NPR, by Bill Chappell: Australia’s southeast was already dealing with the terrible effects of historic bushfires and huge smoke clouds. Then Canberra, Melbourne and other places were hit by golf-ball-sized hail that destroyed car windshields, killed birds, and shredded the…

End of the American Dream, by Michael Snyder: There certainly hasn’t been a lack of seismic activity so far in 2020. Just a few days ago, I wrote about the horrific earthquake swarm that Puerto Rico is currently experiencing. More…

The Epoch Times, by Juan A. Lozano: Severe storms sweeping across southern portions of the U.S. and into the Midwest were blamed in the deaths of at least 11 people on Jan. 11, including two first responders, as high winds,…

AP, by Danica Coto: A 5.8 magnitude quake hit Puerto Rico before dawn Monday, unleashing small landslides, causing power outages, and collapsing some homes, as well as a famed tourist attraction. It was one of the strongest quakes yet in…

AccuWeather, by Mark Puleo and Adam Douty: Tens of thousands of residents were driven from their homes throughout the states of New South Wales and Victoria as Australia’s catastrophic bushfire season continues. Communities within New South Wales and Victoria were…

Al Jazeera: At least 50 people have died in Bangladesh as cold weather continues to sweep across the country, officials have said. The country’s lowest temperature this year was recorded at 4.5 degrees Celsius (40.1 degrees Fahrenheit) early on Sunday…

Independent, by Andy Gregory: Tens of thousands of residents and holiday goers in the Australian state of Victoria have been urged to evacuate “immediately to survive,” as escalating bushfires threaten an area the size of Montenegro. The popular summer holiday…

NBC News, by Denise Chow: The volcano in New Zealand that killed an estimated 14 people when it erupted with little warning is notoriously difficult to predict, making it one of the most dangerous in the world, according to scientists….

Time, by Colleen Barry and Luca Bruno: Venice was hit Sunday by a record third exceptional tide in the same week while other parts of Italy struggled with a series of weather woes, from rain-swollen rivers to high winds to…

RT, by Michael W. Chapman: France has calculated the death toll from the record heatwave which hit Europe this summer, with its health minister reporting that the abnormal weather caused 1,500 deaths in the country. There were “18 days of…

The Japan Times, by Satoshi Sugiyama: In the aftermath of the largest typhoon to hit Japan in decades, the nation on Sunday was still assessing the scope of the damage caused by the massive storm. Hagibis, the 19th named storm…

KTF News – Record Breaking Hailstones in ColoradoWatch this video on YouTube Image: rose mary (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0), flickr.com Transcript of this video Source References Record-breaking hailstone in Colorado: ‘Big hail like this can easily kill people’