The Taoiseach has confirmed that the reopening of pubs, hotel bars and nightclubs will now not go ahead on 10 August as planned.
Micheál Martin also said the size of crowds gathering will remain at 200 for outdoors and 50 for indoors and he said the
Read more…Fire fighters battle a massive blaze in California
Read more…Official figures from Brazil have shown a big increase in the number of fires in the Amazon region in July compared with the same month last year.
Satellite images compiled by Brazil's National Space Agency revealed there were 6,803 - a rise of 28%.
Read more…Time: 2020-08-01 17:09:01 (UTC)
Location: 7.304°N 124.142°E
Depth: 479.6 km
Read more…Much of Europe has been experiencing a mini heatwave since Friday.
Several countries, including France, Spain, the Netherlands and the UK, have seen near-record temperatures.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0802/1156958-european-heatwave/
Read more…Intense heat spread across much of France today ahead of a heavy holiday travel weekend, prompting officials to warn of wildfire risks in exceptionally dry and windy conditions.
Around one-third of the country's 101 fire departments were on high aler
Read more…Iraqis have been struggling to keep cool as a heatwave continues across much of the Middle East.
The temperature in the capital Baghdad reportedly approached 52C on Tuesday, one of the highest the city has ever seen.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-m
Read more…Record high temperatures will continue to be challenged across the Middle East this week as blistering heat and dry conditions remain over the region.
The week got off to a blazing start in Baghdad, Iraq, with a temperature reading of 50.6 C (123.1
Read more…Heat that has been largely confined to extreme southern Europe so far this summer will be unleashed across western Europe by the end of this week.
Read more…Yet another tropical system could be spawned in the Atlantic, as a very active July in the tropics continues. A tropical low dubbed Invest 92L by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) could be the next named storm of the season.
Both Gonzalo and Hanna
Read more…Depth 79.8 km
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000aq3e/impact
Read more…Millions of people have been evacuated from their homes in China as the Yangtze River floods after weeks of heavy rain
More than 140 people are reported to have died, with millions displaced
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0716/1153637-china-flood
Read more…The second half of 2020 has started as hot as possible for many areas around the United States, putting some regions in striking distance of rewriting a few pages in the record books.
While some locales have seen one-off scorchers, few places have s
Read more…Heavy downpours and gale-force winds hit the South African city of Cape Town today, triggering severe weather warnings.
The storm also brought snow and a cold front, accompanied by gale-force winds of up to 100km/h.
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens
Read more…This has been one of the wettest flood seasons in about a generation for parts of China as widespread flooding, landslides and high rivers continue to ravage parts of the country, and more rounds of flooding rainfall are in the forecast.
As of early
Read more…Tropical Storm Fay continues head towards the Jersey Shore and the Northeast. A rare landfall for a tropical cyclone during July.
the record-breaking Tropical Storm Fay made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey, just before 5 p.m. EDT Friday.
Soon, a new Light, a new sun, will be seen. It will be larger and will be the cause of much wonder.
This is a sign of My Power and My Majesty. It will be a miracle and will prove that man does not fully understand the secret of Creation.
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