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09 13 Lessons and legacy We talk to Dr Joanne Robbins about her work with MapAction, who assist and support the emergency response to hurricanes, earthquakes and humanitarian crises around the world. 17 We look back at the Great Storm of 1987 in October, and just how far things have come

-year period. Temperature and precipitation data come from ERA5 and WFDE5 reanalysis datasets respectively. Page 6 of 28 2022, Met Office Figure B2: Projected change in average annual (top panel) and seasonal (bottom panels) precipitation and temperature in Zone 1. Each dot shows the difference

weather to come as we go through the rest of this week. Watch out for Wednesday because we do have a system coming across and that's going to bring some pretty wet and pretty windy weather."

The sunny and hot conditions today could see Wales and Scotland come close to temperature records for the month of May as temperatures approach 30°C, while elsewhere temperatures will be in the mid to high 20°C’s. Coastal areas in the south and east will be cooler with an onshore breeze

. Tropical storms: For many regions in the Tropics, a large portion of annual rain comes from tropical cyclones. However, tropical cyclones also have the potential to devastate a region, causing loss of life and widespread destruction to agricultural crops and lands, infrastructure and livelihoods. Some

this area of low pressure the air is heated over the warm tropical ocean. This air rises in discrete parcels, causing thundery showers to form. These showers usually come and go, but from time to time, they group together into large clusters of thunderstorms. This creates a flow of very warm, moist

, eventually down towards London, we may start to see the odd heavier burst of rain for a time. Read more on Apple News: Met Office Deep Dive: Why are summer downpours so slow moving? “The rest of the sunshine will be further towards the west where it should be a relatively fine day to come here

temperatures in the UK in the future. Warming trend “Analysis shows that in some parts of the south east between 1960 and 2019 the hottest days of the year have already increased by 1°C each decade, showing the UK is already on a warming trend when it comes to heat extremes.” The chances of 40°C

Today (Wednesday), yellow and amber thunderstorm warnings are in force from the Met Office. The amber warning covers much of the southeast and some of the south coast of England and comes into force from 11am and lasts until 10pm today. Within this warning area, 30-50mm of rain could fall in less

Much of the UK’s recent somewhat drier and more settled weather will come to an end on Friday, with low-pressure exerting its influence and bringing wind and rain for many.

and eastern Scotland in particular.” Next week's weather While the start of next week will likely see a mixture of sunshine and showers, there’s a possibility of hotter weather to come at times next week, especially in the south, though there’s still a large degree of uncertainty and much to be determined