NBC reports that communities across the Midwest have been devastated by days of flooding, with more storms forecast to hit later in the week. Recovery efforts and evacuations are taking place amid an extreme heat wave, with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit predicted in some impacted areas. Over 220,000 people were left without power from the storms, according to PowerOutage.com.
Beryl is the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph with stronger gusts, according to a 5 p.m. EST update from the National Hurricane Center.
Bringing together branches of science that usually don’t talk in a new study, researchers predict for how long volcanoes in Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula will erupt.
You are incredibly unlikely to be attacked by a shark. But if you are that very rare person who is, here’s what to do when a shark goes after you.
Operation Helios hopes to ensure authorities have the right tools and knowledge to handle emergencies and support Londoners through extreme weather events.
HISTORICALLY, management of our rivers was conducted by local farmers and landowners through river management boards.
The Thames is England’s longest and most famous river but it is becoming known for something a lot less desirable – pollution. Data from the UK’s Environment Agency shows a mere 14% of rivers in England are fit for people and animals. Helen Glover is a two-time Olympic champion rower. The British athlete lives near the Thames and has trained on it for years, but not this year - she says it would be too much of a health risk to do so during her preparation for the Paris Olympics.
Labour’s £8.3bn bet on a state-owned energy company promises to cut costs for British taxpayers, but the numbers don’t add up.
The day after their CNN presidential debate, former President Donald Trump cited a wildly inaccurate figure about sea levels to mock President Joe Biden’s debate claim that “the only existential threat to humanity is climate change.”
Exclusive: Wizz Air passengers from Sicily finally fly home on third day, as other travellers face 12-hour delays
A British battery company has developed an electric car that can be charged in just five minutes, in a step towards solving the lengthy plug-in times that frustrate EV drivers.
A 13-year-old beachgoer died after being struck by lightning in northern Greece during a sudden summer rainstorm Friday, authorities said. A local official said the Greek girl had been swimming with her parents at Faros beach, near Poseidi in Halkidiki, a resort area southeast of Thessaloniki popular with Greek and foreign visitors. Kassandreia Mayor Anastasia Halkia said the family came out of the sea because it had just started to rain, but the weather deteriorated very quickly.
A mix of storms and sunshine was forecasted in parts of west-central Florida on Saturday, June 29, as high temperatures continued in the region, local media reported.Timelapse footage posted by the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Tampa Bay shows dark clouds swirling near their office on Saturday morning.Scattered to numerous thunderstorms were possible in the region from Saturday afternoon, the NWS said. Credit: NWS Tampa Bay via Storyful
Flow State Our fight against climate change is getting desperate. We may be on our way to a renewables-powered future, but until then, immediate solutions are needed to contend with soaring temperatures and rising sea levels. That has scientists considering ambitious large-scale projects to engineer the climate in our favor, such as reducing the sunlight […]
Will it be glorious sunshine or a muddy washout for Glastonbury 2024? Read the latest Met Office forecast.
The ground literally opened up beneath Gordon Moore City Park in Alton, Illinois.
A fire department rescued a dog trapped in a ravine in western Washington on Friday, June 28, footage shows.Footage posted by the Tacoma Fire Department (TFD) shows responders using ropes to gently pull out a dog trapped in a ravine in Tacoma on Friday afternoon.The dog was later transported safely to animal control, TFD said. Credit: Tacoma Fire Department via Storyful
As temperatures soared well into the mid 20s, Weymouth beach was filled with holidaymakers soaking up the sun
Months of incessant rainfall in the UK, followed by the current hot weather, are part of an increasingly erratic weather pattern that we need to get used to, according to the Met Office.
Giant spiky cacti tower over farmer Alcides Peixinho Nascimento, 70, one of the residents of Brazil's unique Caatinga biome who is on a mission to plant native vegetation in a bid to halt desertification."Preserving the Caatinga means keeping the land alive," said the farmer Nascimento.
CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar breaks down what we know about Tropical Storm Beryl and explains the severe storms posing a risk to 80 million Americans.
