With the bank holiday weekend coming up, many of us start to think about heading to the sun. The Mediterranean maybe? Probably not the best place to go for the sunshine just at the moment, as there has been some very wet weather recently. Northeast Spain and southern France have born the brunt of this in the last day or so, with nearly a months worth of rain falling in cities like Gerona and Perpignan in just 18 hours (35 and 30mm respectively)

Maybe a better place to head would be central Europe. Here it is hot at the moment, with temperatures in Bosnia's city of Banja Luka reaching 25 Celsius (77 Fahrenheit) on Thursday, and a high of 24 Celsius in Salzburg, Austria. Both these temperatures are several degrees higher than the usual for this time of year.

This rain across the Mediterranean has been affecting the Italian Open Golf in Milan, too. Heavy overnight rain left parts of the Castello di Tolcinasco course under water on Thursday morning, disrupting the tournaments second round

Rain has also affected the golf in New Orleans, with a three and a half hour delay on Thursday.

Meanwhile three major roads in southeast New Mexico were closed on Thursday due to dust storms. These were also blamed for a spate of road accidents in the area.

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