Hurricane Milton is downgraded to a Category 3 storm but remains a grave threat to Florida, forecasters say
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Milton is downgraded to a Category 3 storm but remains a grave threat to Florida, forecasters say.
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Milton is downgraded to a Category 3 storm but remains a grave threat to Florida, forecasters say.
Four separate storm systems are churning their way through the West Pacific simultaneously, a rare occurrence resulting from warmer oceans that threatens to bring more misery to the storm-weary Philippines.
Airlines in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia and Singapore cancelled flights to and from the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Wednesday, after a nearby volcano catapulted an ash tower miles into the sky.Malaysia Airlines said it had cancelled six flights Wednesday in a statement on its website.
The next named storm of the 2024 Atlantic season will be named Sara
Record-breaking levels of thick, toxic smog that have shrouded eastern Pakistan and northern India since last month can be seen in striking satellite imagery.
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As a bitter dispute raged between former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and current leader Ferdinand Marcos, pro-Duterte TikTok accounts shared footage of a massive bridge that they falsely claimed was built during his term. The video, which racked up tens of thousands of views, in fact shows China's huge Hangzhou Bay Bridge, which opened to the public eight years before Duterte took office.
World leaders converged Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference with plenty of big names and powerful countries noticeably absent. Past talks often had the star power of a soccer World Cup. “The people who are responsible for this are absent,” Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during his speech at the summit.
Greenpeace and Uplift are challenging a decision to open up the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields.
Covering your surfboard in bright lights sounds like an open invitation to great white sharks, but research released Tuesday by Australian scientists found it might actually stave off attacks. Ryan and her fellow researchers showed that seal-shaped boards decked with bright horizontal lights were less likely to be attacked by great white sharks.
Hundreds of Indonesians fled for higher ground Wednesday as they ran through disaster drills in the region worst hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ahead of its 20th anniversary next month."We must ensure the next generation remains informed, prepared, and resilient," Ardito Kodijat, a UNESCO official and head of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Centre, told AFP. "Ensuring community preparedness requires regular drills."
"We used to hate elephants a lot," Kenyan farmer Charity Mwangome says, pausing from her work under the shade of a baobab tree.It is also expensive -- about 150,000 Kenyan shillings ($1,100) to install hives -- well beyond the means of subsistence farmers, though the project organisers say it is still cheaper than electric fences.
Fish may seem harmless compared to larger predators on land, but some of the deadliest animals are hiding in the oceans and rivers throughout the world. From venomous stings to sharp teeth, the most dangerous fish species can be lethal to humans.
Climate change is contributing to record numbers of people being uprooted from their homes globally, while worsening the often already "hellish" conditions of displacement, the United Nations said Tuesday.With international climate talks under way in Baku, the UN refugee agency highlighted how soaring global temperatures and extreme weather events are impacting displacement numbers and conditions, as it called for more and better investment in mitigating the risks.
The penguin — known as Gus — was discovered by surfers on a tourist beach in southwest Australia on Nov. 1
The Prime Minister has announced the UK’s target for cutting greenhouse gases at the Cop29 talks in Azerbaijan.
Dozens of world leaders arrived in Azerbaijan on Tuesday for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump's election victory is keenly felt.Washington's top climate envoy John Podesta is seeking to reassure countries in Baku that Trump's re-election will not end US efforts on global warming, even if the issue will be "on the back burner".
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CNN has verified footage of the aftermath of a mass hit-and-run incident in China that killed 35 people. An SUV hit multiple pedestrians near Zhuhai Sports Center in the south of the country and left more than 40 people injured, according to local police. The driver, a 62-year-old man, is in police custody and investigations are underway.