Weather

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Japan is preparing for another round of dangerous weather as Tropical Storm Dujuan moves close to the country’s Pacific coast and is expected to regain typhoon strength. The storm has already brought heavy rainfall to parts of eastern Japan, while authorities have warned of flooding, landslides, powerful winds and dangerous coastal conditions, particularly across the Izu Islands and...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Britain has experienced one of its strongest butterfly seasons in recent years, with record-breaking heat and prolonged periods of sunshine helping adult butterflies flourish across much of the country. The 2026 Big Butterfly Count recorded almost 1.4 million butterflies and day-flying moths, making the season the second-best recorded in the 16-year history of the national survey. The results...

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. KATHMANDU — Nepal has called on the world’s biggest polluting economies to accept greater responsibility for the consequences of climate change after catastrophic floods and landslides left more than 6,000 people dead or missing in the Himalayan country. The Nepalese government has formally requested $20 million in climate-related compensation from the United Nations fund established to help vulnerable...

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Typhoon Saudel has caused widespread flooding, landslides and infrastructure damage across parts of south-east China, forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate as torrential rainfall overwhelmed rivers, roads and vulnerable communities. The storm has also been accompanied by severe weather elsewhere, with powerful thunderstorms affecting north-western South Africa and a prolonged spell of oppressive heat gripping parts...

Published: 03 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The El Niño climate phenomenon is rapidly intensifying and could become one of the most powerful events of its kind in at least 1,000 years, according to the latest warnings from the United Nations and international climate experts. Scientists say the unusually strong event could push global temperatures to unprecedented levels and make 2027 the hottest year ever recorded....

Published: 13 August 2026 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online A rare combination of extreme ocean warming in the Pacific and a powerful developing El Niño is expected to reshape weather patterns across the western United States this autumn and winter, raising concerns about flooding, drought, wildfires, tropical storms and damage to marine ecosystems. Scientists are closely watching an immense marine heatwave in the northeast Pacific...

**Published: 01 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online** Nepal's death toll from devastating floods and landslides along the border with Tibet has crossed 1,000, as rescuers race against time to locate hundreds of workers believed to be trapped inside mud-filled tunnels at hydropower projects along the Trishuli River. The disaster has left more than 3,900 people missing, according to Nepal's disaster authorities. More than 600 of...

Published: 31 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Rescue teams in Nepal are racing against time to reach more than 900 people believed to be trapped inside hydropower tunnels and underground facilities after catastrophic flash floods devastated parts of the Nepal-Tibet border region. The disaster has already claimed hundreds of lives and left thousands of people missing, turning remote Himalayan valleys into vast fields of mud,...

**Published: 28 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online** Residents in Reading are being urged to prepare for possible flooding despite months of unusually dry and hot weather, with local authorities warning that drought-hardened ground could increase the risk of rapid surface-water flooding when heavy rain returns. Reading Borough Council has advised residents, particularly those who have experienced flooding in the past, to take precautions before the...

**Published: 28 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online** Families of missing British nationals have travelled to Nepal in an increasingly desperate search for relatives feared to have been caught in the devastating flash floods that swept through the Nepal-Tibet border region. The disaster has left at least 475 people dead across Nepal and Tibet, while several hundred others remain unaccounted for. Among those reported missing are...