Global Summer of Extremes: Fires, Floods and Record Heatwaves
This post examines the alarming global weather extremes of the summer of 2025 — from record-breaking heatwaves and rampant wildfires […]
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Extreme Weather and Farming Trends Drive Global Food Prices Higher
This post examines a recent international study linking rising grocery prices to the growing frequency and intensity of extreme weather
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Midwest Battles Severe Storms: Flooding, Hail, Power Outages Halt Events
This blog post reviews a recent wave of severe storms that swept the US Midwest. It focuses on widespread flash
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What are Piteraqs? Exploring Greenland’s Fierce Winds
Piteraqs are fierce katabatic winds originating from the Greenland Ice Cap, sweeping down the eastern coast. These winds, which can
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What are Bohemian Winds? Understanding Their Origins and Effects
The Bohemian Winds, also known as Böhmwind, are katabatic winds that blow downslope, bringing cool, dry air to various regions
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What are Anabatic Winds? Understanding Their Causes and Effects
Anabatic winds are fascinating atmospheric phenomena that occur primarily during the daytime in calm, sunny weather. These winds are warm
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What are Katabatic Winds? Understanding Their Causes and Effects
Katabatic winds are natural phenomena that occur when dense, cold air flows rapidly downhill due to gravity. These winds often
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What are Sandstorms? Understanding Their Causes and Impacts
Sandstorms are a powerful natural phenomenon that occur primarily in arid regions. They are caused when strong winds lift loose
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Metop-SG Satellites Enhance Extreme Weather Nowcasting and Climate Monitoring
This post explains the upcoming launch of Metop-SGA1 and the role of its advanced imaging instrument, METimage, in a next-generation
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Milwaukee Flash Flooding Swamps Streets After Intense Wisconsin Rain
This blog post summarizes and contextualizes the recent record-setting rains that triggered severe flash flooding across the Milwaukee area. Streets
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What is Explosive Cyclogenesis? Understanding Rapid Storm Intensification
Explosive cyclogenesis, also known as a bomb cyclone or weather bomb, is a rare and powerful meteorological event. It occurs
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What are Hurricanes? Understanding Their Formation and Impact
A hurricane is one of the most potent forces of nature, defined by sustained winds exceeding 74 miles per hour.
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What are Dust Devils? Understanding Their Formation and Impact
Dust devils are small, rotating columns of air that become visible when they pick up dust and debris from the
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What are Dust Storms? Causes and Effects Explained
A dust storm, often known as a sandstorm, is a powerful wind event that carries a large amount of sand
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What are Haboobs? Understanding These Intense Dust Storms
A haboob is a powerful dust storm often seen in dry regions throughout the world, especially during the monsoon season
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Saving Burgundy Vineyards From Climate Change and Extreme Weather
This post examines how Burgundy’s winemakers are responding to escalating climate pressures—hail, frost, drought, heavy rain and heatwaves—by blending modern
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Historic Milwaukee Flooding After Record-Breaking Rainfall in August 2025
This post reviews the
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What are Subtropical Cyclones? Understanding Their Formation and Impact
A subtropical cyclone is a weather system that exhibits features of both tropical cyclones and midlatitude cyclones. These cyclones typically
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What are Medicanes? Insights into Mediterranean Tropical-Like Storms
Medicanes, short for Mediterranean hurricanes, are rare weather events that resemble tropical cyclones but occur in the Mediterranean Sea. These
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What are Polar Cyclones? Understanding the Arctic and Antarctic Storms
Polar cyclones, also known as Arctic or Antarctic cyclones, are large areas of low pressure that form over the polar
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What are European Windstorms? Understanding Their Impact and Causes
European windstorms are powerful extratropical cyclones that primarily occur over the North Atlantic. These storms are most frequent during the
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What are Extratropical Cyclones? Understanding Their Formation and Impact
Extratropical cyclones are powerful weather systems that significantly impact the Earth’s atmosphere. These cyclones usually form outside the tropics, in
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Bosnia Heatwave: Extreme Temperatures Break Records, Strain Communities
This post examines recent reporting of an intense heat episode in Bosnia on August 10, 2025. It explores how this
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Bosnia Heat Wave: Record Temperatures, Impacts and Preparedness
This post explains why the link you provided could not be transformed directly into a news summary. It also outlines
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Severe Storms Expected Across Kansas Sunday Night: Prepare Now
