El Niño to bring more heat and disasters in coming months, UN warns

The world must prepare for a surge in weather extremes and heat waves as a potentially exceptional El Niño emerges, the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization has warned. 

China launches Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship - VIDEO

China launched the Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship on Sunday, which will send three astronauts to its orbiting Tiangong space station.

Climate scientists warn extreme weather likely in 2026

The World Weather Attribution group of climate scientists has warned that extraordinary extreme weather is likely this year and said 2026 could turn out to be the second warmest, if not the warmest year, on record.

Thousands evacuated as Hawaii faces worst flooding in 20 years

Thousands of people in Hawaii have been told to evacuate their homes as the US state suffered its worst flooding in decades.

New Yorkers told to stay at home as Storm Hernando hits

Children across parts of the US northeast will stay home today as powerful ⁠winter Storm Hernando forced school closures and pushed offices and transit systems onto emergency schedules.

'All records broken' as Storm Nils leaves swaths of southwest France under water

The flood alert system in France has been working at a record pace as relentless rain over the past month has saturated soils.