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 A Leeds festival-goer was seen wearing his tent like a rain coat during strong winds from Storm Lilian.Two stages have been shut at the festival on Friday 23 August as a result of the weather.Posting on X, Reading and Leeds Festival organisers said they could see an “end in sight” to the winds and would open “as soon as possible”.They had previously advised campers to “stay in their tents” amid 60mph gusts.Lilian brought strong winds to northern parts of England and Wales on Friday.      Read More               Eyewitnesses describe raw beauty of volcano eruption in IcelandStorm Lilian: Huge tree uproots and falls onto house in ManchesterStorm Lilian downs trees as Met Office warns of strong wind in England      

Leeds festival-goer wears tent like rain coat during strong winds

Storm Lilian saw strong winds and heavy rain hit parts of the UK on Friday, bringing travel disruption and power cuts which left thousands without electricity. Powerful gusts forced organisers at the Leeds Music festival to close three stages, while Creamfields Festival in Cheshire had to delay opening its gates.

Storm Lilian winds disrupt festivals and travel

AccuWeather

A series of storms that includes Ernesto may bring enough rain and wind to cause trouble portions of the United Kingdom and Ireland through the end of the week. A series of storms that includes Tropical Wind and Rainstorm Ernesto will sweep across Ireland and the United Kingdom this weekend and result in travel delays, risks from flash flooding, and damage from gusty winds, AccuWeather meteorologists advise.

Ernesto, other storms to soak Britain into Saturday

More rain has been forecast in southern Scotland and in the north east after a week of stormy weather.

Third rain warning in a week as Storm Lilian to sweep in

Hawaii State

  A tropical storm is expected to deliver strong winds and heavy rain to Hawaii this weekend, particularly to the Big Island and Maui, as it passes south of the island chain. The August storm has evoked memories of the powerful hurricane south of Hawaii that helped fuel a deadly wildfire that destroyed Maui's Lahaina town last summer, but the National Weather Service said Thursday that Tropical Storm Hone was not creating the same conditions. Separately, to Hone's east, Hurricane Gilma was moving west across the Pacific, but it was too early to tell whether it would affect the...

Tropical storm forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to Hawaii this weekend

A slow-moving frontal boundary will drop south across the region today and tomorrow, triggering showers and storms today and an area of rain on Tuesday. This boundary extends west to east roughly across Lake Ontario this morning. An area of rain and storms over Canada has moved out over the northern waters of Lake Ontario. This area of precipitation is expected to stay out over the lake until it passes east of the Finger Lakes.

Thunderstorms expected this afternoon and evening

Iowa State

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Iowa Storm Center

(IowaStormCenter.com) -- A strong pacific storm system will get underway later tonight with severe thunderstorms and heavy rain. The first round of the one-two punch event is hitting across western Iowa this morning. Then the focus will be across southwest Iowa for severe thunderstorm development by this evening with threats for hail, damaging winds, heavy rainfall and a couple of isolated tornadoes.

Severe Thunderstorm/Heavy Rainfall Threat Tonight.

USA TODAY

Hurricane Gilma is a Category 3 storm but is expected to remain at sea and away from land for now.

Hurricane Gilma tracker: See projected path of Category 3 storm

Florida State

Tampa, FL

A hurricane watch has been issued for part of Florida as a strengthening tropical system, soon to become Tropical Storm Debby, approaches the state over the weekend. Tropical Depression Four is forecast to strengthen while moving northward along the Florida Peninsula's Gulf coast this weekend, spreading rain, gusty winds and severe thunderstorms slowly northward. AccuWeather meteorologists warn that not only may the feature become a hurricane, but it may also later stall along the southeastern United States coast next week.

Upcoming tropical storm has Florida, southeast US on alert

Herbie J Pilato

Actor Clarence Williams III, best known as the super cool undercover cop Lincoln "Linc" Hayes on TV's classic crime drama, The Mod Squad, died three years ago from colon cancer at 81 years old. This is the story of a talent that lives on.

The Tragic Death of 'Mod Squad'/'Purple Rain' Actor Clarence Williams III: Three Years Later

The incident was witnessed by two women playing tennis at Montpellier Gardens in Cheltenham.

Man seen committing indecent act in park bushes

A 31-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell at HMP Fosse Way, police say.

Six arrested after inmate dies at prison

A trainee teacher who kissed a private school pupil at a nightclub has been banned from the profession. Jack Valentine had been acting as a chaperone at the summer ball for Taunton School in Somerset, on 30 June 2022, when celebrations moved on to the club. A professional conduct panel...

Teacher banned for kissing pupil at nightclub

Gustav's owners say they are devastated at the loss of their "very special" pet.

Dog found dead after escaping from kennels

The circulation around Tropical Storm Emilia absorbed the circulation of former Tropical Storm Fabio on Wednesday afternoon. At 5:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Tropical Storm Emilia was located at latitude 19.1°N and longitude 117.7°W which put the center about 565 miles (910 km) west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Emilia was moving toward the northwest at 18 m.p.h. (30 km/h). The maximum sustained wind speed was 65 m.p.h. (105 km/h) and there were wind gusts to 80 m.p.h. (130 km/h). The minimum surface pressure was 990 mb.

Tropical Storm Emilia Absorbs Fabio

Colorado State

Arizona State

According to Newsweek, The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued flash flood warnings for regions within the Four Corners area as monsoonal thunderstorms intensify. The warnings apply to portions of southwestern Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, southeastern Utah, and northeastern Arizona, where heavy rainfall is anticipated through Friday. This increases the risk of localized flash flooding, particularly in areas with burn scars—lands previously scorched by wildfires.

Four Corners Faces Flash Flood Risks as Monsoons Intensify, Warns NWS

South Yorkshire Police are investigating Alicia Douglass's death as murder and have arrested man.

Woman found dead at home named by police

A man has been found guilty of raping a child under 13. A jury at Winchester Crown Court found Alexander Franczyk, of Pritchard Close in Swindon, guilty of 13 sexual offences on Tuesday. The charges included multiple incidents of rape, one incident of attempted rape, multiple assaults by penetration and...

Man found guilty of raping child

Dangerous complexes of thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts are expected from the northern Plains through the Midwest next week. In the wake of a July lull of severe weather across the Midwest and northern Plains, the pattern could turn volatile heading into the final days of the month.

Severe thunderstorm risk to ramp up across the Central states

The parents of a young woman who died after being given an AstraZeneca Covid jab have accused the NHS of failing to pass on known safety warnings about the vaccine. Marina Waldron, 21, visited hospital with excruciating headaches three times in the week before her fatal collapse from a brain haemorrhage in March 2021.

'Our daughter should not have died from Covid jab'

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Storm Lilian: Strong winds and heavy rain for parts of the UK

Parts of the UK woke up to wet and windy weather due Storm Lilian on Friday morning. According to the Met Office, which is the UK's...

Storm Lilian: Strong winds and heavy rain for parts of the UK

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