16th July 2013 - Torrential Rain, Floods, Landslides in Korean Peninusular

Torrential rain hts Korean peninisular resulting in Two killed, hundreds homeless in North Korea floods while torrential rain storms in South Korea lead to flooding and landslides

Lots of pictures in the Daily Mail showing London's landmarks suffer in the heatwave as temperatures are set to soar into the 90s - it was close again yesterday with 30.9c at Heathrow.   However we're not yet as warm as last summer when it reached 32.4c at Cavendish in Suffolk (media take note!).

And even hotter conditions across the Pond where blistering heatwave to bake US north-east for rest of the week

But a  poor summer for Iceland, with continuing  rain throughout July and there's been July snow in Lapland

Tornadoes, rain hit parts of Saskatchewan

Nearly 300 dead or missing in China rain, typhoon

Scientists outline long-term sea-level rise in response to warming of planet

High carbon dioxide spurs wetlands to absorb more carbon

Heart of space weather observed in action