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New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands region was hit with an earthquake of 7.1 magnitude, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Thursday, 16 March.
New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands region was hit with an earthquake of 7.1 magnitude, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Thursday, 16 March.
The Met Office has warned of possible travel disruption as the French-named storm arrives on UK shores
These pictures show the coast as it was battered by wet and windy weather.
FLOODING is possible in several parts of Dorset, the Environment Agency has warned.
Bills could rise by as much as 133% when new cap is introduced this weekend, say analysts
Over 300 people were evacuated in Spain’s Asturias region by Friday, March 31, as a number of wildfires rapidly spread overnight, the country’s Guardia Civil said.Emergency services said 91 individual forest fires were counted across the region on Friday.One wildfire rapidly spread across a mountainside above Oviedo overnight, prompting evacuations.Local authorities earlier said several houses in the Valdes, Villayon, and Tineo communities near the city were evacuated. At least 52 people, including seven children, were evacuated to a local sports center.Poor weather conditions were expected to continue on Friday, with strong gusts of wind set to complicate firefighting efforts, emergency services said.Authorities advised residents to confine themselves to their homes and to avoid driving. Credit: Guardia Civil via Storyful
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Officials in the northern Spanish region of Asturias say that unspecified arsonists were behind most of the 100 or so wildfires raging in the heavily wooded and mountainous area.
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The giant Burmese python captured in Florida's Everglades had swallowed the alligator whole, which scientists discovered during a necropsy.
The death toll from a major storm system that has lashed the south-central and eastern US with devastating winds and powerful tornadoes has risen to 18, with dozens of others injured, officials said Saturday. A spokesperson for the emergency management agency in Tennessee, one of the states hardest hit by storms which have struck since Friday, confirmed seven weather-related fatalities to AFP.That came on top of 11 deaths reported earlier in Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama in the south, and In
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At least 21 people are dead across six states and dozens have been hospitalized after a tornado outbreak moved through the Midwest and South on Friday night, according to local officials. Among the fatalities, five were in Arkansas, three died in Indiana, one died in Alabama and one died in Mississippi, local officials told ABC News. Adamsville, Tennessee, Mayor David Leckner told The Associated Press that seven people have died in McNairy County.
In the past 24 hours, 10.4mm of rain fell at Knighton.
Consultants behind Bradford’s Clean Air Zone are set to work on a similar air pollution scheme in Poland’s capital.
THE MET Office has issued a flood alert for East Somerset rivers, and has adviced to be prepared for the following.
The severe storms swept through the state, flipping cars over and tearing roofs from buildings
A SOUTHEND MP met with a water firm boss and campaigners to test the water quality on the shore due to concerns about sewage in the sea.
Last year, there was a 55% increase in the number of protected animals trafficked to Spain compared with 2021.
The anti-migrant wall being built in the northwest of the Dominican Republic crisscrosses a thick mangrove forest and threatens the ecosystem by depriving it of water, environmental groups warn.The national park's ecosystem is rich with four types of mangroves that grow in the Dominican Republic, he explained.
A zoo in Victoria, Australia, said its meerkats are proving “why they’re one of the most adored species in the animal kingdom,” after being trained to sit “voluntarily” for X-rays without the need for anesthetic.Footage shared by Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria shows the animals stepping up to be scanned by a custom-designed machine and being rewarded with a treat.“Five meerkats are demonstrating their intelligence by voluntarily stepping up to an X-ray plate as part of a proactive health-care program,” the zoo said in a statement, adding it proves “there’s more to the inquisitive creatures than what meets the eye” as the mob achieves "some really X-traordinary things.“All of the scans are being taken within the meerkats’ habitat, which means the meerkats don’t need to leave the comfort of their own home,” keeper Eliza Baker said.The zoo said the health-care training “allows the animals to voluntarily participate in their own medical check-ups, which significantly reduces any stress.” Credit: Werribee Open Range Zoo via Storyful