59 h. ago UK weather to be warmer than Spain's Costa del Sol as mercury to exceed 20C

The UK weather this week will continue to be glorious - following the 19.2C highs in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire and 18.4C in Nantwich, Cheshire - as the mini heatwave weather continues

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7 d. ago Climate change taken off America’s global threat list for the first time in over a decade

The reason for the switch remains unclear as climate change continues to increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather events

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7 d. ago Malaga turns white after freak winter storm with roads turning to rivers as Spain's wild weather continues

Striking images and footage emerging from the holiday hotspot have shown streets submerged in floodwater and heavy hail crashing down from the grey skies.

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2 w. ago Nasa astronauts heading back to Earth on SpaceX Dragon capsule after being ‘stranded’ on ISS for months

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore embark on 17-hour return following Starliner capsule failure that turned a days-long mission into one lasting nine monthsTwo Nasa astronauts “stranded” aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since last summer are finally on their way back to Earth on Tuesday, more than nine months after the failure of Boeing’s pioneering Starliner capsule scuppered their originally scheduled week-long mission.A SpaceX Dragon capsule containing four astronauts, including Starliner’s test pilots Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore, undocked from the orbiting outpost at 1.05am ET (5.05am GMT). The spacecraft is scheduled for a splashdown somewhere off the Florida coast at about 6pm ET following a 17-hour descent, with mission managers determining the precise location after assessing weather conditions. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Spanish holiday hotspot set for snow and storms as weeks of bad weather continues

A popular Spanish island is set for snow, rain and strong winds this weekend, adding to a recent six-week-long stretch of wet and cold weather at the destination

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3 w. ago Met Office maps show when freezing temperatures and wintry weather will hit Wales

The colder weather will continue and it could drop to -1C

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3 w. ago ‘Global weirding’: climate whiplash hitting world’s biggest cities, study reveals

Swings between drought and floods striking from Dallas to Shanghai, while Madrid and Cairo are among cities whose climate has flippedClimate whiplash is already hitting major cities around the world, bringing deadly swings between extreme wet and dry weather as the climate crisis intensifies, a report has revealed.Dozens more cities, including Lucknow, Madrid and Riyadh have suffered a climate “flip” in the last 20 years, switching from dry to wet extremes, or vice versa. The report analysed the 100 most populous cities, plus 12 selected ones, and found that 95% of them showed a distinct trend towards wetter or drier weather. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump’s USAid cuts will have huge impact on global climate finance, data shows

Campaigners say funding halt is a ‘staggering blow’ to vulnerable nations and to efforts to keep heating below 1.5CDonald Trump’s withdrawal of US overseas aid will almost decimate global climate finance from the developed world, data shows, with potentially devastating impacts on vulnerable nations.The US was responsible last year for about $8 in every $100 that flowed from the rich world to developing countries, to help them cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the impacts of extreme weather, according to data from the analyst organisation Carbon Brief. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Six dead as severe winter storms and wildfires wreak havoc across US

Fires broke out in southern Appalachia this week as a storm from California took casualties in Mississippi and NebraskaExtreme weather conditions continue to threaten parts of the southern plains and midwest on Thursday, after six people were killed earlier this week in a powerful storm that wreaked havoc across multiple states.As damage assessments continued in the south, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) warned of critical fire conditions for parts of south-east New Mexico and western Texas on Thursday. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago UK weather: Met Office issues snow forecast over rare polar vortex event in just days

The Met Office has issued an update on the chances of a sudden stratospheric warming event impacting the UK, as weather models continue to show the phenomenon could strike this month

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