Hurricane Beryl has been downgraded to a tropical storm after sweeping into Texas as a Category 1 storm with heavy rains and powerful winds. The storm caused flooding and knocked out power to at least 1.5 million homes and businesses (AP Video: Mark Vancleave)
I write in response to the article ‘Rebel’s action: Your views’ in the July 4 edition of the HT.
HEREFORDSHIRE is a proud farming county, breeding the renowned Hereford cattle and Ryeland sheep, but our council seem unaware of a highly poisonous weed on every verge and roundabout.
The interior of a car is one of the most dangerous places for young children and pets during a heat wave. Water bottles, for example, pose unique hazards when temperatures begin to climb, according to experts. One of the unexpected risks is the ability for water bottles -- specifically clear bottles that contain clear liquid -- to start a fire, David Richardson, administration major for the Midwest City Fire Department in Oklahoma, told ABC News.
Temperatures are set to reach 44C in some parts of Spain this weekend
A row has broken out in a seaside village after residents complained the council had introduced new wheelie bins without removing the old ones.
County sheriff says bear by side of highway in Santa Rosa Beach is ‘clearly not in the mood for pictures’
The mercury hit 31.9C in St James’ Park on Friday
Five years ago, Southwark Council declared a climate emergency and set 2030 as its target date to be carbon neutral. But now residents have accused the Council of wasting millions of pounds-worth of energy and leaving them to pick up the bill.
Exclusive: Europe’s biggest holiday firm is cancelling entire package holidays to manage down the scale of its problems
Our development of societies has enhanced the threats posed by megadisasters and our underlying vulnerability to them, writes Jeff Schlegelmilch.
A total of 167 flights scheduled to depart UK airports were cancelled today
Three of the Northwest Territories' five regions are now under fire bans.The N.W.T. Department of Environment and Climate Change issued fire restrictions for the South Slave region on Saturday, and for the North Slave and Dehcho regions on Friday evening.The fire bans prohibit open flames on all public and private lands in those regions, except for federal lands such as national parks. There is also an exemption for Indigenous people exercising their rights."These bans are being implemented due
Officers shared harrowing footage of a dog and a kitten being rescued from a hot trailer, while temperatures outside soared to nearly 100 degrees
It is a scorcher in the city today with thousands descending on our beaches to cool off from the sun.
A farmer in Skeeby has lost around £20,000 due to sewage spilling onto his land for the last 10 months
British homes can be awful places to be in a heatwave because, due to our moderate climate and cold winters, they're designed to trap heat in
Decline blamed on washout summer driving down population of insects, butterflies and moths they feed on
As the temperature soared in the Houston-area home Janet Jarrett shared with her sister after losing electricity in Hurricane Beryl, she did everything she could to keep her 64-year-old sibling cool. “It’s so hard to know that she’s gone right now because this wasn’t supposed to happen to her,” Janet Jarrett said. Almost two weeks after Beryl hit, heat-related deaths during the prolonged power outages have pushed the number of storm-related fatalities to at least 23 in Texas.
The adult male grizzly bear, implicated in several home and vehicle break-ins, was shot near the Montana town of Gardiner.
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue attended a number of haybale fires in fields surrounding near Goosey in the early hours of the morning.
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