Extremes

• Recordhitte in Noord- en Centraal-Amerika valt samen met hagelstenen ter grootte van eieren in Oost-China • Extreem weer in verschillende delen van de wereld bracht deze week recordtemperaturen naar Honduras, Noord-Amerika en Indonesië. • Honduras verbrijzelde eerder deze maand zijn absolute maximumtemperatuurrecord voor mei – om vervolgens op 13 mei opnieuw te worden verbroken in Choluteca, bekend als de oven van Centraal-Amerika.

Party makes gains in Portsmouth and Richmond upon Thames in local elections but loses a Scottish strongholdElections 2026 – live updatesFull results from England, Scotland and WalesEd Davey has sought to cast Liberal Democrat wins in England’s local elections as proof his party is best positioned to confront what he described as the “extreme populist change” offered by Reform UK and the Greens.As Labour assessed a disastrous set of results, the Lib Dems could claim they had been able to fend off Reform challenges in areas including Portsmouth, where they made gains to seize the city council, which had been under no overall control. Continue reading...

There are flooding rains in Hawaii, rare snow in Alabama and a severe heatwave in the west coastSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US is experiencing a striking mix of weather extremes this March. Flooding rains in Hawaii, rare snow in Alabama, flip-flopping temperatures in the north-east and, perhaps most concerning, a severe heatwave affecting the west coast are raising questions about how strange these patterns really are, and what role the climate crisis is playing.Experts suggested that people around the US need to pay closer attention to the climatecrisis and do what they can to “minimize the impacts”. Continue reading...