damaged by wild winds, Seaford train services cancelled as coastal erosion from storms puts sandy beaches at risk Siberia's wildfires seen from 1 million miles away: even the tundra is burning And Christopher Burt re-assesses the hottest reliably measured air temperatures on Earth

Subject to confirmation, two Middle East locations hit 129 degrees, hottest ever in Eastern Hemisphere, maybe the world - the official highest recorded temperature of 56.7c in Death Valley in 1913 is disputed .  In any case, these are the highest credibily recorded temperatures outside of Death valley. Sweltering heat wave hits USA's three biggest cities but it's chiller in parts of Canada where July snowfall hits Northern N.W.T. communities China floods: At least 78 killed and 'millions homeless' Tasmania weather: Snow, hail and wind send chills throughout the state SA weather: High winds recorded as BoM issues severe warning   Giant mountains on Venus may help explain bizarre clouds And does this photo show a tornado in Edinburgh?   Well it's certainly an impressive funnel cloud, but whether it made contact with the ground to become a tornado is impossible to say

Dundee road ‘destroyed by lightning’ and a collection of pictures and videos of other incredible lightning strikes across Scotland this week And passengers escape Russian trolleybus inferno after lightning strike   Winter warmth breaks Australian records   but not everywhere in the world is warm, as a severe winter chill grips Peru As heat wave cooks eastern US, another one in store for southwest Storm cleanup starts as Winnipeggers gauge damage Drought 'shuts down Amazon carbon sink' A NASA study suggests that historical records miss a fifth of global warming Can palm oil be sustainable?   Possibly.  But I would still rather see are obsessive demand for it reduced.  That the damage has already been done (in terms of mass deforestation) is not in itself a reason to persist ...  And the Antarctic Peninsula has been cooling, but that doesn’t disprove global warming