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People watch waves crashing into seaside houses at Mondos Beach, California, during a super El Niño event in 2016, with palm trees in the background (Credit: Getty Images)

The Pacific warming patterns warping US weather

A rare but powerful combination of an immense Pacific Ocean heatwave and a "super El Niño" will have profound effects on US weather this autumn. Here are five changes to expect.

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27 Aug 2026

A composite image showing map and a screengrab from a verified video that has emerged from Nepal following floods. The picture on the left shows a map of the Trishuli river, the picture on the right shows people fleeing from the flood water

Tracing the deadly path of the Nepal-Tibet flash flood

BBC Verify traces the path of the destructive Nepal-Tibet flash flood using verified video.

27 Aug 2026

26 Aug 2026

Woman holding a microphone split screen with flood tearing through a village.

BBC visits hospital in Kathmandu as families wait for news

More than 150 people have been killed after a massive flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border, as hundreds still missing.

26 Aug 2026

21 Jul 2026

A woman wearing a wedding dress and a soaked veil stands, with her back to the camera, in brown floodwater in front of a large wooden church door in the Philippines (Credit: Aaron Favila/ Associated Press)

The couple who married in typhoon floods

One year ago, a couple got married during a powerful typhoon in the Philippines. The wedding photos quickly went viral as they revealed remarkable resilience in a warming world.

21 Jul 2026

24 Jun 2025

A building lodged in a tree after Montecito's deadly 2018 mudslide (Credit: Getty Images)

How a California town blocked deadly mudflows

Montecito suffered a devastating mudslide in 2018. Now the community has rallied to try to make sure the same thing will never happen again.

24 Jun 2025