Heavy rain and winds of up to 50mph are to hit London this week as Storm Nelson batters the UK.The Met Office has issued weather warnings for southern England and Northern Ireland on Thursday as the storm, named by Spanish weather forecasters, is due to hit just days before the Easter weekend.Parts of southern England are expected to be hit with winds as high as 70mph as the storm rolls in.
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Russia launched a barrage of missiles at Ukrainian power facilities on Saturday, hitting locations in the centre and west of the country, damaging equipment and injuring at least one energy worker, officials said. Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on the Telegram messaging app that the Russian strikes targeted the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine and the western regions of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk.DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy company, said its four thermal powe
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KYIV (Reuters) -Russian missiles pounded power facilities in central and western Ukraine on Saturday, increasing pressure on the ailing energy system as the country faces a shortage of air defences despite a breakthrough in U.S. military aid. The air strike, carried out with long-range missiles, including cruise missiles fired by Russian strategic bombers based in the Arctic Circle, was the fourth large-scale aerial assault targeting the power system since March 22. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy repeated a plea to partners for defensive missiles, notably the Patriot system.
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Russia launched a "massive" missile strike at Ukraine overnight, damaging four power plants in the latest barrage targeting the country's energy supply, officials in Kyiv said on Saturday.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Kyiv's Western partners to supply more air defence systems to protect his country's skies, as the air force said it shot down 21 of 34 incoming missiles.Moscow has launched some of its biggest ever strikes on Ukraine's energy facilities in recent months, knocking out a significant chunk of production, and triggering blackouts and energy rationing across the country.Ukraine also fired more than 60 drones at southern Russia overnight, Moscow said, in one of its largest overnight drone attacks. Kyiv claimed to have hit two oil refineries and a military air base."Thirty-four Russian missiles overnight. We managed to shoot down some of them. But the world has every opportunity to help (us) shoot down every missile and every drone," Zelensky said in a post on Telegram.Energy facilities were hit in at least three regions -- including Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk in the west, hundreds of kilometres from the front line -- Energy Minister German Galushchenko said in a Facebook post.One of the missiles landed 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the Polish-Ukrainian border, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.Kyiv says Moscow is escalating attacks from the air and on land ahead of nationwide celebrations on May 9, when Russia marks victory in World War II, and while Ukraine awaits the arrival of crucial US weapons.- Energy rationing -The DTEK power operator said equipment at four of its thermal power plants was "severely damaged" in the overnight strikes.State electricity operator Ukrenergo said it had disconnected its main overhead power line in the west of the country as a preventative measure.Officials urged people and businesses to limit their power usage."We ask all consumers to consume electricity sparingly. Industry is asked to maximise electricity imports and use alternative power sources," Ukrenergo said in a statement.The head of the western Lviv region called on residents not to use kettles, irons, washing machines and microwaves between seven pm and ten pm to preserve limited energy supplies.At least two people were killed in separate shelling attacks on the northeastern Kharkiv region and southern Kherson region, Ukrainian officials said.The spate of missile and artillery attacks also injured more than a dozen.- 68 drones downed -Ukraine launched its own massive drone attack on Russia's southern Krasnodar region overnight.A Ukrainian defence source told AFP its drones had hit two oil refineries and a military airfield in the region, just east of the annexed Crimean peninsula."Ukrainian drones struck the atmospheric distillation columns of the Ilsky and Slovyansky refineries. These are key technological facilities," the source said.Russian officials in the Krasnodar region reported a fire at an oil refinery in the town of Slavyansk-on-Kuban.The refinery partially suspended operations as a result, Russian state media reported, citing a company representative.Videos and photos on social media showed a large fire raging overnight at the site after a series of blasts.Moscow said Ukraine had launched one of its largest ever attempted overnight drone attacks on the Krasnodar region."Air defences destroyed and intercepted 66 Ukrainian drones over the territory of the Krasnodar region and two over the Crimean peninsula," the defence ministry said.The governor of Russia's Belgorod border region said later on Saturday that five people were injured when a Ukrainian drone fell on a road a few kilometres from the border.Kyiv has hit several oil refineries in western Russia in recent months, despite reports of concern in Washington that the strikes could be seen as escalatory and might drive up global oil prices.Ukraine says targeting Russia's vital energy sector is legitimate as it is a source of fuel and funds for the Russian army.bur-jc/bp
To commuters, at least, it’s always most noticeable first thing in the morning. Passing people on the pavement this month, every individual walking the other way looks dressed for entirely different seasons.
Millions of people across South and Southeast Asia sweltered through unusually hot weather on Thursday, as the Thai government said heatstroke has already killed at least 30 people this year.April is typically the hottest time of the year in Thailand and other countries in Southeast Asia but conditions this year have been exacerbated by the El Nino weather pattern.
Russia launched a massive missile strike at Ukraine overnight, damaging four power plants in the latest barrage targeting the country's energy supply, officials in Kyiv said on Saturday.- Energy rationing - The DTEK power operator said equipment at four of its thermal power plants had been "severely damaged" in the overnight strikes.
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