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Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street. Near the centre of Glasgow, a derelict building collapse was reported in the early evening of the 3rd, crushing a nearby car. In Cumbernauld, central Scotland, a block of flats had its roof reportedly ripped away by the winds, on a street where Storm Isha

centres. Rising temperatures will likely reduce outdoor labour productivity in summer, particularly where access to artificial cooling is limited. As urban areas grow, often in an informal way, demand for water will increase and put more pressure on sanitation services. Not only that, but extreme heat

even further back, the Central England Temperature series shows that recent warming has far exceeded any observed temperatures in at least 300 years. The report is based on observations from a network of several hundred weather stations, with temperature and rainfall data from these extending back

Concept note Media training as part of SCIPEA project Introduction The Strengthening Climate Information Partnerships in East Africa (SCIPEA) project is designed to develop links between global climate centres, African regional centres and national meteorological and hydrological services (NMHSs

Concept note Media training as part of SCIPEA project Introduction The Strengthening Climate Information Partnerships in East Africa (SCIPEA) project is designed to develop links between global climate centres, African regional centres and national meteorological and hydrological services (NMHSs

and trade to livelihoods and tradition, the network relies on a wide range of data to make predictions and advise on food security. Climate forecasts are crucial, and as part of SCIPEA, FSNWG and the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) have worked together closely to tailor seasonal

specialist forecasts on the Met Office website. 📉 As we come to the end of the week high pressure will become centred to the northwest of the UK allowing cold air to move in from the north over the weekend and into the start of next week pic.twitter.com/Q2jSv3x2xQ — Met Office (@metoffice) March 2

its science to aid solutions on the ground. Weather & Climate Information Services for Africa (WISER) The Met Office is helping deliver WISER, which will help at least 24 million people across Africa to be more resilient to natural hazards and climate change. The Met Office’s East Africa component

, the standard estimate has been 1.5°C to 4.5°C, and in the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), these values were given as the “likely range”, which meant the IPCC considered that there was at least a 66% chance that the actual value of ECS fell within

in the northern hemisphere (clockwise in the southern hemisphere). A tropical storm is a tropical cyclone with mean wind speeds of at least 39 mph The terms hurricane and typhoon are region-specific names for strong tropical cyclones with wind speeds of more than 73 mph The North Atlantic tropical storm