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Returns anomalous weather conditions (breaking news) across the world or specified countries in the very recent past (observations) or immediate future (forecast). <br><b>When to use:</b> First call when looking for current or upcoming notable weather events globally or by country. <br><b>Date format:</b> No date params — always returns the most recent ~3 days of observations (breaking_type=obs) or next 7 days of forecast (breaking_type=forecast). <br><b>Performance:</b> Fast — retrieves precomputed anomaly snapshots. <br><b>Prerequisites:</b> Use /countries to get country IDs for filtering. <br><b>Investigate:</b> Start here for any 'what's happening right now?' or 'what's forecast this week?' query; follow up with /anom or /dailycomp for per-location detail. <br><b>Augment:</b> Primary source for identifying breaking weather news stories globally; use ctryid to narrow scope by country. Returns: anomalies, anomaly.locid, anomaly.name, anomaly.city, anomaly.country, anomaly.lat, anomaly.lon, anomaly.geohash, anomaly.elevation, anomaly.obs_start, anomaly.obs_end, anomaly.obs_dur, anomaly.pt, anomaly.anomalies, outlier.obsm, outlier.comps, comp.obsm_f, comp.oq, comp.bq, comp.scope, comp.val, comp.bval, comp.min, comp.max, comp.med, comp.mean, comp.std, comp.min_dt, comp.max_dt, comp.intensity, comp.intensity_f, comp.rp, comp.summary, comp.period, comp.base_N, comp.N, comp.ut, comp.start, comp.end.