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Corsica: Storm hits Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Hail, heavy rain, fierce thunderstorms and gusts of 140mph hit the French island on Thursday morning, taking the lives of five people and injuring a dozen others, local authorities said. Related articles Storm tracker: London streets submerged as violent floods hit Can it thunder without rain? The four areas to see storms The teenage girl died when a tree fell on the campsite where she was staying. Meanwhile, a 72-year-old woman's car was struck by a beach hut roof and a 46-year-old Frenchman died when a tree crushed his bungalow in the north of the Mediterranean island. Weather forecaster Meteo France … [Read more...] about Horror as girl, 13, crushed to death by tree in brutal 140MPH storm after blistering heat

Earth Day is celebrated in a Google Doodle that "highlights how everyone can plant the seed to a brighter future—one sapling at a time!" The Earth Day Google Doodle video begins with an image of a woman lying underneath a tree and a little girl holding a sapling. Then, the video sees the child plant the sapling and watch it grow into a tree as she grows old. The old woman then gives a sapling to a little boy, and the cycle repeats again and again until there is a forest. Sophie Diao, the artist behind the video, said she was inspired by "the stories of people who had planted trees when they were very young and cared for them throughout their lives, and people—sometimes as a community, other times working individually—who made it a goal to reforest a place, whether it be one the densest cities in the world or an arid desert that used to be lush and green. "Once I had the seed of the idea of animating a little girl growing old with a tree, the rest of the Doodle story fell … [Read more...] about Earth Day 2021 Google Doodle animation shows how ‘one small act’ can save planet

At least five people have been killed after violent thunderstorms hit the French island of Corsica on Thursday morning. A further 12 people were injured - including one in critical condition - as heavy rain and winds of up to 222 kph were registered in some areas on the island. The Corsica prefecture said in a statement that a 13-year-old girl died after a tree fell on a campsite in the coastal town of Sagone. The third fatality was a 46-year-old man killed in the town of Calvi. About 45,000 households were left without power on the island because of the storms, according to the French electricity company EDF. The country's maritime authority said it was also conducting around 60 rescue operations along the west coast of the Mediterranean island after several ships were grounded. After a summer of drought, heatwaves and forest fires, violent storms have hit France and neighbouring countries in recent days. The Météo-France weather agency said that some … [Read more...] about Corsica storms: Five killed, several injured as hurricane-force winds hit French island

Corsica: Storm hits Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Three people, including a teenage girl and an elderly woman, have died after a violent storm unleashed swirling, hurricane-force winds which barrelled through the French island. A further 12 people were injured, including one critically, as rescue operations got underway offshore. Related articles 'Get ready!' Solar storm 'active NOW' — direct Earth hit imminent BBC Weather: Outbreaks of heavy rain and thunder sweep across UK Forecasters said “significant damage” has been caused after 45,000 households were left without electricity. Hail, heavy rain and winds measured as peaking at 140 mph swept across the … [Read more...] about Weather warning: Hurricane-force winds batter holiday hotspot as ferocious storm strikes

ALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF Joe Bradley and Kelly Phillips were among the first on the scene of the 2019 crash that killed 6-year-old Lachlan Gebhardt. This video was filmed a year after the crash. After a fiery crash that killed his 6-year-old son, Niklas Gebhardt confessed to murdering him. SAM SHERWOOD reports on why this confession was kept under wraps. On October 30, 2020, almost a year after Niklas Gebhardt survived a fiery crash that killed his 6-year-old son, he was on his push-bike with one thing in mind. To confess. On November 5, 2019, he had driven north out of Rangiora and onto long flat Lehmans Rd. His son Lachlan was in the back seat of the car. Gebhardt began to speed up and dangerously overtook another car. The manoeuvre required him to swerve sharply back into his lane to avoid colliding with an oncoming car. READ MORE: A mother’s heartbreak: The story of a 6-year-old boy killed by his father in a fiery crash Father pleads guilty to manslaughter … [Read more...] about ‘I murdered Lachlan Gebhardt’: How a confession to murder was ruled inadmissible

Like a lot of women, I grew up a tomboy. Climbing trees, playing sports; to me, boys were cool, girls were boring. But, by early puberty, the other tomboys seemed to be growing out of these preferences. I wasn’t. The boys and girls of my class began asking each other out, trading handmade Valentine’s cards. I wasn’t excluded – I had been asked out by all the popular boys – but I wasn’t interested. I couldn’t understand their fascination with one another. As for their fascination with me, I was repulsed by it. I thought maybe I was a late flourisher. But, as primary school turned into secondary, and handholding turned into kissing and groping and sex, I remained repulsed. It never occurred to me that women could be in a same-sex relationships. The logic eluded me. How were they supposed to have babies? This is what “boy-girl” relationships were for, I’d been told. And, as a girl, I was supposed to grow up, get married, have a baby. But I’d never wanted a baby. A girl-girl … [Read more...] about ‘If I had gone through with a gender transition, I would have committed suicide’