11th April - Today's News: Severe Storm Strikes Auckland

In NZ, a big autumn storm results in  more than 79,000 Auckland homes without power, some may be cut off for days whilst the roof torn off family's holiday home after tornado in National Park village

Australian energy and fire authorities monitoring weather as SA heatwave continues whilst record-breaking heatwave settles in over Sydney

There's currently enough snow in Scottish mountains for 'skiing into May'

In Germany more storms to hit NRW after heavy rains flood streets and basements

More than 50 dead geese fall from the sky in Idaho after being struck by lightning as they flew in flock

After a relatively small earthquake in central Italy: Traffic disruption, schools closed, damage to buildings

1 dead, 5 missing after landslide in Oita Prefecture in Japan

Melting of Arctic mountain glaciers unprecedented in the past 400 years - though to be fair, before that was the Little Ice Age.  

Will others follow suit?  Iceland supermarkets to ban palm oil in own-brand products.   Deforestation for palm oil and soya production is a major cause of climate change, environmental vandalism on an unprecedented scale, and a leading cause of deadly floods and landslides.  And Waitrose to stop using disposable coffee cups.  Come on evryone else, you know it makes sense.  Every little helps!

But less good news as plastic pollution likely killed whale found with nearly 30kg of rubbish in its stomach

Earth's magnetic ocean tides mapped from space

And, of course, there is no NASA 'Cloud Machine' - here's the real explanation of that viral video that some chemtrail nutters keep misinterpreting