22nd May - Today's News: Several Dead After Iowa Tornadoes

 Incredible footage shows destruction as deadly tornadoes rip through Iowa and kill multiple people whilst fierce storms leave 120,000 Texans without power for days

 But EF5 tornado ‘drought’ reaches 11 years, longest in history

'Screaming in agony': Passengers recall horror onboard flight to Singapore hit by extreme turbulence - and a warning that climate change is fuelling turbulence on some of our most common flight paths

Today sees amber warnings issued for heavy rain and flooding in parts of England and Wales as overnight heavy rainfall causes flooding in East of England - a particularly soggy day in store for many (but hot and sunny in the West Highlands!) as a new report shows how climate change drives increase in storm rainfall in Britain

Pub-goer rushes to save pint as 'mini tornado' whips through pub car park (actually a dust devil)

Monkeys ‘falling out of trees like apples’ in Mexico amid brutal heatwave

Video as a freak storm leaves Polish city blanketed in hail

Inside the dangerous rescue for Brazil flood victims - and how deforestation exacerbated deadly Brazil floods, say experts

At least 66 dead as new floods hit Afghanistan’s Faryab province

Delhi sizzles as temperatures cross 45C

Satellite data shows 'vigorous melting' at Antarctica's Thwaites 'Doomsday' Glacier

Record low Antarctic sea ice 'extremely unlikely' without climate change

Warming climate intensifies flash droughts worldwide

And homes evacuated in Italy after strongest quake in 40 years near supervolcano

 

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