Top Stories BBC News Apples and pears shaping up to enjoy strong harvest UK fruit growers could enjoy a much improved harvest of apples and pears this season, after last year's growing season was a washout, data suggests. | Environmental ... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) Apples Fruit Photos Weather Wikipedia: Apple The Independent Oklahoma tornado latest: Obama pledges support for 'as long as it takes' to rebuild the ... President Barack Obama has said that authorities will work "as long as it takes" to deal with the devastation delivered by the massive hurricane that hit a heavily popula... (photo: Creative Commons / Chris Spannagle) Obama Oklahoma Photos Tornado Wikipedia: Oklahoma tornado outbreak The Examiner It's Extreme Heat Awareness Week! Most of us don't need to be reminded about how easy it is to dehydrate in the desert. Every year, however, some unfortunate visitor is featured on the news as he or she i... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Desert Photos US Weather Wikipedia: Heat The Dallas Morning News 91 dead in Oklahoma tornado include at least 20 children; toll expected to rise A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a ... (photo: AP / Sue Ogrocki) Disaster Photos Tornado US Wikipedia: May 1820, 2013 tornado outbreak The Wichita Eagle Trees and power lines fall as storm blows into Kansas City As residents in Wichita and parts of Central Kansas were hit with strong winds, hail and heavy rain Sunday evening, local meteorologists told people in the Kansas City ar... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) Kansas Photos Storm Tree Wikipedia: Storm The Guardian Science promises strawberry fields forever UK growers adopt specialist computer forecasting system to help improve yields of crops whatever the weather | Strawberry pickers at Kelsey Farm in Wickhambreaux, Canterb... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) Farmers Photos Science Strawberry Wikipedia: Strawberry The State Hurricanes' Staal has MCL sprain Carolina Hurricanes captain Eric Staal has been diagnosed with a third-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee, the team announced Saturday. | T... (photo: Creative Commons / Douglas Family) Ice Hockey Photos Sport Star Wikipedia: Eric Staal The Daily Telegraph Bumper crop of apples because of cold spring There could be a bright side to the cold spring: a bumper crop of apples. | The cold spring should mean a bumper crop of apples this year. Photo: ALAMY | By Louise G... (photo: WN / Marzena J.) Climate Environment Photos Spring