20th May - Today's News: Melting Permafrost Floods "Doomsday" Vault

Had a surprise hail storm yesterday evening, which formed unexpectedly right over the town.  Not much rain though.  But elsewhere torrential downpours leaves vans submerged on a flooded road as Britain prepares for a wet weekend blighted by thundery showers.  Looking dry and quite warm next week though, and maybe some high temps and thunderstorms next weekend .... 

Winter Storm Valerie wreaks havoc in Rockies

As the US enters peak tornado season, expert reveals when and where they're most likely to occur - and how climate change could be causing patterns to shift

The vast Georgia wildfire sputters, stalls for days after rain 

Fish seem to rain from clouds at California elementary school

Europe on high flood alert as some countries face severe rain threat

Greece battles locust plague on Agios Efstratios island

Heatwave grips northern China

India's heatwave claims 167 lives in Telangana

Experts warn rising sea levels will double coastal flooding by 2050, and tropical regions will be hit worst - it doesn't take much of an increase in affect the frequency of flooding.  Especially when the land under large coastal cities (like London, for example) is sinking anyway as it dries out and from the weight of infrastructure above.

Planting trees cannot replace cutting carbon dioxide emissions

And the 'Doomsday' seed vault in the Arctic has flooded after soaring global temperatures caused permafrost to melt