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2016 El Niño ‘finally over’; leaving hundreds of millions hungry
The strongest El Niño in 35 years, which has seen long droughts, scorching temperatures, water shortages and flooding around the…
USA – 6 dead as historic Texas flooding worsens
Authorities in central Texas have found two more bodies along flooded streams, bringing the death toll from flooding in the…
Europe: More than 40 people struck by lightning; one killed
More than 40 people, most of them children, have been injured by lightning strikes, at a park in Paris and…
A storm, a rescue operation, and melting footpaths – Your Week in Weather Headlines
What a crazy week we’ve had! New Zealand’s weather news has been busy enough, with stormy weather, flooding, and nearly…
‘Extreme weather’ threatening more than 30 World Heritage Tourism sites
Extreme weather is becoming one of the biggest risks to World Heritage icons like the Polynesian Easter Island or Britain’s…
India – Watch the footpath melt in 51C temperatures (VIDEO)
A severe heatwave has set off new records in India, so much so that the roads beneath pedestrians are literally…
Sri Lanka: Rains continue to fall; more deadly landslides
Landslides and heavy flooding have killed at least 73 people in Sri Lanka, with scores more missing and hundreds of…
Australia: 60,000 without power as storm hits Perth
A wild storm that battered Perth and southwest WA had left more than 60,000 customers without power tonight and the…
3 storms, more fires, and another record breaker – Your Week in Weather Headlines
Most of our weather news this week has concerned the local stormy conditions that beset New Zealand, starting on Monday,…
Storms, storms and more storms – A Social Media Roundup of the week’s best pics, posts and vids
Each week we get a lot of viewer and reader posts, pics and videos – though this week was an…
