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The perfect holiday destinations for every month of the year
Nottingham Evening Post
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August 13, 2025
If you're still harbouring hopes of a holiday this year, we've got plenty of suggestions to spark your imagination for your 2025 getaway. If you're in search of destinations that offer sunshine and warmth all year round, then look no further....
Tropical Storm Erin to cause 'deadly rip currents' in Jacksonville beaches
The Florida Times-Union
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Tropical Storm Erin is gaining strength and is predicted to become a hurricane within 48 hours. Erin's potential impact on Florida or the U.S. is still uncertain. The NWS is advising beachgoers and surfers in Jacksonville to be cautious, with a...
Hurricane Erin Threatens East Coast With Heavy Waves, Floods
Mint
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August 19, 2025
(Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Erin will likely become even larger as it churns past the Bahamas, avoiding land but raising the risk of high winds and flooding hundreds of miles away along North Carolina beaches. Erin’s top winds measured at 140 miles...
Get fat jabs, be ‘beach ready’. Is this Labour minister working for Cosmo in 2005?
The Times
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The government minister Peter Kyle has been criticised for saying that he hopes people will use a new £85 million NHS fat jabs trial to “look their best” and — wait for it — be “beach ready”. Beach ready? Beach ready? Hilarious. Why is a man in...
Will Tropical Storm Erin impact Palm Beach County? Latest path, models
The Palm Beach Post - Florida
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Erin is moving fast across the Atlantic, at 23 mph. It's forecast not only to become the Atlantic season's first hurricane, but also a major hurricane. The fifth-named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Erin formed earlier than the historical...
As Hurricane Erin approaches NC, surfers flock to Wrightsville Beach
Star News - North Carolina
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(This story was updated to add new information.) As Hurricane Erin makes a northward turn, outer bands will begin to reach the North Carolina coast. The storm could bring life-threatening surf and rip currents to Wilmington-area beaches, prompting...
Misty showers and fog tonight; "Erin" effects arrive late Wednesday
WBOC 16 - Maryland
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DELMARVA FORECAST Tuesday night: Scattered showers and some thunder. Areas of fog and mist. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent. Wednesday: Partly to mostly cloudy with a few showers and thunderstorms. Winds from the east at 5 to 10...
Qantas drops massive flight sale following changes to points system, plus more travel deals
Nine
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August 12, 2025
Nine may receive commission when you purchase from some of the links on our site. Australia's national carrier is back again with a huge sale, this time slashing prices on over a million domestic seats. Qantas is offering sale fares across 60...
Former poachers guard Cabo Verde’s endangered sea turtles
Mongabay
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August 4, 2025
Conservation organizations are employing Cabo Verdeans, who formerly hunted endangered and threatened sea turtles, as rangers who now monitor and patrol beaches. From 2007-24, illegal catches of female turtles on one island plummeted from 1,253 to...
Last minute 7-night package holidays on sale for final weeks of school summer break from £149pp
The Scottish Sun
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August 11, 2025
YET to book your summer holiday? Or looking to squeeze one more in before the kids are back to school? The last week of August tends to be the cheapest time to have a summer break and there are plenty of scorching deals still up for grabs. From...
Hurricane Erin Downgraded to Cat. 2, Tropical Storms to Follow
Government Technology
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August 19, 2025
(TNS) — Hurricane Erin on Tuesday dropped down to a Category 2 hurricane as it headed north in the Atlantic, but prompted coastal advisories for Florida while the National Hurricane Center kept track of two tropical waves that could follow in...
EasyJet suspends pilot over being 'naked and drunk' at holiday resort
Sky News
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August 11, 2025
An easyJet pilot who reportedly walked around a hotel drunk and naked 36 hours before he was due to fly UK holidaymakers back to Gatwick has been suspended. The captain was said to be due to fly a plane back to the UK from Cape Verde, West Africa....
Hurricane Erin's continues to grow. What Floridians need…
Pensacola News Journal - Florida
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Hurricane Erin was downgraded to a Category 2 storm, with wind speeds measured around 110 mph. The majority of Florida's Atlantic coast is already seeing life-threatening surf conditions and rip currents, which will persist through the next few...
How will Tropical Storm Erin impact Daytona Beach, Flagler?
Daytona Beach News Journal - Florida
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Invest 97L has a high (90%) chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm, potentially becoming a hurricane by Thursday. While the storm's path is uncertain, residents of Florida's east coast are urged to prepare for hurricane season....
FIRST ALERT: Hurricane Erin is starting to weaken, but there are other areas to watch
WTOK - Mississippi
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August 19, 2025
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Hurricane Erin has weakened into a category 2 hurricane after reaching category 4 strength yesterday. It is currently moving northwest as it sits just above the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. As it continues to...
A weaker Hurricane Erin still a formidable wave and storm surge threat
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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August 19, 2025
Tropical storm and storm surge warnings are flying for portions of the North Carolina coast as sprawling Hurricane Erin chugs northwestward for a close pass by the Outer Banks of North Carolina, expected to occur on Thursday. At 11 a.m. EDT...
North Carolina's Outer Banks Threatened By Hurricane Erin
WJBO - Louisiana
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North Carolina's Outer Banks is being threatened with coastal flooding as Hurricane Erin churns in the Atlantic Ocean. Mandatory evacuation orders for the area were issued yesterday, with residents being told they needed to be out by this morning....
Is a hurricane headed toward Texas? See active systems in the Atlantic
Times Record News - Texas
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Hurricane Erin, now a Category 2 hurricane, is moving north along the East Coast. The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two disturbances in the Atlantic with the potential to develop into tropical depressions. One disturbance has a 60%...
Two tropical waves to watch in the Atlantic
KBTX - Texas
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August 19, 2025
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - As we continue to inch towards the climatological peak of Atlantic hurricane season in early September, activity is staying steady. Hurricane Erin continues to spin and move parallel to the east coast, producing strong rip...
Hurricane Erin Causes Rip Currents and Coastal Flooding on East Coast
Times News Global
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August 19, 2025
NEW BERN, North Carolina — Hurricane Erin is unleashing life-threatening rip currents and hazardous surf along much of the U.S. East Coast. The storm is expected to bring destructive waves and storm surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks in the...