[Andy Mayhew]

Britain & Ireland:

Two hurt as lightning hits flats in Belmont, Hereford

Snow in mid-May as forecasters warn of possible summer washout

Wild spring weather baffles bugs

UK peatlands in degraded state, UN and Wetlands International warn

Should we be worried about the weather?

Thames Water relaxes hosepipe ban for gardening firms


Europe:

Snow hits Bosnian capital

British tourist, 78, collapses and dies in 40c heat during guided walk in Grand Canaria

Deadly northern Italy earthquake hits heritage sites


North America:

Arizona wildfires: early start to season stokes fears across south-western US

Aletta forms as first storm in Eastern Pacific, NHC says

Statistical analysis projects future temperatures for North America

Hundreds flee raging wildfires in Colo., Ariz

Colorado wildfire grows amid erratic gusts

Summer forecast sparks concern over fires, water shortages

Southwest's modern megafires are truely unusual

Alaska glacier's stunning retreat spied from space

Wildfires threaten more US towns

Tropical Storm Alberto weakens off SC shore

What caused the mystery of the 'Dark Day'?


Australasia:

'Mini tornado' damages several homes

First snow of 2012 at Mt Ruapehu

Sydney's driest start to May in 130 years

Ocean temperature made Queensland floods worse

1,000 years of climate data confirms Australia's warming

Rain just a trickle in driest May since 1859

Submarine volcano grows at record rate


Polar Regions:

Arctic sea ice: claims it has recovered miss the big picture

Arctic melt releasing ancient methane


Rest of the World:

Heavy rain covers Thailand

Volcano puts on a spectacular lightning show

Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts


Other General & Climate News:

Lightning brings seismic surprise

Nearly one tenth of hemisphere's mammals unlikely to outrun climate change

Sulfur finding may hold key to Gaia theory of Earth as living organism

Humanmade pollutants may be driving Earth's tropical belt expansion

Have scientists finally found fragments of the meteorite which set off the mysterious 1908 Tunguska catastrophe?

Climate scientists say they have solved the puzzle of the rising sea

Pollution teams with thunderclouds to warm atmosphere

Millions witness Pacific 'ring of fire' eclipse