Super typhoons and a soaking for Australia: weird weather explained

By Peter Hannam
Updated October 20 2016 - 2:08am, first published October 18 2016 - 3:59pm
Typhoon Haima is expected to reach category 5 strength by Wednesday. Photo: The Weather Channel
Typhoon Haima is expected to reach category 5 strength by Wednesday. Photo: The Weather Channel
Haitians, hard hit by Hurricane Matthew, await aid from a US helicopter earlier this month. Photo: Rebecca Blackwell
Haitians, hard hit by Hurricane Matthew, await aid from a US helicopter earlier this month. Photo: Rebecca Blackwell

As the Philippines braces for its second major typhoon in just five days, a Canadian glacier spawns a giant iceberg and eastern Australia mops up from a record wet spell, climate scientists can pick from a world of weird weather to highlight evidence of global warming under way.

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