Francine strengthens into a hurricane in the Gulf as Louisiana prepares for storm to make landfall Wednesday
MIAMI (AP) — Francine strengthens into a hurricane in the Gulf as Louisiana prepares for storm to make landfall Wednesday.
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Yahoo News AustraliaConfronting detail on 'rarely-seen' shark washed up on Aussie beach: 'Still moving'
Grim photos show a handful of people gathered around the shark with 'strange' bright pink skin as it lays on the sand.
- Sky News
Black bear hit and killed while trying to eat pancakes in Tennessee
A black bear was hit and killed while trying to eat pancakes on the side of a road, an animal rescue group said. Appalachian Bear Rescue (ABR), based just outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, said the bear was struck by a vehicle near the city of Townsend. On Wednesday, the rescue group said it was "able to identify that this bear was male and further, what had enticed him to get so close to a dangerous, busy road in the first place - human food".
- 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.
- CNN
‘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.
- 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.
- CNN
Scientists grow mystery tree from 1,000-year-old seed
This week, marvel at a tree grown from an ancient seed, learn why Mount Everest is undergoing a growth spurt, discover a Viking mass burial, and more.
- The Independent
Hurricane Kirk map: Where UK expects to see heavy rain and wind of storm aftermath
The Met Office has released a map detailing what areas of the UK will be hit by the fallout from Hurrican Kirk
- Euronews
Bosnia declares state of emergency after at least 21 killed in flooding
Rescue teams in the south said several people were still missing and called on volunteers and the army to assist with search and rescue operations.
- 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
- BBC
Treehouse converted to bat hotel
The treehouse will have perch points installed as well as being insulated and made dark.
- Sky News
UK weather: Hurricane Kirk to bring disruptive wind and rain next week after mild weekend
The UK is set to be blasted by strong winds and heavy rain next week as Hurricane Kirk moves across the Atlantic Ocean. The weather system strengthened into a category 4 storm on Friday and its remnants threaten to bring a spell of unsettled conditions, with temperatures forecast to fall. While the hurricane is expected to be downgraded by the time it reaches Europe, the Met Office has said it poses a threat of disruptive rain and wind for some after a mild weekend.
- Australian Associated Press
Search for missing after floods in Bosnia kill 16
Rescuers have dug through rubble in the village of Jablanica in search for people who went missing in Bosnia's deadliest floods in years.
- The Independent
Milton rapidly strengthens into hurricane as Florida braces for life-threatening storm surge and winds
Milton is due to turn into a Category 3 hurricane and make landfall on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center warned
- Evening Standard
Weather: Hurricane Kirk remnants to batter UK with heavy gales, rain and snow
Thundery showers have been forecast for London with snow set to fall in other parts of the UK
- Associated Press Finance
Solar power companies are growing fast in Africa, where 600 million still lack electricity
Companies that bring solar power to some of the poorest homes in Central and West Africa are said to be among the fastest growing on a continent whose governments have long struggled to address some of the world's worst infrastructure and the complications of climate change. The often African-owned companies operate in areas where the vast majority of people live disconnected from the electricity grid, and offer products ranging from solar-powered lamps that allow children to study at night to elaborate home systems that power kitchen appliances and plasma televisions. Central and West Africa have some of the world’s lowest electrification rates.
- CNN
Helene death toll rises to at least 227 across 6 states
The death toll from Helene has risen to at least 227 across six states, according to CNN’s tally, after two more deaths were announced Saturday in South Carolina.
- BBC
Pumpkin farmer carves out plan for Halloween waste
A farmer has encouraged people to avoid buying plastic decorations and stop wasting real pumpkins.
- BBC
New hurricane threatens Florida as it reels from devastation
It comes just 10 days after Storm Helene - the deadliest mainland storm since Katrina in 2005.
- The Independent
JD Vance praises Marjorie Taylor Greene hours after she suggested Hurricane Helene was man-made
Vance called Greene a “great friend” and “one hell of a Congresswoman”
- Futurism
Scientists Gene Hack Bacteria That Breaks Down Plastic Waste
Bottom Feeders We may have a way of literally eating away at our planet's pollution crisis. As part of a new study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, researchers have shed additional light on a possibly game-changing bacteria that grows on common polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics, confirming that it can break down and […]