The Guardian, on Climate, 30 October 2026

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Severe rainfall and flood warnings issued for central Greece and western Turkey

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Heavy rain and strong winds will continue to affect parts of south-eastern Europe and Turkey over the next few days, as an area of low pressure in the region has allowed for the formation of powerful thunderstorms. During a particularly intense thunderstorm in Antalya, a coastal city in the south-west of Turkey, the formation of a tornado resulted in the deaths of four construction workers on Tuesday. , with locally higher totals possible.

Travelling eastwards towards south Asia, strong winds and heavy rainfall have swept across the Indian regions of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh as Cyclone Arnab made landfall. With wind gusts in excess of 85mph (140km/h) and rainfall totals in some regions exceeding 200mm, , as well as widespread disruption to energy and transport infrastructure. The cyclone will weaken as it continues to traverse northwards over the coming days, though will continue to deliver heavy rain to parts of northern and central India as it does so.

View image in fullscreen A satellite image shows Typhoon In-fa in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. Photograph: CSU/Cira & JMA/Jaxa/Reuters Heading towards the western Pacific Ocean, Typhoon In-fa was upgraded on Wednesday to super typhoon status, with exceptionally strong sustained wind speeds of 150mph (240km/h), with winds gusting over 185mph (296km/h). Travelling north-westwards, it is expected to avoid Guam, which was hammered by Typhoon Champi earlier this month.

However, In-fa is expected to affect the Mariana Islands, which have already been battered by four super typhoons this year alone. skip past newsletter promotion Free newsletter | Weekly Sign up to Down to Earth The planet's most important stories. Get all the week's environment news - the good, the bad and the essential Enter your email Sign up after newsletter promotion Meanwhile, across the Pacific Ocean, Tropical Storm Vance has been affecting parts of western Mexico .

Though it has recently weakened to a tropical depression, Vance brought heavy rain and dangerous coastal conditions, with the regions of Sinaloa, Durango and Nayarit recording 50-100mm of rain, with some areas locally exceeding 150mm. The high rainfall totals are expected to cause disruption due to flooding and landslides, with the storm swell resulting in dangerous surf and rip current conditions off the coast. Explore more on these topics Extreme weather Weather tracker Tornadoes Flooding Europe weather Americas Asia Pacific Greece news Share Reuse this content

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What we found (1)

The Guardian reports deadly and destructive weather across three continents: a tornado that killed four workers in Turkey, severe rainfall warnings for Greece and Turkey, a cyclone that forced 180,000 people from their homes in India, and a super typhoon in the Pacific. It never tells the reader that warming makes heavy rainfall and intense tropical cyclones more frequent or more severe, so these events read as weather and nothing more.

  1. Leaves out the climate link

    Serious

    “Authorities in Greece and Turkey have released severe rainfall and flooding warnings, as a further 100-150mm (nearly 4-6in) of rain is expected this week in central Greece and western parts of Turkey”

    Why this matters
    The Guardian sets out the severe rainfall and flood warnings for Greece and Turkey, the subject of its headline, as a pure forecast of millimetres and places.
    The impression it gives
    A reader comes away thinking this heavy rain, which follows a tornado that killed four workers, is an ordinary weather pattern with no connection to a warming planet.
    The context
    Human-caused warming has made heavy rainfall more frequent and more intense. The article never uses the word climate or warming anywhere, though the deaths it reports elsewhere show these are harmful events.

    How we know

    • On the recordThat warming has made hot extremes, heavy rainfall, agricultural and ecological drought, fire weather and intense tropical cyclones more frequent or more severe.ipcc.ch (opens in a new tab)
    • Elsewhere in the article“resulted in the deaths of four construction workers”
    • Checked against the whole articleIt never uses the words “climate” and “warming”.

    Show it in the article

    “the severe storm has prompted mass evacuations of more than 180,000 people”

    Why this matters
    The Guardian reports that Cyclone Arnab drove more than 180,000 people from their homes, and leaves the storm's strength unexplained.
    The impression it gives
    A reader takes the cyclone and its mass evacuations as a natural event of the season, with nothing about why such storms are hitting harder.
    The context
    Warming has made intense tropical cyclones more frequent. The same report also lists a super typhoon and notes the Mariana Islands have been battered by four super typhoons this year, yet never once says warming loads the dice.

    How we know

    • On the recordThat warming has made hot extremes, heavy rainfall, agricultural and ecological drought, fire weather and intense tropical cyclones more frequent or more severe.ipcc.ch (opens in a new tab)
    • Elsewhere in the article“have already been battered by four super typhoons this year alone”

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