7th July - Today's News: More Floods, as Expected

With a final total of 19.2mm of rain here yesterday it was my wettest day since last August - though not an unusual figure for the time of year.   More rain expected today though (in fact, the first of today's heavy showers is falling as I type).   Heavier rain elsewhere bringing flood problems around the country:

Six rescued from North Yorkshire caravan park

Flooding in East Yorkshire sparks calls to fire service

Floods prompt M50 closure and Ross-on-Wye homes evacuated

Drivers rescued from standed vehicles in Staffordshire

In Wales, M50 closes and Gwynedd homes hit

30,000 fans asked to avoid Silverstone which is hosting the British F1 grand prix this weekend

And on Thursday, tourists and baby rescued from floods on Isle of Mull

But it's a tale of two climate as drought hits Western Isles

And just in time, real-time flood map goes online

So, are we drowning in rainy day blues?   Is wet weather bad for business?  Well, if so, we'd best get used to it because flooding across the UK set to stay for years to come.   Though likely we'll have more droughts as well as the weather becomes increasingly 'all or nothing'.   Personally, heavy rain is not as bad for business as a heatwave would be - though severe flooding like 2007 would be just as bad.   

Satellite photo shows scars left by raging Colorado wildfire

Moderating weather helps Western fire crews

Much of the US sizzles in record heatwave still, and sweltering heat topples 11 Ontario records as drought monitor shows record-breaking expanse of drought across United States

And breaking news this morning of Russian floods: dozens die in Krasnodar region

It's always worse somewhere else.

9pc of today's warming caused by pre-industrial people, study shows

And another sign of man's unintended impact on the world: seabirds study: 90 percent swallowed plastic.   And as I've often pointed out, fish also swallow plastic.   And we then eat the fish.   What goes around comes around ....