meteorology

Climate

A weather warning expert on how emergency texts failed Valencians

Many Spaniards have expressed anger at the city's lack of preparations in the face of Europe's increasing extreme weather events.

07/11/2024

Green News

What will Hurricane Kirk’s impact be on mainland Europe? 

Euronews Green spoke to Chartered Meteorologist Lars Lowinski to find out the likely impact of the storm.

08/10/2024

Green News

Weather heroes honoured in new list of 2024 storm names

They include the name of a former meteorologist who made “the most important forecast” the Met Office has ever produced.

31/08/2024

Climate

Will Europe’s high temperatures continue into autumn?

High heat combined with humidity is making this weather especially uncomfortable.

13/08/2024

Climate

Spanish scientists create new tool to warn of deaths during heatwaves

Following deaths due to extreme heat in Greece and Italy, this map predicts heatwave mortality for places all over Europe.

16/07/2024

Climate

How weather forecasting can save lives in the face of climate change

AccuWeather was launched by a meteorologist with a dream. Here's how it delivers the world’s most accurate forecasts.

19/06/2024

World News

Storms across northern Europe kill at least two, injure one

A storm brought heavy rain and strong winds across northern Europe overnight and into Friday, bringing down trees and prompting warnings of flooding on the North Sea coast.

22/12/2023

Russia

Severe blizzard blankets Moscow in worst snow in decades

The Russian capital has been buried by unprecedented snowfall, causing chaos on roads and closing schools.

15/12/2023

Climate

How are heat records verified? We asked a meteorologist

We spoke to Weather & Radar meteorologist Tamsin Green about how we record record-breaking weather.

06/09/2023

Climate

How will El Niño affect Europe’s weather this winter?

The weather event is likely to continue through winter into next year.

03/09/2023

Climate

Why is it called Storm Ciarán? It's named after a weather warning hero

The experts who protect us from extreme weather are honoured in this year's list of storm names.

01/09/2023

Climate

Earth suffers hottest week on record

The latest numbers help prove "that climate change is out of control," says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

07/07/2023

Mobility

Scientists recreate Northern Lights with rocket to study space weather

Aurora Borealis can cause damage to satellites in severe solar storms. Scientists are experimenting to understand near-space weather better.

30/03/2023

Climate

Ozone layer will recover by 2040 in most of the world, says UN

The report lays out three key dates, with the ozone layer set to fully recover to 1980 values by 2066.

10/01/2023

Hungary

Hungary sacks weather chiefs as forecast stops fireworks display

The government dismissed the heads of the national meteorological service after "Europe's biggest fireworks display" was called off — because of a forecast of storms that never happened.

23/08/2022

Green News

Storm Franklin: How do scientists predict extreme weather?

A new way of predicting the damage caused by storms like Eunice could help minimise disruptions in a world that’s expected to experience more and more extreme weather events.

22/02/2022

Green News

UK braces for floods as third storm batters the islands in a week

Strom Franklin is the third storm to hit the UK after Dudley and Eunice.

21/02/2022

World News

Europe in grip of first heatwave of season, but what are the records?

According to weather service severe-weather.eu, the current episode of heat across Western Europe should expand east towards central Europe around the middle of the week.

14/06/2021

Green News

Why you should never eat icicles in cities, warns a meteorologist

What exactly is inside these icy spikes and why could they be dangerous for humans?

08/01/2021

World News

Europe heatwave: temperatures could pass 44.1C record in France

A number of European countries have broken June temperature records and the worst is yet to come.

20/06/2019