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Europe Weather
4.0°C Above Normal: Japan's El Niño Record Depends on Which Index You Read
Japan's gauge broke a 1997 record in September. NOAA's official measure, which strips out the warming of the whole tropical ocean, is still short of its 1983 high, and that gap shapes what this winter can expect.
Yorkshire Is in Drought, Not Under a Ban, With Reservoirs at 42.7%
The Environment Agency moved Yorkshire into drought on Oct. 9, yet Yorkshire Water plans no restrictions. The legal split, the reservoir numbers against last year's ban, and what winter rain must do.
France: 40 Drown as Hottest Night on Record Grips Europe
Forty people have drowned trying to cool off, two small children died in a hot car, and France just recorded its warmest night on record. The heat is now a body count, not a forecast.
France Closes Schools as 49 Departments Hit the Red Heat Alert
A solstice-week heat dome pushed France toward a national record and shut hundreds of schools, with Britain's peak still days away.