When '70s fusion group Weather Report played the Montreux Festival in 1976, it was on the cusp of the wider popularity it would receive the following year with the release of its best-selling album ...

Forty-two years ago, an unusually cold winter storm dusted San Francisco in milk-white snow, creating a magical scene worthy of February postcards. Five inches of snow fell on the city's highest peaks ...

MICHIGAN - An icy coating on downed tree branches. Electric company workers tending to downed power lines. People with shovels chipping away at the ice, and others with chainsaws clearing the mess.

This week has seen all-time temperature records for the UK smashed as large parts of the country experience near 40C heat but, as always, comparisons have been drawn to the legendary 1976 heatwave. In ...

The heatwave that hit the UK in the summer of 1976 was one of the longest in living memory and triggered the most significant drought for at least the last 150 years. How does this year’s hot spell ...

We have a winter situation coming that only compares to two other winters. Let’s look at what those two winters brought Michigan. RELATED: Winter storm scenario: 1 reason why this La Niña could bring ...

RED hot temperatures had Scots in a sweat 42 years ago — with wild fires, water rationing and even melting roads. The summer of 1976 became famous for some of the worst droughts in history, triggered ...

According to the Met Office, temperatures in parts of the country breached 40C (104F) yesterday for the first time on record. The agency has issued it’s first-ever red warning for heat as well as a ...

Every time the temperatures rise over 30C, Brits cannot help but make comparisons to the legendary 1976 heatwave when the country saw 16 consecutive days of over 30C heat, causing melting tarmac and a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

RED hot temperatures had Scots in a sweat 42 years ago — with wild fires, water rationing and even melting roads. The summer of 1976 became famous for some of the worst droughts in history, triggered ...