Beijing recorded more than 300 hours of sub-freezing temperatures in the last two weeks, setting a record for the coldest two-week period in China’s capital city since officials began tracking. The official newspaper, the Beijing Daily, said the two-week period starting on Dec. 11 had the most hours of sub-freezing temperatures since 1951, The Associated … Read more
2 hours ago Near-record levels of rainfall have caused life-threatening flooding in the Australian state of Queensland, authorities say. Thousands of people in the north of the state have been urged to move to higher ground. In Cairns authorities said there was major flooding in the city’s suburbs and the airport was shut. One meteorologist … Read more
Leader of UN’s meteorological agency says the world is still ‘heading in the wrong direction’ and must cut use of fossil fuels. The United Nations says the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere surged to new highs last year as climate change fuelled extreme weather across the globe. In a bulletin released on Wednesday, … Read more