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Cars plunge into river as super typhoon destroys Vietnam bridge with there now being reported more than 150 dead in Vietnam as typhoon floods capital Louisiana braces as Hurricane Francine barrels in It's actually not at all unusual to see s now in September as Cairngorms restaurant covered in white ‘Three weeks without a drop of rain’: How the Balkans grappled with hottest summer in over 130 years  Zoo animals escape as flood hits Nigerian state   South Sudan floods: the first example of a mass population permanently displaced by climate change? South Korea's a utumn heat wave set to reach climax Wednesday Brazil's São Paulo river turns emerald green and skies orange-grey amid fires and drought And from w arm fronts to Y-fronts: Chinese city hit by underwear storm

Typhoon Yagi kills 59, injures hundreds in Vietnam Several people reported missing amid flash floods sweeping various regions in Morocco as North African floods kill 11 in Morocco and two in Algeria Southern California's Line Fire forces thousands to evacuate And w hat happened to predictions of a ‘historic’ hurricane season?    Well, it has been historic - just not for the reasons expected!

Summer 2024 was world's hottest on record (except in Britain .... ) Meanwhile, a  historic September heat wave has swelled over Europe Heatwave across US west breaks records for highest temperatures while Death Valley records hottest summer ever as Los Angeles braces for sweltering heat wave The s trongest typhoon in a decade hits 'China's Hawaii' Deadly Super Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam Monsoon Rain is falling in the Sahara Desert Flash floods hit south Wales after torrential rain And ho w Earth's most intense heat wave ever impacted life in Antarctica

In Arizona, Phoenix sees 100 days of 100-plus degree temps as record heat wave scorches residents while d angerously hot weather is spreading over California and will expand north The year to date sees new heat records across Croatia, Dubrovnik breaks sea temperature record There's been a new September heat record for Murmansk Constantine Arch in Rome damaged by lightning during violent storm when 60mm fell in an hour Hiker is found dead and British man is missing after they were 'swept away by water' when storm hit Majorca mountains Drought dries up lake to reveal sunken Greek village Yagi to hit China as a major typhoon  And Western Australia sees winter weather records broken from top to bottom of state - hot and wet!

UK experiences coolest summer since 2015 - it was also very wet in the NW but quite dry across much of England. However, Spain sees hottest August since records began Japan swelters through hottest summer while parts of China log warmest August on record Australia sweats through hottest August on record with temperatures 3C above average Tasmania faces record flooding as wild weather in Victoria and NSW causes flight cancellations and power outages Storm sets off floods and landslides in Philippines, at least 14 dead Two c hildren die in building collapse after Nigeria flooding And a irlines must monitor vapour trails under new EU climate rules

Spring snow heading to south-east Australia as record run of winter heat comes to an end Weakening typhoon churns through Japan, leaving at least five dead India and Pakistan brace for rare August cyclone as death toll from monsoon rains rises In China, the nation's largest desert hit by floods, 'glacier and snow meltwater and rainfall the cause'  Scientists in Chile question if Antarctica has hit a point of no return   Arctic heat waves linked to sea ice loss, new study reveals New model to enhance extreme rainfall prediction And a possible record heat index of 82.2°C reported in southern Iran - although there is some doubt over its veracity

At least three dead as Typhoon Shanshan hits southern Japan - one of the strongest storms to hit the country in decades. Tasmania on track for warmest August since records began, despite snow and wind in the final days of winter   as unseasonal heat breaks Australia's winter temperature record and the heatwave brings Australia's winter weather to an abrupt end as climate change up-ends the seasons Historic Met Office figures included in 2024/25 storm names - along with one name which didn't exist until a certain song by Marillion hit the charts .... Windfarms on Shetland, the 'w indiest part of the UK' could power nearly 500,000 homes Why hurricane season is suddenly quiet — and what’s in store Flooding kills hundreds in Nigeria as authorities brace for more destruction Brazil suspects criminals set record São Paulo fires What microscopic fossilized shells tell us about ancient climate change Researchers reveal the causes for Greenland's abnormal warming An...