WEATHER REPORT

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Australia heatwave part of global trend: IPCC chief
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
Australia's extreme summer heatwave, which caused devastating bushfires and saw temperature forecasts go off the scale, is part of a global warming trend, the U...
Climate: Monthly heat records have increased fivefold
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
Global warming has caused monthly records for heat to increase fivefold in frequency, according to a study by scientists in Germany and Spain, published on Mond...
China landslide kills 22, dozens more buried
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
A landslide in southwestern China on Friday killed at least 22 people, including seven from one family, with some two dozen others trapped, local authorities sa...
80 dead as temperature hits record low in Bangladesh
Jan 10, 2013 (AFP)
A cold snap which saw temperatures drop on Thursday to their lowest point in Bangladesh's post-independence history has killed around 80 people, officials said....
11 dead as Mideast battered by hail, snow, rain
Jan 09, 2013 (AFP)
Abnormal storms which for four days have blasted the Middle East with rain, snow and hail have left at least 11 people dead and brought misery to Syrian refugee...
Record low temperatures in Bangladesh
Jan 09, 2013 (UPI)
Bangladesh has recorded its lowest temperatures in nearly 60 years, an unexpected result of global warming, scientists said. In the capital of Dhaka and elsewhe...
Four dead in Israel as severe weather sweeps Middle East
Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)
Extreme weather, including torrential rains and heavy winds, killed four people in Israel and the Palestinian territories on Tuesday, as widespread flooding swe...
Australia's Hobart experiences hottest day
Jan 04, 2013 (AFP)
Australia's southern island of Tasmania has experienced its hottest day since records began, with the capital Hobart sweltering at 41.8 Celsius (107.2 Fahrenhei...
Philippine storm death toll rises to 20
Dec 30, 2012 (AFP)
The death toll from a tropical storm that hit the central Philippines on Christmas Day has risen to 20, with more than 20,000 others left homeless, the governme...
U.N. changes hottest-day-on-record date
Dec 29, 2012 (UPI)
The U.N. climate agency has changed the world's hottest day on record from Sept. 13, 1922, in Libya, to July 10, 1913, in California's Death Valley. The World M...
Philippine storm death toll rises to 11
Dec 28, 2012 (AFP)
The death toll from a tropical storm that hit the central Philippines on Christmas Day has risen to 11 with thousands more forced out of their homes by landslid...
Scottish boy dies in Australian Outback
Dec 24, 2012 (AFP)
A 14-year-old Scottish boy has died in searing heat in the harsh Australian Outback while hiking with his father, police said. Ewan Williamson, who arrived in A...
Freak tornado kills 3, causes havoc in New Zealand
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
A freak tornado hit Auckland Thursday killing three people and causing "utter devastation" as wild weather ripped apart homes and caused flash flooding in New Z...
Powerful storm nearing Philippines: forecasters
Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)
Philippine authorities warned the public Sunday to take precautions for what could be the most powerful storm to hit the country this year. Packing gusts of up ...
2012 marked by extreme weather, Arctic ice melt: UN
Nov 28, 2012 (AFP)
Extreme temperatures, drought, floods and the unprecedented loss of Arctic ice marked global weather in 2012, boosting concern at the march of climate change, t...
Woman killed by tree as storms batter England
Nov 25, 2012 (AFP)
A woman was killed by a falling tree in southwest England, police said Sunday, as severe flood warnings were introduced in parts of the country already soaked b...
Meteosat Third Generation agreement signed at Ministerial meeting
Nov 22, 2012 (ESA)
The European Space Agency and EUMETSAT has signed the agreement on the Meteosat Third Generation weather satellite system at the ESA Ministerial Council in Napl...
In deadly Sandy's wake, rain in Haiti adds insult to injury
Nov 12, 2012 (AFP)
Two weeks after deadly Hurricane Sandy socked Haiti, Yves Bien-Aime, a tailor, is still trying to salvage something from his shop. But it is now buried deeper u...
What Paleotempestology Tells Scientists about Today's Tempests
Nov 12, 2012 (SPX)
Understanding Earth's paleo-hurricane record cannot be more timely and important in a light of Hurricane Sandy, which shocked the U.S. East Coast last week. Tal...
Ban says UN got it wrong on superstorm
Nov 09, 2012 (AFP)
UN leader Ban Ki-moon made a public apology to member states Friday for the global body's response after superstorm Sandy hit its UN headquarters. The storm flo...
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