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The Independent
3 hours ago
- The Independent
Fewer visitors and poor weather blamed for US theme park's struggles
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation reported a significant drop in profits and visitor numbers, causing its shares to sink over 15 per cent. The theme park operator posted a net loss of nearly $100 million, a stark contrast to profits last year, with attendance falling by 1.4 million visitors. The company lowered its full-year adjusted earnings forecast, attributing the downgrade to a smaller base of season-pass holders and a volatile economy. Adverse weather conditions, including prolonged rains and extreme temperatures in May and June, were cited as a key factor adversely affecting guest attendance. CEO Richard Zimmerman announced his resignation by the end of 2025, with the board initiating a search for his successor, and Six Flags also plans to sell non-essential assets.
Scottish Sun
10 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
Terrifying moment shaky BA flight aborts landing at Scots airport during 90mph Storm Floris
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THIS is the hair-raising moment a passenger plane was forced to abort its landing in powerful winds. The British Airways aircraft was flying in to touch down at Aberdeen Airport. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 A British Airways flight was caught in strong winds at it approached Aberdeen Airport Credit: Fubar News 2 The aircrew had to abort landing and returned to London Heathrow Credit: Fubar News The plane took off from London's Heathrow Airport shortly after 4pm yesterday. It was due to touch down in the northeast around 90 minutes later. But nail-biting footage showed the planes wings tilting as it approached the runway. The pilot aborted the landing attempt and the flight was diverted back to Heathrow, landing around 7pm. The airline added an extra flight today to help get stranded passengers to their destination. The BA flight wasn't the only aircraft to encounter trouble landing amid Storm Floris. A Ryanair plane flying from Faro, Portugal to the northeast air hub had to circle several times in the air before landing. Elsewhere, an easyJet flight bound for Edinburgh Airport was forced to divert back to London Gatwick. The aircraft encountered strong winds as it approached the capital yesterday afternoon. Storm Floris brought gale-force winds to much of Scotland yesterday and the unsettled conditions have continued in the far north today. Moment cops 'pelted with eggs & stones' as hundreds of protesters gather in Scots street The Met Office has issued amber and yellow weather warnings for wind, covering the whole of mainland Scotland and the west coast islands. Winds of around 90mph sparked widespread travel disruption, including flights and train and ferry services.
Reuters
10 hours ago
- Reuters
Landslides, blocked roads hamper Indian flood rescue effort
RISHIKESH, India, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Rescuers battled heavy rain and blocked roads in India's Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Wednesday, after four deaths in sudden flooding and landslides the previous day left dozens missing and an entire village submerged under sludge. Teams of army and disaster force rescuers used heavy machinery to shift boulders in the struggle to reach the village of Dharali, where homes and roads were submerged by a flood of water, mud and rocks, media and authorities said. The Indian Army said 70 people were brought to safety on Wednesday, while the state's Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami told news agency ANI about 130 were rescued the previous night. Rescuers used a makeshift zipline to cross a violently gushing river, while others moved rocks and mud with their hands in the hunt for those buried under the sludge, television images showed. "The number of missing persons is unknown. However the relief efforts have continued through the night," rescue leader Colonel Harshavardhan said in a post on X from the Indian Army. "We are trying to rescue people and take them to safety." Dharali, a hamlet of about 200 in the state's Uttarkashi district standing more than 1,150 m (3,775 ft) above sea level, is a tourist spot and pit-stop for Hindu pilgrims climbing to the temple town of Gangotri. Residents of nearby villages heard a loud rumble on Tuesday afternoon before a wall of water crashed into Dharali, media said. "I heard a deafening sound like boulders grinding," Sunita Devi, from the village of Mukha, told, opens new tab the Hindustan Times newspaper. "And then we saw the Kheer Ganga river turn into a monster." Roads to the area have crumbled or been blocked by boulders, making it tough to bring in rescue teams from elsewhere in the state, district administrator Prashant Arya told Reuters. The floods also washed away mobile and electricity towers, disrupting connectivity, and forcing rescue workers to turn to satellite phones. Eleven personnel were missing from an army camp in Harsil, 4 km (2.5 miles) from Dharali, after it was also hit by flash floods, the NDTV news channel said. More troops, accompanied by tracker dogs, drones, and earthmoving equipment are being mobilised for the rescue effort, the army's central command said on X. Uttarakhand is prone to floods and landslides, which some experts blame on climate change. Weather experts and geologists told media the cause of the havoc needed to be investigated in the absence of heavy rain in the area on Tuesday, adding that they suspected the cause could be a glacial lake outburst flood.
