10th October - Today's News: India and Japan Brace for Tropical Storms

Odisha braces for cyclonic storm Hudhud, deploys rescue teams, orders evacuation from vulnerable places

 whilst Japan braces for strongest storm this year

Two impressive videos (for the UK) as tornado forms in front of motorists on M53 whilst a second terrifying tornado video shows twister just metres away from motorist in Cumbria

Extreme weather lashes southern France again whilst in Italy there is one man dead in Genoa flooding

2014 on target to be the warmest year in three centuries in the Netherlands - with October so far close to average in Britain it remains to be seen whether we too may see our warmest ever year.

US weather forecaster says El Nino favored to begin in 1-2 months

Climate change alters the ecological impacts of seasons

A new fusion reactor concept could be cheaper than coal

And finally, it seems we're in for another very severe cold and snowy winter just like last year with winter 2014 to be 'coldest for century' Britain faces Arctic freeze in just weeks.   Oh, wait, we didn't quite get 100 days of snow last winter, did we.  Actually, we had, er, none ....   Still, good for a laugh?   A more sober report from the Derby Telegraph points out the hazards of long-term forecasts.