Extreme Weather

Yorkshire declared in drought amid record dry spring …………. Yorkshire has officially entered drought, becoming the second region in England to do so after the driest spring in 132 years, The Guardian reported. Reservoir levels in the area have dropped…

May 2025 was second-warmest on record amid worsening drought in Europe …………… May 2025 was the second-warmest May on record globally, with Europe experiencing severe drought conditions, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). The global average surface air…

Natural disasters cost Australia $2.2bn in economic losses in 2025 Australia has suffered $2.2 billion in economic losses from natural disasters during the first half of 2025, according to new Treasury analysis, The Guardian reported. The figure reflects a significant…

Global Heat Crisis Worsens Due to Climate Change, Study Finds —————————— A new study reveals that half the world’s population endured an additional month of extreme heat in the past year due to human-caused climate change, Arab News reported. Researchers…

Over 1.2 million people have been evacuated in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Man-yi, the sixth tropical cyclone in a month, struck the coastal island of Catanduanes in the Bicol region on Saturday evening. The storm follows a series of…

China on Saturday issued a low-temperature alert, warning the mercury could drop to historic lows in some areas of the country, local news agencies reported. The freezing weather comes on the heels of this winter’s first snowfall in Beijing, where…