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Australia endures 'angry summer'Sydney (AFP) March 10, 2014 Australia has endured another "angry summer" with more than 150 temperature records smashed, a new report said Monday, with a warning that heatwaves and sweltering conditions will only get worse. Among the records broken, Perth had its hottest night ever at 29.7 Celsius (85.4 Fahrenheit), Adelaide recorded its warmest February day (44.7 Celsius) while Sydney went through its driest summer in 27 years, the independent Climate Council watchdog said. It follows Australia experiencing its hottest ye ... read more |
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 Typhoon hits Philippine coconut oil exports Obama takes satirical hit to chin to sell health care Canada offers tax breaks to promote moose breeding Crowdsourcing search for missing plane is overloaded Volcanoes saw species survive ice ages: study Iranian people-smuggling link as Malaysia jet search widens | .. |
 British storms 'have changed coastline forever' The huge storms and powerful winds that have battered the coast of Britain in recent weeks have caused years' worth of erosion and damage, authorities said on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Mass power cuts, man dead in storm-battered Britain Hurricane-force winds from an Atlantic storm left tens of thousands of Britons without power Thursday and one man dead, adding to widespread misery after devastating floods caused by the wettest winter in 250 years. ... more | .. |
 UI researchers evaluate best weather forecasting models Two University of Iowa researchers recently tested the ability of the world's most advanced weather forecasting models to predict the Sept. 9-16, 2013 extreme rainfall that caused severe flooding in ... more | .. |
 Storms decimate puffin colonies on French coast The Atlantic storms that have buffeted Europe in recent days have killed at least 5,000 sea birds on the French coast, half of them puffins. ... more |
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 Winter weary US struck by another big storm Winter-weary Americans were hit with another massive storm Tuesday which was expected to dump as much as a foot of snow and a dangerous mix of freezing rain and sleet on a huge swath of the United States. ... more | .. |
British storms cause power cuts, batter sea walls More than 8,000 homes were without power in southwest England on Wednesday after fresh storms battered the region, sending huge waves crashing onto the coastline and damaging sea defences. ... more | .. |
 Shorts banned in Brazil heat, worker opts for skirt Faced with searing heat, no air conditioning and a ban on wearing shorts to work, a male civil servant in Rio swapped his trousers for his wife's skirt. ... more | .. |
 US groundhog Phil sees shadow, predicts more winter In a colorful annual ritual of dubious accuracy, the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow Sunday and saw his shadow, thus predicting six more weeks of winter. ... more |
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 Sao Paulo swelters in record heatwave Residents of Brazil's business hub Sao Paulo are sweltering in record temperatures after a January with the highest average in 70 years, while low rainfall could lead to water rationing. ... more | .. |
Venezuelan region wins Guinness record for lightning It turns out there is a Guinness record for the place with the most lightning, and an area of Venezuela with 20,000 flashes of it per hour has won. ... more | .. |
 Lightning kills seven Burundi students, wounds 51 Lightning in Burundi killed seven high school students and wounded 51 others when it struck a classroom where they were sheltering from a ferocious storm, officials said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 One dead, 12 missing in Indonesian landslide A woman has been killed and 12 other people are missing after torrential rains triggered a landslide that buried sleeping villagers on Indonesia's main Java island, an official said Thursday. ... more |
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Death toll from Philippines storm climbs to 40 The death toll from the first storm to batter the disaster-prone Philippines this year has climbed to 40, officials said Sunday, as forecasters warned more heavy rain was on its way. ... more | .. |
Australian heatwave set to worsen as fires rage Australians sweltering through a severe heatwave were warned Thursday that the worst is yet to come, with hundreds of fires raging in several states and temperatures nearing record highs. ... more | .. |
Australia braces for fire danger as heatwave hits Australian authorities warned Tuesday of some of the worst fire danger since a 2009 inferno which killed 173 people, with most of the continent's southeast sweltering through a major heatwave. ... more | .. |
 British landmarks damaged by storms as PM suspects climate change Fierce storms have destroyed several ancient landmarks on Britain's coastline with Prime Minister David Cameron saying Wednesday he suspects climate change is to blame for the extreme weather. ... more |
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 American, two Russians back on Earth after half-year in space Russia plans to launch new Glonass satellite on March 24 China 'deploys satellites' in search for Malaysia plane Texas Regents Authorize funding for UT Austin Share in Giant Magellan Telescope UT Austin to Become Partner in Construction of World's Largest Telescope Japanese astronaut becomes ISS commander | .. |
 Torrential rains in Honduras strand 20,000 people Rivers swollen by torrential rains have left some 20,000 people cut off in Honduras, the government said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Man dies as storms continue to batter Britain A man died after his mobility scooter fell into the River Thames on Sunday, police said, as dozens of flood warnings remained in place across Britain. ... more | .. |
 Weakened 'polar vortex' blamed for N. American chill The bitter chill gripping North America is a result of Arctic air that has spilled southwards, and global warming may be a cause, an expert said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Wave sweeps three family members out to sea in Spain Rescuers found the body of a man Tuesday on Spain's northwestern coast where three members of the same family were swept out to sea by a huge wave while reportedly scattering the ashes of a dead relative. ... more |
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Britain sees new flooding after storms and high tides High tides and strong winds caused flooding in Britain on Friday, and authorities warned sightseers seeking to witness the huge waves that they were putting their lives at risk. ... more | .. |
Rio heatwave sets off sprinklers Soaring temperatures in Rio de Janeiro set off the fire sprinklers Friday in a downtown shopping mall as the thermometer topped 40 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit). ... more | .. |
 Lightning kills eight church goers in Malawi A lightning strike killed eight worshippers including a child at a church in Malawi's capital Lilongwe on Saturday, a health ministry official said. ... more | .. |
 Storms batter Britain, France, disrupting travel, power Gale-force winds and pounding rain Tuesday lashed Britain and France, killing at least five people, disrupting Christmas travel and leaving tens of thousands without power. ... more |
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