WEATHER REPORT

1,732 articles

Los Angeles tests cooling pavement paint to beat heat
Aug 14, 2017 (AFP)
In Los Angeles, where summer temperatures regularly surpass 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius), workers are coating streets in special gray treatments ...
Landslide in southwest China kills eight, 17 missing
Aug 08, 2017 (AFP)
Extreme weather this summer has caused a series of landslides and floods across the country, leaving dozens dead and displacing large numbers of people. The lat...
Three dead as storms ravage Italy's north
Aug 06, 2017 (AFP)
A 41-year-old Belgian man was among the dead after a tree fell on his tent at a Rainbow Gathering counter-cultural summer camp in the Tramontina valley in the n...
Sizzling summer gives Europe's south taste of the future
Aug 05, 2017 (AFP)
At least five deaths in Italy and Romania have been attributed to the extreme conditions since the heatwave set in around the start of August. Unusually high, s...
European heatwave deaths could skyrocket: climate study
Aug 04, 2017 (AFP)
The toll would be especially high in temperate southern Europe, where deaths due to warming are projected to rise from 11 per million people per year to about 7...
Deadly heat waves could hit South Asia this century
Aug 04, 2017 (SPX)
There is still time to avert such severe warming if measures are implemented now to reduce the most dire consequences of global warming. However, under business...
Italy heatwave and drought spark killer wildfires
Aug 03, 2017 (AFP)
The 79-year-old woman was found dead in a field next to her home in Sant'Omero in the central region of Abruzzo, having apparently been overcome by flames that ...
Heat in S Asia could exceed survivable levels by 2100: study
Aug 02, 2017 (AFP)
The study in the journal Science Advances warned of "summer heat waves with levels of heat and humidity that exceed what humans can survive without protection."...
10 hurt in freak Istanbul storm
Jul 27, 2017 (AFP)
The storm, which lasted about 20 minutes, paralysed traffic and caused flash floods that submerged cars in some streets, according to pictures on social media. ...
Hottest day ever in Shanghai as heat wave bakes China
Jul 21, 2017 (AFP)
Hospitals in the city have reported increased numbers of patients suffering from heat-related illnesses, according to state media, and the Shanghai zoo said it ...
Spain heatwave breaks records and kills one
Jul 13, 2017 (AFP)
The 54-year-old male victim died of suspected heatstroke late Wednesday while laying asphalt near the town of Moron de la Frontera in the southwestern province ...
Five killed, 10 missing in landslide in remote India
Jul 11, 2017 (AFP)
An avalanche of mud and rock struck the village after weeks of heavy rain in Papum Pare district in the Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh along the border wi...
At Ikea, Chinese shoppers make themselves at home
Jul 06, 2017 (AFP)
Chinese have a peculiar penchant for making themselves at home in the Swedish retailer's airconditioned showrooms, snoozing on beds, dozing on couches, and eati...
Turkey, Greece swelter under soaring temperatures
Jul 02, 2017 (AFP)
The southern resort city of Antalya, a magnet for foreign tourists, saw its highest temperature ever since records began, with the mercury hitting 45.4 degrees ...
Five dead as heatwave hits Bulgarian capital
Jul 01, 2017 (AFP)
By midday (0900 GMT), the city's emergency services had provided assistance to around 200 people who felt unwell, emergency services spokeswoman Katia Sungarska...
Two dead as rain storms lash Germany, spark rail chaos
Jun 22, 2017 (AFP)
Gale-force winds, torrential rains and hail damaged rail tracks and power lines, forcing trains to be halted between Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Kiel and Hanover, ...
France marks hottest post-war June day as Europe sizzles
Jun 22, 2017 (AFP)
A nationwide average of 26.4 degrees Celsius (79.5 Fahrenheit) made Wednesday the hottest day in France since 1945, the national weather agency said Thursday, w...
Heatwave scorches Europe, from London to Siberia
Jun 21, 2017 (AFP)
More than 1,000 firefighters were still fighting to control the flames that broke out in central Portugal at the weekend, killing 64 people. Cooler weather was ...
Lightning kills 22 in Bangladesh
Jun 20, 2017 (AFP)
The deaths came as storms swept the country on Sunday and Monday, the head of the disaster management department Reaz Ahmed told AFP. Among the dead were a coup...
Grounded flights, fires and power outages as temps soar in US
Jun 20, 2017 (AFP)
The extreme temperatures prompted American Airlines on Tuesday to ground 43 flights to and from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, where temperatures were set to reach...
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.