In October 2023, County Cork was struck by two days of extreme rainfall from Storm Babet that fell on already saturated soils. Swollen rivers led to severe flooding in Midleton.
Sam Fraser-Baxter
Despite known coastal cooling trend, risk of deadly wildfires in central Chile increasing with changing land management in a warming climate
Extreme wildfires in coastal-central Chile have been fuelled by intense and persistent fire-conducive weather conditions in the region since the beginning of the year favouring the spread of severe fires in Viña del Mar (33°S, 71°W) in early February.
Extreme cold will still occur in Northern Europe, although less often – risking decreasing preparedness and higher vulnerability
Under the influence of a lingering anticyclone, Fennoscandia experienced extremely cold winter temperatures during early January 2024.
Climate change increased heavy precipitation associated with impactful Storm Bettina over Black Sea
In late November, countries bordering the Black Sea including Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, Türkiye and Russia, witnessed exceptionally high rainfall and snowfall, and hurricane-force winds due to Storm Bettina.
Climate change, not El Niño, main driver of exceptional drought in highly vulnerable Amazon River Basin
Since mid 2023 the Amazon River Basin (ARB) has been in a state of exceptional drought, driven by low rainfall and consistently high temperatures for the entire year 2023 across the basin.