A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has rocked the southern Philippines. The quake hit Mindanao at 10.13am local time on Thursday, and recorded a depth of 626km, according to Geoscience Australia. The nearest city to the quake’s epicentre is Cotabato City which is home to 325,000 people. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today There … Read more
The above-normal temperatures in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada were made two to 10 times more likely as a result of human-caused climate change, Environment and Climate Change Canada scientists said on Tuesday. The agency announced the results of its analysis from its new rapid extreme weather event attribution system, a tool meant to determine … Read more
Tropical Storm Beryl sped across the Texas coast on Monday, leaving more than two million people and businesses without power in the Houston area and unleashing heavy rains that prompted dozens of high-water rescues. The fast-moving tempest threatened to carve a harsh path over several more states in coming days. Within hours after Beryl swept … Read more
U.S. crude oil futures fell nearly 1% Monday as traders monitored the impact of Hurricane Beryl on Gulf Coast refining, production and export infrastructure. Beryl made landfall near Matagorda, Texas, as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center. Matagorda is about 150 miles … Read more
Rescuers work at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, March 11, 2019. Mulugeta Ayene | Reuters Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge tied to the 737 Max crashes, months after a near-catastrophe in January prompted the Justice Department to … Read more
Earth’s more than year-long streak of record-shattering hot months kept on simmering through June, according to the European climate service Copernicus. There’s hope that the planet will soon see an end to the record-setting part of the heat streak, but not the climate chaos that has come with it, scientists said. The global temperature in … Read more
Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Mexico’s coast near the resort of Tulum as a Category 2 storm early Friday, whipping trees and knocking out power as it came ashore after leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said that Beryl is expected to rapidly weaken to a tropical … Read more
Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for parts of Vancouver Island and inland sections of coastal British Columbia as the province braces for a heat wave. The weather agency says a high-pressure ridge building over the West Coast will bring “very high temperatures” starting Friday and stretching into next week. The first series of warnings … Read more
After leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean and at least nine people dead, Hurricane Beryl weakened as it chugged over open water toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Thursday, going from the earliest Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic to Category 2 by the afternoon. Jack Beven, senior hurricane specialist at the U.S. Hurricane Center, said “the … Read more
There is a fantastic line-up ahead for July 5, 6 and 7 at American Express presents BST Hyde Park, so don’t let the Great British weather dampen your spirits. Rain is forecast on all three days, with the heaviest set for Sunday, although it is currently expected to start just as Andrea Bocelli takes to … Read more
