Swiss glaciers lose over 5% of ice volume in 2026

 Swiss glaciers lost more than 5% of their ice volume in 2026 as intense heat waves and a winter with little snow drove another year of extreme melting, according to new data released Thursday.

Hurricane Polo leaves as a Category 2 storm Mexico's Baja California Sur

 

Hurricane Polo left no fatalities in Mexico's Baja California Sur state after making landfall as a Category 2 storm, according to the state's governor.

It has been raining in Tokyo for 34 consecutive days. This is a record in the history of meteorological observations

 

Precipitation began in the Japanese capital on August 27 and has continued ever since. 

The heavy Starship spacecraft was successfully launched and placed into Earth's orbit for a test flight; will be de-orbited in a couple of hours

 Elon Musk’s SpaceX creation will orbit the Earth several times at an altitude of approximately 275 km while deploying 26 Starlink satellites.

Torrential rains leave dozens dead and more than a thousand homes damaged in India

 At least 56 people have died and another 46 have been injured amidst the relentless rains that battered the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on September 25 and 26, reports The Times of India, citing official figures.

Catania Airport suspends flights as Mount Etna sends ash cloud over Sicily

 Catania Airport in Sicily suspended all incoming flights Saturday after Mount Etna’s renewed eruption sent an ash plume approximately 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) high, according to Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.