Photo: Triple Threat of Storms Bears Down on Drenched UK

More storms are headed for the UK this week, where record winter rainfall has led to an ongoing flood crisis. The satellite image from NASA shows the triple play of severe storms spinning one after the other from near Iceland to the northwest of Ireland.

While these storms look ferocious — and they surely are to passing ships — they won't directly strike the UK. Instead, new storms forming along their periphery will cause heavy rainfall, battering waves and winds of up to 90 mph in parts of England and Ireland on Wednesday and Friday of this week. This is unwelcome news to the British government, which has struggled to coordinate an effective response to the flooding, which is creeping closer to London. Read more...