Hurricane hunters fly into eye of Hurricane Erin
Hurricane hunters with the NOAA flew through the eye of Hurricane Erin after it rapidly intensified into a rare Category 5 hurricane. Erin is expected to continue to fluctuate in intensity as it undergoes an eyewall replacement cycle.
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Hurricane hunters fly into eye of Hurricane Erin
Hurricane hunters with the NOAA flew through the eye of Hurricane Erin after it rapidly intensified into a rare Category 5 hurricane. Erin is expected to continue to fluctuate in intensity as it undergoes an eyewall replacement cycle.
00:37 - Source: CNN
Canadian government orders end to Air Canada strike
After more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike seeking wage increases and paid compensation for work when planes are on the ground, the Canada Industrial Relations Board has ordered them to return to work according to an announcement by Canadian Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu.
01:05 - Source: CNN
Spike Lee's Reaction to Trump's Smithsonian Orders
'To roll back the clock' says Director Spike Lee to CNN's Victor Blackwell in response to President Donald Trump's Smithsonian orders.
01:14 - Source: CNN
Russian media reacts positively to Trump-Putin Summit
Russian state TV gave a positive coverage of the outcome of the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, celebrating the handshake between the two leaders. Russian officials also stated that the meeting resulted in progress on sanctions and opened up room for future negotiations. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.
01:23 - Source: CNN
London's toxic trash 'volcano'
Arnolds Field landfill on Launders Lane in east London is better known to locals as the 'Rainham volcano.' The site was used as an illegal dump for years and now, every summer, it bursts into flames, sending plumes of acrid smoke over nearby homes, parks and schools. CNN's Laura Paddison speaks to residents who feel abandoned and trapped.
02:05 - Source: CNN
Hong Kong twin pandas turn one
Giant panda twins Jia Jia and De De celebrated their first birthdays in Hong Kong on Friday. The cubs were born last August to Ying Ying, who became the oldest giant panda on record to give birth.
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Football player's emotional press conference sparks conversation
University of Nebraska freshman punter, Archie Wilson, left his home in Australia to play for the Cornhuskers. During a press conference, a reporter asked Wilson how he was doing being so far away from his family and his emotional reaction sparked a conversation around masculinity. Writer and philosopher Ryan Holiday joined CNN's Boris Sanchez to discuss.
01:29 - Source: CNN
McDonald's Japan causes Pokémon food waste frenzy
Piles of untouched Happy Meals littered sidewalks outside McDonald's restaurants in Japan over the weekend, as frenzied customers scrambled to buy limited-edition sets with Pokémon cards. CNN International Correspondent Hanako Montgomery has the story.
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Taylor Swift unveils album details on boyfriend Travis Kelce's podcast
Taylor Swift announced her 12th studio album 'The Life of a Showgirl' will be released on October 3rd. Swift made an appearance on the podcast 'New Heights,' hosted by her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce where they discussed the album
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Taylor Swift jokes about male sports fans in new teaser video
A new teaser for the highly anticipated podcast featuring Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce was just released. In the new clip, Swift jokes about male sports fans who have criticized her appearance on NFL broadcasts of Kansas City Chiefs games.
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Beyoncé wins her first Emmy
Beyoncé won her first Emmy for the "Beyoncé Bowl" halftime show during a Christmas NFL game that aired on Netflix, which takes her halfway to an EGOT.
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Did Taylor Swift drop another Easter egg?
Taylor Swift announced her newest album "The Life of a Showgirl" on Travis and Jason Kelce's podcast "New Heights." CNN's Lisa France reports that the announcement could reveal hints about the future of Travis and Taylor's relationship.
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Meet the winner of 2025's World's Ugliest Dog Contest
The World's Ugliest Dog Contest named Petunia, a hairless bulldog, the winner of this year's competition in California on Friday. The prize was $5,000 and a merchandise deal with Mug Root Beer.
