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- Orlando Sentinel
Hurricane center tracks 2 systems: 1 in the Gulf, 1 in the Atlantic
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center has its eye on two systems with the potential to form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm. New on Saturday is an area of low pressure the could form early next week in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, forecasters said any development would be slow as it drifts to the west over the northwestern Gulf, ...
- Charlotte Observer
An earthquake was recorded in the North Carolina mountains overnight, USGS reports
The quake had a depth of 0.8 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
- Idaho Statesman
Trapped visitors airlifted to safety after flash floods in national park, Utah cops say
Sixty people nearly had to stay at the park overnight.
- Miami Herald
Odd balls appearing in Connecticut trees are actually alive. Here’s what will emerge
The occurrence is “still not fully understood by scientists,” officials say.
- Associated Press
Coast Guard: Overdue sailors are safe, on course to Virginia
Two people reported overdue after deciding to return to Virginia in their weather-damaged sailboat instead of continuing their trip to Portugal’s Azores are safely headed home, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Friday. Virginia Beach natives Yanni Nikopoulos and Dale Jones, both 65, contacted the Coast Guard on Friday saying they were safe and on course for Hampton, Virginia.
- AccuWeather
Record-breaking python discovered in Florida Everglades
Deep in the Florida Everglades, a team from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida made a shocking discovery when they came upon a sight they will likely never forget. The biggest Burmese python the team of three had ever laid their eyes on was just mere feet from them. Although the snake was captured in December, scientists only announced the discovery this past Tuesday after National Geographic recently published an exclusive article on the python. According to the conservancy, this Burmese pyth
- Naples Daily News
Tropics watch: National Hurricane Center monitoring tropical wave in Atlantic
NHC experts give it a 30 percent change of forming through the next 48 hours and chances for formation increase to 60 percent over the next five days.
- The Desert Sun
Salt, the Salton Sea, and the flow of water and money: A prediction
IID may have perfected water rights to Colorado River water, but it is vulnerable. As drought continues, the use of freshwater will be more scrutinized.
- The Ledger
IAN NANCE: The Florida Python Challenge is back for another run
The 2021 Challenge removed 223 invasive Burmese pythons last summer, more than twice the number that was eliminated during the 2020 competition
- The Weather Network
Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times — more than any other person
On this day in weather history, Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning for the seventh time.
- CBS-Chicago
First Alert Weather: Rain in the morning, possible thunderstorms by evening
Some rain later this morning into the early afternoon.
- The Guardian
California’s largest reservoirs at critically low levels – signaling a dry summer ahead
Images from Lake Oroville and Lake Shasta compiled by the state show ‘a shocking drop in water levels’ compared to years past
- MarketWatch
Greta surprises Glastonbury: Stop the oil ‘loopholes,’ she tells roaring crowd
Greta Thunberg roused the crowd at the popular Glastonbury festival into chants of “climate … justice.”
- MoneyWise
These common traps are costing you hundreds on electricity, water and heat — here's how to get your utility bills on lock
The average American now spends $114 a month on power, not to mention over $70 on water and over $63 on natural gas.
- AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Wildfire map: Track where fires are burning in Arizona in 2022
Arizona’s wildfire season, which got off to an early start this year, could be even more catastrophic in 2022 than in previous years.
- The Telegraph
Focus on cats rather than game shooting to cut down animal deaths, RSPB urged
The RSPB should stop targeting game shoots and focus on cats, the head of Countryside Alliance has said.
- The Courier Journal
'I'm desperate for rain': Farmers, experts sound the alarm on a potential Kentucky drought
With a potential drought looming, Kentucky farmers are starting to get worried that crops are not going to produce as much yield.
- AccuWeather
Tropical downpours loom for Texas, Louisiana
AccuWeather meteorologists are putting portions of the Gulf Coast on alert for the possibility of a tropical system and flooding rainfall in just a few days. The tropical season in the basin officially started on June 1, and the first named storm, Tropical Storm Alex formed just five days later, contributing to drenching rainfall across Florida. Before the end of the month, the U.S. could again be threatened by a tropical system. "Conditions for tropical development across the northwestern porti
- AccuWeather
Phoenix turns to ‘cool corridors' to combat urban heat island effects
With temperatures that regularly soar into the triple-digits and an unusual stretch in June during which temperatures soared to 113 degrees Fahrenheit or higher for several days, the city of Phoenix has concocted a new method of keeping the area cool throughout the summer months. Road crews have been out working in Phoenix-area streets, but not just to pave or patch potholes. The city's Street Transportation Department has sent out crews on a unique mission: to spray a special solution onto dark