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and the Middle East are likely to be drier than normal. Tropical Cyclone activity and their likely tracks may also be affected by the La Nina episode. Typically, during a La Nina, the North Atlantic Hurricane Season (June – November, currently above-average with 19 named storms) is slightly more active

is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0). Cover photo: Men cover the windows of a car parts store in preparation for Hurricane Irma in San Juan, Puerto Rico ©2017 Alvin Baez / Reuters Pictures Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Erin Coughlan

England to issue a Heat Health Watch. This was followed by accurate forecasts of the thundery showers marking the end of the hot weather. Again, in October, our warnings helped people stay safe when ex-hurricane Ophelia brought storm force winds to some western parts of the UK and Ireland

of the windstorms that affect the UK are ex-hurricanes (or post-tropical cyclones), that transition from the tropics. There is limited evidence of more frequent post-tropical cyclone events in the North Atlantic (Baker et al., 2022), but the number of tropical and extra-tropical cyclones naturally varies a lot

by NMHS offer a wide range of benefits to society, many of which are intangible and hard to quantify (Lazo et al., 2008). Some of the key outcomes of WCS, such as a reduction in the number of hurricane deaths following an early warning, or an increase in food security following delayed planting

climate really captures the young imagination. Case studies on major weather events such as the Great Smog of 1952, the Great Storm of 1987, the European heatwave in 2003, the Boscastle floods in 2004 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 bring a captivating new dimension to schoolchildren’s studies. Find out

. The different phases of the AMO have been associated with a variety of impacts. The positive phase has been associated with reduced Arctic sea ice, melting of the Greenland ice sheet, increased hurricane activity in the North Atlantic and increased rainfall over the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa. The cold

sea ice, melting of the Greenland ice sheet, increased hurricane activity in the North Atlantic and increased rainfall over the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa. The cold negative phase has the opposite impacts: cooling at high latitudes, reduced hurricane activity and a drier Sahel. Atmosphere

phases of the AMO have been associated with a variety of impacts. The positive phase has been associated with reduced Arctic sea ice, melting of the Greenland ice sheet, increased hurricane activity in the North Atlantic and increased rainfall over the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa. The cold

to determine which hazard to prioritise. Hazards may operate on different timescales, such as a seasonal timescale (severe wet season, severe winter, extended heat wave), a monthly timescale (severe wet period, cold, hot period), a weekly timescale (typhoons, hurricanes), a daily timescale