Weather & Earth Science News

Following a mag 7.5 earthquake, tsunami hits Indonesia's Sulawesi island, leaving 384 dead and hundreds injured with the toll likely to rise over the weekend Powerful typhoon batters Okinawa; 386 flights canceled with more disruption fro Trami likely through the weekend Freak weather wreaking havoc in many parts of Greece .  But the Turks seem a bit confused over the name of the storm ..... Hurricane Medicane hits football matches before hitting Turkey Power cuts hit Mecca as thunderstorms lash Saudi Arabia 2018 Arctic summertime sea ice minimum extent tied for sixth lowest on record And how deadly is 50-degree heat? Australia's cities face the new reality of climate change - but not for a few decades yet, at least.

Nigeria floods death toll hits 199 whilst upstream Niger flood death toll rises to 42 Hurricane Rosa grows into Category 4 storm as Kirk drenches Caribbean Trami, a very strong typhoon churns toward Japan The South Australian Government formally acknowledges drought for first time And plate tectonics may have been active on Earth since the very beginning

The earliest cyclone for nearly 70 years just formed in the South Pacific Super Typhoon Trami: Epic scale of ‘unstoppable’ storm as seen from space  Meanwhile, Greece prepares for Cyclone like storms as it looks likely that a medicane may develop in the Mediterranean Sea: Here’s what that means Croatia's lowest ever September temperature recorded yesterday on Zavižan In South Africa, Gauteng dams are worst hit as heatwave tightens its grip   Queensland weather: Southeast cops a pounding from hail during spring storms with drifts looking like snow. Do 'storm birds' have the ability to predict wet weather? More persistent weather patterns in US linked to Arctic warming A weak El Niño is likely this winter.   But contrary to the last rash of media lies , it doesn't necessarily mean a cold or snowy winter for Britain, and the Met Office are predicting snow only for the highest summits of the Scottish Highlands later in Oc...

Flash flooding in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York turns roads into rivers Florence-triggered flooding washes into South Carolina Super Typhoon Trami changes course, aims at Southern Japan Wildfires cause evacuations in Croatia and Italy NASA sees electric blue clouds high above Earth's surface China coal power building boom sparks climate warning - but are they actually being built to be used? Ancient Mars had right conditions for underground life, new research suggests And the summer h eatwave blamed as record number of plastic water bottles found in Thames - but personally I blame selfish, contemptuous idiots.

Typhoon Trami: Taiwan on guard as storm builds to super typhoon strength Finnish cities among fastest-warming in Europe as summer UV levels spike Climate change kills Antarctica's ancient moss beds Cambridge University scientists create ancient tree ring diary NASA study untangles smoke, pollution effects on clouds - light pollution can lead to more explosive convection, but heavy pollution and smoke has the opposite effect And new research forecasts US among top nations to suffer economic damage from climate change along with India and Saudi Arabia

Clean-up underway after deadly storm 'Fabienne' causes havoc across Germany After a blazing summer, Sunday was the coldest September 23 on record in the Netherlands.   But on Friday, northern Switzerland records 'latest summer day ever’ Mexico's Sinaloa declares emergency as 3 die in flooding After Hurricane Florence: Thousands in the US on evacuation alert as flooding continues one week on Ottawa residents survey damage from devastating tornado Tunisia: Record rainfall causes deadly floods - some places received the equivalent of half a year's rain from a day of thunderstorms When it rains, it erupts: Volcano & flooding strike Azerbaijan capital same morning They have been widely (mis)reported in the UK media today (even by the Times ), but speculations on imminent Katla eruption were premature, says geophysicist . The report on which the stories are based simply says nothing of the sort! And the UK could f...

A big tornado touches down in Ottawa and Gatineau, injuring several people and how about this? From the inside of a tornado, a Gatineau man shot video on the third floor of his building Sparks fly from Canvey Island power lines in high winds How extra Arctic observations can improve predictability of tropical cyclones Something for bothiers to consider? Cooking with wood or coal is linked to increased risk of respiratory illness and death   And the annual Rao/Madden fantasy winter forecast has been issued in the Express .   It's almost the same as last year, the year before, the year before that, and so on.  Except only the coldest winter for 10 years.  Not 100 .....   How disappointing!     I am sure it'll be upgraded before long though.