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Tsunami-like floods swept over the east of Spain, and the search for the remaining missing people grows increasingly desperate.
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Manchester Evening NewsUK weather: Met Office gives snow verdict amid reports of 168-hour 'non-stop blizzards'
The Met Office has shared its long range weather forecast for December
- The Bolton News
How long do wild rats live in the UK? (It might surprise you)
Rats can settle in homes and gardens in the UK but how long can they live?
- Daily Echo
Delight as UK's biggest bird of prey spotted again on our doorstep
The UK's largest bird of prey has been spotted by an 'eagle-eyed' photographer flying high above Lepe in the New Forest
- Manchester Evening News
Met Office map shows blast of Arctic air sweeping over UK as temperatures to plummet to -7C after mild weekend
The cold snap might not last long
- The Independent
Scientists sound alarm about terrifying ocean event that could bring global devastation
The collapse of critical ocean circulation could bring major droughts and freezing temperatures across Europe
- The Independent
UK weather: Snow forecast as Britain faces chilly week with Met Office predicting -7C frost
Temperatures to plunge after mild weekend weather with snow forecast for Scotland and northern England
- Reuters
Storm Bora floods homes, streets in Greek island of Rhodes
Torrential rains flooded homes, businesses and roads in the popular Greek tourist island of Rhodes on Sunday, forcing authorities to temporarily ban the use of vehicles as Storm Bora pounded the country for a second day. On Saturday, a man died in flash floods which hit another Greek island in the northern Aegean. The fire service received more than 650 calls to pump water out of flooded buildings on Rhodes island and evacuated 80 people to safer ground, with the city of Ialysos hit the hardest.
- Manchester Evening News
Met Office warns snow will return to parts of UK within days
The weather will 'turn colder' as we head into next week
- CNN
Nearly two million people remain under lake-effect snow warnings
Nearly two million people remain under lake-effect snow warnings through early Monday. CNN’s Polo Sandoval reports.
- KameraOne
Bear chases moose family into pond
This is the moment a bear chased a small herd of three moose into a pond in Yukon, Canada on July 17. One of the moose turned around and challenged the bear, causing it to give up on its pursuit.
- The Telegraph
Miliband’s green energy plans only ‘artificially’ cheaper than nuclear or gas
Ed Miliband’s plans for green energy are based on assumptions that make them appear “artificially cheaper” than nuclear or gas, according to critics.
- The Hill
What Trump’s expected withdrawal from global climate efforts means for the environment — and the economy
President-elect Trump’s victory is expected to result in the U.S. exiting the Paris Agreement once again and more broadly disengaging from global climate efforts. Experts say they don’t expect this to derail international work to address global warming, but that it will cede U.S. leadership on climate issues and technology in a way that could make the country less…
- SWNS
Locals in UK town that were 'terrorised by fish-eating otters' say they've returned
Several locals who live in Ulverston, UK, reported the animals were breaking into their ponds and killing their Koi Carp fish in October. Nobody in the local area saw the otters for a few weeks, so residents assumed that the animals had died. However, shocking CCTV footage captured in the early hours of Friday, November 29, morning shows the otter going onto the garden before being scared off.
- The Guardian
Cheaper loans on table to urge UK motorists to EVs, plus cuts in fines for firms
Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says there is ‘no route to net zero’ that ignores concerns of businesses after wave of closures
- Eastern Daily Press
Road submerged as flood alert in place
The A1101 Welney Wash Road near Downham Market is submerged underwater due to rising river levels.
- Reuters
Death toll rises to 12 as Thailand and Malaysia face worst floods in decades
The death toll from the worst floods in decades in southern Thailand and northern Malaysia climbed to at least 12 on Saturday, authorities said, as tens of thousands of people were evacuated due to rising water levels in the past three days. In southern Thailand, the floods have impacted nearly 534,000 households, with the death toll climbing to nine from four reported on Friday and leaving thousands in 200 temporary shelters that have been set up in affected areas, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said. The Chana district of Songkhla province suffered the worst floods in 50 years, with video footage showing people being carried out to trucks from their homes inundated by a torrent of flood water.
- Associated Press Finance
Donald Trump's call for 'energy dominance' is likely to run into real-world limits
President-elect Donald Trump is set to create a National Energy Council that he says will establish American “energy dominance” around the world as he seeks to boost U.S. oil and gas drilling and move away from President Joe Biden’s focus on climate change. The energy council — to be led by North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s choice to head the Interior Department — will be key in Trump’s pledge to “drill, drill, drill" and sell more oil and other energy sources to allies in Europe and around the globe. The new council will be granted sweeping authority over federal agencies involved in energy permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation and transportation, with a mandate to cut bureaucratic red tape, enhance private sector investments and focus on innovation instead of “totally unnecessary regulation,” Trump said.
- The Guardian
Can goats predict earthquakes? Can dogs forecast volcanic eruptions? These scientists think so
Tracking the behaviour of tagged animals from space could transform the research into a host of natural phenomena
- CNN
‘It just keeps coming and coming’: Lake-effect snow will dump another foot or two of snow in parts of the US
Post-Thanksgiving travel will be treacherous in parts of the Great Lakes region on Sunday due to several feet of lake-effect snow, while biting cold temperatures sweep across a large swath of the United States.
- Associated Press
Heavy snow blankets parts of the US during busy holiday travel weekend
The first big snowfall of the season blanketed towns along Lake Erie on Saturday in the middle of the hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend, and numbing cold and heavy snow were forecast to persist into next week and cause hazards in the Great Lakes, Plains and Midwest regions. The heavy snow led to a state of emergency declaration in parts of New York and a disaster declaration in Pennsylvania, with officials warning of dangerous conditions for Thanksgiving travelers trying to return home. “Travel will be extremely difficult and hazardous this weekend, especially in areas where multiple feet of snow may accumulate very quickly,” the National Weather Service said.