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Hurricane Beryl, currently battering the Windward Islands as the most intense hurricane to form in the Atlantic so early in the year, is validating meteorologists' worst fears about the 2024 season. Why it matters: Beryl has shattered records for rapid intensification, overall strength and location at this time of year....

Why Hurricane Beryl is a warning of what is to come this season

Hurricane Beryl reached Category 5 strength as it tore into the Caribbean on Monday, with sustained winds reaching 165 miles per hour. This marks the earliest point in the season on record that a tropical storm has reached this intensity. As of Tuesday morning, at least one death has been confirmed in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Hurricane Beryl is the terrifying storm that scientists have been expecting

USA TODAY

Hurricane Beryl's numbers are sounding alarm bells for what this means for the rest of the 2024 hurricane season.

Record-smashing Hurricane Beryl may be an 'ominous' sign of what's to come

 Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Grenada’s Carriacou Island in the Caribbean Sea with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Beryl’s arrival marks an exceptionally early start to the Atlantic hurricane season. CNN’s Patrick Oppmann reports. 

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall

WEKU

“Potentially catastrophic wind damage is expected" in parts of the Windward Islands near the storm's core, the National Hurricane Center said.

Hurricane Beryl is ‘extremely dangerous’ as it brings 130 mph winds to the Caribbean

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There are certain zodiac signs that most people are careful with because of their fiery and low tolerance levels. You can hardly mess with individuals with such signs without getting a backlash. Whether they are in work environments or family settings, they do not hesitate to set boundaries and protect them.

5 Zodiac Signs You Don't Mess With

LiveScience

Unprecedented sea surface temperatures have driven the powerful storm to form early in the year, sowing catastrophe across the Caribbean.

'It's hard to communicate how unbelievable this is': Hurricane Beryl is the earliest Category 5 storm on record

The Guardian

Storm moving towards southern Hispaniola and expected to hit Jamaica with ‘devastating hurricane-force winds’ on Wednesday

Four dead as5 Hurricane Beryl wreaks havoc across Caribbean

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Hartford, CT

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July 6 marks the 80th remembrance of the deadliest single building or building complex fire in Connecticut history. The infamous Hartford Circus Fire happened on July 6, 1944. An estimated 168 people died that day, and experts say there were almost certainly more who lost their lives. Natalie Belanger, a...

80 years ago, a gas-soaked roof and WWII created a perfect storm for the Hartford circus tragedy

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CBS DFW

The first tropical storm warning of this year's hurricane season was issued early Tuesday, as coastal communities in southern Texas prepare for an oncoming bout of heavy rain, flooding and, possibly, tornadoes. The storm was developing over the southern Gulf of Mexico and expected to reach land as a potential tropical cyclone, according to the National Hurricane Center. If the storm becomes strong enough it will become the first named storm of the season: Tropical Storm Alberto. Forecasters said Tuesday that chances of it growing into a tropical storm in the next 48 hours were high — about 80%.The tropical storm warning...

First tropical storm warning of hurricane season issued along coastal Texas

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Oroville, CA

OROVILLE, Calif. — Firefighters lined roads to keep flames from reaching homes as helicopters dropped water on a growing wildfire Wednesday in Northern California that has forced at least 26,000 people to evacuate, as the state sweltered under extreme heat. The Thompson fire broke out before noon Tuesday about...

Thousands evacuate as Northern California wildfire spreads. More hot weather is expected

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WyoFile

Within hours of the sighting on Wednesday, Frank van Manen caught word that there was a grizzly sow with five cubs in tow spotted in Yellowstone National Park. Five cubs following mom is so unlikely that van Manen, who leads the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, pondered an explanation.

Five grizzly bear cubs make the largest litter in Yellowstone-area history

CBS Miami

Hurricane Beryl ripped off doors, windows and roofs in homes across the southeastern Caribbean on Monday after making landfall on the island of Carriacou as the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters.NBC Radio in St. Vincent and the Grenadines reported one death on the island of Bequia, as well as extensive damage to schools, homes, buildings and farmland nationwide. Communications remained largely down across the region.Streets from St. Lucia island south to Grenada were strewn with tree limbs, downed power lines and other debris scattered by winds up to 150...

Hurricane Beryl leaves damage strewn across southeast Caribbean islands

I'm always looking for the most recent techniques to help protect our plants from deer and other critters. Deer browsing our shrubs, vegetables, and flowers is a constant source of angst for home owners. Fencing deer out of your yard is often not practical for a suburban homeowner, so repellent sprays are really the next best option.

Connecticut Garden Journal: A deer deterrent that's likely in your refrigerator right now

CBS News

Hurricane Beryl, which has been lashing the southeastern Caribbean with life-threatening winds and flooding this week, made history before it even made landfall. When Beryl strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane Sunday morning, it become the first major hurricane east of the Lesser Antilles on record for June, according to Philip Klotzbach, Colorado State University hurricane researcher.It took Beryl only 42 hours to strengthen from a tropical depression to a major hurricane — a feat accomplished only six other times in Atlantic hurricane history, and with Sept. 1 as the previous earliest date, hurricane expert Sam Lillo said.Beryl then gained more power,...

Hurricane Beryl is a historic storm. Here's why.

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Hanover, NH

State health officials are investigating a possible measles exposure in the Upper Valley. Vermont and New Hampshire health officials say there are currently no confirmed cases of the measles in either state. But New Hampshire’s public health division is looking into a report of an international traveler contracting measles shortly...

Health officials warn of possible measles exposure in Upper Valley

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A 17-foot-tall modernist statue stands in the atrium of Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. Shards of broken metal lie at the figure’s feet, and he raises a rectangular slab over his head, about to dash it against the ground. This is a statue of Moses.

Louisiana mandate stirs debate about the 10 Commandments and their purpose

Austin, TX

More than a half century ago, about 20 families in Texas took part in an experiment. They were testing something that many of us today could not live without, especially in the heat of summer. Audrey McGlinchy with member station KUT in Austin has this story. AUDREY MCGLINCHY, BYLINE: In...

70 years ago, some Texan families joined an experiment that ushered in life with AC

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Cheryl E Preston

Virginia fans of The Bold and the Beautiful, if you were watching earlier this week when Tom Star (Clint Howard died), you know that Li Finnegan (Naomi Matsuda) did not honor her Hippocratic Oath as a physician to "do no harm".

The Bold and the Beautiful shocker: Dr. Li Finnegan broke her Hippocratic Oath by watching Tom die

For over a decade, taking a pill like Truvada every day has been the standard of care for HIV prevention efforts. In clinical trials, this type of preventive drug, called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), can be 99% effective in stopping new HIV infections from sex. In the real world, however, that is not always the case.

A new way to prevent HIV delivers dramatic results in trial

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Why climate change makes a hurricane like Beryl more dangerous

Hurricane Beryl is tearing across the Caribbean this week, unleashing life-threatening flooding and dangerous wind as it heads toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Beryl has already racked...

Why climate change makes a hurricane like Beryl more dangerous

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