WBZ News Update For June 3, 2022
WBZ-TV's Paula Ebben and Jacob Wycoff have your latest news and weather.
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CBS NewsGirl seriously injured in shark attack at Florida beach
One of the girl's family members jumped in the water and beat the shark off of her until she was free, officials said.
- AccuWeather
Rare 'white rainbow' caught on camera gracing skies over city skyline
Most rainbows are colorful and vibrant, but not this one. A rare white rainbow, also known as a ghost rainbow or a fogbow, was captured on video arcing over the skies of Heihe, Heilongjiang province, China, on June 29. The vivid fogbow clearly stands out amid the fog bank lingering in the skies over the Chinese city, which is located in the country's north along the Russian border. The bright blue skies contrast against the bright white fogbow, and the partly sunny conditions in the fogbow's bac
- The Weather Network
This new tropical storm in the Atlantic will take a weird track
It’s rare for storms in the Atlantic Ocean to take such an unusual track.
- LA Times
'It's such a strange thing to see': Photos show Lake Mead on the verge of becoming a 'dead pool'
As Lake Mead shrinks after almost two decades of severe drought, accumulated items on the lakebed are being exposed.
- Naples Daily News
Tropics watch: Tropical Storm Bonnie expected to make landfall Friday night
Heavy rain is possible along portions of the Texas coast for the next two days and could affect travel.
- The Hill
New recycling method could eliminate the climate impact of plastic
Story at a glance Plastic pollution is one of the more pressing issues for conservationists and environmentalists alike. Researchers in Sweden harvested a byproduct of plastic disposal and used it to create a new sustainable plastic. By incentivizing collection of this byproduct, experts hope to scale the process and create a more sustainable plastic recycling…
- BBC
Bison attacks woman at Yellowstone National Park
It is the second such incident in three days in the US park.
- AccuWeather
Tropical Storm Colin, 3rd named storm of season, forms off Southeast coast
A satellite image showing Tropical Storm Colin not long after it formed early on Saturday, July 2, 2022. The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for parts of the South Carolina and North Carolina coastlines during the early-morning hours on Saturday after a rapidly-developing low-pressure system just off the southeast coast of the United States strengthened into Tropical Storm Colin, the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. On Saturday morning, Colin was swirl
- Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Powderhorn Ranch donation to Texas will one day create vast coastal state park
The transaction to donate Powderhorn Ranch conserves one of the state’s largest “unspoiled coastal prairies in Texas."
- Yahoo News
Can Phoenix, the hottest city in America, survive climate change?
On the downtown streets in America’s hottest city the temperature has hit 109 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s 1 o’clock in the afternoon in late June and the sidewalks are mostly empty, but an elderly woman carrying an umbrella passes by walking her terrier, the dog’s tiny feet fitted with leather moccasins to protect them from the scorching concrete.
- Business Insider
Three Gazprom liquefied natural gas tankers have been seized by Germany for an indefinite period of time
Berlin has also reportedly considered expropriating portions of Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline that are in German territory.
- VC Star | Ventura County Star
Southern California residents cut water in drought of 'epic proportions'
California cities have a slew of restrictions to save water amid the extreme drought. Here's what is happening in Ventura County.
- The Guardian
California passes first sweeping US law to reduce single-use plastic
The bill states that 30% of plastic items sold or bought be recyclable by 2028 and economic responsibility falls to producers
- Charlotte Observer
Woman’s hair-raising shriek spooks curious bear cub looking for ride in the back seat
The woman shakily recorded the interaction at a Tennessee cabin and shared it on TikTok.
- USA TODAY
What is distilled water? How safe is it to drink?
Distilled water is water that has been boiled into steam, then reverted back to a liquid, removing all positive and negative minerals from the water.
- LA Times
Newsom signs nation's most sweeping law to phase out single-use plastics and packaging waste
The legislation heads off what would be a costly and contentious ballot measure and pushes California ahead of the world in the fight against plastic waste.
- WOFL
Tropical Storm Bonnie forms in the Atlantic
FOX 35 Storm Team Meteorologist Allison Gargaro has the forecast.
- USA TODAY Opinion
These five steps will help us kick our fossil fuel addiction and save the planet
Breaking our fossil fuel addiction will help the climate and have a positive effect on the price of food and other goods.
- 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
- INSIDER
Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court 'does not have a clue about how to address climate change' as it limits EPA's authority on greenhouse gases
The Supreme Court on Thursday handed down a major ruling that narrowed the EPA's power to combat climate change.