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Hurricane Ernesto’s swell causes North Carolina house to collapse into ocean

Video taken Friday from North Carolina’s Outer Banks showed a house falling into the Atlantic Ocean. Scenes of unoccupied homes collapsing have become a common sight along the coastline due to severe erosion. (Chicamacomico Banks Fire & Rescue)

RODANTHE, N.C.– Swells produced by Hurricane Ernesto ^[1]led to at least one house collapsing along North Carolina’s Outer Banks Friday, with the threat of problems caused by high ocean levels expected to continue into next week.

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Video shot on Thursday shows how heavy rain turned streets into powerful river rapids in the town of Es Mercadal. (Courtesy: Edith Plantada via Storyful)

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ES MERCADAL, Menorca – Heavy rain poured over the town of Es Mercadal, turning streets into powerful river rapids Thursday.

Located on the Spanish island of Menorca ^[2] in the western Mediterranean, Es Mercadal received about 8 inches of rain in one

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Updated 10 a.m.ET Friday, August 16, 2024.

Outer bands with gusty winds and heavy rain will move over Bermuda beginning later Friday.Conditions will deteriorate through tonight, with maximum impacts during the day tomorrow on the current schedule.Winds will

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The official fall weather outlook from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center says most of the U.S. will see a warm, dry autumn.

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The official weather outlook for fall^[2] in the U.S.is out, and it may not be good news for pumpkin spice latte^[3] lovers.

Fall is a transition season, meaning the hot weather pattern of summer^[4] begins to change to the cold weather pattern of

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Strict building codes in Bermuda allow the island to come out of the major systems rather unscathed. A look at how roofs play a major role in construction.

A small British territory in the western Atlantic may seem like the last place that is prepared for massive storms, but it just may be the most resilient community in the basin, if not the entire world ^[1].

Every year, the archipelago, which is made up of

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The largest volcano in Europe erupted early Thursday morning local time, causing flights at the nearby Catania Airport to be halted. (Courtesy: Etna Walk via Storyful)

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CATANIA, Italy – Mount Etna, the largest volcano in Europe ^[2], erupted early Thursday morning local time and interrupted flight operations at a nearby airport.

Located on the east coast of Sicily, the volcano ^[3] spewed enough ash into the air to halt

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On April 18, 1906, San Francisco experienced a magnitude 7.9 earthquake. The quake and the fires it caused destroyed a large portion of the city by the bay.

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LOS ANGELES – A magnitude 3.9 earthquake ^[2] shook Southern California ^[3] Thursday morning, according to the U.S.^[4] Geological Survey.

The quake struck at 9:39 a.m.local time, with the epicenter located about 4 miles west of Lake Elsinore, which lies

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The skies over the New York City may have an orange hue Thursday due to wildfire smoke from Canada moving into the city for the next several days.

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NEW YORK CITY – If you look up at the sky over New York City ^[2] on Thursday, you might notice an off-white tinge to the air – or maybe a bit of an orange hue – depending on the location of the Sun ^[3].

Smoke from wildfires ^[4] burning in

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Updated 9:30 a.m.ET Thursday, August 15, 2024.

Hurricane Ernesto is slowly developing an inner core, which should allow it to continue intensifying as it moves to the north, away from the Caribbean.The storm is on track to impact Bermuda late Friday through

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Mexico welcomed the New Year in brilliant fashion. Just before midnight the Popocatepetl Volcano in Tlalancaleca, Mexico erupted and sent glowing fragments high into the sky and they settled around the cone.

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Heavy rain caused a part of a pyramid built more than 1,000 years ago to collapse in late July, according to Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History.

Located in the state of Michoacan in southern Mexico, the pyramid was part of a

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Hurricane Ernesto’s swell causes North Carolina house to collapse into ocean

VIDEO: Floodwaters sweeps away cars on Menorca

Long-duration impacts begin Friday on Bermuda from Hurricane Ernesto

Fall weather outlook shows hot, dry autumn expected for US

Why Bermuda is among the most hurricane-resilient areas

Flights halted in Italy after Mount Etna erupts, spews volcanic ash

Los Angeles rattled by magnitude 3.9 earthquake that struck Lake Elsinore Thursday

Canada wildfire smoke brings hazy skies across Northeast

Hurricane Ernesto to make its closest approach to Bermuda on Saturday

Ancient pyramid in Mexico damaged by heavy rain, drought

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