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Hurricane Ian made landfall along the southwestern coast of Florida near Cayo Costa around 3:05 p.m. ET Wednesday with winds near 150 mph, making it a strong Category 4 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm is delivering Read More
Temperatures are forecast to build this week, with heatwave thresholds likely to be met for much of the UK, particularly England and Wales. The heat will build through the week, likely peaking on Friday and Saturday thanks to the influence Read More
Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, have issued the following statement on prolonged heat warnings throughout B.C.: “As we head into the B.C. Day Read More
A new event summary from the Met Office shows that the UK’s recent extreme heat was far more intense and widespread than previous comparable heatwaves. This was the first time 40°C has been recorded in the UK. A new record Read More
Image Credit: wetterdata.de A heatwave has arrived in Germany – and Tuesday could be the warmest day of the year so far. According to the German Weather Service (DWD), large parts of the country will experience temperatures of between 34C Read More
Monday is officially the first ‘tropical’ day of 2022, with the temperature topping 30 Celsius at the key De Bilt weather station near Utrecht, weather bureau KNMI said. The highest temperature recorded was 33.6 Celsius in the Zeeland village of Read More
In June and July 2022, heatwaves struck Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, as temperatures climbed above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in places and broke many long-standing records. The map above shows the surface air temperatures Read More
COP26 President Alok Sharma’s keynote at London Climate Action Week, recognising the achievement of the Glasgow Climate Pact, while acknowledging there is still work to do to keep the aim of limiting global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees alive Thank Read More
For the first time temperatures of 40C have been forecast in the UK and the Met Office has issued the first ever Red warning for exceptional heat. Exceptional heat is expected to affect a large part of England early next Read More
Amber Weather Warning updated: Exceptionally high temperatures across parts of England and Wales, now updated to extend into Tuesday The Met Office has extended an Amber Extreme heat warning, as temperatures will build this weekend and early next week for Read More