Storms, floods and sunshine: welcome to global warming

Unusual meteorological conditions led to the topsy-turvy weather at the weekend, which saw torrential storms in the North contrast with bright sunshine and high temperatures in the South.

A mass of very warm air from south of the Azores moved up over Britain late last week, bringing with it intense heat and humidity unusual for the UK in June. But on Sunday this was destabilised in the North by a cold front coming in from the Atlantic, and thunderstorms of an almost tropical intensity resulted.

The Independent