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The StateAnother — yes, another — earthquake hits Elgin on Saturday
It’s the fourth in the past week. Whew.
- Miami Herald
There are two tropical storms in the Atlantic. One is expected to become a hurricane.
Of the two tropical storms and one disturbance in the Atlantic region Saturday morning, the National Hurricane Center forecasts one to become a hurricane, one to dissipate by Monday and one to become nothing more than it is right now.
- INSIDER
A rustic private island in Maine is on the market, but the owner will only sell to someone willing to stay overnight—despite perilous weather
Owner Billy Milliken told Insider that Ducks Ledges Island has dangerous conditions in the winter and no running water. It's not for everyone.
- USA TODAY Sports - Golfweek
Watch: Three moose on the loose visit Utah golf course, take a dip in nearby swimming pools
Three moose visited Eaglewood Golf Course in Utah a couple of times recently.
- AccuWeather
Heat dome to sizzle interior West, suppress monsoon storms
AccuWeather meteorologists expect temperatures to skyrocket across the Intermountain West heading into next weekend, with a few locales potentially reaching their hottest levels of the year thus far. A northward shift in the jet stream will allow a 'heat dome' to build across much of the West and High Plains during the latter part of the week. Underneath these heat domes, the air sinks, causing temperatures to climb and precipitation and cloud cover to generally be limited. Following a generally
- Myrtle Beach Sun News
How did Tropical Storm Colin sneak up on national weather forecasters in the Carolinas?
The only hint that any tropical weather might appear came Friday afternoon, when the National Hurricane Center noticed a low pressure system near Savannah, Georgia. Twelve hours later, Colin appeared.
- The Weather Network
Arctic Circle town could wind up as Canada’s hot spot amid heat wave
The summer is off to a toasty start for northern sections of the country that aren’t accustomed to such a long-lasting stretch of extreme heat.
- Charlotte Observer
5,000 lose power after storms sweep through Charlotte area Sunday. What you should know
Pea-size hail accompanied the storms, NWS forecasters said.
- Detroit Free Press
Remote lodge at tippy-top of the U.P. is now official dark sky park
In the Keweenaw Peninsula, the stars shine brightly over a lodge that's mastered ways to dim its light
- KOAT - Albuquerque Videos
Residents, businesses prepare for more flash flooding
Residents in northern New Mexico prepared for another day of flash flooding. On Saturday, those in Pendaries were seen placing sandbags and building trenches along roads. The area is located near burn scars from the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire. "We can have some flooding, but not like this. Not running down roads that we've never seen it run down before, moving buildings and cars," Aaron Atencio, manager at Pendaries RV Park, said.
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Crew rescued from sinking ship as storm hits HK
STORY: The Hong Kong Government Flying Service released dramatic video of their staff winching crew members from the stricken ship and into a helicopter. Authorities said 30 people were on board and three had been rescued so far.Search operations were underway for the other crew members as tropical storm Chaba passes through the area some 200 miles southwest of the city.Chaba skirted the global financial hub, bringing heavy rain and wind, restricting public transport and forcing many businesses to close. The city’s weather forecaster lowered the storm warning to signal No 3 on Saturday afternoon as Chaba was set to make landfall near Zhanjiang in China's Guangdong province.
- Business Insider
A pair of orcas are hunting great white sharks to eat their livers, causing the species to flee the coast of South Africa
Great white sharks off the coast of South Africa are being preyed upon by two killer whales, causing them to flee en masse, according to a new study.
- KMSP
Minnesota weather: Storms move through early Monday morning
A line of storms is expected to sweep through Minnesota early Monday morning.
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Rain showers, storms in Fourth of July forecast for southern and central Wisconsin
Rain showers and storms could linger through the week, according to the National Weather Service.
- Associated Press
After 3 feet of rain, 32,000 in Sydney area may need to flee
More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds have been told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their homes on Monday as Australia’s largest city braces for what could be its worst flooding in 18 months. Parts of the city of 5 million people are facing a fourth flooding emergency in a year and a half after torrential rain since Friday caused dams to overflow and waterways to break their banks. “The latest information we have is that there’s a very good chance that the flooding will be worse than any of the other three floods that those areas had in the last 18 months,” Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
- The Conversation
Physicists hunt for room-temperature superconductors that could revolutionize the world's energy system
Wind turbines and solar panels in Southern California. 4kodiak/E+ via Getty ImagesWaste heat is all around you. On a small scale, if your phone or laptop feels warm, that’s because some of the energy powering the device is being transformed into unwanted heat. On a larger scale, electric grids, such as high power lines, lose over 5% of their energy in the process of transmission. In an electric power industry that generated more than US0 billion in 2018, that’s a tremendous amount of wasted mone
- Raleigh News and Observer
Rare crocodiles on the brink of extinction will be raised at North Carolina aquarium
“They have amazing, piercing green eyes, and they really fix you with them.”
- The Clarion Ledger
Want to fish for big crappie? Grenada Lake is giving up summer slabs
Grenada Lake anglers aren't catching the 4-pound monsters they were in March, but anglers can expect to catch several fish well over 2 pounds.
- Oilprice.com
Total Global Recoverable Oil Reserves Are Falling At An Alarming Rate
New research from Rystad Energy shows a sizeable drop in global recoverable oil reserves in 2022, a situation that could have serious consequences for energy security
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
'I saw how a yard could be.' Couple turned acres of farm fields into 3 prairies in the Town of Eagle
Jean and Tom Weedman found a mission after retiring from teaching: turning land into prairie. They bought 5 acres in the Town of Eagle and got to work