There have been more than 15,000 fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands so far this year, causing widespread devastation. That is triple the number recorded in the same period in 2019, according to data collected by Brazil's National Institute for Space
Read more…So as the calendar closes in on the final quarter of months for what has been a record-shattering wildfire year, Westerners are left hoping that the final few months prove less destructive than the previous few. However, recent history suggests the w
Read more…A newly formed hurricane is closing in on the US Gulf Coast, threatening several southern US states including Florida, Mississippi and Alabama.
This year's hurricane season has been particularly active.
For only the second time in recorded history,
Read more…The Atlantic Ocean has spawned named storms at a blistering pace this year, with Paulette, Rene, Sally and Teddy the most recent additions in what is on track to be a historic season. Forecasters say the last two names on the Atlantic hurricane seaso
Read more…Hurricane and tropical storm warnings were in effect for portions of the U.S. Gulf Coast as AccuWeather meteorologists on Sunday continued monitoring the latest threat to the U.S.: Tropical Storm Sally, which had taken shape a day earlier.
Read more…Multiple injuries were reported after a sandstorm ripped through parts of northern Turkey on Saturday, an unusual occurrence for the region.
Areas across northern Turkey, including the capitol city of Ankara, were plunged into darkness on Saturday af
Read more…The extremely active Atlantic hurricane season is about to kick into overdrive. As many as three to five named tropical systems could be churning through the Atlantic at the same time by the middle of September, forecasters warned, and more records c
Read more…Half a million people have been evacuated from their homes in Oregon as unprecedented wildfires rage along the US west coast.
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Read more…Widespread evacuation orders and emergency declarations remained in place on Wednesday across Oregon and Washington as wildfires fanned by powerful winds continue to encroach on cities and towns across the region, turning skies dark red and leaving p
Read more…This Antarctic colossus is melting at a rapid rate, dumping billions of tonnes of ice in the ocean every year and pushing up global sea-levels.
Flowing off the west of the Antarctic continent, Thwaites is almost as big as Great Britain.
Read more…Wildfires have burned through a record number of acres in California this year as firefighters continue to battle several large blazes across the state.
The state's department of forestry and fire protection, Cal Fire, says more than two million acre
Read more…It comes days after Maysak, one of the region's strongest typhoons in years.
This is similar to the USA and Ireland which recently had storms one after another
Haishen has led to the closure of factories, schools and businesses across western Japa
Read more…A blast of cold air will plummet into the north-central United States and unleash temperatures 10 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit below normal that will challenge some long-standing records along with early-season snowfall to the Rockies early next week.
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Read more…Typhoon Haishen is strengthening and, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, has become the first super typhoon of the season in the western Pacific Ocean, but the storm's timing couldn't be worse, as it comes right on the heels of Typhoon Ma
Read more…Following what has already been a hot summer in much of the West, yet another surge of heat will take aim at the region late this week and right into the weekend.
Excessive heat watches and warnings have been issued across the region, including San
Read more…Flood waters have receded significant in Clifden, Co Galway following torrential rain last night and this morning caused what locals have described as unprecedented flooding.
A number of homes in the town had to be evacuated as water levels on the Ow
Read more…After already causing destruction in Japan's Ryukyu Islands, powerful Typhoon Maysak is now preparing to unleash a strike on the Korean Peninsula and western Japan as the most potent storm to prowl the waters of the West Pacific so far this year.
Read more…The Atlantic is showing no signs of losing steam following Laura's wrath along the U.S. Gulf Coast last week, with two new systems forming early this week. Tropical Storm Nana developed in the western Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, joining Tropical Storm
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