The UK had its first storm in a year last weekend.
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An expert explains why the UK’s winter has been relatively calm.
Rescue teams working near the wreckage of Yeti Airlines ATR72 aircraft in Pokhara.
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A tragic plane crash has claimed at least 68 lives in Nepal – the latest in a string of aviation disasters in a country grappling with improving the safety of its flight industry.
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When something disrupts the smooth, laminar flow of high-altitude winds, your flight might get a little bumpy.
Hurricane Nicole was a Category 1 storm, but it caused extensive damage to Florida in 2022.
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Research shows storms that might have caused minimal damage a few decades ago are becoming stronger and more destructive as the planet warms.
Weeds grow on the dried-out floor of the Hoppin Hill Reservoir in North Attleboro, Mass., on Aug. 3, 2022.
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Flash droughts can develop within a few weeks, causing water shortages, damaging crops and worsening fire risks.
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Processes like La Niña set the scene for the sort of extreme weather that has hit eastern Australia. But what decides which towns and suburbs are hit hardest, and which ones are spared?
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The air that arrives at Kennaook is said to be some of the cleanest in the world. I set up my camera and tripod, and started filming.
Flying into Hurricane Harvey aboard a a P-3 Hurricane Hunter nicknamed Kermit in 2018.
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The meteorologist leading NOAA’s 2022 hurricane field program describes flying through eyewalls and the technology in these airborne labs for tracking rapid intensification in real time.
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The UK is no stranger to drought – especially southern England.
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Step one: check the thermometer isn’t next to an ice cream van or barbecue.
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The Met Office issued its heatwave warning six days before the mercury peaked – potentially saving many lives.
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The strongest signal of our changing climate flares while most of us are asleep.
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Global warming is changing the high-altitude autumn winds over southeast Australia, which means less rain and trouble for air travel.
Meteorologist Todd Dankers monitors weather patterns in Boulder, Colorado, Oct. 24, 2018.
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Would you trust a weather forecast made by a machine that had learned how weather systems behaved by reviewing thousands of past weather maps?
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One weather configuration has been responsible for record-breaking downpours in Australia, South America, and South Africa this year.
A tornado in Turkey, Texas.
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You can’t photograph the inside of a twister, but radar offers some clues.
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The rain isn’t letting up for Australia’s east. Remarkably, the low-pressure band that drenched Brisbane is now spawning not one but two east coast lows for Sydney – more typically seen in winter.
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When bad weather stops moving, the outlook can get dire for the areas in its path.
Guy Stewart Callendar connected carbon dioxide concentrations with rising temperatures.
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His theory, based on years of detailed climate and weather data, became known as the Callendar Effect. Today we call it global warming.
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Weather forecasting is complex and challenging. The process entails three steps: observation, analysis and communication.