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Tornadoes leave trail of destruction in the Midwest and Taylor Swift's new album smashes records: Morning Rundown
In today’s newsletter: Biden and Netanyahu speak after Palestinian officials say they are expecting an offensive in Rafah. Residents assess damage after tornadoes devastate parts of Oklahoma. And Taylor Swift breaks another music record. Here’s what to know today. Biden speaks with Netanyahu as tensions over the Israel-Hamas...
Midwest tornadoes: What a decaying El Niño has to do with violent storms in the central US
A powerful storm system produced dozens of destructive tornadoes over three days that tore apart homes in Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa. A meteorologist explains the conditions that fueled them.
Suspected heat stroke kills two as extreme temperatures scorch India
Two people have died from suspected heat stroke as India battles another year of intense heat waves with temperatures crossing 40C and posing a challenge to the ongoing national elections. Indian media identified the dead as a 90-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man from the southern state of Kerala, where temperatures soared to 41.9C, nearly 5.5C above normal.“We are yet to confirm whether these deaths were due to heat waves. The medical process for examining the deaths is on,” Kerala disaster management official Shekhar Kuriakose said.South Asia, along with South East Asia, has been sizzling under extreme temperatures for...
Flood Death Warning Issued as Heavy Storms Hit 3 States
Residents in three states have been warned on Monday about fatal floods as heavy rain falls at excessive rates. Heavy rain and thunderstorms will move through southeast Texas and southern Louisiana on Monday, the National Weather Service (NWS) warned, accompanied by severe wind gusts and hail in Louisiana. The storm has prompted meteorologists to issue a flash flood warning for Missouri, Louisiana and Texas, as well as flood warnings and watches for several other states including Kansas, Illinois and Oklahoma.
Summer in Mass. is expected to be hot and rainy
Summer 2023 had very few dry weekends. This summer could look similar in Massachusetts. A long range forecast by the National Weather Service, predicted a hot and rainy summer. Temperatures in June, July and August are expected to be above average in 2024 across all of New England. Similarly, parts...
A record a day: Ocean temperatures rise at a rate that is alarming climate scientists
After a full year of rapidly rising ocean temperatures, data now shows a new temperature record has been broken every day, more evidence that nearly 90% of rising global temperatures are occurring in the world’s oceans, according to NASA scientists.. Ocean warming is both caused by, and leads to higher global temperatures. Worsening greenhouse gas levels are not allowing heat to escape from the Earth’s surface, which the oceans then absorb. Since 1955, the year record...
Destructive tornadoes tear across America’s heartland leaving 5 dead in two states in worst outbreak of 2024
A severe weather outbreak barreled across America’s heartland over the weekend, producing dozens of tornadoes that tore through communities from Texas to Iowa and left at least five people dead as thousands of residents are now in the process of sifting through the debris of destroyed homes and businesses trying to recover whatever belongings remain.
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