WEATHER REPORT

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Strong storms can generate earthquake-like seismic activity
Oct 16, 2019 (SPX)
"We're calling them 'stormquakes,'" said Wenyuan Fan, an assistant professor of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science at Florida State University and lead author...
Landslide kills 22 in southern Ethiopia
Oct 15, 2019 (AFP)
The landslide in the remote district of Konta occurred Sunday following 10 hours of heavy rains, said the official, Takele Tesfu. "There are 22 people dead and ...
US sizzles in rare autumn heat wave
Oct 02, 2019 (AFP)
Washington hit 97 degrees Fahrenheit (36 Celsius) late in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service (NWS), surpassing the city's previous monthly...
Late monsoon fury kills 100 in north India
Sep 30, 2019 (AFP)
Dozens of boats were pressed into service on streets overflowing with gushing rain water in Patna, the capital of the eastern state of Bihar, after torrential d...
Two killed, more injured as strong winds hit Central Europe
Sep 30, 2019 (AFP)
"Strong wind caused a tree to fall on primary school pupils on a pavement in Nitra" near Bratislava, Slovak police said on their Facebook page. "A 14-year-old b...
Five-year period ending 2019 set to be hottest on record
Sep 22, 2019 (AFP)
It comes ahead of a major UN climate summit Monday that will be attended by more than 60 world leaders, as Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pushes for countri...
Feeling blue: Qatar road turned azure to cool city
Sep 09, 2019 (AFP)
Temperatures in the desert emirate sometimes reach 50 degrees celsius (122 Fahrenheit) and heat was a major concern when the country was named as host of the 20...
France's summer heatwaves claimed 1,500 lives: minister
Sep 08, 2019 (AFP)
But that toll was significantly lower than the disastrous summer of 2003, when an estimated 15,000 people died during an August heatwave. "We have 1,500 deaths ...
Deep snow cover in the Arctic region intensifies heat waves in Eurasia
Sep 02, 2019 (SPX)
"Internal atmosphere-land interactions in Eurasia are believed to be an important factor in triggering abnormal summer temperatures. However, the exact reasons ...
Storms, floods lash Spain's Balearic Islands
Aug 27, 2019 (AFP)
Mallorca was the worst hit of the popular tourist archipelago, with emergency services saying they had registered 134 incidents throughout the day. Public telev...
Heatwaves longer, more deadly even in a 2C world
Aug 19, 2019 (AFP)
With one degree of warming since pre-industrial times so far, extreme weather of this kind has already become more intense, with a single heatwave in 2003 leadi...
Students create app to warn of dangerous dust storms
Aug 17, 2019 (SPX)
"The project got started in middle school when we were watching a documentary about dust storms in class, and we really saw how devastating dust storms could be...
17 missing in SW China landslide
Aug 16, 2019 (AFP)
The 17 missing people were carrying out maintenance work on the track Wednesday when the hill above them gave way, China Daily reported. The landslide in Ganluo...
Dutch deaths surged by 400 during heatwave: statistics
Aug 09, 2019 (AFP)
Dutch temperatures soared to a new high of 40.4C on July 25, breaking a record dating back to 1944 and rising above the 40C mark for the first time since record...
Half-a-degree warmer means 30,000 more deaths yearly in urban China: study
Aug 06, 2019 (AFP)
Even if one assumes future adaptations to cope with scorching heat -- better public health services, more air conditioning, easy access to clean drinking water ...
July hottest month measured, 2019 set to be among warmest years
Aug 05, 2019 (AFP)
Searing heatwaves saw records tumble across Europe last month, with unusually high temperatures around the Arctic Circle as well. Wildfires unprecedented in sco...
July heatwave up to 3C hotter due to climate change
Aug 02, 2019 (AFP)
The three-day peak saw temperature records tumble in Belgium, the Netherlands and Britain while the city of Paris experienced its hottest day ever with the merc...
Six children killed by lightning in Guinea: witness
Aug 01, 2019 (AFP)
The storm began shortly before 7:00 pm (1900 GMT) in the town of Siguiri, close to the border with Mali, witness Mamadi Doumbouya, a local resident, told AFP. H...
China landslide death toll jumps to 42, nine missing
Jul 29, 2019 (AFP)
Search and rescue operations at the site in Shuicheng county, Guizhou province -- where a thick torrent of mud buried 22 houses in the landslide on Tuesday -- w...
China landslide death toll rises to 36 with 15 still missing
Jul 28, 2019 (AFP)
The state-run People's Daily said rescue work is ongoing at the site in Shuicheng county, Guizhou province, where a thick torrent of mud buried 22 houses in the...
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