15th April - Today's News: 8 Dead in US Storms

In the US, the death toll from storms ripping across the South rises to eight, including three children

Iran suffers '$2bn in damages' as flood toll continues to rise with 76 now confirmed dead, and some 726 bridges destroyed

Firefighters spend second night at Ayrshire blaze above Loch Doon.  This is now the traditional UK wildfire season.  

And reported last week, here's the full paper on how recent summer warming in northwestern Canada exceeds the Holocene thermal maximum