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Extreme weather

28 November 2024

  • three young women in traditional dress walk through snow holding umbrellas

    Heavy snowfall in South Korea – in pictures

    South Korea grapples extreme weather conditions for second day, with dozens of flights cancelled, ferry operations suspended and four people reported dead

27 November 2024

  • Cruise ships in harbour at Juneau, Alaska.

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    Going on a cruise is bad for your health

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  • Northampton following Storm Bert.

    First Edition newsletter
    Wednesday briefing: Why was the UK so poorly prepared for extreme flooding?

    In today’s newsletter: Our environment reporter on what went wrong following Storm Bert and whether widespread flooding might make the government to face up to the country’s leaky defences
  • A collection of images showing building work and how one of the beaches will look, with a huge cruise ship behind it.

    The real cost of cruises
    Paradise lost? How cruise companies are ‘eating up’ the Bahamas

    Another vast tourist resort project promising jobs and prosperity. But critics say such developments imperil the pristine environments they advertise

26 November 2024

  • A man walking near black mud encroaching on houses

    More than 500 properties in England and Wales were hit by Storm Bert floods

    Ministers reveal extent of damage as Met Office issues latest severe weather warning for parts of southern England
  • people with suitcases stand in a line

    Arctic blast to hit US as millions set to travel for Thanksgiving holiday

    Extreme weather expected to bring ‘dangerous wind chills, lake effect snow, and severe thunderstorms’

    • Storm Bert offers stark reminder of UK’s underfunded flood defences

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      First Thing: Trump’s vow of tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China attacked as ‘sales tax’ for Americans

    • In Wales, we’re one more flood away from another disaster like Aberfan

      Aaron Thierry

25 November 2024

  • Flood water inside Storyville Books

    ‘No lessons have been learned’: as floods recede, anger rises in south Wales valleys

    In the towns devastated by Storm Bert, residents question whether enough was done to warn of flood risk

  • Storm Bert: drone footage shows extent of flooding at English holiday park – video

    Drone footage captured on Monday showed flooded caravans at Billing Aquadrome Holiday Park near Northampton, Northamptonshire.

    • Storm Bert: forecasters and politicians criticised after devastating floods

    • People across the UK: have you been affected by flooding?

    • Storm Bert to cause further disruption in UK after ‘devastating’ floods

24 November 2024

  • Northern California storms<br>epa11737443 Flood waters surround a building in Guerneville, California, USA, 23 November 2024. A fellow motoriest spotted the car and called it in. A fourth day of an atmospheric river storm has inundated Northern California and the Bay Area. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO

    More rain and snow in US could affect Thanksgiving travel, forecasters warn

    One person found dead in submerged vehicle in California as storm warning issued for Sierra Nevada through Tuesday

23 November 2024

  • Quarries, a solar panel field and a water-bottling plant on the same mountain, almond trees in the foreground, in Durcal, Granada, Andalucia, Spain

    ‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water

    Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles

22 November 2024

  • Li Jie for Climate Breakdown series

    This is climate breakdown
    ‘I find hope in sticking together and keeping each other warm’ – This is climate breakdown

    When the rain kept coming down, people began to worry. We were afraid the dam up the hill might not hold up. This is Jie’s story

21 November 2024

  • A blue car crushed by a tree in front of a house.

    Two dead as rain and snow from bomb cyclone pummel Pacific north-west

    Flash flooding, rockslides and power outages affect northern California, Oregon and Washington state
  • Damage caused by Hurricane Beryl on Union Island in July 2024.

    This is climate breakdown
    ‘When the hurricane hit, I saw my neighbour’s boat lift into the sky’ – This is climate breakdown

    I heard this loud noise at the back of my house. The window was smashed in what was supposed to be our secure room. This is Roseman’s story
  • Car with tree on top of it

    Deadly ‘bomb cyclone’ torments US north-west with strong winds and rain

    At least two people killed as major storm batters region, closing schools, downing trees and knocking out power
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