18th November - Today's News: Deadly Autumn Tornadoes Hit US Midwest

Deadly tornadoes hit US Midwest with the usual array of pictures from the Mail as death toll reaches six and one Illinois town is left totally destroyed after massive string of 60 twisters wreak havoc.  And in Canada, severe wind and rain storm leave thousands without power in Ontario

Meanwhile, in Australia, shoppers injured as 'mini-tornado' causes damage in Sydney's north whilst record rainfall drenches NSW and the misery will last for most of the week

In northern Sweden 30,000 without power as storm Hilde hits, the fury of 'Hilde' stuns central Norway  and in Finland, autumn storm Eino blows in, plunges over 200,000 homes into darkness (different names, same storm) with tens of thousands still without electricty today.

Floods kill many in central Vietnam after heavy rains

 

And here we're looking at 100 days of snow: Britain now facing worst winter in 60 years say forecasters ....... well, no and no and no.   Nathan Rao and his mates down the pub think that. The assumption is that the continuation of stories like this is at the behest of the multi-millionaire owner of the Express and Star, Richard Desmond, who it seems gets a sick kick out of terrifying the poor and elderly with false stories.  A very nasty man is Mr Desmond.   Please, urge everyone to boycott his pathetic publications!  (I know I post links, but perforce that's necessary to highlight the deceit and lies being broadcast to ordinary people who, understandably, don't know better.)    For the record, current indications are for a fairly average or even mild December and January, overall - though of course some cold and snowy spells can be expected.   How accurate such experiemental (but genuine) forecasts are remain to be seen - but crying wolf every week until finally  a wolf shows up, does not make your warnings worth shit.

That said, it looks like turning colder this week with the first air frosts of the autumn in Evesham (later than usual) and maybe even a dusting of snow over the Malverns (as unusual in November as finding beer in a pub).