Paul Macdonald
@paulmac.bsky.social
Fighting for climate action, and challenging anti-science propaganda, disinformation, and misinformation.
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January 20, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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One of the highest impact storms in recent memory this weekend!
This is not hype. The shear size of the area impacted, and more importantly the southern reach, has the potential to cripple communities for days… 1/
This is not hype. The shear size of the area impacted, and more importantly the southern reach, has the potential to cripple communities for days… 1/
January 20, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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Southern Europe remains highly unsettled, with Storm Harry bringing further areas of intense showers and thunderstorms. By the end of today, some locations may record up to 200 mm of rain in 48 hours, with 7‑day totals potentially reaching 350 mm by next week
January average rainfall is 40–90 mm
January average rainfall is 40–90 mm
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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[South Africa update] Government Declares National Disaster as Floods Ravage Five Provinces – Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KZN, Eastern Cape, North-West Hit by Floods centralnews.co.za/government-d... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Storm #Flood #KZN #EasternCape #SouthAfrica
Government Declares National Disaster as Floods Ravage Five Provinces – Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KZN, Eastern Cape, North-West Hit by Floods
Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KZN, Eastern Cape, North-West Hit by Floods
Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KZN, Eastern Cape, North-West Hit by Floods
The Official Declaration an
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January 20, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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[South Africa] Franschhoek fires continue to burn 'out of control' www.timeout.com/cape-town/ne... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Wildfire #Franschhoek #SouthAfrica
UPDATE: Franschhoek fires continue to burn 'out of control'
Firefighters are battling extremely challenging conditions in the Cape Winelands.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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'Severe flooding due to heavy rains in Sayada City, Monastir Governorate, Tunisia 🇹🇳 (20.01.2026)'
via Disaster News [X] #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
via Disaster News [X] #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
January 20, 2026 at 2:40 PM
50 DEGREES IN AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺
50.0c Hamelin Pool WA today
49.2C Shark Bay AP -Monthly record smashed
This is just the beginning of one of the harshest coastal heat waves ever seen worldwide,with the hot air mass moving East and "caressing" the coastal areas with scorching hot air
50.0c Hamelin Pool WA today
49.2C Shark Bay AP -Monthly record smashed
This is just the beginning of one of the harshest coastal heat waves ever seen worldwide,with the hot air mass moving East and "caressing" the coastal areas with scorching hot air
AUSTRALIA EXCEPTIONAL HEAT WAVE
A potentially historic heat wave kicks off in Western Australia with temperatures possibly reaching 49C on Tuesday.
Later on,an overheated air mass will move East with anomalies up to +20C above normal.
Expect 46/49C in WA,SA,QLD,VIC,NSW.
A potentially historic heat wave kicks off in Western Australia with temperatures possibly reaching 49C on Tuesday.
Later on,an overheated air mass will move East with anomalies up to +20C above normal.
Expect 46/49C in WA,SA,QLD,VIC,NSW.
January 20, 2026 at 2:31 PM
❗️EXTRAORDINARY
Records hot nights continue in the Gulf of Guinea:
Minimum temperatures 26/29C all month:
Absolutely insane in January
Mins 29C in The Madagascar Channel
Mins 28C in SW Oceania
Mins 27C in The Caribbean
All tropics are smashing record after record:
Unprecedented.
Records hot nights continue in the Gulf of Guinea:
Minimum temperatures 26/29C all month:
Absolutely insane in January
Mins 29C in The Madagascar Channel
Mins 28C in SW Oceania
Mins 27C in The Caribbean
All tropics are smashing record after record:
Unprecedented.
We are witnessing record tropical heat waves everywhere
Hundreds of records are being smashed in Oceania (New Caledonia,Fiji,Indonesia),Africa (French Territories,Mozambique,Gulf of Guinea),Central America and Caribbean,every day,no stop
We can only imagine how hot tropics will be with the next Nino
Hundreds of records are being smashed in Oceania (New Caledonia,Fiji,Indonesia),Africa (French Territories,Mozambique,Gulf of Guinea),Central America and Caribbean,every day,no stop
We can only imagine how hot tropics will be with the next Nino
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 PM
January 20, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Well, Gorontalo record hasn' lasted much...24 hours
Minimum of 26.6C and hottest night in history
Crazy hot nights allover Indonesia which has broken heat records every single day for over 1000 consecutive days.
