Tropical Storm Ernesto forms in the Atlantic Ocean, the fifth named storm of the 2024 hurricane season
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Ernesto forms in the Atlantic Ocean, the fifth named storm of the 2024 hurricane season.
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AFP NewsLocal, foreign firms facing months of recovery in storm-hit Vietnam
Factory roofs blown off, products worth millions of dollars destroyed, supply chains disrupted: Typhoon Yagi has had a disastrous impact on local and global companies in northern Vietnam who could take months to recover, business leaders warn.Dozens of factories and warehouses in Haiphong were damaged by Yagi, while some in neighbouring Quang Ninh province expect to have no power until the end of the week, business leaders told AFP. "I can guarantee that (the damage) is more than tens of million
- The Telegraph
Typhoon Yagi: 226 killed in Myanmar with entire villages swept away
The death toll from disastrous flooding in Myanmar following Typhoon Yagi has risen to 226, many more people missing after reports of deadly landslides and entire villages being swept away by raging rivers.
- Malay Mail
Storm leaves trail of destruction across Sabah — at least 23 trees toppled as winds roar at 43km/h
KOTA KINABALU, Sept 18 — The Sabah Fire and Rescue Department has received 23 reports of fallen trees so far today, with...
- INSIDER
Satellite images show the difficult mission to save a stricken oil tanker in the Red Sea
The Houthis attacked the MV Sounion multiple times in August, leaving the oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea.
- The Guardian
Storm Boris batters northern Italy bringing severe flooding and landslides
Homes evacuated in Emilia-Romagna region as pounding rain ‘well beyond the worst forecasts’ sweeps in
- HuffPost UK
The Most Accurate Weather App Has Finally Been Identified
Outfit planning is about to become so much easier.
- The Independent
Scores of invasive pythons captured in Florida including nearly 10ft snake
Tens of thousands of invasive pythons seized in Florida in the past 25 years
- Associated Press
Residents of a Czech town face hard recovery after massive flooding
Torrential rains have gone, flooding waters have been receding and the sun was shining again in the Czech town of Bohumin. The house where Kublova’s family lives was inundated as was almost this entire town in the worst flooding in years that spread at a broad swath of Central Europe. The town was submerged by a flood wave brought by the Oder River that was fueled by record rains in northeast Czech Republic in recent days.
- Associated Press
Cities in Central Europe reinforce riverbanks ahead of more flooding
Soldiers and firefighters used sandbags to reinforce river embankments and delivered food and drinking water to cut-off communities as the worst flooding in years moved Tuesday across a broad swath of Central Europe, taking lives and destroying homes. Heavy flooding has affected a large part of the region in recent days, including the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria. Casualties have been reported in Romania, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland.
- Yahoo News UK
4 key takeaways from the OceanGate Titan submersible hearing
The US Coast Guard is hearing evidence on how the Titan submersible lost contact and imploded in the Atlantic Ocean on a voyage to the Titanic.
- AFP News
Electric cars overtake petrol models in Norway
Hot on the heels of still-dominant diesel cars, electric vehicles now outnumber petrol models for the first time in oil-rich Norway, a world first that puts the country on track to taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road."The electrification of the fleet of passenger cars is going quickly, and Norway is thereby rapidly moving towards becoming the first country in the world with a passenger car fleet dominated by electric cars," Thorsen said.
- Reuters
Meta closes deal to buy up to 3.9 million carbon credits in Latin America
Facebook owner Meta agreed to buy up to 3.9 million carbon offset credits from Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual's forestry arm through 2038, the companies said on Wednesday in a statement. The average price for forestry carbon offsets last week was $4.22 per credit, according to data provider Allied Offsets. Carbon offsets allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions by paying for actions to cut emissions elsewhere to meet corporate climate goals.
- The Guardian
‘We empower ourselves’: the women cleaning up Bolivia’s Lake Uru Uru
Once clean enough to drink, the Andean lake was poisoned by mining pollution and urban waste. But now Indigenous women are using giant reeds to revive the vital ecosystem
- Associated Press
Grand prize winner removed 20 Burmese pythons from the wild in Florida challenge
It’s official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner. The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald Kiger, who removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during the 10-day hunt, which was meant to bring awareness to the threat that these pythons pose to the ecosystem. Last year, he was the direct runner-up to the grand prize winner.
- CNN
Entire city evacuated after floods, 7 die in wildfires as extreme weather sweeps Europe
Swaths of Europe have been battered by deadly extreme weather, as rivers threaten to burst their banks in central Europe following torrential rainfall, and wildfires tear through Portugal.
- AFP News
Myanmar villagers battle to save rice crop as flood death toll jumps to 226
War-weary Myanmar villagers salvaged crops from flooded fields Tuesday as the country's death toll in the wake of Typhoon Yagi doubled to 226 and the UN warned as many as 630,000 people could need assistance.State TV in junta-ruled Myanmar confirmed 226 fatalities late on Monday, with 77 people missing, doubling the previous toll of 113.
- AFP News
In French Polynesia, boom in whale-based tourism sparks concern
A giant whale stole the show at the Summer Olympic Games, shooting out of the water as athletes competed in women's surfing semi-finals on the French Pacific island of Tahiti last month.Located in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean and consisting of 118 islands, the picture-perfect territory known for its crystal-clear waters, stunning beaches and lush landscapes is one of the few places on Earth where tourists can swim with the whales.
- The Independent
Europe weather chaos - live: Italy braces for Storm Boris flooding as Portugal wildfires blaze and deaths rise
Thousands of firefighters in Portugal are battling wildfires as catastrophic central Europe floods are killing residents
- Associated Press
A bewildered seal found itself in the mouth of a humpback whale
A photograph by a whale-watching naturalist captured a seemingly bewildered seal in the mouth of a humpback whale after the giant marine mammal accidentally gulped it last Thursday in the waters off Anacortes, Washington. The food mix-up began while a Blue Kingdom Whale and Wildlife Tours boat spotted birds flying over a school of fish and a humpback whale swimming toward it, Captain Tyler McKeen said. After the whale went back underwater, photographs and videos were checked by whale watchers.
- The Guardian
Floods in Poland and wildfires in Portugal show reality of climate breakdown, says EU
Emergency crews battle to reinforce defences around Wrocław in Poland amid devastating rainfall