26 h. ago ‘Global red alert’: forest loss hits record high – and Latin America is the heart of the inferno

With little state support, villagers are left to battle wildfires armed with little more than shovels and bottles of water • Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last yearWildfires engulfed vast swathes of South America last year, devastating ecosystems, closing schools and grounding flights. With its worst fire season on record, Bolivia was especially hard hit. “We felt powerless and angry to be unable to protect what is ours,” says Isabel Surubí Pesoa.Surubí Pesoa was forced to migrate to the nearest town after the spring that fed her village in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands dried up after the fires and the drought that preceded it. “It’s very painful,” she says. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Where it will rain most in Wales this weekend and when according to the Met Office

Most of Wales will be hit with heavy rain for much of the bank holiday weekend

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3 d. ago UK to be battered by heavy rain and strong gales after driest Spring in more than 50 years

The UK is set to be battered by rain, with areas around Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle and London among the worst hit, after our heatwave and a remarkably dry few weeks

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4 d. ago UK faces heavy and thundery rain until end of May and Wales could be worst hit

Heavy rain is expected across Wales this bank holiday weekend

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1 week ago Met Office maps show where rain and hail will fall in next 24 hours

It comes after a yellow weather warning was issued for Monday

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1 week ago When warm and sunny weather is set to return to Wales following rain and thunderstorms

The sunshine will soon be making a quick return after a yellow weather warning has been issued for Wales

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1 week ago Map reveals where thunderstorms set to hit Britain within hours as Met Office issues yellow weather warning

The Met Office said up to 2in (50mm) of rain could fall in two hours over parts of England and Wales during the thunderstorm warning period which runs from 12pm until 10pm.

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1 week ago Three parts of UK to be lashed with rain and thunderstorms later today says Met Office

Temperatures are expected to reach highs of 25C to 26C, which is about 8C above average

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2 w. ago Thunderstorms to hit parts of UK with warnings of possible flooding

Heavy and potentially thundery showers could arrive on Sunday, mainly affecting the West Country, South Wales and parts of the West Midlands.

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2 w. ago Welsh farmers and growers praying for rain after unusually dry conditions

The picture varies considerably and south-west Wales is in a better position than many areas, but rain is still needed

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2 w. ago Exact date Scotland's sunshine will be broken by 'heavy and thundery showers'

Scots should make the most of the next few days of dry and sunny weather, as things are about to take a turn.

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2 w. ago When it's expected to rain next in Wales according to the Met Office with 10 days of sunshine predicted

The hottest it is expected to in some areas based on the long range forecast is 22°C

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2 w. ago Daily Telegraph mocks the rain in Wales in attack on 'bonkers' Welsh Government

Welsh Labour's attempt to help small firms used to mock Welsh Labour and the Welsh weather

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2 w. ago ‘Climate change is real’: devastating wildfire photography – in pictures

Artist and photographer Phil Buehler captured some of the worst-hit properties from this year’s Eaton Fire in Altadena, Los Angeles and assembled them for this year’s Spring/Break art show taking place in New York City until 12 May. The exhibit will include a cyclorama with some of the 9/11 calls during the fires playing softly in the background Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UK's worst broadband provider named with popular firms taking a hit

Ofcom has published its latest complaints report and it's not good reading for a number of firms

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2 w. ago Met Office weather maps show it won’t rain much in Wales for ages, but that doesn’t tell the whole story

Welsh weather forecaster Derek Brockway has said there is 'more dry weather to come in the next fortnight' with temperatures also still set to be 'slightly above normal for the time of year'

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3 w. ago North East to be worst hit by PIP cuts with 'devastating' loss twice as bad as London

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3 w. ago Three ways to help the developing world survive the end of aid | Winnie Byanyima

Wealthy nations are slashing funding for essential services such as the HIV/Aids response, but poorer countries cannot absorb the impact overnightCountries across the world are cutting aid budgets, abandoning the decades-old consensus that supporting health and development is both a moral duty and a strategic interest. But the end of aid cannot mean the end of global solidarity – because our global economy is stacked against low- and middle-income countries to such an extent that they simply cannot afford to respond to global crises alone.Developing countries are drowning in debt, facing interest rates up to 12 times higher than wealthy countries. When interest rates shot up after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the global south was worst hit. Low- and middle-income countries now pay $4 (£3) to the richest in the global north for every $1 they receive in aid. Thirty-four of Africa’s 54 countries spend more on debt than on healthcare. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Met Office warns when warm weather will end with 'heavy and thundery' conditions

We're currently enjoying a lovely week of weather here in Wales, but it won't last long., sadly. Here are the forecasts for the coming days and weeks

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