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Hawaii flash floods wreak havoc as 120-year-old dam threatens to burst, 230 people rescued https://t.co/s7M0aWddHp pic.twitter.com/NgU3NZbo8I — New York Post (@nypost) March 21, 2026 Muddy floodwaters from severe rains inundated streets, pushed homes off their foundations, swallowed vehicles and prompted evacuation orders for thousands of residents in towns north of Honolulu on Friday as officials …
A powerful storm is turning roads into rivers while triggering torrential mudslides as apocalyptic scenes sweep southern California on Christmas Eve. The holiday period is forecast to be a washout for the Golden State this year, with meteorologists warning that up to eight inches of rain is expected to hit several areas including Los Angeles …
The artificial intelligence boom has had such a profound effect on big tech companies that their energy consumption, and with it their carbon emissions, have surged. The spectacular success of large language models such as ChatGPT has helped fuel this growth in energy demand. At 2.9 watt-hours per ChatGPT request, AI queries require about 10 …
Flatiron is in shambles. The once-thriving Manhattan business district is now a virtual wasteland littered with empty storefronts — with locals blaming spiking crime and the Big Apple’s disastrous post-pandemic retail real estate market. “Big Box” retailers — including Lowes, Bed Bath & Beyond and Staples — have fled in the last few years, leaving …
Two military horses, their hides soaked in blood, tearing through central London at the height of rush hour. Pedestrians scatter as chaos ensues, with injuries mounting and emergency services scrambling to contain the rampage. It’s a scene straight out of a nightmare, leaving the city in shock and disbelief. NEW – Blood-covered horses run loose …
Researchers discover unfixable bug in Apple’s M1, M2, and M3 Silicon, causing havoc. All Apple computer CPUs are compromised? This is big: The US Govt has created a hardware backdoor in the CPUs of Apple devices. This cannot be patched with a software update. Every owner of an Apple device is affected. You have no …
NEW: Southern California is getting obliterated by torrential rain causing flash flood warnings. The storm even caused a ‘Seafoam storm’ where strong winds blew foam onto people standing on the shore. The storm was thanks to an ‘Atmospheric River’ which is “relatively long, narrow regions in the atmosphere that transport most of the water vapor …