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Houston (AFP) - Beryl strengthened to a hurricane before hitting the southern US state of Texas on Monday, where some residents were evacuated over warnings of flooding and power outages. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest update that winds were reaching 80 miles (130 kilometers) per hour as Beryl approached the Texas coast. "Conditions (are) deteriorating with dangerous storm surge, flash flooding, and strong winds expected," the NHC warned early Monday. The National Weather Service issued a tornado alert for parts of Texas including Houston, which is home to 2.3 millio...
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Houston (AFP) - Parts of coastal Texas were evacuated over warnings of flooding and power outages as the southern US state braced for the Monday arrival of Beryl, which was threatening to make landfall as a hurricane. The US National Hurricane Center said in its latest update that winds were reaching 70 miles (110 kilometers) per hour as the tropical storm approached and was forecast to regain hurricane status before hitting the Texas coast. "We have to take Beryl very, very seriously. Our worst enemy is complacency," said Houston Mayor John Whitmire, whose city of 2.3 million people is threat...
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Paris (AFP) - Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU's climate monitor said Monday, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to heatwaves. Every month since June 2023 has eclipsed its own temperature record in a 13-month streak of unprecedented global heat, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said. "This is more than a statistical oddity and it highlights a large and continuing shift in our climate," said the service director, Carlo Buontempo. "Even if this specific streak of extremes ends at some point, we are bound to see new recor...
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An alliance of climate and road safety organizations has called on the German government to introduce a speed limit on the country's road network ahead of a parliamentary debate. A succession of governments have refused to implement the policy, "even though the 2030 climate targets are likely to be missed and the high number of road deaths in Germany has again increased," the group said on Friday. The alliance, which includes a number of prominent climate organizations as well as the North Rhine Westphalia (NRW) police union, first called for the introduction of a general speed limit on motorw...
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An alliance of climate and road safety organizations has called on the German government to introduce a speed limit on the country's road network ahead of a parliamentary debate. A succession of governments have refused to implement the policy, "even though the 2030 climate targets are likely to be missed and the high number of road deaths in Germany has again increased," the group said on Friday. The alliance, which includes a number of prominent climate organizations as well as the North Rhine Westphalia (NRW) police union, first called for the introduction of a general speed limit on motorw...
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Hurricane Beryl has claimed at least one life in Jamaica after wreaking havoc across the Caribbean, a spokeswoman for the country's disaster management agency told the US broadcaster CNN late on Wednesday. A woman died in the north-west of the Caribbean island after a tree fell on her house, the spokeswoman said. Rescue teams in the capital, Kingston, were also searching for a 20-year-old who had fallen into a gully and been swept away by the floodwaters, The Gleaner newspaper reported on Wednesday. The latest casualties come in addition to the eight lives claimed thus far by the hurricane in ...
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Hurricane Beryl has brushed Jamaica after it has already killed several people and razed entire islands to the ground in its destructive path through the Caribbean. The centre of the Category 4 storm was moving near Jamaica's southern coast on Wednesday with maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometres per hour, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Beryl was temporarily upgraded to a "potentially catastrophic" Category 5 - the highest level - late on Monday, but has since lost some of its intensity. According to the island's meteorological service, Beryl was "about to begin moving away fr...
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Jamaica is bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Beryl, which has already killed several people and razed entire islands to the ground in its destructive path through the Caribbean. According to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), the eye of the storm will likely pass over Jamaica on Wednesday, bringing life-threatening winds and storm surges. The outer winds of the hurricane were already causing heavy rain on the Caribbean island early on Wednesday. "I am now declaring the whole of Jamaica to be a disaster area ... for the next seven days," Prime Minister Andrew Holness said in a national ...
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Tourists and residents on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Beryl. Mexican authorities say more than 380,000 holidaymakers are currently still in the region's popular holiday resorts such as Cancún and Tulum. People are stocking up on water and food, local media reported, while windows are being covered with wooden planks. Emergency shelters are ready, National Coordinator of Civil Protection Laura Velázquez said. Thousands of soldiers and police have been deployed. Classes are being cancelled in some areas on Thursday and Friday. The harbours will be closed...
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Jamaica is bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Beryl, which has already killed several people and razed entire islands to the ground in its destructive path through the Caribbean. According to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), the eye of the storm will likely pass over Jamaica on Wednesday, bringing life-threatening winds and storm surges. The outer winds of the hurricane were already causing heavy rain on the Caribbean island early on Wednesday. "I am now declaring the whole of Jamaica to be a disaster area ... for the next seven days," Prime Minister Andrew Holness said in a national ...
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