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Next 10 days crucial for farmers 'praying' for rain A twofold blow of record sunshine and low rainfall has left crops in "survival mode" and struggling to grow, a farmer has warned. The Met Office previously confirmed April 2025 saw the most sunshine in the UK since records began 115 years ago - with 47% more hours of sunshine than the long-term average. The recent weather follows England's wettest 18-month period between October 2022 and March 2024, which caused damage to the soil, according the Department of Environment and Rural...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the island of Crete in Greece on Wednesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The quake was at a depth of 52 miles, GFZ said.

Residents in Egypt also felt the quake with the country’s National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics reporting no casualties or property damage.

The institute said it recorded a quake of 6.4 magnitude 431 km off Egypt’s northern coasts.

New Jersey residents should expect persistent rain and potential thunderstorms over the next 24 to 48 hours. Rain will become steadier throughout the afternoon and evening. Rainfall amounts are expected to range from .25 to 1.5 inches, with potentially higher totals. Temperatures will remain mild, with highs in the 60s to around 70 degrees. On Wednesday, scattered showers will continue across the state, with a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms primarily in southern New Jersey. Temperatures will remain mild, reaching the 60s and low 70s. Overnight temperatures will stay in...

Storms are expected to start Wednesday over Nebraska and parts of the Dakotas, expanding to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes on Thursday. Rotating supercells are possible. That first batch of storminess will shift toward the Mid-Atlantic into Friday before a new — and potentially more significant — round materializes over the Plains this weekend. The past two weeks have been unusually quiet by May standards, with hardly any tornado activity in the Plains. There were a couple tornado reports over East Texas on May 6, but otherwise the last...

A May heat wave is scorching portions of the central United States with near record-breaking high temperatures, raising concerns about wildfires and heat stress on people not used to the summer-like warmth. Temperatures will soar well into the 90s and may even approach 100 degrees through May 13 over a thousand square miles of the northern Plains, AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said. This is significantly warmer than some locations in the southeast U.S., including Miami, Florida, which should only see highs in the mid-80s. Extreme heat will also scorch much...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. A report from the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC was issued on Tuesday at 9:51 a.m. for strong thunderstorms until 10:15 a.m. for Cherokee and York counties. Prepare for marble-sized hail (0.5 inches) and wind gusts of up to 40 mph. "At 9:51 a.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm 11 miles east of Gaffney, or near Smyrna, moving northeast at 20 mph,"...

The 2025 hurricane season is less than a month away. Later this week, on May 15, the National Hurricane Center will begin issuing daily "tropical outlooks," highlighting areas showing potential for tropical development over the next seven days. Last week, AccuWeather forecasters warned that the first tropical storm of the year could develop as early as this week, ahead of the official start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. However, the Central American Gyre near Central America had low chances for development and is not currently an event of concern....