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Yesterday was the h ottest May day on record in UK as temperatures pass 34C - and also the hottest bank holiday on record - whilst Wales and the Channel Islands also broke their May record and  Ireland sees new May high of 28.8C And today it's already widely 26-27c across much of southern Britain - from Cornwall to Norfolk - at 9am ......   Likely yesterday's record will fall later ...... Meanwhile,  Europe sizzles under 'heat dome' as France logs hottest May day on record In Scotland, f irefighters tackle grass fire near Arthur's Seat through the night Scorching days, restless nights: Heatwave tightens grip across parts of India Why Michigan is emerging as one of America’s worst-hit climate states The USA's  wildfire season is off to a historic start and it could get worse Record May heat wave grips Northeast cities And dust storms:  deadly fungal storms are now sweeping the US – and spreading a disease few doctors recognise      

After a fairly cool May, everything has changed and we're now at the start of with is very likely to be record breaking heatwave with highs of 33°C forecast this weekend  and already 28.4c recorded in several places as h ot weather to intensify in UK over bank holiday weekend .   Cool, wet and windy in the Highlands though .... Meanwhile,  England must harvest rainfall and take action on water usage, Lords warn  whilst the Welsh Govt are told to expect  'disease-carrying mosquitoes and heat deaths if temperatures soar'  and the  UK should set maximum working temperature rules, advisers say Last year's Dava Moor fire: s cientists say four-day moorland blaze was UK's first megafire ‘Exceptionally high’ temperatures to hit parts of Europe this weekend. Which city can cope the best? Heavy rainfall, thunderstorms bring flooded roadways, downed trees in New York City Rescue workers swim through buildings to reach trapped residents as heavy rains kill 24...

At least 10 dead as huge floods sweep southern and central China  after record rainfall hits parts of China amid severe downpours Stranded school students rescued from national park as deluge drenches Gold Coast South Korea's unusually early heat wave expected to retreat nationwide due to heavy rainfall Iraq records over 800 suffocation cases amid dust storm  Duststorms and lightning kill at least 96 people in northern India And another  warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows    

The world's worst start to wildfire season raises alarm as El Niño threatens South Africa declares natural disaster as flooding kills at least 10 At least 96 dead as freak summer hailstorm and heavy rains strike northern India Scientists say a critical Atlantic ocean current is weakening and the world could feel the impact Scientists discover the strange way CO2 cools part of Earth’s atmosphere    

It’s May and Colorado is covered in snow. Locals are loving it   EF3 tornado damages hundreds of homes, injures 17 in Mississippi Giant waterspouts soar into skies above Spanish holiday coasts as roads turn to rivers and flood alerts issued  The Kremlin fiddles while Tuapse burns A colossal and rare roll cloud astonishes beachgoers in São Lourenço, Brazil Why is a record heatwave sweeping South Asia? A  ‘triple whammy of climate chaos’: Why Antarctica's sea ice collapse is no longer a mystery As  El Niño looms: Near-record sea temperatures in April raise fears of more global heat The Arctic is on fire - and no, it’s not normal Clean air, thinner clouds? A century-old pollution puzzle And clouds in cuckoo land: Frank McNally on the meteorological ‘scaraveens’ of May  

More than 300 mm (11.8 inches) of rain triggers flooding, evacuations, and dam overflow in South Africa Cold blast in Victoria brings snow to alpine peaks a month out from ski season opening Floods and landslides kill at least 18 in Kenya At least six dead in heavy rains in northeast Brazil, thousands displaced Poland ramps up response to huge wildfire as blaze burns through 500 hectares of forest Greenland ice melt has surged sixfold and scientists are alarmed Massive Alaska megatsunami was second largest ever recorded Snow in Shetland after UK's coldest May night in five years - the official min was actually -6.8c at Tomintoul Why is NI facing a growing threat from wildfires? Big cities receive more drizzle than their surrounding areas Global forest loss slows but El Niño fires could threaten progress