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  • Over 30,000 tourists in Australia could become trapped by severe bush fire

    Bushfires are continuing to worsen in South Eastern Australia, in particular. Here, tourists have been urged to vacate the area of East Gippsland, Victoria. Those who don’t leave are at risk of become trapped, having no means of escape, as authorities are expected to close important highways ahead of the expected intensification of bushfire activity…

  • Multiple Blizzard Warnings issued as Blizzard Rages Central U.S.

    Heavy outbreaks of snow, with strong winds, are set to continue over parts of North Dakota and West Minnesota in particular in the next 24 hours. Some places, locally, could receive up to 24” of snowfall, enough to cut off some rural areas and produce severe travel disruption. The concern into next week is more…

  • State of Disaster Declared in Victoria: Thousands remained trapped

    Extremely dangerous conditions are expected in the coming days. Weather conditions are expected to deteriorate with both strong winds and extremely high temperatures working to increase the risk of bushfires. In particular, a State of Disaster has been issued for Victoria by the government. This is in force for East Gippsland Shire, Mansfield Shire, Wellington…

  • Temperatures reached almost 19C on Saturday in Scotland

    The Met Office released information this afternoon that a weather station recorded 18.7C in Achfary, on the North Coast of Scotland on the 28th of December 2019. It will need to be quality checked, and if verified it will become the highest temperature recorded during the month of December in the UK. The following video…

  • Pattern change: Return of the Polar Vortex possible during January

    So far this Winter, so far so good. Much of the US has managed to avoid any majorly cold winter weather. This is because so far the jet stream has been to the North of the country. As a result, the cold air to the north of the jet stream has been kept at bay.…

  • Weather-warning issued as cloud of LYNX Africa develops over UK

        (Posted on Satire on 25th December 2020) The Met Office have issued a UK Weather-Warning today after atmospheric detection instruments picked up on high amounts of LYNX Africa in the atmosphere. One expert said “this may be linked to the high amount of Lynx Africa sprays being opened and used in households across…

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