In Buffalo, it hasn't snowed yet this year. A Duluth, Minnesota, newspaper reported that the temperature was 40 degrees above zero, not below.

The current El Nino is near its peak intensity, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said on Tuesday, and the weather event is showing some signs of easing.

A key monthly indicator for El Niño has reached a level not seen since 1997, according to the U.S.

One of the strongest El Ninos and the onslaught of global warming have put Hong Kong on course for its hottest year on record.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said global average surface temperatures in 2015 were likely to reach what it called the "symbolic and significant milestone" of 1° Celsius above the pre

The sun can erupt with flares more energetic than 30 billion times the yield of all nuclear weapons ever detonated.

A climate condition that has reinforced the impact of an El Nino weather event in recent months has broken down over the past fortnight, but a strong El Nino persists, Australia's weather bureau sa

A fog of suffocating smoke settles over the Indonesian countryside, sickening hundreds of thousands of people and triggering an environmental crisis.

Sydney will most likely endure scorching temperatures into the 40s on Friday as powerful westerlies blowing from Australia's red hot centre block cooling sea breezes.

With just a month and a half left in 2015, it’s clear this year will be by far the hottest on record, easily beating the previous record set just last year.