Heavy rains lashed Texas and Louisiana as Hurricane Nicholas weakened into a tropical storm, bringing the threat of widespread floods and power outages as it swept down the US Gulf Coast.
https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2021/0914/1246606-hurricane-nicho
Read more…Washington State University (WSU) sacked Nick Rolovich, its highest-paid employee, and four of his assistants, for failing to meet a vaccine mandate.
The mandate means all state workers in Washington have to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or
A rare waterspout was spotted off the coast of Cienfuegos, Cuba on Saturday.
Waterspouts are tornadoes that occur over a body of water but never reach land. They are characterised by a funnel-shaped cloud.
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Read more…A large storm system dumped more than a month's worth of rain in the Greece capital of Athens on Thursday, prompting closures and flooding streets.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/storm-ballos-dumps-over-a-months-worth-of-rain-in-greec
Read more…Off the coast.
Joe Biden has been urging US employers to issue ultimatums to their staff: get vaccinated, or lose your job.
The president says he will soon bring in a mandate that requires all healthcare workers to have had the jab, and has urged states to do the
Videos posted on social media showed towering, apocalyptic-looking dust clouds enveloping the region and pummeling the landscape.
According to AFP, the drought is the country's worst in more than 90 years and is responsible for stirring up the catas
Read more…A high temperature record that stood for more than a century was broken Tuesday in the Plains. More heat is in the forecast, but a noticeable change will soon occur.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/summerlike-heat-keeps-central-sta
Read more…Areas from Montana to New Mexico could receive an accumulation of the white stuff, with 30 inches of snow possible in some of the highest elevations. Even Denver could see its first snowflakes of the season.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-we
Read more…Torrential rainfall has been drenching the Southeast through much of the week, bringing widespread flooding concerns. On Wednesday night, the flooding turned deadly in Alabama.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/flash-flooding-turns-dead
Read more…Rossiglione, Italy, located in the Genoa province, found itself in the absolute worst of Monday's extreme rainfall. The city ended up with a mind-boggling 34.8 inches (883.8 mm) of rainfall over the course of 24 hours.
Read more…But in the vast tundra of Antarctic ice at the South Pole, temperatures plummeted to levels never seen before this past winter.
At the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, located on the highest plateau of Antarctica, average temperatures from April to
Read more…At least 20 people have been killed after an earthquake struck Pakistan's southern Balochistan province early on Thursday, officials have told the BBC.
Authorities say the death toll may increase, and that many people were killed when structures co
It prompted the closure of beaches in Los Angeles and Orange counties, and warnings from fire services for people to find shelter.
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2021/1005/1250962-lightning-storm-los-angeles/
Read more…The death toll rose on Monday in Oman one day after Shaheen made an unprecedented landfall in the country. And forecasters said the landfall wasn't the only unusual part about the storm's journey.
Cyclone Shaheen roared ashore as the first cyclone to
Read more…M 7.3 - Vanuatu region
Offshore
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A rare earthquake has rattled southeastern Australia, shaking buildings, knocking down walls and sending panicked Melbourne residents running into the streets.
The shallow tremor hit east of the country's second-largest city just after 9am local tim
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