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Wales OnlineMore warnings to come as people told 'turn off gas' and 'prepare kit'
A warning is currently in place and more look set to come this weekend
- CNN
A pregnant shark was tagged and monitored for 5 months, then disappeared. Scientists now know its fate
Scientists tracked the movements of a large pregnant porbeagle shark for months. Then, its tag floated to the ocean surface, suggesting a larger shark had eaten it.
- Yahoo News UK
What will the weather be like this autumn?
After the coolest summer in nine years, the Met Office has now told us what is likely to be in store in the coming three months.
- Euronews
Could these ‘motionless’ turbines solve wind energy’s noise and wildlife problems?
The technology is described as a ‘breakthrough scalable renewable energy solution’ that could be coming to other European roofs soon.
- PA Media: UK News
Thundery showers to hit large parts of UK with flooding still possible
A new band of ‘heavy and thundery rain’ will arrive on the south coast on Saturday and move northwards overnight.
- The Independent
UK weather live: Met Office warning as over a month’s rain to fall in two days on southern Britain
The Met Office say the weather will remain unsettled this weekend
- Evening Standard
Thunderstorms hit capital as southern England braces for second day of heavy rain
Thunderstorms hit capital as southern England braces for second day of heavy rain
- The Telegraph
Ed Miliband ‘considers scrapping wind power target’
Ed Miliband is preparing to scrap the UK’s much-vaunted target for building 55 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity by 2030, according to reports.
- Storyful
Bear Cub Picked Up at Side of Highway Has Taco Bell-Fueled Road Trip Before Animal Services Step In
An injured black bear cub survived a 10-hour drive after being found in the middle of a highway in Cochrane, Ontario, over the Labor Day weekend, before being taken in by an animal service.The cub was found by two unidentified men who picked it up and placed it in their van, driving the long distance to Windsor while feeding the animal Taco Bell, CTV News reported.The bear was picked up by the Pet and Wildlife Rescue (PAWR). Its executive director, Myriam Armstrong, said the bear was frightened and listless when it arrived. The bear cub was transported on September 1 to a facility specializing in bear rehabilitation – Bear With Us.“It looked like he’d been hit by a vehicle, which the people who took him back to Windsor surmised,” Bear With Us founder and president Mike McIntosh told CTV News on September 6.McIntosh said the bear was believed to be nine months old and had sustained severe head trauma along with serious body bruises, but no broken bones.“He’s come right around. I wouldn’t say he’s better yet,” McIntosh said. “He still walks like he’s pretty sore, but he’s eating and drinking like a little bear should. I would say he’s probably 80 per cent recovered now.”Footage filmed by Myriam Armstrong shows the bear getting some liquids and food in the back of the van and at their center. Further footage showed the cub being placed in a vehicle heading to the Bear With Us facility. Credit: Pet and Wildlife Rescue/Pawr.org via Storyful
- Oxford Mail
Heavy rain and thunder expected across the weekend, Met Office warns
A YELLOW weather warning has been issued by the Met Office warning of heavy rain and thunder across the county.
- Wales Online
All we know so far as flash flooding sweeps across south Wales
Homes have been flooded , roads have been closed and hundreds have been left without power as emergency services inundated with 999 calls
- The Guardian
‘Flight shame is dead’: concern grows over climate impact of tourism boom
Post-Covid hunger for travel is taking a heavy toll on the environment amid race to net zero, say experts
- Sky News
UK weather: Thundery showers to hit as yellow warning for rain issued
A yellow weather warning for heavy rain has been issued for large parts of the UK this weekend, threatening flooding and disruption. The Met Office warning is in place from 9pm Saturday evening until 6pm Sunday, and covers almost the entire lower part of England and Wales, reaching as far up as Sheffield and stretching across from Immingham in Lincolnshire down to Tenby in Pembrokeshire. The new band of "heavy and thundery rain" will arrive on the south coast on Saturday and move northwards overnight, the Met Office said.
- AFP
China logs hottest August in more than six decades
China logged its hottest August in more than six decades last month, its national weather service said, after the country endured a summer of extreme weather and heatwaves across much of its north and west.A further five provinces chalked up their second-hottest August, while seven more endured their third-hottest.
- Associated Press
How the Balkans region grappled with the hottest summer in more than a century
Jelena Popovic normally loves summer and all it brings along, including the hot weather. “It was like a tropical summer, like we live in Africa and not in Europe." This was true for much of the Balkans, a region in southeast Europe that is used to hot summers but where this one broke previous records with repeated heat waves and almost a totally dry July and August.
- Wales Online
Busy street left 'like a river' after burst water main causes chaos
Witnesses reported seeing fridges and wheelie bins floating down the street
- The Telegraph
Scotland could lose the capercaillie… again
Capercaillie are heading for a “second extinction” in Scotland’s forests, land managers have warned after recording a sharp drop in the number of males.
- AFP
Super Typhoon Yagi slams into southern China, moves towards Vietnam
Super Typhoon Yagi slammed into southern China's Hainan island on Friday, bringing windspeeds of over 230 kilometres (143 miles) an hour in what is set to be the strongest storm to hit the region in more than a decade.Yagi killed at least 13 people in the Philippines this week when it was still classified as a tropical storm, triggering floods and landslides on the main island of Luzon before strengthening into a super typhoon over the past few days.
- Wales Online
Dramatic video shows busy road underwater in flash flooding
It comes as many areas in south Wales were hit by heavy rain and flash flooding
- The Telegraph
Stopping North Sea drilling risks safety, Shell to tell court
Two of the world’s biggest energy companies have vowed to defend their oil and gas projects against Greenpeace in court, after Ed Miliband dropped a legal fight in defence of the North Sea.