Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #extremeweather, aggregated by home.social.
California brush fires force evacuations and tens of thousands of power shutoffs
By Guardian staff and agencies
Hot, windy weather stokes fires in southern California as utilities shut off power to 150,000 customers as precaution
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/16/southern-california-brush-fires-force-evacuations
#California #USweather #USnews #WestCoast #Wildfires #Extremeweather #LosAngeles #Firefighters #Californiawildfires #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies
California brush fires force evacuations and tens of thousands of power shutoffs https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/16/southern-california-brush-fires-force-evacuations #California #UsWeather #UsNews #WestCoast #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather #LosAngeles #Firefighters #CaliforniaWildfires
Flash floods kill five and destroy villages in central Nepal
By Matt Andrews and Ed Walton for MetDesk
Landslide blocks river and triggers downstream flooding, while summer temperatures persist in Portugal
#Nepal #Portugal #Extremeweather #Flooding #Landslides #Environment #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Europe #TheGuardian #MattAndrews #EdWaltonforMetDesk
Flash floods kill five and destroy villages in central Nepal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/16/flash-floods-deaths-nepal-high-temperatures-portugal #Nepal #Portugal #ExtremeWeather #Flooding #Landslides #Environment #SouthAndCentralAsia #WorldNews #Europe
In Ireland, 13,000 flood-risk homes can now get insurance as weather fears rise
Aviva has widened access to home insurance in Ireland, bringing 13,000 more homes in flood-risk areas within reach…
#Ireland #IE #Europe #Europa #EU #andwater #business #Changethewayyouuseelectricity #extremeweather #gas #home #ireland #ProgressStat #STAT #Weatherizeyourhome #YahooFinance
https://www.europesays.com/3313101/
In Ireland, 13,000 flood-risk homes can now get insurance as weather fears rise https://www.byteseu.com/2456287/ #AndWater #business #ChangeTheWayYouUseElectricity #ExtremeWeather #Gas #Home #Ireland #ProgressStat #STAT+ #WeatherizeYourHome #YahooFinance
https://www.europesays.com/3313101/ In Ireland, 13,000 flood-risk homes can now get insurance as weather fears rise #AndWater #business #ChangeTheWayYouUseElectricity #ExtremeWeather #gas #home #ireland #ProgressStat #STAT #WeatherizeYourHome #YahooFinance
#AmericanResiliency #EmilySchoerning #resilience #TimesOfChange #Copernicus #ElNino #ENSO #SuperElNino
Dr. Emily Schoerning global #climatechange update Oct. 2026
youtu.be/kkGcY__1LII
#ClimateScience #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis
October '26 Earth Systems Upda...
#FYI #US #USA #AmericanResiliency #EmilySchoerning #resilience #TimesOfChange #Copernicus #ElNino #ENSO #SuperElNino
Dr. Emily Schoerning global #climatechange update Oct. 2026
#climate #ClimateScience #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis
Earth’s Condition Is ‘Serious and Getting Worse’ as Climate Change Intensifies
The climate just got its annual checkup, and the results aren’t looking so hot. “If Earth were a…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ElNiño #environment #ExtremeWeather #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/803049/
Spatiotemporal Shifts In Composite Weather Stress Across US Croplands
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aead01 <-- shared paper
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https://zenodo.org/records/20218887 <-- shared (open) data
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https://impact.ornl.gov/en/datasets/weather-stress-reduces-resilience-and-stability-of-us-croplands/ | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18749881 <-- shared ORNL technical article and data
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-33916-5 <-- shared paper
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H/T @Srishti Vishwakarma | extreme weather stress| crop | agriculture | machine learning, network science, and statistics
“[The authors:]
• Developed a multi-stressor framework with 32 agriculture-relevant weather indices and integrated them into two composite metrics: Weather Stress Divergence and Weather Stress Similarity, capturing deviations from and spatial correspondence with historical weather stress patterns.
• Using an agroecological-zone-specific weighted averaging framework, the framework minimized index redundancy while accounting for the regional importance of individual stressors.
• Adapted the concept of climate velocity to an agricultural context to assess how current weather stress patterns differ from historical conditions and how their spatial correspondence is changing over time.
