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Yahoo News AustraliaAussie woman's chilling discovery while sitting in backyard: 'Between my legs'
At first, the deadly threat is barely visible, but a closer look reveals the hidden danger. Find out more.
- Yahoo News Australia
Grim warning issued to Aussies as dangerous threat looms: 'Far from over'
While some Aussies are enjoying an early start to summer, others have been urged to stay alert.
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Jet ski riders photographed in 'utterly disgusting' act with migrating whales
A series of photographs supplied to Yahoo News reveals why witnesses were shocked by the early morning activity. Find out more.
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Ancient world discovered on remote Aussie beach after wild storms: 'Magnificent'
The 'usual nice white sand' has been washed away, uncovering a lost world. Find out more.
- NewsWire
Heat blast to hit state as mercury soars
It looks like summer has hit early, with one big city set to swelter through 32C temperatures.
- Yahoo News Australia
Warning issued to beachgoers after 'whopping' 20,000km trek
Thousands of 'international travellers' are currently flocking to a slice of Australia's pristine coastline.
- The Independent
Hurricane Milton ‘explodes’ into Category 5 as experts warn Florida could be in for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ storm: Live
Floridians asked to brace for what could be the largest evacuation since Hurricane Irma in 2017 as Milton upgraded to devastating Category 4 hurricane
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‘The power of water.’ How Helene devastated western North Carolina and left communities in ruins
A week after Hurricane Helene roared through, the smell of death overpowers the cool mountain air over the isolated twisting roads of devastated rural western North Carolina.
- Sky News
Black bear attacks man inside Colorado home after breaking in with cubs
A man was attacked inside his home by a black bear after it broke in through a glass sliding door late at night. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said on Saturday that the man, 74, tried to shoo the bear out of his home with a kitchen chair, before being knocked into a wall and clawed at. Colorado wildlife officer Lucas Martin said: "It's certainly lucky we didn't have a fatality because it was close."
- The Independent
Scientists invent artificial plant that cleans indoor air and generates electricity
Artificial plant is nine-times more effective at removing CO2 than natural plants
- CNN
Less than 10 days after Helene made landfall, Florida braces for another hurricane, potentially a Category 3
Less than 10 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, the state is bracing for another potentially devastating blow from a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, this one a potential Category 3 storm.
- BBC
Island nesting site built for rare seabirds
The islands at the nature reserve are used by colonies of seabirds to breed and raise their chicks.
- HowStuffWorks
The Most Venomous Snake in the World and 19 Deadly Others
Just one bite from any of these venomous snakes could cost you your life. They're some of the deadliest snakes in the world and you don't want to mess with them.
- BBC
Treehouse converted to bat hotel
The treehouse will have perch points installed as well as being insulated and made dark.
- RFI
Beauty and the blight: a photographer's quest to expose an ecological disaster
For decades, swathes of France's coastline have been regularly swamped by toxic green algae, especially in Brittany. Scientists say it forms due to a glut of chemical waste from intensive farming that spills into the sea. One young photographer is exposing the problem from an unusual and surprisingly beautiful perspective. Scientists dressed head to toe in protective suits stand on an empty beach, gazing out towards a grey horizon, surrounded by what looks like green slime.An alien invasion? Dis
- Storyful
Satellite Imagery Shows Historic Trio of Active Hurricanes Swirling in Atlantic Basin
The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) said three hurricanes were simultaneously active in the Atlantic Basin on Sunday, October 6, marking the first time the phenomenon had ever been recorded in the month of October.Satellite imagery released by CIRA at Colorado State University (CSU) shows the trio - named Milton, Kirk and Leslie - as they were developing in the Atlantic Basin on Sunday.“For the first time in recorded history, the Atlantic basin has three active hurricanes in October or later,” CIRA said, crediting a CSU researcher for the statistic.By Sunday afternoon, Milton intensified from a tropical storm into a Category 1 hurricane in the Gulf Coast and was expected to impact Florida by early next week.Hurricane Kirk, carrying maximum sustained winds near 100 mph (155 km/hr), was forecast to generate surf swells around the Leeward Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and east coast of the US. Leslie, carrying winds of 90 mph, was not expected to impact land, according to official reports. Credit: CSU/CIRA & NOAA via Storyful
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Hurricane Milton Explodes To 175 mph Cat. 5, Takes Aim At Florida Days After Helene; Flood Concerns In Tampa Bay & Miami As Some Orlando-Area Theme Parks Close – Update
UPDATED, 12:48 p.m. PT: Hurricane Milton is now a strong Category 5 hurricane, topping the scale of categories with sustained winds of 175 mph. That means Milton went from tropical storm to Cat. 5 hurricane in well under 24 hours. According to the National Hurricane Service, only Wilma in 2005 and Felix in 2007 intensified …
- RFI
Planet on the brink with ocean acidification set to cross critical limit
The health of the planet is at a critical juncture, with a recent study revealing that six out of nine key environmental indicators are already in the red. Among these is ocean acidification, which is set to breach its planetary limit in the coming years. The root of the problem lies in carbon emissions. Not only do they contribute to climate warming, the vast amounts of CO2 released into the atmosphere also destabilise the balance of the oceans.About one-third of the CO2 produced by human activ
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Homeowners' anger as house flooded and 'raw sewage' runs across driveways
Homeowners in Brampton, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, say they were left flooded and with raw sewage running down their driveways after recent heavy rain.
- CNN
A black bear and her three cubs entered an elderly man’s Colorado home. He narrowly escaped with his life, officials say
An elderly man narrowly escaped with his life Thursday after a harrowing attack by a bear and her three cubs in his own home.