Beryl may strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico by next week
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The Canadian PressRecords tumble as dangerous heat wave scorches the US West and beyond, with the worst yet to come
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Records tumbled across the West as a slow-moving heat wave of potentially historic proportions tightened its grip from the Pacific Northwest to Arizona on Friday, sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures.
- The Weather Network
Beryl on track to restrengthen in Gulf before Texas landfall
The storm hit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Friday, and it’s on track for its third landfall early this week
- The Weather Network
Texas bracing for approaching Beryl as the storm is set to intensify
A stretch of the Texas coast is now under hurricane and storm surge alerts as Beryl is forecast to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, ahead of a Monday morning landfall
- The Canadian Press
Survival story as Hurricane Beryl razes smallest inhabited island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
MAYREAU, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (AP) — Mayreu is one of the smallest inhabited islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It's so small that it's barely visible — a dot on the map of the Caribbean. Hurricane Beryl nearly erased it from the map.
- The Weather Network
Severe thunderstorms threaten southern Ontario into the weekend
Stay alert for rapidly changing conditions through the day Friday if you’re out and about in southern Ontario
- The Weather Network
Prolonged heat baking B.C. poses elevated risk to health
Folks across B.C. are feeling the heat as temperatures have rapidly climbed to high levels, and will stay that way into this week
- The Weather Network
Hurricane warnings issued as Beryl swirls toward Texas
A stretch of the Texas coast is now under a hurricane warning as Beryl is expected to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico
- GOBankingRates
I’m a Mechanic: My Dream Car Is $87,000 — But It’s Worth It
If you ask a mechanic what their dream vehicle is, one might expect a flashy and luxurious choice. Vehicles like McLarens or Lamborghinis, far out of the average person's price range, immediately come...
- CNN
A ‘potentially historic’ heat wave intensifies along the West Coast, as dangerous wildfires spread
An extremely dangerous, unusually long heat wave is intensifying and spreading up the West Coast – and there will be no relief for days.
- BBC
Mexico's coast battered by Hurricane Beryl
The storm is expected to re-intensify over the Gulf the Mexico after being downgraded.
- The Canadian Press
Whale researcher says orphan orca 'likely' seen off Vancouver Island at Friendly Cove
VICTORIA — A killer whale calf whose struggle for survival captured international headlines when she became trapped in a Vancouver Island tidal lagoon earlier this year only to escape on her own has likely been spotted swimming further south along British Columbia's coast.
- WXII - Greensboro/Winston-Salem Videos
WATCH: Scattered storms Sunday afternoon, Beryl closing in on TX
Meteorologist Dylan Hudler has your Sunday morning forecast.
- The Canadian Press
Eastern Wisconsin community evacuated after floodwaters breach dam
MANAWA, Wis. (AP) — A dam in an eastern Wisconsin community has been breached, prompting people living downriver to be evacuated, the National Weather Service said Friday.
- The Canadian Press
Grenada minister tells UN: hurricane-devastated Islands need anything for `a human being to survive'
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The minister for the two islands in Grenada that Hurricane Beryl first slammed into with catastrophic winds had a simple message for U.N. and other humanitarian officials who asked what was needed: “Anything that would allow a human being to survive.”
- The Canadian Press
Persistent heat wave in the US expected to shatter new records as it bakes West and swelters in East
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A long-running heat wave that has already shattered previous records across the U.S. will persist, baking parts of the West with dangerous temperatures that will soar into the 100s and holding the East in its hot and humid grip throughout the week, forecasters said Sunday.
- People
Baby Giraffe Born at Kansas City Zoo 'Already Stands 5 Feet 6 Inches Tall': 'Welcome to the Herd'
The female Masai giraffe "weighs in at approximately 125 pounds," the zoo said
- CBC
Calgary eases from stage 4 to stage 3 outdoor water restrictions
The City of Calgary is easing its outdoor water use restrictions, as its water supply outlook continues to improve. In an update on Saturday, Mayor Jyoti Gondek said the city was shifting from stage 4 to stage 3 outdoor water use restrictions, effective immediately. Calgarians can once again start watering their gardens and outdoor plants, but only using handheld containers or buckets. Residents can use an outdoor tap or hose to fill a container, but only hand watering is allowed under stage 3 r
- Euronews
Flights resumed at Catania Airport after closure due to ashfall from Mount Etna eruption
On the nearby island of Stromboli the Civil Protection agency issued its top, red alert warning the situation there could deteriorate. The volcano there also started erupting earlier this week, sending ash clouds two kilometres into the sky and spilling lava into the sea.
- ABC News Videos
Texas residents brace for Beryl
Texans are preparing for the storm’s arrival after it wreaked havoc in the Caribbean, killing at least 10 people as it made its way past Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and on to Mexico.
- CBC
Northern Alberta wildfires threaten Suncor Firebag site, community of Chateh
Firefighters are preparing for a difficult weekend as wildfires threaten an oilsands production facility in northeastern Alberta and a small community in the northwest.Suncor Energy is curtailing production at its Firebag oilsands site in the Fort McMurray region as a precaution due to a wildfire burning nearby. Several wildfires in the area make up the Cattail Complex, but MWF047 is the largest wildfire of the group. It covers about 12,200 hectares and is classified as out of control. Melissa S