Yahoo News 'Monster' Hurricane Beryl upgraded to category five as it slams into Caribbean
Widespread damage has been reported just hours after Hurricane Beryl first made landfall in the southeastern Caribbean.
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OK! MagazineHot weather alert issued for UK as maps reveal five British towns will enjoy best of new heatwave
The grey skies are going and sunny weather is about to roll in - but temperatures are set to vary wildly around the country...
- Evening Standard
Hurricane Beryl 'leaves almost whole island homeless' as it churns towards Jamaica
At least six people have died and further fatalities ‘remains a grim reality’
- The Independent
Mapped: Hurricane Beryl powers through Caribbean islands as Category 4 storm
Hurricane Beryl has broken records as the earliest Category 4 and Category 5 storm
- AFP
Moscow hit by heat not seen in over a century
Moscow and the surrounding region sweltered Wednesday as temperatures soared to levels unseen in over a century, with the state weather monitor warning of dangerously hot nights. The heatwave has hit the Moscow region as well as the southern and western Kursk, Belgorod and Voronezh regions. bur/fg
- Yahoo News UK
Met Office responds to reports of 27C ‘mini heatwave’ this month
There have been reports of 27C temperatures during a mini heatwave in the UK in the middle of this month.
- Manchester Evening News
Weather warnings issued for Spain as 'significantly high' temperatures forecast
Temperatures could exceed 40C in some areas
- Yahoo News UK
Why is the UK summer weather so bad and when will it improve?
The UK has seen a considerable decrease in temperatures across the country compared to the previous week.
- Evening Standard
Greece wildfires: British holidaymaker describes 'apocalyptic' scenes as PM says 'dangerous' summer ahead
Hundreds of tourists were evacuated from the island of Kos overnight
- CNN
Hurricane Beryl charges toward Jamaica as record-breaking Category 5 after leaving Caribbean islands in ruins
Hurricane Beryl, now a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, has set its sights on Jamaica after leaving at least one person dead and inflicting ruin across entire islands in the Caribbean on Monday.
- HowStuffWorks
What Is the Most Dangerous Animal in the World?
It's hard to say what is the most dangerous animal in the world; you're not comparing apples to apples. But when it comes dangerous, these four top the list.
- The Guardian
‘Like the devil on meth’: New Zealand feral cat killing competition produces record haul
Contest condemned by animal rights groups sees children and adults hunt cats, which threaten native wildlife
- The Independent
Extreme blasts from Sun once in thousand years can be catastrophic to life on Earth
Radiation blast can be thousands of times stronger than anything recorded with modern instruments, scientists say
- Time
Scientists Are Still Trying to Figure Out How to Kill Invasive Spotted Lanternflies
Scientists have been researching the best method for killing spotted lanternflies, and they may have gotten some new leads this year through the insects' attraction to vibrations.
- The Guardian
Queensland coalmine fire a ‘disaster’ for climate say environmental groups
The fire at Anglo American’s Grosvenor coalmine in Moranbah broke out after methane ignited
- The Telegraph
Watch: Ukrainian drones attack Russia’s Black Sea naval base
Ukraine launched a drone attack on Tuesday night, targeting the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, where Moscow’s once-revered Black Sea Fleet is based after it was forced to abandon its Crimean base in Sevastopol.
- The Telegraph
Rare shark that lives for 500 years could hold secret to increasing human lifespan
The metabolism of a shark species which can live for 500 years could help scientists treat heart disease and increase people’s lifespan, scientists hope.
- Sky News
Osprey chicks to be relocated from UK to Spain amid concern over dad's hunting performance
Two osprey chicks are to be rehomed from Scotland to Spain amid concern over their father's plummeting hunting performance. The Woodland Trust Scotland has taken action at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest in response to the reduced fish catches by dad Louis in recent weeks. George Anderson, Woodland Trust spokesperson, said the conservation charity's default position is normally not to intervene in the ospreys' lives and let nature take its course.
- Associated Press
Massive makos, Queen Bosses and a baby angel shark on Discovery 'Shark Week,' where women shine
You're looking — yes, looking — for a group of hungry sharks to spark a feeding frenzy. “Sharks jump at every opportunity,” Dixon says. The week kicks off Sunday with Dixon's hour-long “Belly of the Beast: Bigger & Bloodier,” in which she and veteran “Shark Week” biologist Dr. Austin Gallagher try to lure a so-called Queen Boss off the New Zealand coast.
- Associated Press
Freya the rescued lion cub is safe in South Africa, but many other lions there are bred to be shot
Freya, a 6-month-old lion cub rescued from the wildlife trade in Lebanon, poked a curious nose out of her transport crate and sniffed the air. Satisfied, she took her first cautious steps in her new forever home in a sanctuary in South Africa. Freya's relocation to the Drakenstein Lion Park is only a partial success story.
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Trotting hippos can become airborne, scientists say
The findings suggest they are able to push the apparent limits of what giant land animals can do.