KEY FINDINGS:
🌾 More than 50% of CONUS cropland experienced increasing weather stress divergence.
🌡️ Drought and extreme heat were the primary contributors to high divergence.
📉 Current weather regimes are becoming increasingly dissimilar to historical patterns…”
#US #cropland #foodsecurity #weather #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #metrology #weatherstress #agriculture #farming #WeatherStressDivergence #WeatherStressSimilarity #geostatistics #agroecology #climatevelocity #historic #change #CONUS #weatherstressdivergence #drought #extremeheat #extremeweather #water #hydrology #rainfall #precipitation #climatechange #weatherpatterns #cropproduction #economics #costs #loss #uncertainty #flood #flooding #temperature #heat #cold #evapotranspiration #ET #GIS #spatial #mapping #historicalbaseline #corn #soybean #wheat #yield #production #adaptivemanagement #weatherstressmetrics #riskassessment #planning
https://www.fogolf.com/1418753/golf-clubs-and-private-schools-among-businesses-facing-severe-water-use-restrictions-in-ongoing-drought/ Golf clubs and private schools among businesses facing severe water use restrictions in ongoing drought #AccidentsAndDisasters #AerialView #Ancient #ClimateChange #ColorImage #drought #england #environment #EnvironmentalDamage #EnvironmentalIssues #ExtremeWeather #GolfClubs #growth #Horizontal #nature #PackhorseBridge #photography #Plant #Reservoir #uk #water #weather
Found in my Calishat Snaps: BeFloodWarned.uk. From the About page: “Flooding has historically impacted homes, businesses and communities across the UK, but the number of people affected, and the severity of its impact are growing due to climate change. More intense storms, sudden heavy downpours, and rising sea levels all increase our risk…. BeFloodWarned provides information about local […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/10/14/flooding-warnings-preparation-across-the-uk-befloodwarned-uk/
I work for a major insurer. Much of my industry is fudging the numbers in the face of the climate crisis | Anonymous
By Anonymous
Insurers are taking on more risk than they should. If – or when – a major disaster hits, the catastrophe will have far-reaching consequences
#Insuranceindustry #Insurance #Climatecrisis #Extremeweather #Business #Environment #Money #Worldnews #TheGuardian #Anonymous
I work for a major insurer. Much of my industry is fudging the numbers in the face of the climate crisis | Anonymous https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/14/climate-crisis-insurance-risk-disaster-catastrophe #InsuranceIndustry #Insurance #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #Business #Environment #Money #WorldNews
Pacific El Niño waters hit record 29.7°C, raising risk of 2026 becoming hottest year | Our Planet https://www.byteseu.com/2450976/ #2026HottestYear #Climate #ClimateChange #Copernicus #ElNino #ExtremeWeather #GlobalWarming #PacificOcean #SeaSurfaceTemperatures
Long-Term, National-Scale Records Of Landslide Persistence And Dynamic Hazard In A Mountain Landscape | Identifying Recurrent And Persistent Landslides Using Satellite Imagery And Deep Learning: A 30-Year Analysis Of The Himalaya
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-04109-3 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171161 <-- shared paper
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H/T @Erin Harvey | Postdoctoral research associate
“[The authors’ paper] analys[ed] a 20+ year multi-temporal landslide dataset for Nepal. [They] show[ed] that existing landslides account for ~80% of landslide cells visible each year. [They] also f[ou]nd that the extent of triggering events, such as earthquakes and storms, can be identified at scale using metrics such as year with maximum landslide density and persistence. This work demonstrates the importance for using multi-temporal datasets to better understand national-scale landslide hazard as well as the need to consider existing landslides in mitigation measures…”
#Landslide #inventory #Landslideevolution #Vegetation #recovery #Multitemporal #Spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #Machinelearning #AI #GIS #spatial #mapping #Nepal #Bhutan #India #mountainous #mountain #Himalayas #remotesensing #earthobservation #model #modeling #infrastructure #transportation #roads #landscape #construction #storms #rainfall #precipitation #extremeweather #triggers #massmovement #geology #seismic #earthquake #engineeringgeology #debrisflow #nationalscale #risk #hazard #prediction #regional #earlywarning #risk #hazard #impacts #humanimpacts #historic #datasets #landslide