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What We Know About the Storms Battering the Midwest

13 août 2026 à 15:55
A lingering weather system has brought severe flooding and intense winds — including a few tornadoes — to Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.

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Natalee Andrews, left, and Nathan Dyer looked at the floodwaters in Crooksville, Ohio, on Tuesday.
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  • Severe storms cut power supply to 540,000 homes in US midwest
    Indiana faced most outages at 267,000, about 8% of its customers, with severe thunderstorms and wind aheadPower supply was cut on Thursday ⁠to about 540,000 homes and businesses across the US midwest as severe storms battered the region, data ⁠from PowerOutage.us showed.Indiana ⁠was the ​hardest-hit state, with more than 267,000 outages, representing about 8% of its roughly 3.3 million customers, the data ⁠showed. Continue reading...
     

Severe storms cut power supply to 540,000 homes in US midwest

13 août 2026 à 07:49

Indiana faced most outages at 267,000, about 8% of its customers, with severe thunderstorms and wind ahead

Power supply was cut on Thursday ⁠to about 540,000 homes and businesses across the US midwest as severe storms battered the region, data ⁠from PowerOutage.us showed.

Indiana ⁠was the ​hardest-hit state, with more than 267,000 outages, representing about 8% of its roughly 3.3 million customers, the data ⁠showed.

Continue reading...

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© Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

© Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

How Scientists Use Eclipses for Research

12 août 2026 à 12:11
It’s a chance not just to study the sun but also space weather, light pollution and even animal behavior.

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The Gran Telescopio Canarias, at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain.

Europe Braces for Another Heat Wave. Here’s What to Know.

9 août 2026 à 08:23
High temperature warnings were in place across western, central and southern Europe on Sunday as a heat dome intensifies across the continent.

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Italy’s Heat Will Spread to Western Europe Ahead of Solar Eclipse

8 août 2026 à 05:02
Red high-temperature warnings remained in effect for much of southern and western Italy through Saturday.

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Photos Show England Turning Brown in Drought

7 août 2026 à 11:41
Beset by historically dry weather, much of the nation is losing its signature hue.

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A parched park on the south bank of the River Thames in central London on Thursday, with Tower Bridge in the background.

Record-Breaking Heat Wave in South Korea Leads to Canceled Baseball Games

5 août 2026 à 07:45
The country has been gripped by a record-setting heat wave that endangered both players and spectators.

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Water cannons cooled off the crowd during a professional baseball game in Seoul last month.
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