Bad Bunny’s Backstage Hedge to Beat Bad Weather Niche insurance helped the Puerto Rican mega-star safeguard against any potential losses caused by heavy rain at sold-out concerts in Colombia.

Niche insurance helped the Puerto Rican mega-star safeguard against any potential losses caused by heavy rain at sold-out concerts in Colombia.

Severe Rainstorm Sparks Flooding Chaos in New Zealand’s Capital New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, was hit by flash flooding after torrential rain inundated the city center, triggering landslides and forcing evacuations.

New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, was hit by flash flooding after torrential rain inundated the city center, triggering landslides and forcing evacuations.

Hegseth Says Climate Change Is ‘Crap.’ The Military Is Still Bracing for It Climate is now a verboten topic in the Pentagon, but the battle against storms, fires, floods and rising seas hasn’t stopped.

Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon wouldn’t do any “climate change crap.” It’s still fortifying bases against rising seas and stronger storms.

How Anthropic Learned Mythos Was Too Dangerous for the Wild The AI company’s own experts warned Mythos could hack the systems beneath most modern computing. Banks and government agencies are racing to gauge the threat.

The shocking moment Anthropic's AI researchers discovered its Mythos model can breach computer networks within hours

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own

“These whales could be passing information along generation to generation to generation for over 20 million years. Humans now are just having the right tools and desire to be able to look at whale voices in this way to see the complexity that has been there all along.”

The party of opposition leader Peter Magyar is set to win Hungary’s parliamentary election with a two-thirds majority, an important threshold that would enable him to dismantle Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s nationalist project. Read more: bloom.bg/48rrNT0

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Good ECMWF article on El Niño strength possibilities by Tim Stockdale. Now is a low accuracy time to make strength forecasts. 2023 and 2017 had some similarities to now - 2023 forecast reasonable, 2017 forecast a bust. Alert but not alarmed is the best advice right now.
www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

“Canada is coming off 3 consecutive severe fire years. There are concerning signs for 2026” www.cbc.ca/news/science... - CBC News

#ABFire #BCWildfire #ClimateChange #Kamloops #MBFire #NBFire #NWTFire #Wildfires

Hawaii is in line for another Kona low through the middle of next week. Flood watches and other hazard markers are up all over the islands. Hawaii got battered last month with two big storms.

www.weather.gov/hfo

Deiced!

It snowed today so deicing's the way

AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history The Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspapers and their print journalism that sust...

People should actually be very alarmed that while AP's business model is shot to bits, Americans are still very much reliant on the news it delivers. The alternatives in some cases are inferior or non-existent.
apnews.com/article/news...

Toronto Home Prices Slip Back to 2020 Levels as Turmoil Lingers Home prices in Toronto fell to their lowest level in more than five years as an outlook for slow economic growth and broader global turmoil make prospective buyers cautious.

Home prices in Toronto fell to their lowest level in more than five years as an outlook for slow economic growth and broader global turmoil make prospective buyers cautious

Russia Says Dagestan Region Sees Blackouts After Severe Storms Heavy rains, wet snow and strong winds damaged some power facilities in the Russian region of Dagestan, leaving dozens of villages without electricity, local officials said.

Heavy rains, wet snow and strong winds damaged some power facilities in the Russian region of Dagestan, leaving dozens of villages without electricity, local officials said

The 2026 Southwest U.S. heat wave was one of the six most astonishing weather events of the century » Yale Climate Connections From the Pacific Northwest to Antarctica, it's extraordinary warmth that's punching through climate norms with the most force.

The crazy heat wave that gripped the southwest half of the U.S. in late March 2026 joins our semi-subjective top-six list of the meteorologically stunning extreme events this century that have most astonished myself and @bhensonweather.bsky.social :

yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/the-...

In an MRI tube listening to music when ads come on. Captive audience.

Can Trump Really Pull the US Out of NATO? President Donald Trump has once again lashed out at America’s NATO partners, this time over their unwillingness to help him prosecute the war in Iran, and suggested the US may even quit the military alliance.

President Trump, long a critic of America’s NATO partners, has suggested the US may quit the military alliance. Here's what you need to know

Trump Says Iran ‘Gave’ the US Most of Its Demands in Peace Plan President Donald Trump said that Iran “gave” the US most of the 15 demands it sent to Tehran as demands for an end to the war, even as it remains unclear whether either side is really negotiating.

President Trump said that Iran “gave” the US most of the 15 demands it sent to Tehran as demands for an end to the war, even as it remains unclear whether either side is really negotiating

It's, it's... Really happening! Spring is finally getting to New England! @theresacrimmins.bsky.social

Map showing locations (in red tones) where conditions associated with early-season leaf-out are ahead of schedule. Much of the Great Plains is reaching this early-season check-point 3-4 weeks ahead of normal.

Map showing locations (in red tones) where conditions associated with early-season flowering are being reached ahead of normal. Oklahoma and surrounding states are reaching this early-season check-point up to 3 weeks early.

With all the recent record-breaking heat in the western states, it's no surprise to see many locations starting spring green-up (L) and flowering (R) 2-4+ weeks early. Early start=early allergies. Subsequent freeze events could do major damage to crops.
www.usanpn.org/data/maps/sp... #phenology

@rjnskl.bsky.social Nice.

‘I Messed Up’: Harrowing Final Moments in Fatal LaGuardia Crash Air-traffic controllers were helping a fire truck’s crew navigate a rain-slicked tarmac at New York’s LaGuardia before midnight on Sunday when panic suddenly set in.

@bloomberg.com colleagues @allyversprille.bsky.social and @journodannyaero.bsky.social have our story on the harrowing final minutes before the LaGuardia crash Sunday night:

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Pointed: The News Quiz for Risk-Takers by Bloomberg Wager your points, leverage your bets and answer wisely. A new quiz is available to play each week.

Play Pointed, Bloomberg’s weekly news quiz for risk-takers.

Bet big on the topics you know, and maximize your score by leveraging your wagers. Choose wisely—wrong answers will cost you

Monday

US Southwest Heat Wave Tumbles Records, Raises Fire Risk Nearly 9.5 million people across the US Southwest face extreme high temperatures, as an ongoing heat wave continues to topple records and raise the risk of wildfires as far away as the Great Plains.

Record-breaking heat across the West will keep on going this week and may last even longer, US says. #climate #weather

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Paleontology has an Epstein problem. Women in the field say it's a symptom of a deeper misogyny | CBC Radio The names of hundreds of scientists have appeared in the Epstein files, including prominent dinosaur researchers. As the paleontology community reckons with the fallout of these revelations, women in ...

Science has an Epstein problem. Women in paleontology say it's a symptom of a deeper misogyny.
When paleontologist Riley Black learned that several scientists in her field had appeared in the Epstein files, she wasn't remotely shocked.

www.cbc.ca/radio/epstei...

I had to wear gloves to take a walk today.

Not to be complaining, okay I am complaining. It would be nice if we got a little spring time weather in my corner of the world.
www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/pre...

US Home Insurance Costs Are Rising Faster Than Inflation The average annual premium is projected to increase 4% to about $3,057 this year.

US home insurance premiums are set to rise for a fifth straight year in 2026 and other stories in today’s Green Daily newsletter

Los Angeles, US West Brace for Second Bout of Record March Heat Los Angeles and the US Southwest are set for a second record heat wave in two weeks as temperatures soar, potentially straining electric grids, melting snowpack and raising health risks.

Los Angeles and the US Southwest are set for a second record heat wave in two weeks as temperatures soar, potentially straining electric grids, melting snowpack and raising health risks.