It's much worse than during the last Nino, at least in the Eastern Provinces+SW Oceania.
Minimum of 26.6C and hottest night in history
Crazy hot nights allover Indonesia which has broken heat records every single day for over 1000 consecutive days.
It's much worse than during the last Nino, at least in the Eastern Provinces+SW Oceania.
EXCEPTIONAL HEAT IN INDONESIA
Record heat continues in Eastern Indonesia,every day.
Today the city of Gorontalo,Sulawesi had its hottest January night in history with a Minimum Temperature of 26.3C.
Record heat continues in Eastern Indonesia,every day.
Today the city of Gorontalo,Sulawesi had its hottest January night in history with a Minimum Temperature of 26.3C.
January 20, 2026 at 2:50 AM
EXTRAORDINARY UNBELIEVABLE
Records of Hottest nights ever recorded in VANUATU and NEW CALEDONIA
MINIMUMS 28.0 at Mare Island, Lifou Island and
Aneityum.
smashed the records with ridiculous margins
It's the most extreme event Oceania has ever seen and will get worse.
Records of Hottest nights ever recorded in VANUATU and NEW CALEDONIA
MINIMUMS 28.0 at Mare Island, Lifou Island and
Aneityum.
smashed the records with ridiculous margins
It's the most extreme event Oceania has ever seen and will get worse.
January 20, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Record again in the tiny RAOUL ISLAND ,New Zealand
After its hottest day in history for any month, now the island tied its record of January hottest night with a minimum of 24.6C.
We can't rule out that this record will last only 24 hours though...
After its hottest day in history for any month, now the island tied its record of January hottest night with a minimum of 24.6C.
We can't rule out that this record will last only 24 hours though...
OCEANIA RECORD HEAT
This historic heat wave spreads to the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand.
ALL TIME RECORD at Raoul Island with 31.1C
In NEW CALEDONIA unprecedented hot nights continue:
Exceptional Min 27.2 at Mare Island
Hottest night in history
And It's not over yet...
This historic heat wave spreads to the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand.
ALL TIME RECORD at Raoul Island with 31.1C
In NEW CALEDONIA unprecedented hot nights continue:
Exceptional Min 27.2 at Mare Island
Hottest night in history
And It's not over yet...
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 AM
His ignorance doesn’t discount the inherent suicidality of his actions.
January 20, 2026 at 12:55 AM
His ignorance doesn’t discount the inherent suicidality of his actions.
AUSTRALIA EXCEPTIONAL HEAT WAVE
A potentially historic heat wave kicks off in Western Australia with temperatures possibly reaching 49C on Tuesday.
Later on,an overheated air mass will move East with anomalies up to +20C above normal.
Expect 46/49C in WA,SA,QLD,VIC,NSW.
A potentially historic heat wave kicks off in Western Australia with temperatures possibly reaching 49C on Tuesday.
Later on,an overheated air mass will move East with anomalies up to +20C above normal.
Expect 46/49C in WA,SA,QLD,VIC,NSW.
January 20, 2026 at 12:52 AM
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT ALLOVER OCEANIA
In VANUATU record smashed again in the island of Tanna with 34.5C in the airport White Grass:
Hottest January day in history
It will get worse and worse,expect all records of hot night to be smashed in pieces allover SW Oceania.
Unprecedented.
In VANUATU record smashed again in the island of Tanna with 34.5C in the airport White Grass:
Hottest January day in history
It will get worse and worse,expect all records of hot night to be smashed in pieces allover SW Oceania.
Unprecedented.
OCEANIA RECORD HEAT
This historic heat wave spreads to the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand.
ALL TIME RECORD at Raoul Island with 31.1C
In NEW CALEDONIA unprecedented hot nights continue:
Exceptional Min 27.2 at Mare Island
Hottest night in history
And It's not over yet...
This historic heat wave spreads to the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand.
