23rd April - Today's News: More Wildfires After UK's Warmest Easter

Well, it was the UK's hottest Easter Monday on record - but that's partly because it was quite late this year.  You can't really compare when the date varies by several weeks each year!   Unfortunately though, a busy weekend for the fire service with  Devon fire crews tackling twelve fires on Dartmoor  whilst in Snowdonia, Blaenau Ffestiniog mountain fire: About 20 homes evacuated, in Northern Ireland, the Mournes wildfire: Police treat blaze as suspicious, dramatic pictures from Yorkshire blaze that has destroyed more than 700 acres of moorland after being started by a barbecue and in Scotland a major wildfire threatens Moray wind farm. Many of these will have been started by arrogant and ignorant "wild" campers and picnic-ers who persist in ignoring warnings.

Meanwhile, in Siberia, there's a state of emergency after dozens of houses destroyed in fearsome wildfires in TransBaikal region and more wildfires rage in Sweden after Easter heatwave

However, different weather elsewhere as Easter floods tear through Spain’s Costa Blanca whilst gale force winds, rain and storms sweep Italy over Easter holiday

Quebec flooding forces evacuation of more than 2,500 homes with New Brunswick, Ontario also dealing with water issues from spring thaw, rain fallout

Vietnam swelters with its highest temperature ever recorded

Flooding hits northern Argentina

Colombia landslide: 11 more bodies found in Rosas

Philippines earthquake: Eight deaths reported on Luzon

In Israel, Mount Hermon sees first Passover snowfall in 22 years

And there's no water, but NASA's Cassini reveals surprises with Titan's lakes