Second Pineapple Express storm hits region causing flash floods and mudslides A massive Pineapple Express storm - the second in recent days - stalled over Southern California on Monday, drenching the Los Angeles area with torrential rain, bringing near-hurricane-force wind gusts and raising the threat of flash floods and landslides. Throughout California, some 40 million people were under flood, winter storm and high wind advisories on Monday morning, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. A Pineapple Express weather system, named for its origin near Hawaii and also called an atmospheric river storm, is vast airborne current of dense moisture carried aloft from the Pacific and dumped on land as heavy precipitation. California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday declared a state of ...
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A popular ski resort in central Italy is lying idle this winter, with businesses and residents blaming climate change for spring-like temperatures that have left entire mountains snowless. Ski-lifts are switched off and snow cannon lie abandoned on the grass of Mount Terminillo, which soars 2,217 metres (7,274 feet) high in the Apennines and is normally a favourite destination of skiers from Rome. A view of a small layer of melting artificial snow at a ski slope as Mount Terminillo located in the Central Apennines is facing a challenging ski season amidst the absence of snow and unseasonably high temperatures in Mount Terminillo, Italy February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane This year the shops and bars are nearly all closed, with no one coming to rent equipment or buy a h...
Read MoreTrip.com Group unveils Trip.Vision app for Apple Vision Pro Trip.com Group, a leading global travel provider, has launched its innovative Trip.Vision app, designed to leverage the advanced capabilities of Apple's latest mixed-reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro. One of the apps developed exclusively for the Apple Vision Pro, Trip.Vision promises a ground-breaking approach to travel exploration, offering users a unique and immersive experience of popular destinations worldwide. Trip.Vision – Bringing the world to you Inspired by the idea of providing unique travel experiences even before the first suitcase is packed, Trip.Vision invites users to virtually explore renowned destinations such as Mount Everest, Guilin, Maldives, Antarctica, and the Sahara Desert through high-qual...
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