Emergency services urge the public not to jump into unknown waters to cool off in hot weather, after two deaths in two days.

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Police issue river jump warning

Cannes, France —Whether it’s the weather, the traffic or the movies, perhaps the best word to describe the Cannes Film Festival this year is “stuck.” From the outset, when organizers announced the directors competing for the festival’s top honor, Cannes seemed stalled in a past era: Of the 22 films competing for the Palme d’Or this week, not one is directed by a woman, a nod to the mythical image of the heroic auteur that Cannes is famous for championing in its 66-year history. Read full article > >

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Cannes Film Festival 2012: Stalled in the past, with few surprises

Pubs group Mitchells & Butlers reports a sharp slowdown in sales, saying the recent wet weather has led to fewer customers.

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Rain dampens sales at pub group

There is nothing wrong with fair-weather fandom, and all it takes to jump on the Rangers’ bandwagon is a little knowledge of N.H.L. playoff quirks.

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Slap Shot: Rangers and the N.H.L. Playoffs Made Easy

Troublesome weather conditions hampered recovery efforts Friday as teams combed a steep mountainside where a Russian jetliner crashed on a demonstration flight in Indonesian this week.

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12 bodies found in Russian jet wreckage

Dispersed to nearby towns and cities, Gramalote, Colombia, residents are slowly returning to the devastated town, to live among the ruins or at least in sight of them.

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Gramalote Journal: Residents Trickle Back to Ruins of Gramalote, Colombia

Prince Charles presents a special weather forecast during a visit to BBC Scotland’s headquarters in Glasgow.

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VIDEO: Prince Charles presents the weather

Scientists have flown through the heart of a turbulent weather system in a bid to understand the causes of heavy rainfall.

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VIDEO: Flying into the heart of a storm

Miguel Cotto and Floyd Mayweather make the weight ahead of their WBA light-middleweight title fight on Saturday.

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Cotto and Mayweather make weights

The UK has seen a dramatic change in the weather in the past few days, changing from drought warnings to flood alerts.

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VIDEO: From drought to flood in one week

Bad weather was reported to be the cause of the crash, according to initial reports in local news media.

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Bhoja Air Passenger Plane Crashes in Pakistan’s Capital

Warm, dry weather leads to a significant rise in the numbers of rare butterflies in the UK, a study suggests.

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Rare UK butterflies ‘bounce back’

A large majority of Americans believe that this year’s unusually warm winter and last year’s blistering summer were likely made worse by global warming, according to a survey.

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Americans Link Global Warming to Extreme Weather, Poll Says

1 . We’re running out of water. We see it in the headlines almost every day: Drought in Texas and China . Nevada’s Lake Mead in danger of going dry. The Colorado River and the Rio Grande no longer flowing to the sea. Read full article > >

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Five myths about water

Weather patterns may conspire to produce only the fourth hurricane season since 1995 with below normal activity say two forecasting groups.

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Atlantic hurricane season to be quieter than normal forecasters say