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A relic of the 90s and early 2000s, AOL ending its dial-up internet service
AOL, an internet pioneer that brought millions of Americans online for the first time, is discontinuing its dial-up service next month. AOL posted a statement saying it 'routinely evaluates its products and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet' on September 30, ending more than three decades of operations.
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Masked thieves steal $7,000 worth of Labubu dolls
Masked thieves stole about $7,000 worth of Labubu dolls from a Los Angeles-area store on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are investigating the incident.
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The Northern Lights Are Expected Over 15 U.S. States Tonight—Here's Where to Look
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Gizmodo
17 minutes ago
- Gizmodo
How Hurricane Erin Made History Without Even Making Landfall
The Atlantic's first hurricane of 2025 wasted no time making history. Hurricane Erin will be remembered as one of the fastest-strengthening Atlantic hurricanes on record, with perhaps the fastest intensification rate for any storm earlier than September 1, CNN reports. At 11 a.m. ET on Friday, August 15, Erin was a Category 1 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. Over the next 24 hours, this storm strengthened significantly. By 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, the NHC declared Erin a 'catastrophic' Category 5 hurricane. Since then, Erin has weakened into a Category 4 storm, but the extremely rapid intensification it underwent over the weekend points to a troubling phenomenon largely driven by rising global temperatures. If much of this sounds familiar, you may be remembering Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Hitting in the fall of 2024, both of these storms rapidly intensified before slamming into the U.S. East Coast. Rapid intensification occurs when a tropical cyclone's maximum sustained wind speed increases by at least 35 miles per hour (56 kilometers per hour) within a 24-hour period, according to the NHC. Like Helene and Milton, Erin rapidly intensified over higher-than-average sea surface temperatures. Forecasters predicted this would happen as the storm moved into the Caribbean, but Erin exceeded their expectations, strengthening into a Category 5 storm practically overnight. This may be due in large part to the fact that the Atlantic Basin is experiencing a marine heatwave. Heat adds energy to tropical cyclones, priming them for rapid intensification. Category 5 hurricanes are relatively rare in the Atlantic Basin. Erin is one of just 43 on record, according to CNN. That said, roughly one quarter of these storms have occurred since 2016—a statistic that underscores the effects of climate change on hurricane season. Multiple studies show that rapid intensification is becoming more frequent and severe as sea surface temperatures rise. At the same time, human-driven global warming exacerbates another important storm-strengthening factor: atmospheric moisture. As such, the conditions that cause a cyclone to explode in strength within a short window have become mainstays of hurricane season. Since 1979, human-driven warming has increased the global likelihood of a tropical cyclone developing into a major hurricane by about 5% per decade, according to one recent study. Between 1980 and 2023, 22% of landfalling Atlantic tropical cyclones experienced extreme rapid intensification like Erin did, according to Climate Central. As we saw with Helene and Milton, rapid intensification makes hurricanes significantly more dangerous by reducing the amount of time communities have to prepare or evacuate. Both of these storms devastated their impact zones, causing billions of dollars in damages. Fortunately, forecasters expect Erin to remain offshore before tracking back out to sea, but that doesn't mean it won't be impactful. Despite not making landfall, Erin has already brought heavy rain, high winds, and widespread power outages to Puerto Rico, The Guardian reports. On Monday, August 18, the NHC warned of life-threatening rip currents and storm surge along the beaches of the Bahamas and the U.S. East Coast. Much of this Category 4 storm's impact remains to be seen, but it's clear that climate change is driving a new kind of threat in the Atlantic basin.
Washington Post
18 minutes ago
- Washington Post
What to know about powerful Hurricane Erin as it heads toward the US East Coast
Island communities off the coast of North Carolina are bracing for flooding ahead of the year's first Atlantic hurricane, Hurricane Erin . Although forecasters are confident that the storm won't make direct landfall in the United States, authorities on a few islands along North Carolina's Outer Banks issued evacuation orders and warned that some roads could be swamped by waves of 15 feet (4.6 meters).
