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A study that investigated the placement of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) temperature stations found that 96 percent of the facilities used to measure heat failed to meet the agency’s own “uncorrupted placement” standards.

A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is bringing much of Western Europe its first heat wave of the summer.

At least 17 people were killed across China’s neighboring provinces of Hunan and Guangxi as of Thursday after severe rainfall caused flooding and landslides that swept away entire villages and displaced hundreds of thousands of people in the southern region, the Associated Press reported.

A massive sandstorm blew through Iraq on Monday, forcing daily life to shut down in Baghdad and causing breathing difficulties in at least 4,000 people who sought medical treatment in hospitals nationwide, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

Millions of Britons were urged to stay indoors amid fears of flying debris as a major storm this week prompted a rare “red” weather warning.

A series of tornadoes that tore a path of destruction across central and southern parts of the U.S. in the past 48-hours left dozens dead and communities grieving in their wake.

China’s Ministry of Commerce on Monday evening posted a website notice advising families to “store a certain amount of daily necessities as needed to meet daily life and emergencies.”

The Tropical Storm dubbed Henri is moving toward New York with hurricane-strength winds and possible storm surges.

A striking photograph showed a California firefighter saving an American flag despite dangerous flames from the Dixie wildfire.

Germany’s national weather service said Thursday that regions hit by deadly floods last week could again see heavy rain at the weekend.

Thunderstorms hit Germany late Monday and torrential rain poured down on southern and western parts of the country.

Officials say a vaccination center was flooded and five people were injured by hail during heavy storms in southwestern Germany overnight.

Snow fell in portions of the northern United States and Canada on Mother’s Day — a rare May event that is the result of unusual late spring weather patterns that are seen about once every decade or so.

China’s worst sandstorm in a decade blanketed Beijing and much of the country’s north in yellow dust on Monday. The sandstorm has impacted 12 northern Chinese provinces so far, including China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, where at least six people

A member of the British government’s scientific advisory panel has implied that the prime minister’s timetable for lifting lockdown could be set back if Britons take advantage of any rare warm Spring weather and undertake allegedly risky business such as going to the beach or meeting up with friends.

The Heartland Institute said AOC’s effort to help Texans during the recent deadly winter storm was a cover for promoting the Green New Deal.

A representative of the ruling Chinese Communist Party claimed Friday the sight of American’s suffering in the severe winter storms that devastated Texas and other areas this week is a simple affirmation of a belief among Chinese citizens their country is “on the right path.”

Jerusalem and other areas of Israel were transformed into winter wonderlands Thursday, with six inches of snow settling in the capital city in a cold bout that came after months of unseasonably warm weather.

Citing unnamed oil traders and company executives, Bloomberg reported that U.S. production has fallen by more than two million barrels. 

WTI crude futures gained 1.09 percent to hit $60.12 a barrel Monday morning, the first time they’ve settled above $60 since January of 2020.

Over two million homes and businesses in Texas are without power Monday morning as winter storm Uri sweeps across the central United States.

Transport disruption persisted into a second day on Monday as heavy snowfall and icy temperatures gripped parts of central and northern Europe

A teenager was killed and multiple people were injured Monday when a tornado tore through an area north of Birmingham, Alabama.

California welcomed rain this weekend — including a storm that brought a dusting of snow to Malibu, near Los Angeles — as the state hoped to emerge from a new drought.

January 1 is just days away, but some are still debating whether 2021 is just another year in the decade that began in 2020 or if the New Year is the start of a new decade.

Miami’s National Weather Service (NWS) issued an unofficial warning recently to look out for falling iguanas on Christmas Day thanks to a cold front.

A rare tornado warning was issued Sunday for New York City and surrounding areas as high winds and rain swept through the northeast.

Hurricane Sally has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but it is battering the Gulf Coast with high winds and torrential rain, making it still a “catastrophic and life-threatening” flood event, according to the National Hurricane Center.

In response to deadly flooding in recent days, Wuhan, China, upgraded its emergency response for flood control to the second-highest level on Monday, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

A Jonesboro, AR, man, sheltering inside his business, caught footage of a violent Tornado as it raged across a parking lot on Sunday morning.

Thousands of volunteers have descended upon the tornado-torn areas of Tennessee to help clean up after Tuesday’s storms.

An off-duty police officer helped save an elderly couple whose home was decimated by tornadoes in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, Tuesday morning.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday expressed his “deep shock” over the drowning of a man and a woman in an elevator, the result of massive flooding in Tel Aviv following record rainfall over the weekend. 

India’s capital city has recorded its coldest December in over a century, with its lowest average temperatures since 1901, Firstpost reported Saturday.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong typhoon that barreled through the central Philippines left at least 28 dead and 12 missing, and forced thousands to flee their homes, devastating Christmas celebrations in the predominantly Roman Catholic country.

As Santa boards his sleigh led by flying reindeer, the media are spreading the news of the animals’ plight because of climate change.