Wind gusts and blowing snow continued into the early evening in Bangor, Maine, on March 14, the National Weather Service said, before conditions eased later.
Footage by Brian Sudol shows snow swirling about the statue of American folk hero Paul Bunyan in Bangor. Bunyan was “handling it,” Sudol joked, as the snow came down. Credit: Brian Sudol via Storyful
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No sign of temperatures going up anytime soon as spring nears
Take your umbrella AND gloves out guys.
A County Durham street has been branded the worst in the North East for potholes by our readers – but do you agree?
A mega-tsunami could hit the UK as early as tomorrow said Sir David King. It would wipe out coastal towns including Brighton and Bournemouth along with London
The San Bernardino County Fire Department helped rescue 17 animals at a farm in Muscoy, California, on Wednesday, March 22, after they became stuck in deep mud after days of heavy rain.The fire department said horses, cows and bulls were among the rescued animals. Crews set up a skid steer to clear a path to access some of the animals, they said.The department said the animals were transported to Devore Animal Shelter by San Bernardino County Animal Control. Credit: San Bernardino County Fire via Storyful
UK has experienced a wet month so far
More flood alerts have been issued after earlier warnings that coastal properties were at risk from water damage.
More than 50 million people across a large swath of the nation were on alert Thursday for tornados, large hail, damaging winds and flooding after a severe weather outbreak spawned by a "bomb cyclone" in California moved east, leaving a wake of destruction from mudslides, tree-toppling gusts and the largest twister to hit the Los Angeles area in 40 years. Residents of Texas and Oklahoma and up to Pennsylvania are bracing for large hail, flooding and tornadoes Thursday night. The wild weather system is the same one that blew in from the Pacific Ocean in Northern California as a "bomb cyclone," packing powerful winds that toppled more than 700 trees in San Francisco and killed at least five people in the Bay Area who were either struck by falling limbs or uprooted trees, officials said.
A monkey snuck into a Hougang estate last Sunday afternoon. It washed its hands in an outdoor basin and stole a vegetable to eat.
STORY: Drone footage provided by the Spanish Guardia Civil last March 6 showed the 17-meter-long (55ft) specimen swimming near Cullera, in the Mediterranean Sea.The fIn whale, second largest species on earth after the Blue Whale, was examined by specialists from the Oceanography Foundation, who detected that the whale was not entangled but suffering severe scoliosis.“Due to the whale's size, being in the open sea and its malformation, it was not possible to remotely track it,” scientists said on Facebook last March 6.Experts said the fin whale could appear again due to its difficulty in swimming.
Stormy weather, including strong winds and heavy rain, continued in parts of southern California on Wednesday, March 22, the National Weather Service warned.Footage captured by Marissa Tinoco-Hernandez shows storm damage at Carpinteria State Beach, a protected beach in Santa Barbara County, on Tuesday afternoon.Local media reported multiple residences were damaged at a mobile home park due to the severe weather. On Wednesday, the NWS said they would visit the area to determine whether the damage was caused by “a possible land-spout tornado.”A flood watch would remain in place into late Wednesday afternoon, the NWS said. Credit: Marissa Tinoco-Hernandez via Storyful
A new rare giant species of trapdoor spider has been discovered in Queensland, Australia. In research published on March 15, Euoplos dignitas are giant golden arachnids with a body measuring approximately 2 inches in length, not including the legs. They exhibit burrow-building behaviour, and are endangered due to loss of habitat from land clearing.
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Belgium’s Pairi Daiza zoo and botanical garden welcomed its latest arrival, a rare Rothschild’s giraffe calf, to their herd on Wednesday, March 22, the institution said on Facebook.The calf was born at 4:09 am on Wednesday and measured about 1.5 meters (five feet) tall.Footage shared by the zoo shows the unnamed calf being looked after by its mother, Juul, shortly after the birth.“The little one, whose sex has not yet been determined, weighs about 70 kilograms [154 pounds] and is already eating well,” the zoo management said in a Facebook post.With the birth, Pairi Daiza’s giraffe section now houses four animals of the Rothschild subspecies, including the new arrival. Credit: Pairi Daiza/Belgium via Storyful
WORK to transform Southend city centre into a green oasis full of open space and plants has officially got under way.
David Lee, also known as David Ham, was operating a skips business. He was found guilty at Oxford Magistrates' Court
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