Environment
Battery boom reshapes global grids
U.S. automakers, Australian households and Saudi Arabia expanded large-scale and distributed battery storage installations, accelerating renewable integration and reshaping electricity grids worldwide.
Leonardo forces evacuations in Andalusia
Andalucía suspended all in-person school classes except in Almería on Wednesday, ordered hundreds of evacuations and issued red alerts as Storm Leonardo unleashed torrential rain and flooding.
Frankfurt airport closed; roads chaotic
Heavy snow and ice halted operations at Frankfurt Airport, left roads in Lower Saxony chaotic and froze waters off Rügen, the German Weather Service warned.
Matanzas records first zero Celsius
Cuban meteorologists said a weather station in western Matanzas province recorded 0°C for the first time, which they blamed on a polar air mass from North America.
