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Swindon AdvertiserMet Office responds to next week's 1,800-mile Arctic snow blast reports
The Met Office and BBC Weather teams have issued their verdicts over claims a staggering 1,800-mile Arctic blast will hit the UK.
- Associated Press
Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic
Hurricane Kirk strengthened Wednesday into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and was expected to grow rapidly into a major hurricane, forecasters said. There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect, and the storm system was not yet deemed a threat to land. Kirk reached Category 3 status on Wednesday, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
- Wales Online
UK braces for impact of ex-Hurricane Kirk with heavy rain and strong winds on this date
The Met Office said the second half of next week could see more unsettled weather as the ex-hurricane comes close - or even crosses - the UK
- Wales Online
Family of four cuts energy bills to just £16 a month
James Smith and his family won't face the same high bills as everyone else from today
- KameraOne
Snake wranglers capture monster 18ft python in Thailand
This is the moment snake wranglers were called to remove a monstrous 18ft reticulated python from a tree in a garden in Pathum Thani, Thailand on September 26. The snake was so large it took animal welfare crews and firefighters 30 minutes to untangle it from the tree. The was python released into the wild.
- The Telegraph
Ed Miliband reveals plan to prevent net zero blackouts
Giant flywheels are to be installed around the UK to minimise the risk of blackouts as the power system goes carbon-free.
- The Guardian
More than 150 dead after Hurricane Helene dumps over 40tn gallons of rain
Searchers using helicopters to get past washed-out bridges and hike through wilderness to reach isolated homes
- Futurism
Scientists Stumped by "Dozens" of Gigantic Holes at the Bottom of a Lake
Hole Up There's a hole in the bottom of Lake Michigan — at least 40 of them, for that matter. As LiveScience reports, researchers at a protected region of the Great Lake are less sure than ever about the strange holes after doing a survey of the lakebed with a submersible robot. These bizarre craters were […]
- AFP
Extreme heat another form of death sentence in Texas jails
Prison cells so hot that inmates splash themselves with toilet water.It would get so hot that she would "use toilet water because the toilet water was cooler than the water that came out of the tap."
- Manchester Evening News
Met Office warns UK could be hit by 'heavy rain and strong winds' as ex-Hurricane Kirk approaches
There could be more unsettled weather next week
- Associated Press
Human connections bring hope in North Carolina after devastation of Helene
Sarah Vekasi is a potter who runs a store in Black Mountain, North Carolina, called Sarah Sunshine Pottery, named after her normally bubbly personality. Sullivan, who has lived in Black Mountain for 43 years, said her children invited her to come to Charlotte after the storm, but she wants to stay in her community and look after her neighbors.
- The Independent
Hurricane Helene is deadliest storm since Katrina as fatalities reach 182
The majority of deaths were reported in North Carolina
- Sky News
UK weather: Record-breaking rainfall last month - what is the forecast for October?
If you thought that last month was wetter than usual in large parts of the UK, then you'd be right. According to provisional figures from the Met Office, 10 counties in England experienced their wettest September on record.
- Reuters
Hurricane Helene exposes federal assistance gap in Appalachian areas
As residents of western North Carolina piece together their lives following Hurricane Helene, few will be able to rely on federal flood insurance to help them rebuild. Roughly 1 in 200 single-family homes in the region is covered by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), according to a Reuters analysis of federal government data – a far lower level of coverage than can be found in the coastal and riverside neighborhoods the program was designed to serve. That is because the federal program is focused on the flood risks posed only by rising seas and swelling rivers, not the threat posed by the sort of extreme rainfall brought on by Helene.
- Manchester Evening News
Enormous storage tanks to tower over area of Trafford
Green energy facility planned for power station
- The Telegraph
European ski resorts ‘risk being wiped out within decades’
Dozens of alpine ski resorts risk being wiped out within decades as warming temperatures push snowfall further and further up mountains, experts have warned.
- Storyful
Roads Swallowed by Fast-Moving Floodwater From Hurricane Helene
Drone footage captured devastating flooding across Fleetwood, North Carolina, on Friday, September 27, as Hurricane Helene caused widespread damage.This footage was captured by Jordan Nelson, who told Storyful the floodwaters were “the highest anyone in the area [had] ever seen.”Forty-two storm-related deaths were confirmed in North Carolina as of Tuesday, October 1, with the number expected to rise. Credit: Jordan Nelson via Storyful
- Wales Online
Wales braces for more wind and rain as ex-hurricanes sweep across Atlantic
The Met Office is monitoring two weather systems that are heading towards Europe from the western Atlantic, which could bring further wind and rain to the UK
- The Independent
Massive solar flare triggers blackout over Pacific
Disturbance from space weather event to Earth’s magnetic field could be strongest on Friday, experts say
- Euronews
Swiss glaciers shrank during Europe’s record-hot summer despite high snowfall in June
In August, Swiss glaciers faced the 'greatest loss of ice recorded since measurements began’.