The weekend of April 27/ 28 was blessed with perfect weather for the demolition of the Queen Street Bridge: torrential rain to keep the demolition dust and small particles down - and to keep the general public away from a potentially dangerous situation.
Isn’t the British weather wonderful?
DM Deamer, Monkgate, York
New weather maps show the 400 mile heatwave hitting England with expert saying it will be late 20s to 30c
Thunderstorms and ‘intense downpours’ could lead to disruption across the county, according to the Met Office
Swathes of nuclear waste are set to be buried in the English countryside after ministers agreed to dig a 650ft pit starting this decade.
The UK is set to sizzle with rising temperatures as we head towards May and towards the sixth month of the year, June, and the first full month of summer proper.
Following last week's spectacular display, the northern lights could reappear in our skies again in the coming days.
This summer has a 35-per cent, 1.8 times the norm, chance of being hot, and a mere five per cent chance of being cool, according to the Met Office meteorologists and forecasters.
Met Office issue yellow warnings for thunderstorms in parts of UK
If you missed them last week the amazing show is back again in time for this weekend
A bear fell from a tree onto a tarp after it was tranquilized in Lakewood, Washington, on Wednesday, May 15, footage posted to Facebook shows.The Lakewood Police Department said that the black bear had been spotted “cruising the neighborhoods” in the area. They said that a local elementary school was put on lockdown while the bear roamed the area.This footage by Amy Mayster shows the bear falling from the tree onto a tarp being held open by officers with the Department of Fish and Wildlife. The bear is then seen being carried away in the tarp and placed in a cage to be transported away.The City of Lakewood Municipal Government confirmed that the bear was captured by officers with the Department of Fish and Wildlife.The bear was assumed to have started wandering around Lakewood while it was looking for food after having been “kicked out” by its mother, the Lakewood Municipal Government said, citing wildlife officials. Credit: Amy Mayster via Storyful
Outbreaks could come in the form of ' showers or spells of rain' by the end of the month
Reports from some forecasters, including WX Charts, which uses Met Desk data, show highs in the mid-twenties for 72 hours, kicking off on May 24.
The amber alert for parts of the UK was issued in the wake of a solar phenomenon which has seen flares emitted, giving Brits the chance to catch a glimpse of the extraordinary space event.
Some communities could be temporarily cut off by flooded roads, forecasters warn.
'This wouldn't be happening without climate change', said the head of the United States' Coral Reef Watch Program
Exceptional windstorms that could leave some Houston residents without power for weeks were a once-in-a-generation event and the damage left in their wake is comparable to that caused by a hurricane, meteorologists said Friday. “We believe this windstorm is the most significant windstorm likely for the Houston area since Hurricane Alicia back in 1983,” said Janice Maldonado, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service Houston/Galveston office. At least four people died after the storms barreled through Houston on Thursday.
A deadly and destructive complex of storms with hurricane-force wind gusts tore through Texas and downtown Houston Thursday. Here’s the latest.
A motoring expert has warned drivers not to park under trees this summer if they want to avoid a hefty fine.
The long-range forecast goes to the middle of June
Reduction in insect numbers contributes to drop, and there are declines across more than a third of bird species surveyed
A group has come together to rescue the River Deben in Suffolk from pollution and loss of wildlife and habitat
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