Hurricane season 2021 officially starts this week: do you know how a list of 21 storm names is made?
June 1st marks the start of the hurricane season for the Atlantic basin. As every year, there will be 21 storm names in use for … Read more
Month: May 2021
Severe Weather Photography Contest – Winners of Week #07 of 2021 (Feb 15th – Feb 21st)
SEVERE WEATHER PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST RESULTS Week 07 of 2021 (Feb 15th – Feb 21st) The winning photographs are based on the highest number of votes … Read more
Alarming climate change: Earth heads for its tipping point as it could reach +1.5 °C over the next 5 years, WMO finds in the latest study
Last year, 2020, the global average surface temperature was the warmest on record. But it could get even warmer until 2025. According to the latest … Read more
Tornado Season 2021 peaks with a dangerous severe weather outbreak across the central Plains, May 26-27th
Tornado Season 2021 peak is here, with a potential severe weather outbreak developing across the central Plains over the next 48 hours. The threat for … Read more
Blood Moon of 2021 – a spectacular celestial show of a total lunar eclipse across North America, Australia, New Zealand, and eastern Asia
The next Blood Moon will happen during the total lunar eclipse happening this week, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. It will be visible from parts of … Read more
Yet another dangerous threat for India – Tropical Cyclone Yaas expected to make landfall near Kolkata and bring devastating floods on Wednesday
Northeast India and the city of Kolkata are in the path of a new dangerous Tropical Cyclone Yaas this week. An extreme amount of rainfall … Read more
The world’s largest iceberg broke off Antarctica’s Renn Ice Shelf. Named A-76, it heads into the Weddell Sea and is 5-times larger than New York city
An enormous iceberg broke off the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica, moving into the Weddell Sea. It is over 4,300 square kilometers in size and … Read more
A record-breaking heatwave with almost +50 °C across the Middle East, the Arabian peninsula, and the Caucasus, forecast to head into Iran and Pakistan this week
After a record heatwave across the Russian Arctic earlier this week, extreme heat has now developed across the Arabian peninsula, including Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, … Read more