Massive Western Heat Wave May Break June, All-Time Records This Weekend (FORECAST)

West Heat Wave Setup

Severe Flooding Hits France: At Least 4 Dead, More Flooding Expected

A sign that reads ‘Road Closed’ is placed to stop vehicles travelling along the flooded road which leads to the town of Vergeze, in Gard. (Photo: Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images)

California’s Drought Taking a Toll on Hydropower

Low water levels are visible in the Bidwell Marina at Lake Oroville on August 19, 2014, in Oroville, California. Lake Oroville is currently at 32 percent of its total 3,537,577 acre feet. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

September 2014 Breaks Global Heat Record

An outdoor thermometer registers 103 degrees as Duke Lewton, left, and Kyle Jukes pause to wipe sweat while installing a fiber optic cable in Omaha, Neb.   Associated Press

2014 On Track to Become Hottest Year Yet

Bitterly Cold Finish to February and Start to March

Great Lakes Ice Cover Is the Largest We’ve Seen This Century

MODIS satellite image of the Great Lakes on Feb. 7, 2014. Bright white in this image shows mainly clouds over the Great Lakes, however, you can see lake ice in southern and western Lake Michigan, southern Lake Superior, and far western Lake Erie. (UW-SSEC/Google Earth)

Arctic blast dropping temperatures in U.S. to lows not seen in years

Four homeless men warm themselves on a steam grate by the Federal Trade Commission, blocks from the Capitol, as frigid temperatures grip Washington on January 4.

Jerusalem braces for storm ‘three times worse’ than what has been seen so far

The Dome of the Rock is seen in the background in Jerusalem’s Old on a snowy winter day on Friday, December 13, 2013.     (Photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Municipality urging everyone to stay indoors as weather conditions worsen; electric corp. declares national state of emergency; tens of thousands left without power

Severe flood warnings issued in England as storm hits

A lorry overturned on Redheugh Bridge in Newcastle and landed on a car

Britain awaits worst storm in five years

Flooding in St Albans last week: the Met Office is predicting that 20-40mm of rain could fall overnight. Photograph: Craig Shepheard/Demotix/Corbis

Heavy rain and high winds expected to bring flooding and major disruption to transport across England and Wales from Sunday