With 5 consecutive days of 115 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, Las Vegas breaks heat record
LAS VEGAS (AP) — With 5 consecutive days of 115 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, Las Vegas breaks heat record.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — With 5 consecutive days of 115 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, Las Vegas breaks heat record.
Fifteen people were killed after a mudslide hit a homestay house in a tourist area in southeastern China on Sunday as heavy rains from what remained of a tropical storm drenched the region, state media said. Elsewhere in China, a delivery person on a scooter was killed Saturday after being hit by a falling tree in Shanghai, apparently because of storm-related winds, according to The Paper, a digital news outlet. The deaths were the first in China that appear linked to Typhoon Gaemi, which weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall on Thursday.
More than 5,000 people isolated by flooding in northwest North Korea were rescued in airlifts and other evacuation work supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported Monday. Heavy rainfall on Saturday had caused a river on the North Korean-Chinese border to exceed a dangerous level and created “a grave crisis," the official Korean Central News Agency said. About 10 military helicopters and navy and government boats were mobilized for the evacuation efforts in Sinuiju city and Uiju town where flooding had isolated residents.
Thousands of firefighters battling a huge wildfire in northern California received some help from the weather hours after it exploded in size, scorching an area greater than the size of Los Angeles.
SUNDAY UPDATE: The Park fire in Northern California has now burned more than 350,000 acres. The fire was 12% contained by Sunday morning, with 4,000 firefighters and other personnel trying to stop it, Cal Fire said. At least 134 structures have been destroyed and five others damaged. Improved weather conditions helped firefighters make progress since …
As the Park fire rages near Chico, residents who were evacuated from the deadly Camp fire in 2018 are evacuated again
STORY: ::A northern California wildfire is now the country's largest, after doubling in size in 24 hours::July 27, 2024::Lyonsville, CaliforniaThe Park Fire had burned more than 350,000 acres about 90 miles north of the state capital city of Sacramento as of Saturday afternoon, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.Cooler temperatures and more humid air were expected in the region, potentially helping efforts to slow the spread of the fire, according to authorities, who also said the fire had destroyed at least 134 structures.Evacuation orders and warnings were issued for multiple communities in several counties, including a warning for Paradise, the town that was devastated by the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest in the state's history.A man was arrested on Thursday (July 25) on suspicion that he started the Park Fire by pushing a flaming car into a bone-dry gully on Wednesday (July 24) afternoon.The fire has become the largest of dozens of active blazes across the country that have burned more than 2 million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center, overtaking the Durkee Fire in Oregon in size, which has scorched more than 288,000 acres in the eastern part of the state.
The fierce wildfire in the Canadian town of Jasper melted cars to the road and turned homes to ash.
A heat wave blanketing Iran has forced authorities to cut operating hours at various facilities Saturday and order all government and commercial institutions to shutter the following day as hospitals receive over 200 people for heatstroke treatment. The temperature ranged from 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) to 42 C (about 107 F) in the capital, Tehran, according to weather reports. State-run IRNA news agency said banks, offices, and public institutions across the country would close on Sunday to protect people’s health and conserve energy, due to extreme temperatures and that only emergency services and medical agencies would be excluded.
Japan's 14-year-old Coco Yoshizawa grabbed gold in the all-teenage women's street skateboard final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, after nailing a high-risk ride down the hand-rail. With defending Olympic champion Yuto Horigome, Sora Shirai and 14-year-old Ginwoo Onodera, Japan could again be set to dominate. pb/rox
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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) — Lewis Hamilton was promoted to first place at the Belgian Grand Prix after race officials disqualified his Mercedes teammate George Russell for driving an underweight car on Sunday. Russell crossed the line first after making only one pit stop, finishing just ahead of Hamilton.