WEATHER REPORT

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Nine rescuers dead after Vietnam landslide; heavy rains continue
Oct 15, 2020 (AFP)
Severe flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain pounding the region have killed at least 40 people in the past week, officials said, with more bad weather o...
Floods, rough seas kill 18 in Vietnam as fresh storm on the way
Oct 12, 2020 (AFP)
Images on state media showed entire villages under water in Quang Tri and Quang Nam, while murky floodwaters swept through the Imperial City of Hue and the tour...
France, Italy step up rescue efforts after floods
Oct 04, 2020 (AFP)
Others remained unaccounted for on the French side of the border after storms, torrential rain and flash floods battered the area, washing away roads and houses...
Huge rescue effort after deadly storm barrels across France, Italy
Oct 03, 2020 (AFP)
Torrential rain of up to 50 centimetres (20 inches) and high winds crashed into the border area in the latest of a string of strong storms in recent years. Stor...
Flights rerouted as Greece braces for rare 'medicane' storm
Sep 18, 2020 (AFP)
Two Ryanair flights to the Ionian island of Cephalonia were unable to land at the local airport and were rerouted to Athens. The Mediterranean hurricane, or "me...
Storms Alpha and Beta named for Greek alphabet, second time ever
Sep 18, 2020 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Beta was packing maximum sustained winds of 40 miles (65 kilometers) per hour in the Gulf of Mexico, some 280 miles off the mouth of the Rio Gran...
Turkish capital hit by freak sandstorm
Sep 12, 2020 (AFP)
A spectacular video shared by the mayor's office showed a large beige dust cloud enveloping buildings. Another video posted on social media by the Turkish Gener...
Weird weather: Colorado goes from solar to polar in 24 hours
Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)
In the state capital Denver, the temperature was around 91 degrees Fahrenheit (33 Celsius) on Monday afternoon. By Tuesday morning it had dropped to 36F, and it...
Monitoring the Arctic heatwave
Aug 31, 2020 (ESA)
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, July 2020 was the third warmest July on record for the globe, with temperatures 0.5 C above the 1981-2010 av...
Nine teenagers dead in Uganda lightning strike: Red Cross
Aug 28, 2020 (AFP)
The thunderbolt struck in Arua, a city near the border with South Sudan, late Thursday where a group of 10 teenagers were playing football. "Only one child amon...
U.S. may see 30-fold rise in extreme heat exposure by 2100
Aug 17, 2020 (UPI)
To help local leaders and policy makers better prepare for the impacts of heatwaves and cold spells, scientists at Arizona State University set out to quantify ...
Scorching temperature in US's Death Valley could be global high
Aug 17, 2020 (AFP)
The reading was registered at 3:41 pm at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center in the Death Valley national park by an automated observation system -- an electronic ...
At least 43 killed in monsoon-triggered India landslide
Aug 09, 2020 (AFP)
The landslide in Idukki district, around 250 kilometres (155 miles) from Kerala state's capital Thiruvananthapuram, occurred Friday but the ongoing search and r...
Lightning strikes more than 100 million times per year in the tropics
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
"Lightning influences the ability of forests to store biomass, and therefore carbon, because it tends to strike the largest trees," said Evan Gora, a post-docto...
Health warnings as Western Europe swelters under heatwave
Jul 31, 2020 (AFP)
From Britain to Italy, temperatures around 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) made face masks almost unbearable for many, as more cities begin requiring them o...
Storm lashes Australian coast threatening homes
Jul 28, 2020 (AFP)
The last 48 hours have brought fresh warnings of gale-force winds, rain and powerful surf to an area north of Sydney, where around 40 seafront properties have b...
Siberia heat 'almost impossible' without climate change
Jul 16, 2020 (AFP)
An international team of researchers found that the record-breaking warm period was more than 2C hotter than it would have been if humans had not warmed the pla...
Deadly under-the-radar heatwaves ravaging Africa
Jul 13, 2020 (AFP)
While detailed records of hot spells and their aftermath exist for the world's wealthier regions, in Africa scientists and governments are mostly flying blind i...
Lightning data have more use than previously thought
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
To address this question, scientists attempted to depict the lightning activity and charge structure of a supercell over North China using a lightning network, ...
Russian Arctic sets 'fantastical' heat records: weather chief
Jun 30, 2020 (AFP)
Russia's northern territories, including parts of Yakutia region which borders the Arctic ocean, have faced a heat wave in recent weeks, and villages in the rem...
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