[Andy Mayhew]

Britain & Ireland:

Avalanche services images record changing winter weather

Waterspout off north Devon coast

How the weather in Africa can change conditions above Shetland


North America:

Snow snarls Reno traffic as record dry spell ends

Schools closed, flights cancelled

Twin winter storms slam Pacific Northwest

Tornadoes strike Mississippi, Indiana and Kentucky

Lack of snow turns Yosemite National Park into a very different place

Snow-buried towns dig out from massive pile-up in Alaska's Prince William Sound

Snow wasn't bad enough? Now Oregon is battling floods

Falling tree kills ATV rider in WA ice storm

Northwest hopes for reprieve from powerful storm.

Extreme and wacky weather continues as record lows hit parts of Canada

US saw records for extreme weather in 2011

Scientists make progress in assessing tornado seasons

Snow cripples commute, cancels flights and moves on

After NW storm, outages and flood concerns abound

New York hit by snowstorm as wintry weather sweeps across the Northeast

Tornadoes strike Arkansas as storms menace south

US weather radar network gets upgrade


Australasia:

Twister clouds, hail, snow and rain hit South

Flood warning as Queensland coast cops drenching

Victoria, blistering heat set to burn up the state, tennis

Thunderstorm strike's city's south

Storm buffets north west town

Storms spark fires across Victoria, NSW


Polar Regions:

Arctic Ocean may be approaching 'tipping point'


Rest of the World:

Afghan snowfall: 16 dead in Badakhstan Province

Bangalore weather: Shivering? Blame it on cold wave in the North

Tropical Storm Dando hits Mozambique

Ash closes Argentina airport days after its re-opening

Drought emergency in central Argentina and Paraguay

In SA, heatwave claims labourers, 5 in hospital

Record snow fall in Japan

Snowstorm 'unusual sight' in Algeria

Mozambique and SA's Kruger Park hit by deadly floods

Cycle of unusual cold weather descends on northern region of Viet Nam

India: New study blames current cold weather in the capital on pollution

Cold snap sweeps across the UAE

Namibian floods close 64 schools

New Year firework frenzy to send Beijing pollution readings rocketing


Other General & Climate News:

Cold winters caused by warmer summers

Data from end of last Ice Age confirm effects of climate change in oceans

Light pollution: is there a solution?

World not quite as hot in 2011; ranks 11th warmest

NASA finds 2011 ninth-warmest year on record

NASA sees repeating La Nina hitting its peak

NASA 'climate change' test chamber to simulate Venus' toxic conditions

Oceans have acidified more in the last 200 years than they did in the previous 21,000

Climate scientists back call for sceptic thinktank to reveal backers.