ALL TIME RECORD at Raoul Island with 31.1C
In NEW CALEDONIA unprecedented hot nights continue:
Exceptional Min 27.2 at Mare Island
Hottest night in history
And It's not over yet...
January 20, 2026 at 12:46 AM
An exceptionally long heat wave is culminating with a record hot night in Rio de Janeiro,BRAZIL 🇧🇷.
Tonight Minimums in the ciy area were 25C/28C, in some cases a record high Minimum (City Center,Marambaia).
The good news is few days of cooler weather are on the way.
Tonight Minimums in the ciy area were 25C/28C, in some cases a record high Minimum (City Center,Marambaia).
The good news is few days of cooler weather are on the way.
January 20, 2026 at 12:44 AM
OCEANIA RECORD HEAT
This historic heat wave spreads to the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand.
ALL TIME RECORD at Raoul Island with 31.1C
In NEW CALEDONIA unprecedented hot nights continue:
Exceptional Min 27.2 at Mare Island
Hottest night in history
And It's not over yet...
This historic heat wave spreads to the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand.
ALL TIME RECORD at Raoul Island with 31.1C
In NEW CALEDONIA unprecedented hot nights continue:
Exceptional Min 27.2 at Mare Island
Hottest night in history
And It's not over yet...
January 20, 2026 at 12:41 AM
HISTORIC WINTER WARM SPELL IN JAPAN
Another record day in this endless January warm spell with temperatures up to 25.8C and even some tropical nights in the southern islands.
10 more records of January high temperatures fell
(see list credit of JMA)
Winter is returning in 2 days
Another record day in this endless January warm spell with temperatures up to 25.8C and even some tropical nights in the southern islands.
10 more records of January high temperatures fell
(see list credit of JMA)
Winter is returning in 2 days
January 20, 2026 at 12:39 AM
EXCEPTIONAL HEAT IN INDONESIA
Record heat continues in Eastern Indonesia,every day.
Today the city of Gorontalo,Sulawesi had its hottest January night in history with a Minimum Temperature of 26.3C.
Record heat continues in Eastern Indonesia,every day.
Today the city of Gorontalo,Sulawesi had its hottest January night in history with a Minimum Temperature of 26.3C.
January 19, 2026 at 11:06 PM
HISTORIC HEAT IN THE CARIBBEAN
Record heat continues allover North America from Mexico (39C/102F) in Sinaloa to Central America and Caribbean
Today 90F/32.2C St Thomas Airport
US VIRGIN ISLANDS HOTTEST JANUARY DAY
Record broken 5 times in 1 week and all months of 2024 and 2025!
Record heat continues allover North America from Mexico (39C/102F) in Sinaloa to Central America and Caribbean
Today 90F/32.2C St Thomas Airport
US VIRGIN ISLANDS HOTTEST JANUARY DAY
Record broken 5 times in 1 week and all months of 2024 and 2025!
January 19, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Horrible conditions with extreme heat and moisture in
NEW CALEDONIA
Maxes up to 38C and Mins locally >27C for days.
It's arguably the worst heat wave in all Oceania history outside Australia.
New records Hottest nights MINIMUMS:
27.2 Ouloup
27.0 Noumea
26.7 Kone
will get worse!
NEW CALEDONIA
Maxes up to 38C and Mins locally >27C for days.
It's arguably the worst heat wave in all Oceania history outside Australia.
New records Hottest nights MINIMUMS:
27.2 Ouloup
27.0 Noumea
26.7 Kone
will get worse!
January 19, 2026 at 11:03 PM
We are witnessing record tropical heat waves everywhere
Hundreds of records are being smashed in Oceania (New Caledonia,Fiji,Indonesia),Africa (French Territories,Mozambique,Gulf of Guinea),Central America and Caribbean,every day,no stop
We can only imagine how hot tropics will be with the next Nino
Hundreds of records are being smashed in Oceania (New Caledonia,Fiji,Indonesia),Africa (French Territories,Mozambique,Gulf of Guinea),Central America and Caribbean,every day,no stop
We can only imagine how hot tropics will be with the next Nino
January 19, 2026 at 10:27 PM