WEATHER REPORT

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Death toll in Austria storms rises to 5; Two killed in Tuscany storm
Aug 18, 2022 (AFP)
Three people died due to a falling tree in Lower Austria state, news agency APA reported. In the southern state of Carinthia, two children were killed and about...
Violent storms hammer France after weeks of drought
Aug 17, 2022 (AFP)
Alert levels remained in effect for five southern departments hit by storms overnight that dumped two to four centimetres (0.8-1.6 inches) of rain in less than ...
France braces for violent storms after weeks of drought
Aug 17, 2022 (AFP)
Alert levels were announced for 13 departments, including several along the Mediterranean coast and around the southeastern city of Lyon. Warnings were also iss...
UK meteorologists, water firms issue warnings as extreme heatwave looms
Aug 09, 2022 (AFP)
The warning by the Met Office, covering much of southern England and parts of eastern Wales from Thursday through Sunday, predicts possible impacts to health, t...
Lightning strike near White House leaves 4 in critical condition
Aug 05, 2022 (AFP)
The lightning struck a small park across the street from the White House, leaving two men and two women with "critical life-threatening injuries," according to ...
Climate change made Britain heatwave 10 times more likely: study
Jul 28, 2022 (AFP)
Eastern England recorded an all-time high temperature of 40.3 degrees Celsius (104.5 degrees Farenheit) and the hot spell sparked fires that destroyed dozens of...
China swelters under record heat
Jul 25, 2022 (AFP)
Swathes of the planet have been hit by extreme and deadly heatwaves in recent months, from Western Europe in July to India in March to April. Scientists say the...
France to order air-conditioned shops to keep doors shut
Jul 24, 2022 (AFP)
Leaving the doors open when the air conditioning is on leads to "20 percent more consumption and... it's absurd," French Minister of Ecological Transition Agnes...
US heat wave soars as California wildfire rages
Jul 23, 2022 (AFP)
The country's central and northeast regions face the brunt of the extreme temperatures, which are not expected to peak until Sunday at the earliest and have sen...
Record temperatures set across US as heat wave engulfs nation
Jul 21, 2022 (AFP)
The devastating heat -- which has also hit Europe, causing hundreds of deaths there -- highlights the direct threat climate change poses to even the wealthiest ...
Outdoor workers seek protection as heatwave scorches Europe
Jul 21, 2022 (AFP)
With heatwaves predicted to become more frequent and intense, unions are pushing for more protection for rubbish collectors, farm labourers, construction worker...
Flights, ferries cancelled as high winds batter New Zealand
Jul 21, 2022 (AFP)
Winds of 80 kilometres (50 miles) per hour forced all flights in and out of Wellington Airport to be cancelled, as conditions made it unsafe for baggage handler...
Heatwaves and fires scorch Europe, Africa, and Asia
Jul 21, 2022 (SPX)
The map above shows the surface air temperatures across most of the Eastern Hemisphere on July 13, 2022. It was produced by combining observations with a versio...
Denmark reports July record as heatwave hits Nordics
Jul 20, 2022 (AFP)
The announcement came as a heatwave that has already broken records in other parts of Europe spread north into the Nordic nations. According to the Danish Meteo...
Raising temperatures: Pakistan climate catastrophist Sherry Rehman
Jul 20, 2022 (AFP)
Perhaps that's because Pakistan -- where she serves as climate change minister -- has a front-row seat for the cascading catastrophe of global warming. To the n...
Britons desperate to cool off as mercury hits historic 40C
Jul 19, 2022 (AFP)
Normally chilly and often rainy in the summer, Britain this week baked under a fierce heatwave, triggering an unprecedented extreme heat alert and leaving Brito...
UK breaches 40C for first time, heat records tumble in France
Jul 19, 2022 (AFP)
Grassland fires erupted on the edge of London, with one forcing the evacuation of 14 people as farm buildings, houses and garages were consumed by the flames. "...
Europe burns as heatwave breaks temperature records
Jul 19, 2022 (AFP)
In Britain, forecasters said the current national record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) could be broken and 40C breached for the first time, w...
UN warns heatwaves will happen more often until 2060s
Jul 19, 2022 (AFP)
The current heatwave should act as a wake-up call for countries pumping ever more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the UN's World Meteorological Organization...
Britain braces for record heatwave temperatures
Jul 18, 2022 (AFP)
The mercury was set to rise to highs of 38 Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) in London, as a heatwave that has been building since last week showed no let-up. But the ...
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