The perfect wave Desert Point, Lombok, Indonesia 📹 lastwavelombok

Phoenix, Arizona, just experienced one of the hottest summers ever recorded by any major city on Earth. The average temperature for the entire summer was 99°F (37.2°C).

Oil, nat gas & gasoline all declining sharply on soft manufacturing data at home and in China, suggesting weaker demand for energy. Gasoline futures at $2.00 per gallon! Summer driving season is over while OPEC is boosting output. All good news for inflation, consumers & the Fed.

Rounds of #sundowner winds for southern Santa Barbara Co thru Fri night. Increased fire threat late Thu-Fri night: wind gusts of 25-40 mph combine w/temps 90-100 deg+RH down to 15%, causing brief criticial fire wx conditions in Santa Ynez mtns+adjacent foothills. #cawx #firewx

Temps peak Wed-Fri this week, bringing moderate to high heat impacts. The homeless, elderly, children, and those with health issues are at the highest risk for heat illness. Daytime highs between 95 to 105 will become common away from the coast. #CAwx #LAheat

Hot temps this week, bringing high heat impacts. The homeless, elderly, children, and those with health issues are at the highest risk for heat illness. Daytime highs between 95 to 105 will become common away from the coast. #CAwx #LAheat

With the high temperature exceeding 110°F at Phoenix Sky Harbor this afternoon, the number of days of 110°F+ high temperatures for the year now ties last years record number of 110°F+ highs at 55 days. Expect a new record to be set tomorrow (forecasted highs of 110-115°F). #azwx

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the person the FBI is referring to below is the same person that fired at the school in Georgia today:

NEW: The GBI says Apalachee High School did not receive a threat call warning of a school shooting this morning but that it was a different school that received the call which turned out to be unfounded.

Major heatwave ramps up tomorrow across Southern California. Woodland Hills in LA County is forecast to hit 117°F on Friday.

This is just beyond insane. A tropical wave is dumping serious rainfall on Mali, a desert country in North Africa. In the coming days, its path will travel across northern Mauritania and curve into western and northern Algeria. The Sahara Desert is experiencing some historic rain

Layoffs jump in August while hiring in 2024 is at a historic low, Challenger report shows cnbc.com/2024/09/05/lay…

Hunter Biden intends to change his plea in federal tax case to avoid a trial nbcnews.com/politics/joe-b… via NBC News

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Housing: - America's renter population is growing three times faster than its homeowner population. - 40% of U.S. renters don't believe they'll ever own a home, up from 25% in 2023. Source: Redfin

Hunter Biden pleads guilty to all the charges in the federal tax case against him. nbcnews.com/politics/joe-b…

Hunter Biden statement on pleading guilty today to tax-related charges: “I went to trial in Delaware not realizing the anguish it would cause my family, and I will not put them through it again.”

On the hottest day of the year so far, fire erupts at a SoCal utility’s energy storage facility, which uses lithium-ion batteries. Water can exacerbate the blaze. A fire official said mandatory evacuations for nearby residents could be in place for days. nbcsandiego.com/news/local/lit…

Palm Springs reached 121°F today 🔥 Likely to be the hottest temperature recorded on Earth in September 2024.

DT LA reached 102 today, the current forecast has today kicking off a 4 to 5-day long stretch of highs of at least 100 degrees. Since the record began (1877), the longest stretch of 100 or greater T was 8 days long in 1955. If we see 5 days, it will tie the 3rd longest stretch.