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Vehicles make their way through a flooded road in Casey county, Kentucky, U.S., April 3, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from social media. X@marindavannoy1 | X@marindavannoy1 Via Reuters A week of powerful storms that swept through the South and Midwest, killing at least nine people, is still wreaking significant havoc in the region this weekend. The…
KB Home’s new wildfire-resilient neighborhood in Escondido, California. CNBC Just months after raging wildfires destroyed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area, California-based KB Home is unveiling what it calls its first “wildfire-resilient” community. The development, in Escondido, just outside San Diego, will have 64 single-family homes when completed that all meet the wildfire…
The Greenpeace logo on the green ecological awareness stand of the association in Lyon, France, on Oct. 23, 2024. Elsa Biyick | Afp | Getty Images A jury on Wednesday ordered environmental campaign group Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages to Texas-based oil company Energy Transfer, the developer of the Dakota Access…
Residents inspect the damage after a tornado touched down in Florissant, Missouri, U.S., on March 14, 2025. Lawrence Bryant | Reuters The threat of violent tornadoes in parts of the U.S. proved deadly as well as destructive as whipping winds moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Saturday, with at least 17…
THE University of Edinburgh has announced bumper funding of £1m to help forecast climate tipping points. The move comes despite several concerning emails being sent to all staff just a week ago describing the university’s perilous financial state. Staff were offered an extended period to hand in voluntary redundancy in the emails which described a…
Friedrich Merz, Union candidate for chancellor and CDU federal chairman, joins the “Quadrell” TV round in the Bundestag election campaign. Michael Kappeler | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Friedrich Merz, migration hardliner and longtime rival of Angela Merkel, is expected to become Germany’s next chancellor. His party the Christian Democratic Union is leading polls alongside…
Parts of the Southeast were experiencing potentially life-threatening flash floods Saturday as a severe weather system made its way across the country, also posing a risk of significant snow for the Upper Midwest and New England. The NWS warned early Saturday that severe flash flooding is likely in the Ohio and Tennessee valleys, particularly in parts of Kentucky and…
André Thierig, plant manager of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, stands at the final inspection of the production of Tesla Model Y electric vehicles. Patrick Pleul | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Tesla reported earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter that trailed analysts’ estimates. The stock initially sank in extended trading before rebounding. Here’s how…
Inmate firefighters walk into uncontrolled fire to cut a fire line using only hand tools and chain saws at the Hughes Fire on January 22, 2025 in Castaic, California. David Mcnew | Getty Images LOS ANGELES — Firefighters gained more ground Thursday on a fast-moving brush fire that erupted north of Los Angeles on Wednesday and within hours…
A motorist clears snow off his vehicle parked along First Avenue as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West, plunging temperatures into the single digits and bringing along a light snow in its wake Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Denver. David Zalubowski | AP Over 135 million people across 35 states will be under…
