BBCNEWS BBC News July 13, 2024
And 2019 saw the hottest month on record. In half an hour on bbc news weather world looks back at some of the most significant meteorological events of the year. At least 16 people have been killed by a typhoon in the philippines which has left a trail of devastation through the centre of the country. Wind gusts reached 200 kilometres an hour tearing roofs off houses and leaving tens of thousands of people stranded at ports. The storm has been following a similar track to typhoon haiyan in 2013, the most powerful to hit the area in decades. Catherine karelli reports. A far from peaceful christ...