11th November - Today's News: Cyclone Megh Hits Yemen

Cyclone Megh makes landfall in Yemen, kills 14 on island of Socotra

Storm Abigail:  First of Met Office's names storms to batter Scotland, well the far north and west of 

Scotland ....  Ironically far more people will be affected by heavy rain and strong winds - gales in the south even - over the weekend as the remnants of Hurricane Kate get swept up by the jet stream.

And indeed, earlier, Hurricane Kate becomes fourth hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic season

In NI, more records fall during unseasonably warm November with Murlough recording both the warmest ever night and the highest date temperature (18.5c) yesterday

Reno, Nevada plastered by freak heavy snow event

How India, China and the US welcomed first autumn snow

Borneo burning: Satellite image reveals extent of thick smoke

Geophysics could slow Antarctic ice retreat

Not for the first time (I recall a similar story from some years ago) hidden ancient river network that once flowed through the Sahara is revealed by satellite images 

Growing Antarctic ice sheets almost dried out the ancient Mediterranean as sea levels fell 5.6 million years ago

And the 'most distant' Solar System object spied