27th April - Today's News: Tornados and Flood Warnings as Rain Continues in Drought-hit England

A surprisingly wet night and morning in Evesham, with rainfall totals now in excess of the monthly average - and a wet Sunday still to come with more rain and 60mph warning as poor weather continues for UK with some drought-hit areas of England told to prepare for flooding.  Looks likely to end up the wettest month here since August 2010: good news for local growers, although April deluge 'won't halt drought' - we still need a lot more across the country to replenish the deficit of the past 18 months.

But down under, after a couple of wet summers, it's official: Australia no longer in drought - for the first time in a decade.

We didn't get anything interesting here on Wednesday but elsewhere tornado rips roof off house in Rugby whilst another tornado rips through Essex farm

Colombian army has growing role in flood defence

Thanks to pollution, a 'warming hole' delayed climate change over eastern United States

World's glaciers 'out of balance' - but we knew that already (except for those who continue to deny it)

And something else which is no great surprise: warm ocean driving Antarctic ice loss

Japan sea sediments tell of past 'Tohoku quakes'

Wind pushes plastics deeper into ocean, driving trash estimates up: the ultimate legacy of the anthropocene may be bigger than we imagined.    A lot of this plastic will ultimately settle in sediments and be a clear marker of our presence in millions of years time.

And controversy in Australia where it's claimed TV show giving voice to climate sceptics is skewing evidence,      whilst arch anti-science disinformationist James Dellingpole counters that was still wholly unbalanced (because they had the audacity to feature scientists!) and says ABC: even worse than the BBC.    Seems that sometimes you just can't please anyone!