Hurricane Beryl grows to Category 5 strength as it razes southeast Caribbean islands
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — Hurricane Beryl grows to Category 5 strength as it razes southeast Caribbean islands.
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AFP News240,000 people evacuated in China rainstorms
Nearly a quarter of a million people were evacuated in eastern China as rainstorms lashed swathes of the country and caused the Yangtze and other rivers to swell, state media reported Wednesday.Mountain floods in central Hunan claimed five lives last month, according to state media reports, while a landslide in the same province killed eight people.
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'It's all gone': floods in southern China devastate residents
STORY: This shop owner in southern China's Hunan Province is busy cleaning up debris on Wednesday after heavy rainfall and flooding devastated her stationary store.She says she didn't receive any notice to move her goods and asks: "How can a family survive in this situation?"Heavy rainfall pounded parts of Hunan earlier this week, causing the water level of a local river to reach its highest level in 70 years.Local authorities have activated the maximum emergency response level.This restaurant owner said she had to flee before it became impossible to get herself out.Now, with her business flooded - she says she is heartbroken and doesn't know how she will provide for her children.Last week, President Xi Jinping urged authorities to put in all-out efforts to protect lives as floods and natural disasters increased.China has provided more than $316.4 million in funds to help with rescue efforts and emergency supplies as deadly floods and landslides caused by almost two weeks of torrential rain ravage several parts of the country.In Changsha, the capital of Hunan, the Xiang and Laodao rivers are expected to hit peak dangerous levels Thursday morning, state media reported.
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Air Force Hurricane Hunters Fly Into Eye of Hurricane Beryl
Members of the US Air Force Hurricane Hunters flew into the eye of Hurricane Beryl on Tuesday, July 2, to collect data as the storm churned across the Caribbean Sea.This footage was captured and posted by the Air Force Reserve 403rd Wing
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The destructive impact of Hurricane Beryl in photos
Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 status late Monday after it ripped doors, windows and roofs off homes across the southeastern Caribbean with devastating winds and storm surge fueled by the Atlantic's record warmth.
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Indian state battling floods braces for more rain
Severe floods in the north-eastern state of Assam have displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
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Death Valley Set to Break Its Own Record for Earth’s Hottest Place
Death Valley, California, is expecting a roasting heat wave this July 4th week—and could break its own record for the world’s hottest place within days.Temperatures will be so blistering that rescue helicopters will not be allowed to fly.The heat wave currently scorching California is expected to bring exceptionally high temperatures to Death Valley this week. Weather geeks are closely monitoring the situation, hoping to see the mercury rise above 130 degrees Fahrenheit. (At 131 degrees, tender
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Why Scotland has been left in the cold this summer
Wet and chilly conditions experienced in June spill into the start of July.
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Six dead as floods inundate vast swath of India, Bangladesh
Six people have been killed in floods precipitated by torrential rains across northeast India and neighbouring Bangladesh that inundated the homes of more than a million others, officials said Wednesday. In Bangladesh, landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains killed two people including a Rohingya refugee early on Wednesday, police commander Jahirul Hoque Bhuiyan told AFP. Bhuiyan said authorities in Bangladesh's vast relief camps -- home to around a million Rohingya refugees from neighbourin
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Moscow hit by heat not seen in over a century
Moscow and the surrounding region sweltered Wednesday as temperatures soared to levels unseen in over a century, with the state weather monitor warning of dangerously hot nights. The heatwave has hit the Moscow region as well as the southern and western Kursk, Belgorod and Voronezh regions. bur/fg
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Greece wildfires: British holidaymaker describes 'apocalyptic' scenes as PM says 'dangerous' summer ahead
Hundreds of tourists were evacuated from the island of Kos overnight
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Flooding and landslides caused by extreme weather continue to pummel parts of Europe
Scientists attribute the latest extreme weather events to climate change driven by human activity.
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Met Office responds to reports of 27C ‘mini heatwave’ this month
There have been reports of 27C temperatures during a mini heatwave in the UK in the middle of this month.
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Oil prices rise amid Hurricane Beryl concerns, Middle East tensions
Hurricane Beryl is the earliest Category 5 storm on record. It's increasingly threatening to disrupt the oil market.
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Brutal heatwave to cook US west as Fourth of July wildfire risks loom
Sweltering conditions and power shutoffs may overlap with errant fireworks or badly tended campfires
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16-year-old Chinese boy beat with iron rod on New Zealand bus
On Friday morning, during the Maori New Year public holiday, a 16-year-old teen named Jason was brutally attacked on an Auckland bus by a woman wielding an iron rod. The assailant, described as a Maori woman “more than 200 kilograms," hit Jason multiple times and stabbed him in the face, knocking out five of his teeth, on board the bus after having allegedly shouted "ch*nk" at him at Johns Lane stop. Man intervenes: A 75-year-old Chinese man, Penglai Qiuyue, intervened and managed to grab the weapon, though he was also injured in the process.
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Singapore is trying to be a wealth hub. Now 6 family offices that got tax breaks are tied to the nation’s biggest money-laundering case
Singapore wants family offices to set up shop in the country. Now it’s exerting greater scrutiny after a $2.2 billion money-laundering scandal.
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Cristiano Ronaldo accused of ‘ambush marketing’ after wearing £230 smart wristband
Cristiano Ronaldo’s heart-rate data during Portugal’s penalty shootout win over Slovenia has been made public by the maker of a wearable device with whom he has partnered.
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Ukraine to be told it is too corrupt to join Nato
Ukraine will be told it is currently too corrupt to join Nato, in a major blow to Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Singapore to cane Japanese hairdresser for rape
The 38-year-old man is the first Japanese national to receive this punishment in Singapore.
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I went inside a hidden room where flight attendants sleep on long-haul flights. I was amazed by its small size and comfy beds.
Business Insider's reporter toured a secret room above economy where Air New Zealand flight attendants sleep on long-haul Boeing 777-300ER flights.