2007 'probably wettest summer'
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This summer is likely to prove the wettest since records began in 1914, the Met Office says.
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Forecasters predicted wet weather along the West Coast on Monday as a system spinning offshore moves ashore, while much of the eastern United States was expected to be sunny and clear.
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Depending on where you are, this is going to be a hotter, wetter, drier, windier, calmer, dirtier, buggier or hungrier century than mankind has seen in a while. In some places, it may be deadlier, too.
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Parts of England and Wales are likely to be hit by further heavy downpours following Friday's flooding.
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The slump, which has seen the median price of a home drop 1.7 percent, could last in into the summer of 2007, experts say.
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Rain fell in the city for a fourth consecutive day Sunday, assuring that 2007 would not go down as the driest year on record for the drought-stricken Atlanta area. The most arid year ever recorded for Atlanta was 1954, when only 31.80 inches of rain fell.
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MAN-MADE changes to the climate have at least doubled the chances of having a summer in Europe as scorching as that of 2003, according to British scientists.
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Human activity has raised the risk of more heat waves like last yearâs, which gave Europe probably its hottest summer since 1500, scientists said on Wednesday.
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After a fourth consecutive day of rain Sunday, 2007 barely missed becoming Atlanta's driest year on record. That dubious honor goes to 1954, when only 31.80 inches of rain fell
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By Steve Vantreese, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Jun. 24-- -- Not only is it stacking up to be a long, hot summer on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, it looks like it's going to be one in the big lakes.
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And what may be in store for the rest of 2007.
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Heat-stroke warnings could be issued in weather forecasts for the 2008 Olympic Games, the Xinhua news agency said, after the temperature in the capital soared to its highest May level in more than 50 years.
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IT'S PROBABLY TOO EARLY to call it a drought, but anyone with a vegetable garden, flower patch or lawn knows that we are in a significant dry period. As of Monday, Springfield was about 4 inches behind the amount of precipitation it would normally expect.
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One month old, 2007 has already witnessed some remarkable climate shifts
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The world was slightly warmer than  average in the first four months of this year, but 2007 may not  turn out to be the hottest on record, Britain&#39;s official  weather forecaster said on Tuesday.
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Breaking news in recent years has been swamped with stories of extreme weather -- flash floods in East Asia, prolonged drought in Africa, destructive hurricanes like Hurricane Katrina, heavy monsoon rainfall in South Asia, and an historic heat wave in Europe.
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By 2050 heatwaves like that of 2003, which killed 15,000 in Europe and pushed British temperatures above 38C (100F) for the first time, will seem &quot;unusually cool&quot;, the Hadley Centre for Climate Change says.