Category Temperature Alert

Spring heatwave sweeps across southern Australia

As winter draws to an end in Australia, a brief spring heatwave has lifted temperatures to near September record levels Overall, Australia’s winter was unremarkable and despite impressions to the contrary, it was, nationally, the ninth warmest on record. The…

Record breaking heatwave, then fierce storms coupled with lightning and flooding in California, USA

California had record-breaking heat on Wednesday as triple-digit heat struck inland areas even as lightning closed beaches and mountains and deserts were drenched by fierce, fast-moving storms.   The sweltering but erratic weather was caused by a high-pressure area coupled…

Severe drought and heatwave hits Germany’s harvest very hard

This year’s grain, fruit and vegetable harvests in Germany have been reduced by droughts in key areas and by the long summer heatwave, the national farmers’ association DBV said on Tuesday.   “The severe drought seen in large parts of…

Extreme drought has dried out 12 million trees in California, USA

The mix of extreme heat and no water means the Golden State is fast becoming the crispy, brown state.   Twelve million trees have dried up because of the drought, and all that dead wood means the risk of wildfires…

Extreme Drought Causes Food Crisis for Nearly 1 Million in Guatemala

Nearly 1 million people in Guatemala are struggling to feed themselves as poor rainfall has led to drought and shrunken harvests, worsening hunger among the poor, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said.   Linked to the El Nino weather…

Extreme heat alert issued as the severe heatwave hits Slovakia

The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU) has issued a country-wide extreme heat alert, with meteorologists estimating that this will remain in place until the end of the week, reported by local news agency TASR on Thursday.   “It happens sometimes that…