4 d. ago Weather war warning as Met Office predicts 'battle ground' UK snow forecast

The Met Office has warned of a looming UK “weather war” as mild Atlantic air clashes with colder eastern conditions, including snow, which are expected to hit the UK later this month

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9 d. ago Full Greater Manchester weather forecast for this week as freezing snap comes to an end

Rainy and blustery conditions are expected as mild air moves in

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1 week ago RSPCA 'help our birds' seeds and fruit plea issued to UK households as snow hits

The animal charity has called on the public to help protect local wildlife during the difficult winter months

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2 w. ago Temperatures hit minus 12C in the South as snow and cold snap shut hundreds of schools, cancel trains and flights and close roads

Severe conditions across the UK again disrupted road, air and rail travel this morning with some train lines blocked after heavy snow drifted on to the tracks.

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2 w. ago ‘Everything is silent’: Caracas on edge in aftermath of US blitz

Some suspected the attacks on Venezuela were coming, but the shock was still real and no one knows what will happen next• US strikes on Venezuela – live updates• Why has US attacked Venezuela and captured president?As they were jolted from their beds just before 2am on Saturday, many Caracas residents sought an innocent explanation for the racket that had interrupted their sleep: an exploding air conditioning unit, a tropical thunderstorm, an earthquake. Or perhaps a festive display of pyrotechnics over Venezuela’s mountain-flanked capital.“I thought it might be fireworks,” Carlos Hurtado, a resident of the 23 de Enero housing estate on the city’s westside, recalled of the moment he was woken by a mysterious sequence of rumblings and explosions. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Airstrikes, helicopters and a snatch squad with a blowtorch: how the US raid on Caracas unfolded

Some suspected the attacks on Venezuela were coming, but the shock was still real and no one knows what will happen nextUS strikes on Venezuela – live updatesWhy has US attacked Venezuela and captured president?As they were jolted from their beds just before 2am on Saturday, many Caracas residents sought an innocent explanation for the racket that had interrupted their sleep: an exploding air conditioning unit, a tropical thunderstorm, an earthquake. Or perhaps a festive display of pyrotechnics over Venezuela’s mountain-flanked capital.“I thought it might be fireworks,” Carlos Hurtado, a resident of the 23 de Enero housing estate on the city’s west side, recalled of the moment he was woken by a mysterious sequence of rumblings and explosions. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Brits warned of 'blizzard conditions' as weather warnings upgraded to amber

The Met Office issued amber warnings for heavy snow showers with winds that could lead to 'blizzard conditions'. Delays and cancellations to rail and air travel are likely

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3 w. ago ‘It’s like you’re sitting in front of an oven’: surviving the summer in one of Australia’s hottest towns

When the hot winds hit Roebourne, as many as 16 people pile into Yindjibarndi elder Lyn Cheedy’s home – one of the few with air conditioningFew places are more exposed to extreme weather than Roebourne, a tiny cyclone-prone town on the Western Australian coast, where public housing residents endure 50C heat without air conditioning.Lyn Cheedy, a Yindjibarndi elder, takes her grandson to the pool most afternoons. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Weather tracker: Polar wind set to end warmth in US south and midwest

Spring-like weather experienced by many Americans to end, while heavy snow in Japan brings deadly conditionsA week of extremes in the US as Arctic air plunges southwards across many states, sweeping away record-breaking warmth from last weekend. With low pressure in the west drawing up warm, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico, much of the south and midwest basked in spring-like weather this weekend with temperatures widely an extraordinary 15-20C above normal for late December.This week, however, most people will ditch their summer clothes for hats and scarves as a ridge pressure builds across the west, allowing for a polar air mass to dive southward, bringing freezing temperatures and the risk of snow. Continue reading...

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last month Spain to introduce air conditioned 'climate shelters' to protect locals and tourists against heatwaves

To combat 46C heatwaves and wildfires driven by climate change, Spain is introducing a national network of 'climate shelters' to protect citizens and tourists from extreme heat.

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