Australia's summers have lengthened by as much as a month or more in the past half century, exposing people to greater fire and heat extremes and placing ecosystems and farm crops at risk. Researchers from The Australia Institute analysed data from 70 of the Bureau of Meteorology's weather stations across southern and sub-tropical Australia, where the bulk of the population lives. They found in the past five years, summers were 50 per cent longer than they were in the mid-20th century.

Scientists fear climate change will cause a once "rare and unique" weather event to become more common, as they race to develop predictive modelling and tools to help them better understand pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCB), commonly referred to as firestorms.

That's warmer than Orlando today.

The Australian state of New South Wales is officially free from bushfires for the first time in more than 240 days, according to the area's fire service. Months of devastating fires in Australia left at least 28 people dead, about 3,000 homes destroyed and up to a billion animals affected.

Hot air from north Africa will push temperatures up from this weekend.

A warmer Arctic in general provided the fuel for lightning-producing thunderheads to move north.

President Trump declared a state of emergency in Florida on Friday, preemptively easing federal recovery efforts expected for Hurricane Dorian.

A month ago, Aliana Bigio Alcoba was out in the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico, participating in the protests that ousted the former governor, Ricardo Rosselló. Now, the 21-year-old retail worker is stocking up on supplies as Hurricane Dorian barrels toward the island because she doesn’t trust the new government either.

Your tablet and smartphone can be invaluable tools to help you stay out of harm's way during hurricane season.

"97 dogs are inside my house and 79 of them are inside my master bedroom."

France's health ministry says preventative measures helped to curb damage from the heat.

It's hurricane season, but this is ridiculous. The six storms whirling this week in the Atlantic and Pacific set a record, forecasters reported.

Autumn is here, and it’s still hot. Here is what we know about the record-breaking temperatures and low precipitation across much of the American South.

Forecasters say Chiba Prefecture, which was battered by a typhoon last month and is still recovering, is in the direct path of the powerful storm.

The continent records its highest national average temperature, worsening the bushfire threat.

Torrential rain in New South Wales has reduced the number of active fires in the state by a third, from more than 60 down to 42, but parts of the east coast now face a new threat from flooding, with Sydney facing one of its wettest three-day periods in years.

Tropical Storm Humberto formed near the Cape Verde Islands on Monday and was expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic storm season.

An Indian farmer shows a dry, cracked paddy field. India's Meteorological Department says it expects the country to get at least 10 percent less rain this June-to-September monsoon season.

This is from Sept 10, 2013 at 3:06 pm in North Jackson TN.

Flash flooding along Colorado's Front Range killed at least three people, washed out homes and roads and threatened dams Thursday.