27th July - Today's News: Coast to Coast Heatwaves and Record Rainfall in USA

In the USA, deadly heat wave shatters records in Northeast whilst another grueling heatwave sears Pacific north-west as Portland could top 102F

St. Louis' 100-year flood turns deadly: One person is dead after becoming trapped in their car as rainfall record is smashed after eight inches falls overnight

'Mothership' storm cell is captured hovering over North Dakota as the state is hit with series 'golf ball sized' hail

Apparently it's been the driest start to year in England since 1976 - though locally, whilst July has been quite dry (about 30% of ave so far), total rainfall for the year is not much below normal and we've certainly had much drier years recently.   Meanwhile, UK cities warned of wildfire risk as extremely hot, dry, weather becomes more frequent.

Czech forest fire smoke drifts across country

‘Zoe’ becomes the world’s first named heat wave - declared by Seville in Spain this week

Flash floods kill over 300 in Pakistan as more monsoon rain is forecast

Bihar: Lightning strikes kill 20 in Indian state

At least four dead and dozens injured after 7.0-magnitude earthquake triggers landslides in the northern Philippines

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