17th June - Today's News: More Flash Flooding in Britain

On Wednesday, Birmingham floods: Parts of the Bullring and Mailbox closed and after it rained virtually all day there yesterday, flash flooding traps motorists in their cars.  There was more flash flooding in other parts of the country too with drivers stranded by flash floods in Wigan for example.  Here, we had nothing until a bit of light rain late in the evening ....

And it's not just us getting wet:

Floods leave many dead in southern Ghana

Whilst 'Plum Rains' bring further flooding to southern China

In western Canada, flooding rains prompt state of emergency in northeast B.C.

A man killed in severe storms in Midwest, South; tens of thousands lose power

And it just snowed in Hawaii. In June. 

Tourists trapped after dusty outback Australia is drenched in rare downpour ahead of wild weekend weather.  And as the east coast braces for another wet weekend, eastern Australian flood events: a 'significant' rise in frequency, says study 

Tornado reported in vacation paradise – the Bahamas

See NASA’s Spectacular Image of a Dust Storm Blanketing the Red Sea as the Middle East worst hit by rise in sand and dust storms

Extreme cold kills five in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Dead Sea drying: A new low-point for Earth

Scientists have finally figured out what causes volcanic lightning 

And NOAA data confirms it was the hottest May in modern history: Earth breaks heat record for 13th month in a row