WHAT has happened to our weather? Glorious sunshine one moment; belting rain and hail the next. In Haxby and Wigginton, local roads briefly resembled rivers after one squall yesterday.
In Filey, meanwhile, dozens of people were evacuated from their homes following flash floods.
It's not just the UK that is suffering. Greenland is in danger of living up to its name, as the snow and ice recedes. Yet snow has fallen in Buenos Aires for the first time in nearly 90 years - and Hawaii is suffering from a drought.
Southern Europeans are missing out on this interestingly chaotic weather. Scorching sun has been the order of the day there. But don't be jealous. Variety is the spice of life, they say. We bet they'd rather be here with us, enjoying the vagaries of the British weather. Sunbathing is so boring...
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