Planes crossing through Spanish air space have been found to be the wettest in Europe.
Meteorologists and air traffic controllers have been measuring precipitation in the vicinity of planes in recent years, and have observed that most rain in Spai...
Selma and Cedric Seeward, a couple from Dorking, took a caravanning holiday to Truro. All was going well, if a bit wet, when the caravan park was hit by six inches of rain in one hour, bursting the banks of the local river.
"There was quite a lot of rain," said Selma. "Wasn't there Cedric?"
"There was quite a lot of rain," Cedric confirmed.
As the pair watched from the caravan window, the...
Torrential downpours across the country saw two months' rain fall in 24 hours yesterday.
And weather forecasters are warning that heavy showers will return by the end of the week.
The rain has caused chaos, with floods hitting various parts of...
After studying weather patterns and hosepipe ban data for the past thirty years, professor of homoeopathic meteorology, Derrick Huge, has discovered a correlation between hosepipe bans and subsequent heavy rain. Moreover, he believes he has an explan...
As Britain swelters under cloudless skies and glorious sunshine, Her Majesty the Queen is at the centre of a row over the timing of the heatwave.
Retail managers maybe rubbing their hands in delight as supermarkets and garage forecourts throng wit...
As England, Wales and Scotland were battered by wind and rain yesterday and today a weather expert warned that this could be the wettest drought on record.
Many water authorities in the south east of England have imposed hosepipe bans as local wat...
From London to Gainsborough, the south and east coasts of Britain have officially been labelled as Drought Stricken by the Met Office, after no rain fell there for three consecutive days.
"We had a bit of snow a fortnight ago," said met office spo...
Rock superstar Rod Stewart is the latest musician to find himself in the sites of a litigious music fan - and all because of recent torrential rain.
Rod, 66, shot to fame in the 1970's with solo hits like Maggie May and You Wear It Well and as the...
The Met Office has issued a warning of "heavy and persistent rain" across many parts of the country.
The alert covers south west Scotland, Lothian, the Scottish Borders, Central, Tayside, Fife and Strathclyde "and loads of other places - you just...
Torrential rain greeted the first people to reach Worthy Farm.
More than 130,000 people have already arrived on site at Worthy Farm, Pilton, and a further 7,000 are expected today. They face muddy conditions on the first day of Glastonbury and ha...
The Met Office officially cancelled summer 2011 this morning.
Met Office stalwart Rory Pisser said, "Yes, we know that we were extolling a Barbecue Summer only yesterday morning, but a lot can change in 24 hours, and change it has. Our updated for...
Philadelphia, PA - An unusual weather system, spanning coast to coast, is making people around the country very nervous. The Spring storm is bringing rain from California all the way to New York. It's a purple rain, and it's both very beautiful and...
A West London man was recovering with a cup of tea at his desk this afternoon after being shocked by a Spoof-writing colleague's foresight.
EIF News & Features stringer, Harry St Bede, was carrying out his normal duties at his office in the Gr...
Des Moines, IA - Insurance Salesman Walter Burns is under fire. Burns, an employee at National Insurance, was asked about the weather by a coworker. Burns looked out the window and reported what he saw.
"It was sunny. The sun was out," said Bur...
A bizarre series of unfortunate accidents have been plaguing sporting arenas across America. The accidents have resulted in two fatalities and a number of injuries.
In Los Angeles a two year old child fatally fell 50 feet from a luxury sky box in...
This is something to think about when negative people are doing their best to rain on your parade. Remember this story the next time someone who knows nothing and cares less tries to make your life miserable.
A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband.. She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who responded:
" Rome? Why would anyone want to...
With a bank holiday weekend looming, the Met Office is forecasting rain, a bit more rain, followed by thundery showers, prolonged spells of wet weather, and then more rain.
It will probably feel a bit colder than the seasonal average too.
And p...
The cry is being heard throughout the country - 'We want water!' The drought is giving everyone a headache.
'If we don't get something for our parched earth soon' a farmer in Norfolk told our Farming newshound 'our crops will be destroyed. It's a...