15 h. ago Hurricane Priscilla strengthens to Category 2 storm, threatens Baja California peninsula

The hurricane has brought heavy rain and strong winds to western Mexico

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3 d. ago Storm Amy in Scotland LIVE as nearly 100mph winds threaten more chaos for Saturday

Storm Amy has already caused her fair share of travel disruption, power cuts and floods, but there is more in store.

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4 d. ago Heavy rain and wind warning as Storm Amy threatens travel disruption

The Met Office has warned of flooding across the country as the first named storm of the season brings wet and windy weather to the UK.

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7 d. ago Met Office reveals how massive Hurricane Humberto will impact Scotland as large storm sweeps across Atlantic

THE Met Office has warned Scots that Hurricane Humberto is set to bring wet and windy weather in the coming days as it sweeps across the Atlantic. The massive storm is currently located south of Bermuda and has been strengthening since it exploded into a Category 5 hurricane on Saturday when winds reached 160mph. And...

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9 d. ago Tropical Storm Imelda forming and expected to become hurricane

Forecast track could take storm, which caused disruption in Bahamas and Cuba, away from US east coastTropical Storm Imelda formed on Sunday and was expected to become a hurricane on a forecast track that could take it away from the US east coast in the coming days. The storm was causing disruption in the Bahamas and Cuba on Sunday, and a tropical storm watch was posted in parts of Florida.Meanwhile, Hurricane Humberto weakened very slightly but remained a strong category 4 storm in the Atlantic, threatening Bermuda. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago US on watch as impending Tropical Storm Imelda threatens south

Weather system expected to become tropical storm as Hurricane Humberto weakens but still remains category 4A weather system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda later on Sunday before approaching the coast of South Carolina as a hurricane in the coming days was causing disruption in the Bahamas and nearby islands.Meanwhile, Hurricane Humberto weakened very slightly but remained a strong category 4 storm in the Atlantic, threatening Bermuda. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Weather tracker: Flash floods and landslides wreak havoc in California

Two-year-old boy dies and homes buried as remnants of Tropical Storm Mario bring downpours and thunderFlash flooding and landslides led to the death of a two-year-old boy in California in the US last week, after heavy rainfall followed on the heels of Tropical Storm Mario further south. The storm skirted the Pacific coast of Mexico with minimal disruption, eventually dissipating to the west of Baja California on Tuesday, but the remnants went on to cause havoc on Thursday. Residual moist air from the tropical storm was drawn north-east towards California, bringing heavy downpours and thunder to central and southern counties.The heaviest rainfall was in the mountains of Riverside and San Bernardino counties, where up to 68mm (2.67in) fell in a few hours. Further north, Death Valley – famously one of the driest places on Earth – received 15mm of rain, triple the average rainfall for September and a full quarter of the yearly average. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Hurricane Kiko weakens into a tropical storm but still could create dangerous surf in Hawaii

Forecasters say Hurricane Kiko has weakened into a tropical storm but still could create life-threatening surf and rip currents in Hawaii

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4 w. ago Science is under siege from weaponised disinformation – posing a threat to human civilisation | Michael Mann and Peter Hotez

From Covid misinformation to climate denialism, understanding the divergent paths of Australia and the US can help us fight the powerful forces that threaten our worldAs two scientists who lived through Australia’s black summer bushfires and the Covid-19 crisis in the United States, we have seen firsthand how science in modern societies is under siege from an even more insidious “antiscience virus” of weaponised disinformation that undermines our ability to confront these crises.There are five primary, interconnected forces behind the assault on science and reason. We call them the “five Ps”: the plutocrats, the petrostates, the pros (eg paid promoters of anti-science), the propagandists and – with important exceptions – the media. Together they have generated a perfect storm of antiscientific disinformation that now threatens humanity. Continue reading...

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