14th April - Today's News: London Goes a Week Without the Sun

London goes without a single hour of sunshine for a whole week for the first time in eight years

 but it's now turning warmer and sunny across southern Britain.  A heat wave next week!

Emergency warning issued as bushfire rips through Holsworthy military base outside Sydney, with residents now warned it's "too late" to leave ....

In the US, a massive storm system spawns tornado in Arkansas, blizzard in Plains

Snowfall patterns may provide clues to Greenland Ice Sheet

Volcano in Vanuatu spills heavy ash as acid rain falls from the sky – sparking evacuation fears for 11,000 residents

And the 100th meridian: East-west divide between moist and arid parts of U.S. may be shifting