Employers across much of China were ordered Monday to limit outdoor work due to scorching temperatures, while the east and southwest were warned to prepare for torrential rain as the country struggled with heat, flooding and drought. Temperatures as high as 104
Joey Chestnut picked up his 16th Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest win on Tuesday at Coney Island in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, holding off James Webb and Geoffrey Esper in the men’s field. Chestnut devoured 62 hot dogs
Thunder and lightning look set to strike parts of Britain this week with “huge” amounts of rainfall in isolated areas raising the risk of flash flooding, a weather expert has said. Storms are forecast going into next weekend as temperatures start to
The BBC has admitted that technical problems were behind it showing unusually low temperatures on its television and website services. Temperatures as low as 7C were predicted for major UK cities for every day from next Monday to Thursday during the forecast
New maps show when a hot spell is likely to return to Britain, catapulting temperatures to around 32C. The UK is just coming down from a scorching weekend, where Coningsby in Lincolnshire topped thermometer charts with 32.2C recorded on Sunday. According to the
The Met Office has extended a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms as Brits are warned to prepare for heavy rain and strong winds. A number of warnings are in place across North East England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from 1pm until 9pm
Weather maps have turned a radioactive orange and black ahead of the weekend as forecasters anticipate sweltering temperatures above 30C. The Met Office has triggered health alerts for much of the UK and has warned Britons to take care as the scorching
British holidaymakers have been warned of an impending North African plume which is set to hit the likes of Spain, France and Italy in days. Spain, according to BBC weather, is set to sizzle in scorching 44C highs, with Seville in southern
Thunder and lightning is set to lash large swathes of the UK on Father’s Day bringing about thousands of lightning strikes across the country, with more than half a month’s worth of rain falling in some areas in the next 24 hours.
Even the harshest sceptics of the existence of a North-South divide will make concessions when it comes to the weather, but this year that divide — wet up north, dry down south — appears to have been flipped on its head. It