[Andy Mayhew]

Britain & Ireland:

Kids flee as 'tornado' rips roof from Cumbrian nursery school

Snow and high winds hit parts of Scotland

Extra 20,000 tonnes of salt to treat Cumbria's roads

North east councils 'ready' for third harsh winter

Tornado tears up Templand

Read for winter' campaign launches

Heavy rain in Torquay closes seafront road

Weather warning as flooding hits Northern Ireland


Europe:

Elderly British couple swept to their death in Benidorm flash floods


North America:

Dust storm shrouds Texas city

Chicago battered by 60mph winds and 25 foot waves

NOAA winter outlook: drought to deepen in Texas; cold and stormy across northern US


Polar Regions:

Significant ozone hole remains over Antarctica


Rest of the World:

No let-up as Thai authorities battle against flood

Thailand floods: Bangkok braced as drainage begins

Flash flood in Myanmar leaves 'dozens missing'

Thailand floods: crisis to last 'six to four weeks'

Glaciers on China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau melting fast due to global warming

New tropical storm forming in rain-soaked Central America

Thailand floods: waters advance on north Bangkok area

Turkey earthquake: desperate search for survivors

217 confimed dead amid fears toll could rise to 1,000


Other General & Climate News:

Climate change 'grave' threat to security and health

Study points to cyclone 'clusters'

Global warming confirmed by 'independent' study

Climate change could trap hundreds of millions in disaster areas

Space weather forecasters get serious

New study shows no simultaneous warming of northern and southern hemispheres as a result of climate change for 20,000 years

Plate tectonics may control reversals in Earth's magnetic field