Image: google.com Transcript of this video Source References Hawaii floods trigger state of emergency & evacuations as Oahu & Maui homes destroyed & tourists told ‘stay inside’

AP News, by Seth Borenstein: With nearly two-thirds of the United States abnormally dry or worse, the government’s spring forecast offers little hope for relief, especially in the West where a devastating megadrought has taken root and worsened. Weather service…

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The U.S. Sun, by Danielle Cinone: Hawaii’s Governor David Ige declared a state of emergency on Tuesday following heavy rains across the Aloha State. The intense rainfall caused flooding, landslides, and fear of dam failure. A news release from the…

Image: google.com Transcript of this video Source References Iceland earthquake: Strong 5.6 quake rattles Reykjavik – aftershocks strike

ABC News, by Nick Perry: One of the biggest earthquakes to hit the South Pacific in modern history forced thousands of people in New Zealand to evacuate and triggered tsunami warnings across the world Friday, but it did not appear…

Express, by Bill McLoughlin: According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the earthquake reached a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter Scale. The EMSC also reported the quake hit a depth of 10km in the capital and struck at 10.05am….

Eco Watch, by Jeff Berardelli: From the historic heat wave and wildfires in the West, to the massive derecho that tore through the middle of the nation, to the record-breaking pace of this year’s hurricane season, the unprecedented and concurrent…

The Atlantic, Jacob Stern: Eleven thousand lightning strikes, 370 wildfires, a pandemic, a heat wave, and rolling blackouts—California has endured a lot this week. Hundreds of thousands of acres have burned, and tens of thousands of people have had to…

KTF News – Derecho windstorm destroys Iowa harvests, causes destruction over millions of acresWatch this video on YouTube Image: Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot, 185th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Transcript of this video Source References Derecho windstorm destroys…

The Blaze, Sarah Taylor: A violent windstorm ripped across America’s heartland last week, devastating the Corn Belt with insurmountable damage to the season’s harvest. What are the details? Last week, a derecho windstorm ravaged millions of acres of corn and…

Watchers, Teo Blašković: According to MetService meteorologists, the storm dropped 220 mm (8.6 inches) of rain on Whangarei from 19:00 LT on July 17 to 07:00 LT on July 18. ‘We call this a greater-than-500-year return period,’ the service said….