Howling winds and lashing rain battered Guam and the Northern Marianas late Sunday, hours before the projected arrival of a "super typhoon" with force equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane over the U.S. Pacific territories.
El Nino is here and will quickly develop into a strong event between July and September, fueling the likelihood of extreme weather, the United Nations' climate agency warned Friday.
Europe is still taking stock of a powerful heat wave in late June, but experts are already confident it ranks among the worst ever recorded—even rivaling a freak 2003 episode.
People in Guam and the Northern Marianas hunkered down on Saturday as the second "super typhoon" to hit the U.S. Pacific territories since April approached with the equivalent of Category 5 hurricane winds.
Many parts of Australia have already broken early winter maximum and minimum temperature records.
In a Penn State lab, a small cylinder of soil sits wired with sensors, slowly cooling as it mimics conditions thousands of miles away.
Europe's heat wave has smashed several temperature records, the U.N.'s weather and climate agency said Friday, adding that it would determine the full impact once the phenomenon has ended.
Heat is no longer a future climate risk. It is already here.
The UK braced for a record-breaking heat wave Tuesday as hundreds of schools closed early for the next two days and train companies slashed services.
Europe is baking under a scorching heat wave, with health warnings in place across Western and Central Europe as temperatures climb to record-breaking highs.
