UN’s weather agency: 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot

A person jogging on a path amongst dead grass in Victoria Park, east London, in August 2022 (PA)

The weather around the world last year was as bad as it seemed, according to World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) analysis.

Deadly floods, droughts and heatwaves struck around the globe, costing billions of pounds, the United Nations’ climate agency said in a report on Friday.