Extreme heat

Weather tracker: Hurricane Oscar gathers strength in Atlantic as Australia swelters

Hurricane Oscar has become the 10th hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, battering the Turks and Caicos Islands on Saturday night and the far southern Bahamas on Sunday.The disturbance...

San Francisco sees hottest day of 2024 as heatwave scorches US south-west

San Francisco recorded its hottest day of the year on Tuesday, and Phoenix set a record for the...

Every Vote Is a Climate Vote

The upcoming election may be the most important one of your lifetime. It is no less than a...

Weather tracker: Francine looking likely to be next Atlantic hurricane

Francine could soon be the next to be ticked off the list of Atlantic hurricane storm names this...

‘Dangerously hot’ weather roasts US west as brutal summer continues

Searing temperatures are roasting the US west once again this week, as a brutal heatwave could bring some...

Constantine Arch in Rome damaged by lightning during violent storm

Lightning has struck the Constantine Arch near the Colosseum in Rome during a violent thunderstorm, breaking off fragments from the ancient structure, officials have...

Weather tracker: extreme heat hits Brazil, fuelling risk of wildfires

Unrelenting heat will continue across parts of Brazil this week with temperatures about 5C to 10C above the 1991 to 2020 average.Daytime temperatures will...

Millions swelter as central and eastern US placed under excessive heat watch

Millions of Americans will continue to swelter as Labor Day weekend approaches, with much of the country under some kind of excessive heat watch. The...