UK storm names 2015: Why our storms are called Barney, Frank & Nigel Hurricane Joaquin battered parts of the Bahamas and caused torrential rainfall across New York, but it was less of a phenomenon that had originally been thought. Still, there's no getting away from the fact that the name was impressive. This side of the Atlantic, the names we give our storms are more tea room than [...]
2015 Orionid Meteor Shower: When is it, what is it and where can I see it? The Orionid meteor shower happens every year and is connected with Halley’s Comet; it's the debris from its most recent passage, back in 1986, hitting the Earth’s atmosphere. The meteors are the debris left behind by Halley's Comet, which last whizzed past the Earth in 1986, and are the particles from that last passage that slammed against the [...]
How common are hurricanes in the UK? Ex-Hurricane Joaquin will miss UK but give Spain some rain Everyone’s been talking about Hurricane Joaquin, but when it’s the strongest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Igor in 2010 – and now moving briskly towards Europe – you can probably see why. It was at its peak last Saturday when winds reached 155mph (just 2mph short of being a Category 5 hurricane) – unleashing itself on the [...]