This blog post summarizes a severe-weather alert covering much of Kansas — a forecast that warned of damaging winds, flash
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What are Heat Waves? Understanding Their Causes and Impacts
A heat wave is a period of unusually hot weather that typically lasts two or more days. These events are
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What is Australian East Coast Low? Understanding This Weather Phenomenon
An Australian East Coast Low is an intense low-pressure system that develops near the east coast of Australia, affecting areas
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What are Cold Waves? Understanding Their Causes and Impacts
A cold wave, often called a cold snap or cold spell, is a weather event marked by a rapid drop
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What are Cyclones? Understanding Their Formation and Impact
A cyclone is a large system of winds rotating around a center of low atmospheric pressure. This weather phenomenon can
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What are Heat Bursts? Understanding Sudden Increases in Nighttime Temperatures
A heat burst is a rare weather event that captures the intrigue of both scientists and weather enthusiasts. It is
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Southeast Wisconsin Severe Weather: We Energies Restores Power After Outages
This post summarizes efforts by We Energies and local weather partners to restore power and keep residents informed after severe
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Bosnia Battles Extreme Heat Wave and Record-High Temperatures
This blog post summarizes a recent local news roundup that combined striking international imagery of extreme heat with community updates
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Bosnia Endures Extreme Heatwave as Temperatures Soar
This blog post summarizes and contextualizes a recent news report from August 10, 2025, about an intense heatwave in Bosnia
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What is Coastal Erosion? Understanding Its Causes and Impacts
Coastal erosion is a process where land along the coast is worn away due to the action of waves, currents,
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What are Sinkholes? Understanding the Causes and Effects
A sinkhole is a hole in the ground that forms when the surface layer collapses. Sinkholes often happen in areas
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What are Mudslides? Understanding Causes, Effects, and Prevention
Mudslides are rapid movements of water-saturated rock, earth, and debris down a slope. They usually begin on steep slopes when
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What are Rockfalls? Understanding Causes, Risks, and Prevention
Understanding rockfalls is crucial for anyone interested in geology or natural hazards. Rockfalls are a natural and dynamic process where
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What are Debris Flows? Understanding Their Causes and Impacts
Debris flows are powerful natural hazards that can have devastating effects on the environment and human communities. A debris flow
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Bosnia Faces Record Heatwave: Extreme Weather Impacts Communities
This blog post examines the current extreme heatwave and severe drought gripping Bosnia and Herzegovina. It focuses on how the
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Bosnia Extreme Heatwave: Warnings, Records and Health Risks
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Bosnia Records Extreme Heatwave: Rising Temperatures and Impacts
This post explains the extreme heat and drought conditions that struck Sarajevo, Bosnia on August 10, 2025. It focuses on
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What are Landslides? Causes, Effects, and Prevention Tips
A landslide is the movement of rock, mud, or earth down a slope. These natural events can be triggered by
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What are Rainstorms? Understanding Their Causes and Effects
Rainstorms are a natural event where rain falls heavily and rapidly from the sky, sometimes accompanied by thunder and lightning.
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What is Blood Rain? Understanding This Rare Meteorological Phenomenon
Blood rain is a rare and fascinating weather phenomenon where precipitation appears red. This striking event is caused by high
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What are Mass Wasting and Landslips? Understanding Geological Hazards
Mass wasting and landslips are natural processes that reshape our planet by moving rock and soil downhill. The main driver
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What are Droughts? Understanding Their Causes and Impacts
A drought is a period of time when an area or region experiences below-normal precipitation, leading to a water shortage.
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Milwaukee Flooding Aftermath: Photos of Severe Weather Damage in Wisconsin
This blog post summarizes and analyzes the severe flooding that struck Milwaukee and surrounding communities on August 9–10, 2025. It
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Severe Nebraska storms kill one, displace hundreds of inmates
This post summarizes a violent storm system that tore through eastern Nebraska and parts of the Midwest and West. The
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Wisconsin Flooding: Slow-Moving Storm Causes Widespread Impacts
This blog post summarizes recent severe weather in Wisconsin, where rounds of torrential rain and thunderstorms over the weekend produced
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Yakutia Flash Floods: Rescuers Save People and Animals
This blog post examines the recent extreme flash flooding in Russia’s Sakha Republic (commonly called Yakutia), the human and economic