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How weather 'blocks' have triggered more extreme heatwaves and floods across Europe

On several occasions this summer, Europe’s weather seemed to get itself stuck, leading to prolonged heatwaves and floods. In the UK, a long hot and dry spell throughout May and June gave way to a similarly persistent cool and wet period.

The Conversation · Sep 15, 2023

Heat alert issued as high temperatures bring early taste of summer to eastern Australia

Residents cautioned to minimise heat exposure as the mercury in eastern states forecast to reach up to 12C above average

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2023

France probes deaths of Champagne workers in heatwave

French authorities were on Thursday investigating the deaths of four people who were harvesting grapes in the famed Champagne region, as locals suspected they suffered sunstroke in unusually high outdoor temperatures.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 15, 2023

Maine and Atlantic Canada face flood warnings as Hurricane Lee heads north

Storm, which has already brought strong winds and heavy rain to Bermuda, is weakening in strength but expanding in size

The Guardian - US · Sep 14, 2023

IMD issues yellow alert for Mumbai; orange alert for Thane and Palghar

MUMBAI: The IMD has issued a yellow alert for Mumbai starting September 14 onwards upto September 18, indicating heavy rains at isolated places while an orange alert (heavy to very heavy rains) for Thane and Palghar has been issued for September 17.

The Times of India · Sep 14, 2023

Podcast: France's heatwave legacy, 15-minute city conspiracies, the first TGV

How France shifted its approach to heatwaves after nearly 15,000 people died in the summer of 2003. An urban planning concept gets picked up by conspiracy theorists. And the first TGV that started France's expansion of high-speed rail travel.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 14, 2023

Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

Karnataka Today newsletter: Water levels in Cauvery basin reservoirs below 10-year average, and more

The Hindu · Sep 14, 2023

Water levels in three major reservoirs in Cauvery basin in Karnataka below 10-year average

Catchment areas of Cauvery river do not benefit from the north-east monsoon, and have to wait for the onset of south-west monsoon in June next year for levels to go up.

The Hindu · Sep 14, 2023

Spring heatwave for eastern Australia ‘a heads-up’ of what’s to come, meteorologists say

‘A deep, deep column of warm air’ more typical of January is expected to break records in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2023

How rising water vapour in the atmosphere is amplifying warming and making extreme weather worse

This year’s string of record-breaking disasters – from deadly wildfires and catastrophic floods to record-high ocean temperatures and record-low sea ice in Antarctica – seems like an acceleration of human-induced climate change.

The Conversation · Sep 13, 2023