4th June - Today's News: Torrential Rain Floods Istanbul

Rain inundates Istanbul, with 10 surreal images of Istanbul showered by rain

S China downpours cause casualties, economic losses

Flood in Siberia subsiding

Baseball-sized hail hits Nebraska

The Daily Express appear to have teamed up with the Syfy Channel (who brought us Sharknado) this week, warning in the most over-the-top dramatic tones possible of  a SHOCK WEATHER FORECAST: the worst hailstorms in 170 years to hit Britain this weekend .....

..... in reality it does look like we'll have a thundery plume over parts of the country and there's a risk of some biggish thunderstorms which may produce the odd tornado or some big hail - maybe marble sized - though it's too early to say for sure or, indeed, where may be worst affected.  Many places will see nothing (including, of course, Evesham ..... ) and there's no indication any storms will be any worse that the sort we see under similar conditions every single year.

And astronomers discover two new worlds orbiting ancient star next door: One may be warm enough to have liquid water