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La Niña finished after just a few months
By Patrick Pester published
The La Niña weather pattern ended last month as Pacific Ocean temperatures rose and the El Niño Southern Oscillation cycle entered a neutral state, according to the NOAA.

'Major disruption' has caused Arctic polar vortex to slide off North Pole, scientists say
By Sascha Pare published
A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe.

1-in-1,000-year flood about to hit central US
By Patrick Pester published
Forecasters have warned of historic flooding in the central US this week, anticipating multiple bouts of heavy rainfall and extreme thunderstorms.

Scientists drilled into Belize's Great Blue Hole and discovered a worrying trend
By Jess Thomson published
Tropical storms have been steadily increasing in frequency over the past 5,700 years, new evidence from sediment in the Great Blue Hole reveals, with a massive spike in the past two decades.

Giant, near-perfect cloud ring appears in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
By Harry Baker published
Earth from space A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

'More people are in harm's way': Tornadoes are shifting east of Tornado Alley, forecasters warn
By Pandora Dewan published

Mount Washington: Home to 'the world's worst weather' with record wind speeds of 231 mph
By Sascha Pare published
Mount Washington is a prominent mountain in New Hampshire, known for its dramatic weather and conditions that are extremely dangerous for hikers and climbers.

'Take shelter!': Tornado strikes Florida's Seminole County, destroying homes and interrupting live TV broadcast
By Patrick Pester published
A tornado hit central Florida on Monday, destroying two homes, uprooting trees and disrupting a FOX TV show as it was tracking the storm live on air.
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