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Trocaire has asked the people of Mayo to help deliver food and water to more than 10 million people suffering the effects of drought in east Africa. The organisation has launched an emergency appeal to tackle a drought crisis in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia.

New research initiated by teams at NUI Galway and the University of Helsinki has revealed that the true rate of global warming caused by greenhouse gases has been masked by the cooling effects of tiny airborne particles. According to the research these atmospheric aerosols — also known as particulate matter — form reflective haze and cloud layers which lead to an aerosol cooling effect. However new technologies and stricter environmental controls will see that effect reduced in the years ahead.

An avid Galway weather watcher has made headlines this week after spotting and photographing a funnel cloud in Ardrahan on Tuesday evening.

Wintry showers are expected once again in the west over the weekend.

As the snow and freezing conditions took a grip of the county once again over the past week, schools around the county fell victim to the conditions and were forced to close their doors to students.

Met Eireann has issued a severe weather alert for the entire country starting from this morning [Friday] and running into next week, with ice forecast for day and night and extensive snow.

Heavy rainfall earlier this week sparked fears of a repeat of the problems associated with last winter’s serious flooding, resulting in renewed calls for the council to take immediate steps to ensure homes are secured and the public prepared for whatever the coming winter brings.

Only a quarter of the normal monthly rainfall fell in Mayo in June, making it the driest June in half a century.

Galway farmer Tom Callaghy will probably never leave home without his wellies again after the rain-friendly footwear saved his life when he was struck by lightning during an electrical storm.