#It’s so hot in Tennessee that birds are panting

#It’s so hot in Tennessee that birds are panting

“It’s so hot in Tennessee that birds are panting” COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. – How hot is it in the South? It’s so hot that the birds are panting. Kimberly Morrise captured a video of birds struggling to breathe on Friday as dangerously hot conditions with heat index values topped 110 degrees in Collierville, Tennessee. Birds don’t…

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#California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West

#California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West

“#California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West” QUINCY, Calif. — Thousands of homes in Northern California remain threatened by the nation’s largest wildfire as unstable weather creates a high danger of new blazes erupting across the West. Weekend thunderstorms across the northern Sierra didn’t produce much rain, instead whipping up winds and unleashing…

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#Southern Europe battles wildfires

#Southern Europe battles wildfires

“#Southern Europe battles wildfires” ATHENS — Wildfires burned in regions across Southern Europe on Monday, fueled by hot weather and strong winds, as some northern countries cleaned up after a weekend of torrential rain and flooding. In Greece, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said firefighters had battled around 50 fires during the past 24 hours and it was likely there would be more with meteorologists…

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#Iraqis protest over power, water cuts amid heat wave

#Iraqis protest over power, water cuts amid heat wave

“#Iraqis protest over power, water cuts amid heat wave” BAGHDAD – Hundreds of Iraqis protested in Baghdad on Friday over worsening power and water cuts as temperatures exceeded 50 degrees Celsius in some parts of Iraq. At Friday prayer in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, men sweated and prayed under parasols, then held a protest criticizing…

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#Pacific Northwest will be hottest region this weekend

#Pacific Northwest will be hottest region this weekend

“#Pacific Northwest will be hottest region this weekend” Move over Mexico! If you want to bake in North America’s hottest region this weekend, book a trip to Seattle or Vancouver. An “unprecedented” severe weather system is expected to send the mercury “skyrocketing” into the triple digits across the northwest, and possibly shatter records early next…

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