UPDATE: Devastating CAT5 Hurricane Dorian grinds over the northern Bahamas, begins slow northward turn
Hurricane Dorian, still a powerful Category 5 hurricane, tracked extremely slowly across the eastern half of the Great Bahama island, before grinding to a virtual standstill and beginning a...
Seeing hurricane Dorian like few people will ever see it – Hurricane Hunters
It takes guts and a special breed of airmen and meteorologists – to fly directly into a hurricane. A Category 5 major hurricane, no less. Riding out the roughest...
UPDATE: CAT5 Hurricane Dorian makes a devastating first landfall on Abaco Island, the Bahamas
The extremely powerful hurricane Dorian made first landfall in the northeastern Bahamas. Hurricane Hunter aircraft recon indicated rapid strengthening of the hurricane, with peak sustained wind speeds of 185...
July 2019, warmest July on record globally. But some areas were actually colder than normal, including Europe!
As August slowly comes to an end, we quickly take a look back at June and July 2019 temperature ; There are many different datasets available, that analyse surface...
Forest fires in Siberia, sending ash into the Arctic.
As the fires in the Amazon forest continue, across the world in the north hemisphere, severe forest fires are also raging in Siberia. Just like the Amazon, Siberia also...
Amazon severe forest fires, sending smoke across the south hemisphere.
Widespread raging wildfires across the Amazon area, are a true ecological disaster, with heavy destruction of a very rich natural ecosystem. Wildfires in this region occur every year, as...
A new round of red sprites over central Europe
More red sprites were recorded above storms over central Europe in the night of August 18/19th, further increasing the tally of the already very fruitful season 2019. Lightning over...
Torrential rainfall and major floods hit Istanbul, Turkey – August 17th, 2019
Major torrential rainfall hit Istanbul, Turkey yesterday, producing widespread damaging flooding. A number of weather stations across Istanbul and vicinity reported rainfall totals in excess of 30 mm, with...