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Droughts could leave us without milk, beer – and so much more

Records show that Europe has never been as dry as in recent decades. Drought has direct consequences on our lives, not least because it threatens basic foodstuffs such as milk. Remember that a cow needs more than 100 litres of water per day to produce milk, and that recently farms…

The Conversation · Oct 13, 2022

Man and his family nearly drowned after their boat hit sleeping whale in Atlantic

Zach Small, 33, his partner Kimberley Pelletier Girard, 29, and his daughters Anua, eight, and Willow, five, were sailing their catamaran from the Azores to the UK when disaster struck

Daily Mirror · Sep 15, 2022

Atlantic hurricane season starts late as Danielle becomes first named tempest

Hurricane is about 885 miles west of Azores in mid-Atlantic in what has so far been an unusually quiet season for storms

The Guardian - US · Sep 2, 2022

Latest entry requirements for France, Spain, Greece and more ahead of summer holidays

Many have changed recently

Nottingham Post · Jul 12, 2022

Latest entry requirements for Spain, France, Portugal, Italy and Greece ahead of summer holidays

The latest advice from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Manchester Evening News · Jul 11, 2022

Ireland trapped in freak 'pressure cooker' weather phenomenon and could see edge of 43C heatwave

High pressure has started stretching into Ireland from the Atlantic Azores Island, off the Portugal coast. The so-called Azores High weather phenomenon is set to trap a bubble of rapidly warming air like a pressure cooker

Irish Mirror · Jul 11, 2022

Dublin weather: Expert confirms hottest day of the year with 26C scorcher coming soon

The "Azores High" is set to bring a blast of heat to Ireland

Dublin Live · Jul 5, 2022

Met Eireann forecasts blast of heat for Dublin as 'Azores High' to bring subtropical conditions

The phenomenon will start building from the south and move across the country from Wednesday

Dublin Live · Jul 5, 2022

Met Eireann forecast temperatures to soar well into 20s as Ireland poised for weather phenomenon

The U-turn comes thanks to a weather phenomenon known as the Azores High, which is poised to engulf Ireland later this week

Irish Mirror · Jul 4, 2022

Spain and Portugal suffering driest climate for 1,200 years, research shows

Effects of human-caused global heating are blocking vital winter rains, with severe implications for farming and tourism

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2022