17th July - Today's News: Norwegians Baffled by Unusual Torrential Downpour
Australia wakes to a wintery blanket of the white stuff as record cold snap brings European-style winter to three states - it's years since I have seen snow like that! Unfortunately, David Viner's off the cuff remark about snow being a "a very rare and exciting event" has proved all too true in this part of Britain.
Heavy rain and thunder too is becoming a very rare thing, with just two occasions on which distant rumbles have been heard in Evesham since July last year (which to be fair did produce some proper storms!) and I have certainly not seen any lightning in the past 12 months. But elsewhere heavy rain forces play to be suspended in The Open at St Andrews after lightning and 50mph winds hit Britain - with parts of England seeing spectatular lightning displays for the second time in just a week ....
Heavy rain and thunder too is becoming a very rare thing, with just two occasions on which distant rumbles have been heard in Evesham since July last year (which to be fair did produce some proper storms!) and I have certainly not seen any lightning in the past 12 months. But elsewhere heavy rain forces play to be suspended in The Open at St Andrews after lightning and 50mph winds hit Britain - with parts of England seeing spectatular lightning displays for the second time in just a week ....
And some pictures from the US as amazing time lapse photos capture storm clouds gathering over the Grand Canyon before incredible lightning bolts strike and the stunning highlight reel of thrill-seeking photographer's 70,000 shots of tornadoes, lightning and starry skies
Stressed cows given showers as Italy swelters in its worst heatwave in 10 years whilst Swiss heatwave causes variety of problems. Figures show recent heatwave killed 700 people in France earlier this month whilst the July heatwave caused 447 extra deaths in the UK.
In South America, sustained rains flood Guyana's coastal capital, other low-lying areas
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