Tropical Storm Ernesto forms in the Atlantic Ocean, the fifth named storm of the 2024 hurricane season
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Ernesto forms in the Atlantic Ocean, the fifth named storm of the 2024 hurricane season.
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- Yahoo News Australia
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- BBC
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- The Independent
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- BBC
Flash flooding after 'biblical' rainfall
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- BBC
Cars plunge into river as super typhoon destroys Vietnam bridge
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- Yahoo News Australia
Plan to protect 'miracle' eggs found in Aussie bush labelled 'woefully inadequate'
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- Euronews
Hungarian families say area risks becoming a ‘battery wasteland’ in wake of Chinese lithium plant
People are continuing to resist the factory through street protests, court cases and toxic air monitoring.
- BBC
Capybara trio 'settling in well' at zoo
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- Sky News
Great white shark hunt ends without success after 'needle in a haystack' search off Irish coast
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- Euronews
Blackened hills, torched cars and destroyed businesses: Athens reels from August wildfire
‘We can’t just blame politicians’ for Athens wildfire devastation, one local says.
- CNN
‘Hell no, we’re not leaving’: A California community defies evacuation warning as ancient landslide rips their homes apart
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Rockit, a clean technology company based at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, announced the ambitious plans on Monday.
- Euronews
Christian pilgrims in Lourdes evacuated after nearby river overflows
Approximately 450 pilgrims to the Lourdes shrine in France were evacuated after heavy rainfall caused flooding, submerging the popular pilgrimage site.
- Australian Associated Press
SES in hot water ahead of inquest into flood deaths
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- The Conversation
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