The extreme weather events that have hit parts of the U.S. in recent weeks show that it doesn’t take a single major hurricane to cause significant damage, including the heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Debby that has hit parts of the Southeast. After hitting Florida as a Category 1 hurricane, the slow-moving system remained over… Read More »
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have warned for decades that continued burning of oil, gas and coal would have devastating climate impacts that are being felt around the world. Climate change causes extreme weather events By all accounts, the past few years have been brutal for the climate — and for the people and creatures… Read More »
When Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana with catastrophic flooding and powerful winds in August 2021, more than 1 million people were left without power. Then came the heat wave, with temperatures soaring above 90 degrees Fahrenheit — a blow to those sweltering at home, unable to turn on the air conditioning due to days-long power outages.… Read More »
Southern Europe has been grappling with unseasonably warm weather in recent weeks, with droughts in Italy and Spain, forest fires in Cyprus and the closure of the Acropolis in Athens due to unsafe temperatures. Many Telegraph readers have commented on articles about climate change in the Mediterranean. Some say the climate is changing, but question… Read More »
The world has left behind another month of record-breaking heat. New data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service, shows last month was the warmest February on record globally, with “extraordinarily high” temperatures in both air and sea. The record temperatures come as the United States continues to deal with extreme weather. In… Read More »