PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (AP) — Category 3 Hurricane John hits southern Mexico’s Pacific coast with fierce winds and potentially catastrophic flooding.
Millions of containers cross the oceans every year. The Associated Press looked at what happens to the thousands of shipping containers that fall off ships and are lost at sea. Why do shipping container spills happen? Today’s largest cargo vessels are longer than three football fields.
Hundreds of international flights disrupted for third day
Typhoon Krathon made landfall in Taiwan's south on Thursday, the island's weather agency said, after forcing schools and offices to shut for a second day amid winds and rain that have left two dead and more than 100 injured.Torrential rain and powerful winds unleashed on the island have already left at least two people dead, two missing and 123 injured, said the National Fire Agency.
Millions of people in the West are experiencing a dangerous and historic October heatwave with temperatures so extreme they’d be considered hot during the peak of summer.
Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets with feather tufts, life-size plastic turkey decoys made for hunters, colorful squirt guns. If you find a single Croc shoe, you might think somebody lost it out on the beach, he said.
Typhoon Krathon caused destruction in Kaohsiung as it made landfall in Taiwan on October 3.Footage shared online shows the collapsed awning of a convenience store in Kaohsiung.At least two people were killed and dozens injured as a result of the typhoon, according to local news.Around 9,600 people were evacuated from 12 cities and counties, local news said, citing officials.By Thursday afternoon, Krathon was moving slowing north over Taiwan, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration.The Taipei Emergency Operation Center said the 24-hour cumulative rainfall could reach 400 mm (15.7 inches). Credit: @liz02.05 via Storyful
A second asteroid hit Earth around the same time causing a "catastrophic" event.
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Some pay a private firm to pump out water after suffering flooding for days.
Biden flew over storm-ravaged North Carolina, where tens of thousands of people remain without running water.
China's meteoric rise as the world's powerhouse of electric vehicle production makes Western efforts to curb their exports a tough sell -- and means they could even stifle the fight against climate change, analysts warn.But without a steady stream of electric vehicles on Europe's roads, analysts say, that goal will be tough to meet.
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The majority of deaths were reported in North Carolina
The destruction reveals this city — like any in America — was never safe, it’s just that memories are short and the climate crisis consistently underestimated.
BY NUMBERS: Only one European country generates 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy sources, writes Anthony Cuthbertson. But others are catching up
STORY: ::Kasukabe, Japan::July 4, 2024It looks like a secret underground cavern from the set of a movie. But it's actually a facility designed to keep Tokyo from flooding.It is one part of a growing system to ensure the expected increase in rainfall doesn’t overcome the Japanese capital.::This EarthHelping to oversee the expansion of this underground system is Shun Otomo.::Shun OtomoTokyo Bureau of Construction“As the climate changes, these kinds of rains are expected to become more and more frequent and to have even greater impact we intend to strengthen the provision of these facilities in order to ensure the safety and security of the people of Tokyo."::Tokyo, JapanFifty-nine massive pillars that are 59 feet high and weigh 500 tons each make up what is known as the “underground chamber” here north of Tokyo.It has enough volume to fit almost 100 Olympic-size swimming pools of water.When nearby rivers flood, the overflow courses through nearly four miles of massive underground tunnels before collecting here in what is officially known as the Metropolitan Outer Area Underground Discharge Channel.Facilities like this one help protect Tokyo from a changing climate being tracked by Tokyo University professor of environmental science and climate risk Seita Emori.::Seita EmoriTokyo University Professor"We are now in a long-term warming trend, so we anticipate that previously unseen record amounts of rain will fall as the temperature rises in the future."::July 6, 2024The summer of 2024 was the hottest since records began in 1898, Japan's weather agency said in September. In Tokyo, sudden, violent storms known as "guerrilla" downpours have become increasingly common.Tokyo’s flood defenses went into action on August 30th as security cameras captured water pouring into the underground cathedral as a typhoon lashed southwest Japan nearly 400 miles away.The system kicked in four times in June, more than all of last year. During Typhoon Shanshan, it captured enough water to fill the Tokyo Dome baseball stadium almost four times, before pumping it safely into the Edogawa River and out to sea.::July 17, 2024Work is also underway using a colossal tunneling machine to ground a path through the earth below Tokyo.The aim is to capture vast quantities of rain that might otherwise flood the streets above.
From Hurricane Helene to Typhoon Yagi, powerful storms are battering the globe, and scientists warn that a warming planet is amplifying their destructive force to unprecedented levels.Additionally, rising sea levels -- about a foot over the past century -- mean cyclones are now operating from a higher baseline, amplifying storm surges, said Zierden.
The question of whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi can stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild was resolved Thursday when the Massachusetts governor stepped in to protect Nibi. The state issued a permit to Newhouse Wildlife Rescue for Nibi to remain at the rehabilitation facility and serve as an educational animal. “Nibi has captured the hearts of many of our residents, mine included,” Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said Thursday.
“Your dad is in trouble:” One family’s desperate hunt as the search for Helene’s missing drags on.
Flash floods swept through a popular elephant sanctuary in northern Thailand on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of about 100 elephants and trapping dozens of tourists, amid urgent pleas for help.
