Liam Dutton
60cm of snow expected in one day?!
60cm of snow in one day is hard to imagine, but for residents in north east Canada, it’s about to become a reality.
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Scores dead as Japan suffers extreme weather
Up to 76 people are feared to have died and scores are missing amid unprecedented floods in western Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says rescue efforts are a “race against time”.
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Donald Trump’s tweet about Storm Harvey: it’s nowhere near as rare as he thinks.
Donald Trump and others have described Storm Harvey as a once in 500 year flood. But Houston’s been battered by two other 500-year storms in three years. FactCheck investigates.
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Liam Dutton
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Liam Dutton
A hurricane that has travelled into the future, sort of…
Former Hurricane Kilo, now Typhoon Kilo, spinning around in the Pacific Ocean, has achieved what can be considered no mean feat for a powerful storm of tropical origin.
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Liam Dutton
Earth pictures every 10 minutes from new weather satellite
A powerful new weather satellite has just become operational, bringing amazingly detailed and frequent pictures of earth from space.
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Liam Dutton
El Nino’s warmth causing tropical trouble in the Pacific
As I write this, there are no less than six tropical disturbances in the Pacific Ocean basin – ranging from minor tropical depressions, to raging typhoons.
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Pakistan: extreme heatwave kills over 800 people
Over 800 people die in Karachi as the worst heatwave for a decade sends temperatures in Pakistan’s Sindh province soaring to 45 degrees Celsius at the same time as many are fasting for Ramadan.
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Liam Dutton
A stronger El Nino: what does this mean for global weather?
The latest predictions from climate models suggest that a moderate to strong El Nino is on the cards in the coming months. But what could this mean for global weather?
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Australia storms kill three
Stormy weather in New South Wales has killed three people and left a trail of damage and destruction – including in Sydney and the surrounding area.
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Cyclone Pam: Vanuatu president ‘fears the worst’ from storm
The impact from a devastating tropical storm will be “the very, very, very worst” in isolated outer islands but damage was still being assessed, Vanuatu’s president says.
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Cyclone Pam devastates Pacific islands of Vanuatu
Aid agencies say that a tropical cyclone could have wiped out entire villages in Vanuatu, in what could be one of the worst disasters in Pacific history.
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Tropical Cyclone Pam to batter Vanuatu: in numbers
The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is braced for the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Pam, with heavy rain, destructive winds and flooding set to strike late on Friday (local time).
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Liam Dutton
El Nino arrives – finally…
Finally, it was announced today, by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, that El Nino has officially arrived – more than six months after originally expected and much weaker in strength.
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Twin cyclones: Marcia and Lam hit Australia
Homes are damaged and power lines are downed as a powerful cyclone smashed into northeastern Australia, packing winds of up to 285 kilometres (180 miles) an hour.
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Welcome to Dudinka in Siberia: the city covered in ice
If you’re dreading the icy weather in the UK, then take a look at Dudinka, in Siberia, where a burst water main at minus 40 degrees left cars and streets encased in ice.
