Category Temperature Alert

Major winter storm approaching parts of Australia

A major winter storm will bring widespread showers, snow, hail and blustery winds to the southeast this weekend.   Meteorologists say this strong cold front will sweep over much of Australia potentially causing the largest outbreak of frigid conditions in…

Severe heatwave causes wildfires in Spain and Portugal

More than 1,350 residents have been evacuated in Spain as a wildfire spread through a pine forest amid a lingering heat wave.   Five villages in the Aragon region were evacuated as flames devoured hills that are 230 miles northeast…

Lightning strikes a family house and bursts into flames in Braintree, Essex, UK

Lightning caused Darren Hobson’s home to burst into flames A father whose home was struck by lightning says the ceiling collapsed on one of his children’s bedrooms minutes after the family fled the house.   A bolt struck the roof…

Severe lightning and hail storms across Northern England, UK

Rhys Bradley used his phone to capture lighting over Bolton at about 22:30 BST on Wednesday Storms have swept across northern England in the wake of what for many places was the hottest July day on record in the UK.…