Extreme Weather

Extreme weather refers to weather events that are unusual, severe, or outside the typical range for a given region, such as heatwaves, heavy rainfall, droughts, storms, or cold extremes. These events can have significant impacts on people, ecosystems, and infrastructure, and their frequency or intensity may be influenced by natural climate variability and climate change.

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Europe swelters as heatwave moves east, excess deaths riseNews

Europe swelters as heatwave moves east, excess deaths rise

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Europe's deadly heatwave pushed east Sunday with hundreds of millions still sweltering across the continent despite fleeting relief from…
SourceSourceJune 28, 2026 Full article
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Human-caused warming made Europe’s record June heatwave far more likelyClimate

Human-caused warming made Europe’s record June heatwave far more likely

World Weather Attribution researchers say a similar event would have been virtually impossible in the climate of 1976 and has become dramatically more likely than…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJune 26, 2026 Full article
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Europe swelters under record-breaking heatwaveNews

Europe swelters under record-breaking heatwave

Paris, France | AFP Europe struggled to cope with a record-breaking heatwave on Wednesday, with at least 94 million people expected to experience temperatures above 35…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2026 Full article
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Major power outage in France as Europe wilts under record heatNews

Major power outage in France as Europe wilts under record heat

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Europe braced Wednesday for another day of a sweltering heatwave that has smashed records, left tens of thousands of…
SourceSourceJune 24, 2026 Full article
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Forty people have drowned as heatwave grips France: PMNews

Forty people have drowned as heatwave grips France: PM

Paris, France | AFP Forty people -- many of them youths -- have drowned since June 18 as a severe heatwave grips France, Prime Minister Sebastien…
SourceSourceJune 23, 2026 Full article
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France breaks average temperature record for June: weather serviceNews

France breaks average temperature record for June: weather service

Paris, France | AFP France's average temperature broke a record for the month of June on Monday, the national weather service said, as the country swelters…
SourceSourceJune 23, 2026 Full article
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Europe sweats through new heatwave, with worse to comeNews

Europe sweats through new heatwave, with worse to come

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk France banned alcohol in red-alert areas Sunday, Spain and Germany cancelled or postponed sports events and Britain warned of…
SourceSourceJune 22, 2026 Full article
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Weather pattern El Niño is here and could reach historic intensityNews

Weather pattern El Niño is here and could reach historic intensity

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The phenomenon El Niño has arrived, the US weather agency said Thursday, and scientists expect the pattern synonymous…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2026 Full article
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Difficult to tally Latin American heat-related deaths: reportNews

Difficult to tally Latin American heat-related deaths: report

Brasília, Brazil | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Heatwaves and other extreme weather ravaged Latin America and the Caribbean last year, but tallying the death toll from…
SourceSourceMay 18, 2026 Full article
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Cold and heat affect barn swallow chicks differently during early growthScience

Cold and heat affect barn swallow chicks differently during early growth

New study finds that cold spells, heat and parental care can shape how barn swallow chicks grow during their first days after hatching Summary: Cold…
SourceSourceMay 12, 2026 Full article
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‘Super El Niño’ raises fears for Asia reeling from Middle East conflictNews

‘Super El Niño’ raises fears for Asia reeling from Middle East conflict

Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Already reeling from the effects of conflict in the Middle East, Asia is now facing the prospect of strong…
SourceSourceMay 5, 2026 Full article
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One third of animal habitats could face multiple climate extremes by 2085Science

One third of animal habitats could face multiple climate extremes by 2085

Projected exposure to heatwaves, wildfires, droughts and floods shows rising overlap across ecosystems, increasing risks for terrestrial biodiversity by late century Summary: Exposure to heatwaves,…
SourceSourceApril 27, 2026 Full article
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Extreme weather a growing threat to elections, democracy: reportNews

Extreme weather a growing threat to elections, democracy: report

Stockholm, Sweden | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Floods, fires and extreme weather increasingly pose a threat to democracy, with at least 94 elections and referendums in…
SourceSourceApril 22, 2026 Full article
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One dead as storm front pummels GreeceNews

One dead as storm front pummels Greece

Athens, Greece | AFP A man died near Athens Thursday as a three-day storm front lashed Greece with gale-force winds, causing localised floods and disrupting transport.…
SourceSourceApril 2, 2026 Full article
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Moderate warming still linked to severe climate extremesClimate

Moderate warming still linked to severe climate extremes

Extreme climate impacts on people and the environment are often associated with very high levels of global warming (3 or 4°C). A new study led…
SourceSourceMarch 26, 2026 Full article
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Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UNFactsNews

Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The amount of heat trapped by the Earth reached record levels in 2025, with the consequences of such warming…
SourceSourceMarch 23, 2026 Full article
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Rescuers search for missing after deluge kills 30 in BrazilNews

Rescuers search for missing after deluge kills 30 in Brazil

Juiz De Fora, Brazil | AFP Three firemen pulled a man's body from the mud amidst the rubble of houses swept away in a landslide in…
SourceSourceFebruary 25, 2026 Full article
Satellite Image: Cyclone Gezani formed in the Indian Ocean and made landfall on the east coast of Madagascar hitting the island’s main port, Toamasina on Tuesday 10 February
Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 59News

Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 59

Toamasina, Madagascar | AFP Flooding and fierce winds have pushed Madagascar's death toll from Cyclone Gezani to 59, with more than a dozen people still unaccounted…
SourceSourceFebruary 16, 2026 Full article
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Image of the day: Gulf of Riga frozen after Baltic cold snapNews

Image of the day: Gulf of Riga frozen after Baltic cold snap

Gulf of Riga ice cover spread widely across the shallow Baltic basin in early February 2026, after days of sustained sub-zero temperatures tightened their grip…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 14, 2026 Full article
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Image of the day: Floodwaters along the Tagus River, PortugalNews

Image of the day: Floodwaters along the Tagus River, Portugal

Flooding spread across central Portugal in early February 2026 as Storm Leonardo delivered days of persistent rainfall onto landscapes already saturated by previous storms. Storm…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 9, 2026 Full article
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Torrential rain in Colombia leaves 13 deadNews

Torrential rain in Colombia leaves 13 dead

Bogotá, Colombia | AFP Thirteen people died this week in Colombia in torrential rain that is rare for this time of year, officials said Sunday. A…
SourceSourceFebruary 9, 2026 Full article
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Image of the day: Flooding and coastal impacts in Portugal after Storm KristinNews

Image of the day: Flooding and coastal impacts in Portugal after Storm Kristin

A period of severe winter weather disrupted large parts of Portugal in late January 2026, as Storm Kristin brought heavy rainfall, strong winds, and dangerous…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 6, 2026 Full article
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Massive winter storm sweeps across US bringing ice, frigid tempsNews

Massive winter storm sweeps across US bringing ice, frigid temps

Houston, United States | AFP A massive winter storm headed towards the northeast United States on Sunday after sweeping across much of the country, threatening tens…
SourceSourceJanuary 25, 2026 Full article
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Image of the day: Lake Balaton freezes after nine-year gapNews

Image of the day: Lake Balaton freezes after nine-year gap

Lake Balaton, Central Europe’s largest freshwater lake, is a defining feature of Hungary’s landscape and a vital ecological and economic resource. In winter, the lake…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 23, 2026 Full article