While the UK and Ireland have been benefitting from the higher pressure bringing dry and settled weather, lower pressure has to go somewhere and in this case it's down through the central and southern Europe, particularly causing havoc in the Mediterranean. Italy has bore the brunt of many landslides and flooding

How does the week ahead look, here are five things you should know; 1- Staying mostly settled thanks to high pressure many places will continue dry and fair. 2- A brisk north to north-easterly wind at the start of the week along eastern and south-eastern English counties. (seen on Monday's pressure chart) 3-