SA’s summer lasts for six months, say researchers – and starts earlier in Joburg than in Cape Town

Researchers, based at the University of Witwatersrand and the University of the Free...

Smoke from US wildfires is causing hazy skies and even reaching as far as the Netherlands

Hazy skies have been seen in Wisconsin, Maine, New York, and Washington DC. Larger fires...

Forecasters warn Hurricane Laura will bring 'unsurvivable' storm surge — a wall of water up to 6 metres high

Hurricane Laura is forecast to make landfall on Thursday as a category 4 storm, bringing...

Wildfires in Northern California led to a rare 'firenado' — a fire and tornado combination

The National Weather Service issued a fire tornado warning as wildfires raged in...

A US area hit a scorching 53 degrees Celsius, the hottest temperature recorded on Earth in 3 years

The heat was so extreme in Death Valley on Sunday that cars were breaking down.

Beware: SA's monster cold front may knock over trucks, kill livestock

Temperatures will drop sharply and suddenly across the country.

The Arctic hit its hottest temperature on record, almost 38°C

There's a 75% chance that 2020 could be the hottest year ever recorded, according to the...

Elon Musk's launch of astronauts was scrapped because of a storm, just 17 minutes before liftoff

Stormy weather can endanger the Crew Dragon spacecraft and the astronauts on board....