8th December - Today's News: Snow Showers Follow Storm Caroline

First decent snow shower in years here in Evesham this morning - and a chance of quite a bit more to come over the next few days as snow, ice bring disruption after Storm Caroline

But nothing we get is likely to be quite this severe:  Alaska just reported one of the most extreme snowfall rates on record: 10 inches per hour

And even more unusually it's snowing in south Texas! Yes, you read that right

In the ongoing California wildfires: Nearly 200,000 flee amid new blaze

In NZ, baking-hot Christchurch could break dryness records 

French bishop issues call for three days of prayers... for rain

Extreme weather system Aina batters Norway

South African heatwave brings record-setting temperatures across WC

Birth of a storm in the Arabian Sea validates climate model

And a slightly off-topic but interesting piece on what geomythology can tell us about the Loch Ness monster and other folk tales