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Residents in Collingham, Nottinghamshire, are dealing with flooded homes and streets after heavy rainfall. On Thursday, Nottinghamshire County Council declared a major incident due to the rising levels. Meanwhile, Caroline Douglass, the agency’s flood director, said the Trent had been at “some of the highest levels we’ve seen in 24 years”. Residents describe the damage…
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Today has provisionally been the warmest Christmas Eve since 1997, the Met Office said. The forecaster said temperatures in Heathrow reached 15.3C. The warmest Christmas Eve on record was in 1931, when 15.5C was recorded in Aberdeen and Banff in Scotland. Met Office forecaster Liam Eslick said: “It’s been an exceptionally mild couple of days…
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The World Meteorological Organization says extreme weather events have become the new normal, as heat waves continue sweeping large parts of the world. July has been confirmed as the hottest month on Earth since records began in 1940, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said earlier this month. The global average mean surface temperature…
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From China in the east to the US in the west, the world is under the grip of scorching heat waves and catastrophic extreme weather events. The disasters unfolding are rooted in several reasons, not least the increasing impact of rising global temperatures – currently around 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.…
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Europe is set for another heatwave after a short period of respite from the punishing temperatures this week. Forecasters have said a “heat dome” continues to expand over the southern half of the continent. What is a heat dome and why is it causing the current extremities in weather? What is a heat dome? It’s…
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While the UK has so far avoided the dangers of mosquito-borne diseases due to its temperate weather conditions, it may not be the case for future summers. Mosquito bites might be aggravating for the skin and the itchiness be a real nuisance, but the primary concern for experts such as Dr Oliver Brady from the…
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From Maryland to the Canadian capital, a monstrous cloud of smoke spewed by Quebec’s wildfires has forced children to stay indoors, grounded flights in New York City and left millions of residents at risk of breathing unhealthy air. More than 75 million people in the eastern US are under air quality alerts on Wednesday due…
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Bristol Airport has reopened after heavy snow saw all flights suspended this morning – but disruption remains. All flights were suspended until just before 11am this morning (Wednesday 8 March). While snow has now been cleared from the runway, disruption remains. A total of 10 flights due to depart from the airport have been cancelled…
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From now till August 22 this year, it will be colder than previous years. They call it Aphelion phenomenon. Starting tomorrow at 05.27 we will experience the APHELION PHENOMENON, where the Earth will be very far from the Sun. We cannot see the phenomenon, but we can feel its impact. This will last until August…
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Eight degrees Fahrenheit. It may not sound like much—perhaps the difference between wearing a sweater and not wearing one on an early-spring day. But for the world in which we live, which climate experts project will be at least eight degrees warmer by 2100 should global emissions continue on their current path, this small rise will have…
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Air pollution causes you to gasp and wheeze. Smog puts strain on your heart and inflames your lungs. Could dirty air also be costing you your brain health? A trio of new studies finds that air quality appears linked to a risk of thinking declines and dementia, and bad air might even promote toxic brain proteins…
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