21st April - Today's News: Deadly Floods, Landslides in Africa

Kenya floods: At least 22 missing after landslide.  This comes after heavy rains cause flash floods in western Kenya whilst in central Africa, the death toll from floods in eastern DRC climbs to 40

A central Queensland supercell storm's tennis ball-sized hail causes widespread damage to homes and property whilst Brisbane records hottest April day in 14 years

In the US, 1 killed by suspected tornado as storms rake South for second week in a row

After firefighters tackle large wildfire near Strathpeffer at the weekend, yesterday another wildfire breaks out on the deserted hills near Glasgow  . This is, of course, the peak of the UK wildfire season and it's been quite dry of late.  However, with less people in the hills there are fewer than we'd normally expect.

And a bizarre fireball spotted over Hull last night 'may have been a meteor from the annual Lyrid shower'.  Or, more likely, another aircraft contrail .....