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OK! MagazineUK 'weather nightmare' coming with 30mph winds and hellish thunderstorms
A BBC weather forecaster has told viewers to 'forget' the idea nice weather will sweep in...
- OK! Magazine
Weather maps show exact date four-day 32C scorcher will reach UK next week
Summer temperatures are set to return with a bang next week with the mercury set to hit 32C, as weather maps show exactly which areas are set to roast in the sweltering heat.
- CNN
Death Valley sets a new daily record with a searing 128 degrees as West Coast heat wave drags on
Extremely dangerous heat is dragging on in the West along with heat and humidity in the eastern US.
- Associated Press
Mount Everest's highest camp is littered with frozen garbage, and cleanup is likely to take years
The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, according to a Sherpa who led a team that worked to clear trash and dig up dead bodies frozen for years near Mount Everest’s peak. The Nepal government-funded team of soldiers and Sherpas removed 11 tons (24,000 pounds) of garbage, four dead bodies and a skeleton from Everest during this year's climbing season. Ang Babu Sherpa, who led the team of Sherpas, said there could be as much as 40-50 tons (88,000-110,000 pounds) of garbage still at South Col, the last camp before climbers make their attempt on the summit.
- Sky News
Hippopotamuses can become airborne for substantial periods of time, researchers discover
Hippopotamuses can become airborne for substantial periods of time, according to new research into the mammals. Research by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) found that the animals can be up in the air for up to 0.3 seconds at a time when moving fast. The findings found that unlike other land animals such as elephants, horses and rhinos, hippos exclusively trot when moving, pushing the limits of what giant land animals can do, the RVC said.
- PA Media: UK News
Heavy rain on way again which could affect Wimbledon and British Grand Prix
Heavy rain could hit Wimbledon and the British Grand Prix in the afternoon.
- CNN
A ‘potentially historic’ heat wave intensifies along the West Coast, as dangerous wildfires spread
An extremely dangerous, unusually long heat wave is intensifying and spreading up the West Coast – and there will be no relief for days.
- The Daily Beast
Hurricane Beryl Hits Vacationers in Tulum after Causing Death and Destruction across Caribbean
The lights went out in Tulum, Mexico, early Friday as Hurricane Beryl hit the Yucatán Peninsula, plunging tens of thousands of vacationers and residents into darkness, the Associated Press reported. The killer storm, responsible for at least 11 deaths and mass destruction in the Caribbean, also hit Cancun, where hotels and restaurants were boarded up to prevent damage. It is poised to re-strengthen this weekend as it takes aim at Texas.After reaching Category 5 strength on Monday–setting a recor
- Associated Press
Grenada minister tells UN: hurricane-devastated Islands need anything for `a human being to survive'
The minister for the two islands in Grenada that Hurricane Beryl first slammed into with catastrophic winds had a simple message for U.N. and other humanitarian officials who asked what was needed: “Anything that would allow a human being to survive.” Tevin Andrews, who was in the devastated island of Carriacou Friday where Beryl first made landfall as the earliest category 4 storm in the Atlantic, also said when asked whether there was flat space for humanitarian workers to set up tents: “The whole island is flat.” Simon Springett, the top U.N. humanitarian official for the eastern Caribbean and Barbados, who listened to Andrews’ call and relayed his remarks to U.N. correspondents said he didn’t want to sound over-dramatic, “but the islands were really dramatically, catastrophically, catastrophically hit.”
- CNN
Stunning video shows scientists release 200 gallons of synthetic blood into ocean to lure a great white shark
Watch researchers in New Zealand release 200 gallons of synthetic blood into ocean to lure a 14-foot female shark. The experiment helps scientists test the so-called “Queen Boss Theory.” Shark Week starts July 7 on Discovery and continues all week long. Like CNN, Discovery’s parent company is Warner Bros. Discovery
- Associated Press
Survival story as Hurricane Beryl razes smallest inhabited island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Mayreu is one of the smallest inhabited islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Hurricane Beryl nearly erased it from the map. “Everything was flying all over the place," Mayreau resident James Alexander said recalling the storm, “I saw a tank full of water lifted up and swirl in the air."
- Snopes
'Albino Brown Bear' Airlifted to Arctic After Being Mistaken for Polar Bear?
Some have nicknamed Joey the “unluckiest bear in the world.”
- The Telegraph
Green MP opposes 100-mile corridor of wind farm pylons in his Suffolk constituency
The joint leader of the Green Party is planning to oppose net zero plans backed by the Labour Government to build pylons in Suffolk to transport offshore wind power.
- The Guardian
Outrage after Biden administration reinstates ‘barbaric’ Trump-era hunting rules
Rules allow hunting practices that target bears and wolves, including pups or cubs, on federal land in Alaska
- Euronews
Russian strikes leave thousands in northern Ukraine without power and water
The northern Sumy region, which borders Russia, was plunged into dark after Russian strikes late Friday damaged energy infrastructure, the Ukrainian Energy Ministry said. Hours later, the Ukrainian public broadcaster reported that Russian drones hit the provincial capital, also called Sumy, cutting
- CNN
Beryl is expected to regain strength and slam into Texas as a hurricane, marking the first US landfall of the Atlantic season
Tropical Storm Beryl will strengthen as it tracks toward the Texas-Mexico border this weekend, bringing a risk of damaging winds, life-threatening storm surge and dangerous flooding to Texas beginning late Sunday. It will mark the first US landfall storm of the 2024 Atlantic season. Here’s the latest:
- Yahoo Entertainment
Shark Week 2024: How to watch tonight, full schedule and more
Just when you thought you were safe on the couch... Here's how to watch Shark Week in 2024.
- ABC News
California wildfires latest: Santa Barbara County blaze explodes, prompting evacuations amid heat wave
Firefighters battling flames amid a heat wave in Southern California are struggling to gain control of a wildfire that exploded over the weekend to more than 13,000 acres, prompting evacuations and threatening homes, including Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, officials said. The Lake Fire burning in Santa Barbara County near the Los Padres National Forest was 0% contained as of Sunday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (CAL FIRE). The Lake Fire is one of 21 wildfires burning in California on Sunday, CAL FIRE said.
- Eastern Daily Press
One of Norfolk's 'at-risk' rare chalk streams to be subject of new study
West Norfolk Council is to spend £10,000 on a study into the Gaywood River, one of Norfolk's rare chalk streams, which campaigners say is under threat from pollution and abstraction.
- The Telegraph
Climate campaigners bombard courts with action against oil execs
Climate campaigners are bombarding the courts with lawsuits against energy companies in a new attempt to end the use of fossil fuels, a report from the London School of Economics (LSE) has found.