16th May - Today's News: Deaths as Worst Floods in 120 Years Hit Bosnia & Serbia

At least five dead as worst floods in 120 years hit Serbia, Bosnia whilst  Bosnia deploys army to rescue flood victims and deluge in Serbia threatens Obrenovac.  Meanwhile, village in south experiences tornado, hailstorm, then snow on Wednesday.

Also, torrential rains lash eastern Austria

Here, we're apparently set for the hottest May on record ........ well yes.  And I'm a pink kangaroo who just won £10m on the lottery.   Needless to say it's Nathan Rao again.   But it is rather warm and sunny at the moment and likely to stay so across most of England and Wales until Monday, whereupon it looks like we'll get some heavy, slow moving showers for a few days,  Has Piers forecast thunderfloods I wonder?

In Germany: whole family hit by lightning

California wildfire 'flare-up' forces new evacuations - and another 'fire tornado' filmed as well.   Meanwhile, all of Calif. in severe drought for 1st time this century.   And in another example of human activity having a detrimental effect on the environment: California mountains rise as groundwater depleted in state's Central Valley: may trigger small earthquakes
Trees snapped, roofs torn off in Ontario's first tornado of 2014

Solar wind 'triggers lightning on Earth'

NASA says Jupiter's Great Red Spot is getting smaller - well no-one expected the storm to last forever ....

And incredible images show what America's most famous coastal landmarks would look like is sea levels rose by just 12 feet - you could go swimming off the Jefferson Memorial!