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Weather forecasters say the heatwave that has engulfed much of Britain is set to give way to severe storms.
The Met Office is warning of flash floods and high winds across much of southern and central England and south Wales on Wednesday.
Before the weather changes, many areas may register their...
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Five archaeologists were ripped from terra firma by a freak tornado that whipped its way through Lincolnshire yesterday.
The archaeologists and archaeology students, working at a sand and gravel pit at Baston, were sheltering from the thunderstorm in a temporary canteen when the building w...
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Cloudy grey weather is sometimes caused by cosmic rays.
New evidence that events in outer space affect the weather and climate of Earth has been revealed in a study by meteorologists at the University of Reading published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society on Wednesday 18 January, 2006.
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Snow fell on Johannesburg, South Africa for the first time in 25 years as icy temperatures gripped vast swathes of the country.
"It is by no means freakish but I would certainly classify it as rare" - Kevin Rae, assistant manager of forecasting at the South African Weather Service in Pret...
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A small tornado hit Kensal Rise, a residential area in northwest London, shortly after 11:00 GMT, injuring six people and damaging homes and vehicles.
The tornado tore roofs off several houses and demolished sections of walls to send tiles, bricks and furniture flying through the streets.
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Storm chaser Eric Nguyen photographed this Tornado and rainbow Over Kansas.
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The Earth Observation Research Centre (EORC) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has started to release image data of a high-resolution global precipitation distribution map in quasi real time (about four hours after observations) on the Internet. The map is composed by the EOR...
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A second wave of moisture from the Pacific will bring periods of light to moderate rain and blustery winds well into tonight, with wind gusts hitting 30 to 40 mph late today, mostly in the eastern-most foothills of Orange County, says the National Weather Service. We're in the middle of a weekend of of...
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Signs point to active tornado season this year Local meteorologists are anticipating a potentially active tornado season in Kansas this spring. "I'm quite concerned this could be a very busy tornado season" - Mike Smith, president of WeatherData Inc., a Wichita subsidiary of AccuWea...
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