Weather Record-breaking rainbow in Taiwan 04 December 2017 Rainbow last for 9 hours in Taiwan Weather Flash floods hit Greece 16 November 2017 Heavy overnight rain on 15th November caused flash flooding in parts of Greece, particularly Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara, west of Athens. Weather Colossal hailstorm in Argentina 30 October 2017 Five feet of hail and rainfall was deposited in minutes in the province of Cordoba in central Argentina on 26th October. Weather Iberian wildfires 20 October 2017 In mid-October, dozens were left dead and injured as hundreds of wildfires swept central and north Portugal, as well as the north-western Galicia region of Spain. Weather Ophelia and the red sky 20 October 2017 Dust and smoke turn skies red after ex-hurricane's stormy passage across the British Isles. In the Spotlight Drizzle riddle solved 22 August 2017 Updrafts are more important than previously thought in determining whether clouds produce drizzle rather than normal-sized raindrops. Climate Extreme storms triple in Sahel due to Global Warming 21 August 2017 Over the past 35 years extreme storms in the Sahel have tripled and it’s down to global warming, according to research conducted by NERC scientists Weather On This Day: Lynmouth flood of 1952 15 August 2017 On 15 - 16 August 1952, an intense storm occurred over southwest England, depositing 229 millimetres of rainfall within 24 hours. Climate High risk of 'unprecedented' winter rainfall 25 July 2017 Novel research by Met Office scientists has now found that there is a 1 in 3 chance of a new monthly rainfall record in at least one region in England and Wales each winter (Oct-Mar).
Weather Flash floods hit Greece 16 November 2017 Heavy overnight rain on 15th November caused flash flooding in parts of Greece, particularly Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara, west of Athens.
Weather Colossal hailstorm in Argentina 30 October 2017 Five feet of hail and rainfall was deposited in minutes in the province of Cordoba in central Argentina on 26th October.
Weather Iberian wildfires 20 October 2017 In mid-October, dozens were left dead and injured as hundreds of wildfires swept central and north Portugal, as well as the north-western Galicia region of Spain.
Weather Ophelia and the red sky 20 October 2017 Dust and smoke turn skies red after ex-hurricane's stormy passage across the British Isles.
In the Spotlight Drizzle riddle solved 22 August 2017 Updrafts are more important than previously thought in determining whether clouds produce drizzle rather than normal-sized raindrops.
Climate Extreme storms triple in Sahel due to Global Warming 21 August 2017 Over the past 35 years extreme storms in the Sahel have tripled and it’s down to global warming, according to research conducted by NERC scientists
Weather On This Day: Lynmouth flood of 1952 15 August 2017 On 15 - 16 August 1952, an intense storm occurred over southwest England, depositing 229 millimetres of rainfall within 24 hours.
Climate High risk of 'unprecedented' winter rainfall 25 July 2017 Novel research by Met Office scientists has now found that there is a 1 in 3 chance of a new monthly rainfall record in at least one region in England and Wales each winter (Oct-Mar).