BHP requests permit in Chile for trolley system at Escondida mine

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Peat bog fire still smouldering in Foxley River after nearly 3 weeks
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Storm Beryl strikes Jamaica, threatens Caymans, Mexico
STORY: Hurricane Beryl slammed into Jamaica Wednesday as a powerful Category 4 storm after causing major destruction across smaller Caribbean islands over the past couple of days.Power outages were widespread across Jamaica, while some roads near the coast were washed out.Authorities say at least 10 people have died, and the tally is likely to increase as communications come back across the islands.Director of the National Hurricane Center, Michael Brennan:“Very dangerous conditions ongoing now in Jamaica and they are going to continue for the next several hours. Beryl is centered about 265 miles to the east, southeast of Grand Cayman. So the Cayman Islands are surely next in line for seeing significant impacts. And again, Beryl is moving west, northwest pretty quickly at about 18 miles per hour.”The loss of life and damage wrought by Beryl underscore the consequences of a warmer Atlantic Ocean, which scientists cite as a telltale sign of human-caused climate change fueling more extreme weather.Phone footage shot in Grenada showed destroyed houses and debris from Hurricane Beryl. The Prime Minister of Grenada said there was almost "complete destruction" of the electrical grid on one of the country's islands, Carriacou.Beryl is the 2024 Atlantic season's first hurricane and the earliest storm on record to reach a Category 5.Further west, in Mexico's tourist epicenter of Cancun, an environmental agency worked to gather eggs from sea turtles' nests for their protection, as the city, and the wider Yucatan peninsula, lies in Beryl's predicted path.Cancun's airport was flooded with tourists hoping to catch last flights out before the storm arrives. Mexico's defense ministry has opened around 120 storm shelters, and asked visitors to follow instructions from authorities in case they were ordered to go to designated shelters.
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A ‘potentially historic’ heat wave intensifies along the West Coast, as dangerous wildfires spread
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Hurricane Beryl leaves Jamaican homes without power
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Heat waves are getting longer and more brutal. Here’s why your AC can’t save you anymore
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'It's a disaster': Hurricane Beryl batters Jamaica
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More than 10,000 sea turtle eggs were rescued from Mexico’s beach ahead of Hurricane Beryl
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Rewilding plan aims to bring majestic white storks to London
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Floods kill nine in India and Bangladesh, millions affected
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Beryl moves over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula as Texas officials urge coastal residents to prepare
Beryl moved over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Friday after battering the resort town of Tulum and started to emerge into the Gulf of Mexico, prompting Texas officials to urge coastal residents to prepare as the storm headed their way. Beryl hit Tulum as a Category 2 hurricane and toppled trees but caused no injuries or deaths before weakening to a tropical storm as it moved across the peninsula.
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The secret plight of seagulls – and why we should learn to love them
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Manawa Dam in Wisconsin appears to be ‘intact’ after flash flooding raised concerns about the structure, authorities say
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Hurricane Beryl strengthens back into a Category 3 storm as it nears Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula
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Mexico prepares for Hurricane Beryl landfall
Tourist resorts in Mexico steeled Friday for a hit from Hurricane Beryl, which is expected to bring ferocious winds and a dangerous storm surge to the Yucatan Peninsula after slamming Jamaica and the Cayman Islands."Conditions to soon deteriorate for the Yucatan Peninsula" with "hurricane-like winds, dangerous storm surge, and damaging waves expected to begin shortly," the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) warned 01:00 am (0600 GMT) Friday.

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BHP requests permit in Chile for trolley system at Escondida mine

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