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Hong Kong and southern China battle widespread flooding from record rains In the Greek floods: Austrian honeymooners missing after holiday home swept away Last week, more intense rainfall brings floods to Russia's Far East Primorye Region Hurricane Lee becomes first category five storm of Atlantic season Stability inspection for West Antarctica shows: marine ice sheet is not destabilized yet, but possibly on a path to tipping And how last year's Tonga volcano triggered seafloor debris stampede

 Rain record in Greece was broken - 754 millimetres in Zagora Pelion! - which compares with an annual average of around 400mm. Meanwhile road and bridge repairs are carried out after floods at Bulgaria’s coast as flash floods kill 6 in Istanbul, northwestern Kırklareli and the death toll from fierce storms, flooding in Greece, Türkiye, Bulgaria rises to 14 Newly formed Hurricane Lee could become 'extremely dangerous' for the Caribbean this weekend Terrifying bodycam footage shows Washington deputy driving through wildfire inferno According to a NASA-funded study: Half of glaciers vanish with 1.5 degrees of warming (which is where we're now at) In the Amazon rainforest: Deforestation rate continues to fall And in other news, a very sad day for Riggies as Runrig singer Bruce Guthro dies aged 62 - his legacy will, of course, go on.  Fly now, free.

Brits trapped in Greek island killer floods are forced to stay in high-up hotel rooms as 'streets are turned to rivers' as the death toll from fierce storms and flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria rises to 8 Cyclone kills at least 21 in southern Brazil, more flooding expected Tens of thousands evacuated in China amid rain from waning Typhoon Haikui The remnants of Hurricane Hilary ‘reshaped the landscape’ of Death Valley; storm damage closes park, maybe for months  Meanwhile, here in the UK, the hottest day expected with temperatures of 32C later this week, possibly even higher. A look at how they are re-greening Uzbekistan's desertified Aral Sea region  ‘Our atmosphere by definition is chaotic’: We asked a meteorologist how they record heat waves And 2023 likely to be hottest year humanity has experienced .  Until, I suspect, 2024 ....   Interesting also to see how the British Isles stand out on the global August temperature anomaly map  

Spain - widespread flooding after storm dumps over 240mm of rain in 24 hours at the weekend whilst Madrid's metro system is flooded as city is hit by worst rainfall since 1972 and boy rescued from flood waters after record heavy rain in Spain as the death toll hits 5. Meanwhile, summer returns to the UK with a mini-heatwave to bring ‘tropical nights’ and could break September records In North America's record-breaking summer: over 6,500 daily U.S. heat records fell—here are the biggest ones Typhoon Haikui: Dozens injured after storm sweeps Taiwan The canary in the icefield - Canada's Peyto Glacier is melting faster than predicted And in the Nevada desert, how unprecedented rain put out Burning Man's flame

Typhoon Saola makes landfall on China’s coast after slamming Hong Kong Typhoon Saola and Storm Haikui head towards China seen from satellite  This summer Japan records highest average temperature in 125 years, weather Massive wildfire breaks out in Walker County, Texas - with thousands urged to evacuate their homes Part of Las Vegas Strip flood after heavy rain After Kazakhstan’s deadliest wildfires in years, locals blame corruption - but not climate change New research explains 'Atlantification' of the Arctic Ocean Why do floods follow drought? Scientists show climate change is fuelling more ‘sudden shifts’ Was the summer weather really as bad as you think? - for the UK as a whole it was the 8th warmest on record And a BBC summary of the extreme summer weather that scorched and soaked the world

Hurricane Idalia batters south-eastern US causing storm surges and power outages with two dead in Florida as storm slams into Georgia Tropical Storm Idalia drenches Carolinas as Florida counts cost Meanwhile, Hong Kong grounds flights, shuts schools as super Typhoon Saola nears Bureau of Meteorology confirms Australia's warmest winter on record Weather responders included in 2023/24 storm names And a rather bizarre one: Extreme weather events linked to increased child marriage

Storm Idalia strengthens into hurricane ahead of Florida landfall - expected on Wednesday.   A state of emergency has been declared. Landslides and floods wash away roads overlooking Lake Como in northern Italy whilst torrential rain and flooding hits Austria Majorca blasted by hurricane-force winds of 75mph Incredible water spout is caught on camera in the Isle of Wight Former weatherman Bill Giles says the UK's 'drab' weather stops Brits from grasping the full extent of the climate change crisis And this was China’s summer of climate destruction