"People described the water arriving with a roar; not a rise, but a wall that gave no warning."
Devastating #floods expose the destructive power of extreme weather supercharged by a fossil fuelled climate crisis.
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A regional train passes a railroad crossing between flooded fields in Nidderau-Eichen, near Frankfurt
Photograph: Michael Probst/AP
Fossil fuelled climate change made the deadly 2024 Valencia floods significantly more intense and widespread.
Not “natural cycles.” Not “secret geoengineering.” Not “government controlled weather.”
It’s fossil fuels, deforestation and corporate greed driving these escalating climate disasters.
#extremeweather #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #floods
A regional train passes a railroad crossing between flooded fields in Nidderau-Eichen, near Frankfurt
Photograph: Michael Probst/AP
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The 2025 Annual Climate
Global Climate Highlights 2025
2025 ranks as the third-warmest year on record, following the unprecedented temperatures observed in 2023 and 2024.
It was marginally cooler than 2023, while 2024 remains the warmest year on record and the first year with an average temperature clearly exceeding 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level. 2025 saw exceptional near-surface air and sea surface temperatures, extreme events, including #floods, #heatwaves and #wildfires. Preliminary data indicate that #GreenhouseGas concentrations continued to increase in 2025.
https://climate.copernicus.eu/global-climate-highlights-2025
GCH2025-full-report.pdf:
https://climate.copernicus.eu/sites/default/files/custom-uploads/GCH-2025/GCH2025-full-report.pdf
The 2025 Annual Climate
Global Climate Highlights 2025
2025 ranks as the third-warmest year on record, following the unprecedented temperatures observed in 2023 and 2024.
It was marginally cooler than 2023, while 2024 remains the warmest year on record and the first year with an average temperature clearly exceeding 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level. 2025 saw exceptional near-surface air and sea surface temperatures, extreme events, including #floods, #heatwaves and #wildfires. Preliminary data indicate that #GreenhouseGas concentrations continued to increase in 2025.
https://climate.copernicus.eu/global-climate-highlights-2025
GCH2025-full-report.pdf:
https://climate.copernicus.eu/sites/default/files/custom-uploads/GCH-2025/GCH2025-full-report.pdf
While cleaning up/assessing damage following our house flood, I finally found a lost digital stylus I've been looking for for a couple of months.
Unfortunately it's been sat under the water line so I don't know yet if it survived. But it's FOUND, at least!
(Look at me, finding ways to stay positive!)
Our thoughts are with the communities in Spain, Portugal, Syria, Colombia, Indonesia, Mozambique, Brazil, and Morocco, where so many people are being hit by floods.
This isn't "normal", this isn't "bad weather".
This is fossil fuelled chaos.
Oil and gas companies keep drilling, keep profiting, while communities lose homes and lives.
It is time to #MakePollutersPay.
Fossil fuel profits must go toward protecting people’s lives, homes, and livelihoods from the growing impacts of the climate crisis.
Add your name: https://act-int.greenpeace.org/polluters-pay-pact
#weather #alpujarras #floods
"tonight, there is a large bus-shaped hole in the Cigarrones skyline."
RIP Band Bus 🙏 Stay Safe out there folks!
"tonight, there is a large bus-shaped hole in the Cigarrones skyline."
RIP Band Bus 🙏 Stay Safe out there folks!
Losses tied to floods in Southeast Asia may grow as much as tenfold in the coming years due to the rise of extreme weather events, according to insurance broker Willis Towers Watson. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/01/30/climate-change/flood-loss-southeast-asia-risks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #southeastasia #floods #climatechange
Several people are missing after a landslide struck a campsite at Mount Maunganui, a popular New Zealand holiday destination, following a tropical storm that triggered severe flooding across the North Island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/22/asia-pacific/new-zealand-storms-landslide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #newzealand #landslides #floods
Australia's emergency services has warned people to stay prepared for sudden downpours and dangerous bushfires in the country's east after a flash flood swept cars into the sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/asia-pacific/australia-floods-fires-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #australia #floods #wildfires
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The death toll from flash floods in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi have risen to 16, with 3 people still unaccounted for. https://www.thestatesignal.com/death-toll-from-flash-floods-in-indonesias-north-sulawesi-at-16/
#thestatesignal #news #floods #weather #environment #climate #government #internationalnews #localnews #indonesia #flashfloods #sulawesi #breakingnews
