[Andy Mayhew]

Britain & Ireland:

Anti-wind farm campaigners stage conference in Ayr

Chance of a shower? You decide as Met Office launches new style weather forecasts

Autumn could be warmest on record

Britain's hotter than Syria!


Europe:

Undersea volcano now just 70 meters from surface

Beaches shut amid concern over volcano gas

Hottest October on record


North America:

Incredible video shows tornadoes that raked Oklahoma 1 day after earthquakes rattled the state

Bermuda issues tropical storm warning as Sean approaches

Colorado cloud-seeding programme grow

Snow, hurricane-force winds batter Alaska

Huge Alaska storm passes region, leaves widespread damage

Alaskans weather epic Bering Sea storm


Australasia:

Roofs lost in 'tornado-like storm'

'Golf ball' hail thrashes Melbourne

Storm front strikes Victoria

Storm train chaos 'worst in a decade'

Sydney swelters with record night temperature highs

Massive storm hits Rotorua


Polar Regions:

Arctic sea ice 'to melt by 2015'.


Rest of the World:

Beijing in air pollution action

Pakistan facing 'unimaginable catastrophe' after second year of floods

Chile's volcano ash back forcing delays in air links to Chile

Sea change can forecast South America wildfires

Ten dead as second earthquake strikes Turkey

Iran runs cloud seeding over drying up Orumiyeh lake

Masirah Island witnesses heavy rain for hours

Snow covers Cape mountaintops


Other General & Climate News:

Wierd world of water gets a little wierder

World heading for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns

US government confirms link between earthquakes and hydraulic fracturing

European biofuels are as carbon intensive as petrol

How global warming could cause animals to shrink

Is climate scepticism a largely Anglo-Saxon phenomenon?

Air pollution linked to extreme weather