15th May - Today's News: Spanish Heatwave: Record European Temperatures for May

Record May temperatures for Spain as the all-time May heat record for Europe falls for the 2nd time this month.   It only reached 9.9c in my garden yesterday - rather cold for May!

German hailstorm causes injuries

Spring storm brings thunder, lightning to southern California

Two days of torrential rain brings flooding nightmare in Houston area

In NZ, vicious twister leaves Mount Maunganui school 'absolutely heartbroken' whilst torrential rain not over for Wellington

Not exactly weather: Its raining spiders in NSW

Pacific typhoon heads towards northern Guam

Met Office awarded for its work overseas

New study shows Antarctic ice shelf is thinning from above and below

The MetO explain El Nino and its impact on global weather - note, no suggestion it has much affect on British weather, let alone causes cold winters!

And astronomers map weather on six distant planets