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Hungary gives 1st vaccine shots a day before EU's rollout
Hungarian doctors and health care workers began getting vaccinated Saturday with one of the continent's first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, upsetting plans for a coordinated rollout on Sunday of the first shots across the
Read more…2021 will be cooler but still in top six warmest
UK Met Office scientists are forecasting that 2021 will be a little cooler around the world, but will still be one of the top six warmest years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55365414
Read more…Nationwide wind and rain warnings(Storm Bella) for St Stephen's Day(Ireland)
Met Éireann has issued nationwide Status Yellow warnings for tomorrow as wind and rain associated with Storm Bella hits Ireland.
It says westerly winds will reach speeds of 50km/h to 65km/h with gusts of 90km/h to 110km/h. Gusts will be higher at tim
Read more…Watch: Dr. Fauci gets Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on camera ‘as a symbol to the rest of the country’ to get vaccinated
Fauci(the nation’s leading infectious-disease expert) and HHS Secretary Alex Azar got their shots on camera so ‘Americans can be confident in this vaccine.
Dr. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Hea
Read more…Covid reaches end of the world as Antarctica sees cases
Chile's armed forces said at least 36 people had been infected at its Bernardo O'Higgins base, including 26 army personnel and ten civilian contractors conducting maintenance at the base.
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2020/1222/1186052-coronavir
Read more…Level 5 Covid restrictions re-imposed as Covid cases rise in Ireland (Europe)
Level 5(top level) to be reintroduced, in Ireland, on Christmas Eve.
Read more…Iceland: Town of Seydisfjordur evacuated after mudslide hits
Residents of the port town of Seydisfjordur in east Iceland have been moved to safety following a mudslide after record levels of rainfall.
Some houses were destroyed by the deluge of mud and rocks.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-55389821
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Binghamton, NY, closing in on 3 feet of snow
A major nor'easter is pummeling the interior Northeast with feet of snow, and some cities along the Interstate 95 corridor have already eclipsed their total snow from last winter.
An intense snow band continues to pummel the Binghamton, New York, ar
Read more…Record snowfall in Japan
Heavy snow has been falling across Japan and there's more to come.
Several snowfall records have been broken including Fujiwara which saw 176cm of snow in 48 hours, breaking the old record of 145cm from January 2010.
Planets to align on winter solstice, shine together like 1 bright star
Jupiter and Saturn have been prominent features in the night sky all year long, but shortly after the first sunset of winter, the pair will join forces to shine incredibly bright for just a few fleeting hours.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-ne
Read more…Venice floods as weather catches city off-guard
Much of Venice was left under water on Tuesday, as unexpectedly severe weather caused flooding in the city.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-55239719
Read more…UK probing if allergic reactions linked to Pfizer vaccine
British regulators warned Wednesday that people who have a history of serious allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as they investigate two adverse reactions that occurred on the first day of the country’s mass vaccinat
Read more…Four lions at Barcelona zoo test positive for Covid-19
Four lions at Barcelona Zoo have tested positive for Covid-19, veterinary authorities said, in only the second known case in which large felines have contracted coronavirus.
https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/1208/1183092-lions-covid-spain/
Read more…Extreme weather leaves Australian suburb covered in 'hairy panic'
An intense windstorm in Australia over the weekend left parts of one suburb outside of Melbourne buried under an overabundance of tumbleweed. The freak weather event had residents, some of whom have lived in the area for 15 years, in stunned amazemen
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