The temperature in Verkhoyansk hit 38 degrees Celsius on Saturday, according to Pogoda i Klimat, a website that compiles Russian meteorological data.

A large chunk of Alberta, particularly in the south and central regions, were throttled by severe thunderstorm...

Calgarians are picking up the pieces after a massive storm brought tennis ball-sized hail and flooding to the city Saturday night. A number of community residential roads have also been impacted. Cars left abandoned on major roadways will be towed throughout the day.

High elevation areas in Colorado received June snowfall.

In Chukotka, floods flooded the runways in the villages of Vaegi and Markovo, and in the latter 24 homes.

The great flood has come to Finnmark. Since Sunday evening, several homes have been evacuated and a primary school in Alta has been closed. On Monday morning, the E6 stretch of Lakselv-Karasjok was also closed.

After the thunderstorms that moved through Southcentral Sunday evening, Anchorage broke a new record…the most consecutive days with a thunderstorm: three.

Train service between Hämeenlinna and Toijala was halted by a fallen tree, while some 13,000 households lost power.

"We have not seen this on a wide-spread occasion in a number of years. They are nesting in sea weed, and making it troublesome to go to the beach." Jacob Martin

Last weekend, the only railway bridge connecting the Kola Arctic with the mainland collapsed. The waters of the Kola River moved the support, then two spans collapsed.

Massive landslides triggered by heavy rain blocked the Imphal-Jiribam stretch of the national highway (NH) 37 in Manipur on Wednesday, police said.

At 97 degrees, Tuesday was the hottest day of the year in Santa Rosa, breaking the 1974 record high for May 26.

A small tornado that touched down on Vancouver Island Thursday afternoon was recorded on one resident’s front door camera.

After 100 highs, Utqiagvik marks record low temperature

The stormy wind at 30 metres per second rose in Chita in the afternoon on Wednesday 13 May.

Fairbanks' May 10 temperature was two degrees below the daily record, while snow melt from an above-normal year is flooding Interior rivers.

Ketchikan became the first city in Alaska to hit 80 degrees this year on Saturday, as three other cities in Southeast Alaska also set temperature records.

There is concern in the reindeer industry for the prolonged winter cold in the far north – unless the heat comes soon, this year's calves risk dying.

Mother's Day will bring Arctic blasts, wintry conditions and records low temperatures for two-thirds of the US.

The heat spiked up to 108 degrees in Palm Springs, the National Weather Service said.