Hurricane Rafael makes landfall in Cuba as powerful Category 3 storm after knocking out power on island
HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Rafael makes landfall in Cuba as powerful Category 3 storm after knocking out power on island.
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Malay Mail‘Take as much as you need’: Khairul Aming can take supplies from Mydin to help flood victims in Kelantan, says its MD (VIDEO)
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 –– Wholesaler and retailer Mydin Mohamed Holdings Berhad (Mydin) has facilitated influencer Khairul...
- Associated Press
Floods wreak havoc in Malaysia, southern Thailand with over 30 killed, tens of thousands displaced
Severe floods caused by monsoon rains killed more than 30 people and displaced tens of thousands in Malaysia and southern Thailand, officials said Tuesday, with both countries preparing shelters and evacuation plans in anticipation of more heavy rain. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said five days of heavier-than-expected rain that battered the country's east coast last week was equal to the rainfall over the past six months, wreaking havoc in the northeastern state of Kelantan and neighboring Terengganu.
- Malay Mail
Penang to build RM6.3m flood retention pond and blue-green corridor to manage flash floods
GEORGE TOWN, Dec 3 — The Penang government, through the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID), today launched two mul...
- AFP News
New Zealand scientists dissect world's rarest whale
New Zealand scientists on Monday began dissecting a whale considered the rarest in the world, a species so elusive that only seven specimens have ever been documented. "This one is the rarest of the rare -- only the seventh specimen known from anywhere in the world, and the first opportunity we have had to undertake a dissection like this."
- Reuters
Russian drones attack critical infrastructure in Ukraine's west, air force says
The attack left part of the city of Ternopil without electricity, its mayor said, a week after Moscow's strikes cut power to much of the city and its surrounding region. Russia mounted two big attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure in November, triggering power cuts across the country in the build-up to winter.
- The Independent
Three dead and dozens hospitalised after eating endangered sea turtle
Turtle may have grown toxic from consuming contaminated algae
- Malay Mail
Malaysian banks extend relief schemes for flood-hit customers
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — The Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) today said its members have launched several assistance...
- People
Bear Killed After Spending 2 Days Inside a Supermarket Ransacking Meat Department and Attacking Worker
As there were no customers at the time, the bear roamed inside the store in Japan and helped itself to the meat stock
- The Guardian
Scientists dissect ‘world’s rarest whale’ for clues on little-known species
Only seven spade-tooth whales have ever been documented, now work is beginning on a specimen that washed ashore in New Zealand in July
- Malay Mail
Perak MB: Segari Melintang forest land replaced with larger reserve in Hulu Perak
IPOH, Dec 3 — Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad said the 548.1 hectares of the Segari Melintang Permanent F...
- Sky News
Large sinkhole opens up in South Wales as residents told to stay away
A large sinkhole has appeared on a housing estate in South Wales, with the local council warning residents to stay away from the area. According to the British Geological Survey (BGS), sinkholes can form after heavy rain or flooding that causes the collapse of normally stable cavities beneath the surface.
- Malay Mail
How Malaysians are cutting electricity costs with solar energy for long-term savings, sustainability as prices drop and govt incentives grow
Homeowners are saving on electricity bills through solar energy systems as installation costs decrease and government...
- CNN
‘It just keeps coming and coming’: Heavy lake-effect snow dumps more than 5 feet over parts of Great Lakes region
Post-Thanksgiving travel will be treacherous in parts of the Great Lakes region on Monday with more lake-effect snow falling after the region was already buried under feet of it, while cold temperatures remain across a large swath of the United States.
- The Hill
Feeding grazing cows seaweed could cut their methane emissions by nearly 40 percent: Study
Supplementing the diets of grazing beef cows with seaweed in pellet form could cut their methane emissions by almost 40 percent, a new study has found. The seaweed pellets led to this plunge in emissions without affecting the health or weight of the cows, according to the study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National…
- Reuters
Amazon to pilot AI-designed material for carbon removal
Amazon.com Inc plans to pilot a new carbon-removal material for data centers, which are at risk of worsening emissions from artificial intelligence systems they power, a startup behind the deal said on Monday. In a twist, AI itself, from the startup Orbital Materials, is what designed the carbon-filtering substance, its Chief Executive Jonathan Godwin said. "It's like a sponge at the atomic level," Godwin told Reuters.
- AFP News
Japan witnesses warmest autumn on record
Japan has recorded its warmest autumn since records began 126 years ago, the weather agency said, delaying the country's popular displays of seasonal foliage into December.The weather has delayed the country's autumn foliage season -- when tourists flock to see leaves turn vibrant reds and yellows.
- The Independent
Bendy solar panels to meet energy demand of 20 nuclear reactors
Mass producuction of perovskite solar panels offers path for Japan to supercharge its renewable energy transition
- Associated Press
Lake-effect snow blankets the Great Lakes as Thanksgiving travelers head home
Lake-effect snow blanketed swaths of the U.S. as Thanksgiving travelers journeyed home this holiday weekend, with more snow expected to fall over the Great Lakes region through the week. While the weather event dumped dozens of inches of snow in upstate New York, including nearly 4 feet (1.22 meters) off Lake Ontario, as well as parts of Pennsylvania and Michigan, flinty fans scoffed at the flurries and numbing temperatures during Sunday's nighttime NFL game in Buffalo. Lake-effect snow is caused when warm, moist air is blown across a body of water and mixes with colder, drier air, creating narrow bands of often heavy snow on land.
- AFP News
Death toll in Thailand flooding jumps to 25
Thousands of people have been displaced by torrential floodwaters that slammed into southern Thailand, where the death toll has risen to 25, officials said on Tuesday. Malaysian disaster officials said on Tuesday that more than 94,000 people were yet to return to their homes after being evacuated due to the floods, with five people reported dead.
- The Guardian
‘The smell hurts’: why has the supreme court washed its hands of Argentina’s ‘rotten river’?
Campaigners fear ruling on the toxic Matanza-Riachuelo basin will worsen the region’s many health crises and sends a message ‘environmental damage is not a priority’