Autumn on Orkney is an understated affair. There are very few trees, so there’s no fiery foliage for us. Instead, it is a season marked by sideways rain...
Tag - Extreme weather
Two tornadoes swept across parts of Florida last Thursday, causing extensive damage to many homes and businesses in Crystal River and Clearwater. Trees and...
The northern UK tends to be much wetter than the south, but this summer that pattern is being flipped on its head. Water levels in much of Scotland are very...
China’s summer this year has seen both extreme heat and devastating floods. And the flooding this time around has struck areas where such weather has...
As Hurricane Idalia batters the state of Florida, residents are fleeing the dangerous storm surges it has brought. The “life-threatening” coastal...
These days, when I come back into the house after being out on the land, it’s dust that I drop, not the mud I carried in on my boots and clothes during the...
Japan has entered its annual holiday festival of Obon, or Bon, when millions of people normally travel across the country to see family. Bon, which runs until...
Dozens of countries are meeting for the first time this week to discuss the details of a fund for climate victims. They decided to work together at COP27 last...
Wildfires in Spain have forced more than 1,500 people to flee their homes and firefighters were still battling blazes in Valencia’s Castellon province into...
Iraq suspended government office operations on Monday due to heavy rainfall and bad weather conditions. Torrential downpours accompanied by strong windstorms...