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Brits have been warned heavy rain and 60mph winds will hit over the weekend after a powerful storm struck across the pond. more

Flights were cancelled across Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday, airport operator Aena said, as storm Hermine moved in from over the Atlantic, bringing heavy rains to the popular holiday destination.more

20 days into September and you can just about get away with shorts and sliders - but not for long.more

This year's summer in England equaled the record for the highest temperature and, together with the summer of 2018, was the warmest in the history of regular measurements, i.e. since 1884, the British meteorological office Met Office reported.more

Almost two-thirds of Europe's territory is in a warning or alert state due to drought caused by heatwaves and low rainfall, the European Drought Observatory (EAD) reported.more

"This is the worst drought in the last five years" - believes Dariusz Witkowski, a hydrologist at IMWM-PIB. "We have to wait until the fall to normalize the situation, but we will have to deal with such problems every year. What we can do is, first of all, save water" - he explained.more

It may feel like a slight breeze only just returned to the UK, but forecasters say yet another heatwave could be on the cards. more

From the crunch of leaves underfoot and the fiery foliage adorning the trees, you might be thinking autumn has come early. But experts say this hint of a change in the seasons isn't genuine. Instead it's the tell-tale sign of a "false autumn".more

South-west Wales has today become another part of the UK where drought has been officially declared. The drought has now lasted for a week across more than half of England.more

Bees have become increasingly stressed by climate change over the past 100 years, museum collections indicate.more

Thames Water has announced a hosepipe ban for 15 million customers across the south of England. more

Rising heat and humidity as a result of climate change means that some 8 million Americans will be exposed to extreme heat of up to 52 degrees Celsius later this year, according to a study by the First Street Foundation (FSF).more

Torrential rain and thunderstorms are forecast for England and Wales with warnings of sudden flooding. The Met Office has issued two yellow warnings for thunderstorms on Tuesday and Wednesday with possible travel disruption, power cuts, hail and lightning strikes. more

A hosepipe ban is being introduced to Cornwall and parts of Devon from Tuesday next week, South West Water has announced. more

Thunderstorms have started to hit the UK as a spell of extreme hot weather draws to a close. more

Thousands of homes and businesses are without power this morning following thunderstorms across the country. more

Since the start of this year, there have been three times as many raging wildland fires in the UK as in the whole of 2021. - The chairman of the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Mark Hardingham announced yesterday.more

Heatwaves have exceeded expectations from climate models. July's record-breaking temperatures in the UK have been exceeded earlier than scientists had anticipated, Nature reports.more

This year's drought is the most severe in Spain's history, according to hydrological data from the Pedro Sanchez government. The estimates are based on analyses by the Ministry of Ecology and Demography.more

Hundreds of parched families sweltered in snaking queues for bottled water after ‘technical issues’ from Britain’s leakiest water company caused their taps to run dry.more

The Met Office has issued a warning for thunderstorms and heavy showers across swathes of the UK on Monday in the wake of the heatwave currently scorching the country after months of low rainfall.more

Thirteen rivers in England are at their lowest ever recorded levels, officials say, as the nation suffers from its driest July in nearly 90 years.more

The heatwave will be long over by Christmas – but its impact might be plain to see around the dinner table.more

The Environment Agency has moved into drought in eight of its 14 areas: Devon and Cornwall, Solent and South Downs, Kent and south London, Herts and north London, East Anglia, Thames, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, and the east Midlands.more

Sainsbury's and Tesco have joined other supermarket chains in removing disposable barbecues from their shop shelves during the current heatwave.more