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The Latest Breaking News on Climate change

Why is Europe still not ready for extreme heat?

The first heatwaves of the season reveal how ill-prepared governments across the continent are to protect people from increasingly dangerous temperatures

The Guardian - UK

When is the next heatwave in London? Forecast predicts major mid-June temperature spike

Latest forecasts for London suggest another hot spell is just around the corner

Evening Standard

Corpus Christi delays decision on nearly billion-dollar water plant despite impending crisis

The City Council rejected the treatment plant last year over cost and environmental concerns, but plans resurfaced as the city’s water woes continued.

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El Nino threat grows as Europe prepares for another hot summer

The warming El Nino climate phenomenon is likely to develop by the end of August, the United Nations' weather agency said, raising the risk of extreme weather as Europe faces another summer on the front line of climate change.

Radio France Internationale

El Niño expected to develop in coming months, bringing hotter and drier weather to eastern Australia

BoM and other agencies expect transition to the first El Niño since spring 2023 sometime during winter

The Guardian - AU

El Niño has officially begun, scientists confirm. Here's what to know

A WARMING “El Niño” global weather event has now officially begun, scientists have confirmed

The National (Scotland)

Scots told to brace for thunderstorms as weather warning issued

Parts of Scotland have been told to brace for thunderstorms after a warning was issued by the Met Office

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UN warns world to prepare for extreme El Nino weather

GENEVA - There is an 80% chance of the warming El Nino phenomenon developing between June and August, increasing the risk of extreme weather events, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

UN warns of extreme heat risk from El Nino

The world must prepare for a potentially strong El Nino in 2026, a global weather agency warns, which could worsen droughts and increase the risk of heatwaves.

AAP

Prepare for imminent return of El Niño, UN warns

UN agency predicts phenomenon that supercharges weather extremes has 80% chance of forming before September

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog flooded with complaints as dry spell persists

There has been a sharp increase in the number of people being dobbed in for misusing water as a state experiences ongoing drought.

AAP

Texas Nights Are Getting Hotter, and the Power Grid Isn’t Ready

The state grid was built on the assumption that demand would fall at night. As hotter evenings and around-the-clock power use erase that drop, the system is being pushed in ways its original design did not fully anticipate.

Texas Observer

Better sleep, improved health, happier people: how ‘cool roofs’ could help millions avoid deadly heat

A project to measure how reflective paint reduces indoor temperatures is delivering tangible benefits across Africa

The Guardian - UK

Corpus Christi reconsiders building a desalination plant leaders rejected last year

The almost billion-dollar plant, praised as a drought-resistant option, wouldn’t provide water until 2029. Opponents cite cost and environmental concerns.

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AAP

'Too late': memory lapses saw children die in hot cars

Public awareness campaigns to help parents avoid memory lapses have been endorsed after two children were left alone in hot cars with deadly results.

AAP

Total blackout strikes St. Thomas and St. John in the US Virgin Islands twice this weekend

A total blackout has hit St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the second this weekend

Evening Standard

London weather: Temperatures to plunge to as low as 11C this week following 35C heatwave

It comes after a record-breaking 35.1C was recorded in Kew Gardens on Tuesday

AAP

'Once in every five years' storm batters coastline

A 'once-in-every-five-years' storm is wreaking havoc as thousands are left without power as residents brace for rarely experienced widespread damaging winds.

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Inmates in overcrowded French prison say heatwave makes conditions 'inhumane'

As a heatwave continued to rage in Paris Friday afternoon, French MP Clémentine Autain visited an overcrowded prison in the Seine-Saint-Denis suburb of the capital and witnessed conditions that inmates describe as “inhumane".

The Guardian - UK

Life under a Delhi flyover: how one homeless family endures the city’s extreme heat

Soaring summer temperatures bring many challenges to the Indian capital, but for the city’s homeless, particularly women, they can be a threat to life

The Independent UK

The scorching May heatwaves are here to stay. And Northern Europe is totally unprepared

IN FOCUS: As Europe braces for another long, hot summer, some regions and communities are at greater risk of harm, writes James C. Reynolds

AAP

Rare storm set to impact huge stretch of coastline

A stretch of coastline spanning 1200 kilometres is in the line of an unusually strong storm bringing heavy weekend wind, rain and surf.

Evening Standard

London set for heavy rain following record-breaking heatwave

Temperatures reached 35.1C in Kew Gardens on Tuesday - but are set to dip to as low as 11C next week

Medical Daily

Phoenix Confirms First Heat Death of 2026 Amid 108°F Warning — Maricopa County on Track for Another Lethal Summer

Maricopa County health officials have confirmed the first heat-related death of 2026, an older adult male whose passing serves as a grim annual marker that the desert Southwest's deadliest season has officially begun.

Medical Daily

Houston Heat Season Begins with 329% Surge in ER Visits as Officials Warn of Worse Ahead

HOUSTON — As the first days of meteorological summer descend on Southeast Texas, the Houston Health Department (HHD) and Harris County Public Health are bracing for what is shaping up to be another potentially lethal heat season.

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