KYIV (ANP) - De Oekraïense hoofdstad Kyiv is in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag opgeschrikt door verschillende explosies. Eerder op zaterdag hadden de autoriteiten van de hoofdstad al gewaarschuwd voor een naderende Russische aanval met ballistische raketten.

"Luchtalarm in Kyiv vanwege de dreiging van ballistische raketten", meldde het militaire bestuur van de hoofdstad rond 02:00 uur op Telegram, waarbij mensen dringend werd verzocht om dekking te zoeken.

Burgemeester van de stad Vitali Klitsjko liet op Telegram weten dat er "meerdere explosies in de hoofdstad" te horen waren. Kort daarop brak brand uit in een niet-residentieel gebouw in het district Obolonsky. Voor zover bekend is er één gewonde gevallen bij de aanval.

Ondertussen sloeg Rusland opnieuw een zwerm drones af die op weg was naar de eigen hoofdstad. Volgens de burgemeester van Moskou, Sergej Sobjanin, werden er bijna negentig drones onderschept.

OOSTERHOUT (ANP) - In een appartementencomplex aan de Koning Willem-Alexanderlaan in het Noord-Brabantse Oosterhout is in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag een brand uitgebroken. Voor zover bekend zijn er geen gewonden. Het gebouw wordt op dit moment ontruimd.

De brand brak rond kwart voor 1 uit op de vierde verdieping van het zes verdiepingen tellende complex, zo laat de veiligheidsregio weten.

Omwonenden wordt opgedragen ramen en deuren te sluiten wanneer ze last hebben van de rook.

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A "massive influx" of jellyfish forced Electricite de France SA to shut three units at its Gravelines nuclear power plant this week and reduce output at a fourth, reports Bloomberg. Just as summer temperatures surged, 3.2 gigawatts went offline — and the power utility was already facing cuts other nuclear sites as high temperatures reduced the river water available for cooling.

More details from ScienceAlert:



As Politico reports, the Gravelines nuclear power plant spent hundreds of thousands of euros in 2025 to stop this happening again, only to see a repeat 12 months later... Increasing temperatures in the water can produce more of the plankton and animals that jellyfish feed on, as well as accelerating life cycles and extending breeding seasons....

It's not just jellyfish that have a habit of disrupting human energy infrastructure. Last year in Connecticut, a single raccoon caused more than a thousand power outages, as reported by CT Insider. It's not clear exactly what the raccoon did, but we do know it somehow got into a substation and caused damage to the equipment in there. The unwitting act of sabotage left more than 2,500 customers in the area without power at one stage — though repairs were swiftly carried out.



Reuters reported Tuesday on how the French utility responded to their jellyfish swarm:


EDF has installed fixed cameras at the intake canals and on the filter drum screens to detect any incoming blockages as soon as possible, an engineer told Reuters... The company has also partnered with a French fishing organisation and a sea rescue organisation, which monitor for swarms and can raise an alert to launch targeted trawling operations by fishermen to reduce the swarm's density before it reaches the plant, the engineer said. The fishing boats were deployed [last] Saturday after an initial alarm was raised, limiting the impact from the swarm. The jellyfish that are already on site are being removed with vacuum trucks, he said. No new jellyfish are arriving, so cleanup is finishing, which should lead to a quick restart of the units, they added...

Scientists warn such events could become more common due to factors including global warming, the arrival of invasive species, habitat loss of predators and over-fishing.


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Pioneering Creem and Rolling Stone journalist wrote essential biographies on the Who and Bruce Springsteen Dave Marsh, the music critic and biographer who documented the early days of Bruce Springsteen in his influential 1979 book "Born to Run," died Friday in his Connecticut home. He was 76. Such a loss.

National Weather Service reports that more than 11in of rain fell over a two-day period in some areas

At least five people are dead after devastating floods that swept through Indiana this week, officials said, as storms continued to batter the state on Saturday and first responders used boats to rescue more people from rising waters in neighborhoods along the White River in Indianapolis.

The mayor of Indianapolis, Joe Hogsett, and other state officials implored residents in areas at risk of flooding to heed any evacuation warnings at a news conference.

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