Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthens into a hurricane again, forecasters say
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BBCMore than 127 dead in Vietnam super typhoon
The most powerful storm to hit the country in 30 years has also left thousands stranded.
- The Independent
Typhoon Yagi death toll soars to 143 as whole village swallowed by landslide in Vietnam
Torrent of water gushing down a mountainside in Lao Cai province buried the Lang Nu hamlet with 35 families in mud and debris
- Evening Standard
London weather: Cold Arctic air sends overnight temperature in capital tumbling to 7C
Lower temperatures follow wet weekend and weather warning in the capital
- BBC
Cars plunge into river as super typhoon destroys Vietnam bridge
Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful to hit Asia this year, kills 60 and destroys homes across north of country.
- AFP News
Rescue on as Typhoon Yagi leaves 40 missing, 63 dead in Vietnam
Emergency workers raced to evacuate thousands of people from severe floods Tuesday after Typhoon Yagi swept through northern Vietnam, killing 63 people and leaving 40 others missing.At least 24 others were killed as Yagi tore through southern China and the Philippines before hitting Vietnam.
- AFP News
Hanoi river level hits 20-year high as SE Asia typhoon toll passes 150
Residents of Hanoi waded through waist-deep water Wednesday as river levels hit a 20-year high and the toll from the strongest typhoon in decades passed 150, with neighbouring nations also enduring deadly flooding and landslides.The Red River in Hanoi reached its highest level in 20 years on Wednesday, forcing residents to trudge through waist-deep brown water as they retrieved possessions from flooded homes.
- The Independent
Chinese city sees ‘underwear falling from sky’ after cloud seeding to break heatwave
People in Chongqing suspect cloud seeding caused strong winds that sent laundry flying but authorities deny claim
- CNN
Tropical Storm Francine forces evacuations along Gulf Coast, Louisiana under hurricane warning
The first evacuations have been ordered along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Francine gains strength ahead of an expected hurricane strike by midweek, and a hurricane warning has been posted for Louisiana in anticipation of Francine’s arrival.
- Reuters
Hanoi flooded by swollen river as Typhoon Yagi leaves 179 dead
HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam's capital of Hanoi evacuated thousands of people living near the swollen Red River as its waters rose to a 20-year high, flooding streets days after Typhoon Yagi battered the country's north, killing at least 179 people. Asia's most powerful typhoon this year, Yagi brought gales and heavy rain as it moved westwards after landfall on Saturday, causing the collapse of a bridge this week while it scythed through provinces along the Red River, the area's biggest. "My home is now part of the river," said Nguyen Van Hung, 56, who lives in a neighbourhood on the banks of the Red River.
- The Independent
Tropical Storm Francine forecast to be Category 2 hurricane when it slams into Gulf Coast
Storm is projected to bring up nearly a foot of rain in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, southern Alabama and western Florida
- CNN
Hurricane Francine will continue to strengthen on its collision course with Louisiana
Francine has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph and is forecast to keep strengthening – possibly to a Category 2 storm – ahead of landfall along the Louisiana coast Wednesday.
- Reuters
Typhoon Yagi unleashes destruction in Vietnam, threatens Hanoi
HANOI (Reuters) -The death toll in Vietnam from Asia's worst storm this year reached 127 on Tuesday, with torrents of rain triggering floods and landslides, burying homes, sweeping away a bridge and now threatening the capital Hanoi. In several northern provinces, including the suburbs of Hanoi, residents waded through knee-high floods. Landslides and floods triggered by the typhoon have killed at least 127 people in northern Vietnam and 54 others were missing, the disaster management agency said on Tuesday in its latest update on the situation.
- CNN
Residents flee as California and Nevada wildfires get dangerously close and forecasters warn of record heat
Raging wildfires in California and Nevada are forcing the mandatory evacuations of thousands of homes as forecasters warn of a few more days of record-breaking heat for parts of the West.
- The Guardian
Giant tortoises in Seychelles face threat from luxury hotel development
Conservationists and botanists express concern over plans for Qatari-funded upscale resort on Assomption Island
- The Daily Beast
Tropical Storm Warning: Hurricane Francine Expected to Smash Into Louisiana
After a blessed lull in this year’s hurricane season, a new storm is gathering force as it sweeps across the Gulf of Mexico toward the Louisiana coastline.Dubbed Tropical Storm Francine, forecasters anticipate that, fueled by warm waters, the fierce winds will almost certainly exceed the sustained speeds of 74mph required for hurricane status, possibly reaching as high as 100mph, by the time the storm arrives in the U.S. sometime on Wednesday afternoon.The National Hurricane Center has issued a
- Associated Press
Death toll from Typhoon Yagi rises to 87 in Vietnam. Dozens remain missing
The death toll from Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent rain that triggered floods and landslides climbed to 87 on Tuesday as 70 others remain missing and hundreds were injured, state media said. Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian country in decades. Vietnamese state broadcaster VTV said floods and landslides caused most of the deaths.
- The Guardian
Typhoon Yagi: dozens dead in Vietnam in region’s most powerful storm this year
Weather agency warns of more floods and landslides after at least 49 people killed with 22 missing
- France 24
Louisiana orders evacuations, urges preparedness as ‘expected’ hurricane Francine nears
Hurricane warnings have been issued for much of the Louisiana coastline with a forecast of heavy rain, strong winds and a severe storm surge, with landfall expected on Wednesday. The US National Hurricane Center on Monday said Tropical Storm Francine was “expected to become a hurricane soon”. Tropical Storm Francine strengthened Monday in the Gulf of Mexico and was forecast to make landfall as a hurricane this week in Louisiana, where evacuation orders were quickly issued in some coastal communi
- Associated Press
Flash flood sweeps away hamlet as Vietnam's storm toll rises to 155 dead
A flash flood swept away an entire hamlet in northern Vietnam, killing 30 people and leaving dozens missing as deaths from a typhoon and its aftermath climbed to 155 on Wednesday. Vietnamese state broadcaster VTV said the torrent of water gushing down from a mountain in Lao Cai province Tuesday buried Lang Nu hamlet with 35 families in mud and debris. The death toll from Typhoon Yagi and its aftermath has climbed to 155.
- The Telegraph
‘The tiger had my husband by his throat – I fought to save him with a stick’
Most people would have run for their lives. But as the tiger was sinking its claws into her husband’s neck, Mangal grabbed a stick and started fighting.