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The US Coast Guard is searching waters off Nantucket for a medical evacuation jet carrying six people that disappeared while flying from Bermuda to Boston. The aircraft, reported to be an air ambulance, lost contact mid-route, prompting an active search-and-rescue operation. Concern is mounting for the patients and crew aboard, with updates on the search expected as crews continue combing the area.
- 2Photographer returns from California's Lost Coast●I'm back now, in a house by this, with my wine and my snack...and you know what? If money were no object, I'd never leav
A photographer has returned home after visiting California's Lost Coast, sharing a black sand beach scene titled "Black Sand, Kiss Me Home". They describe sitting with wine and a snack, saying that if money were no object they would never permanently leave the area. The rugged, remote stretch of coastline is prized for its dramatic, undeveloped scenery.
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Italian media are reporting two separate incidents requiring air ambulance response. In Bergeggi, on the Ligurian coast, a person fell more than seven metres from a cliff, prompting a helicopter rescue. Separately, near Rimini, a driver lost control of a car and ended up in a field, and was flown by air ambulance to the Bufalini hospital. Both stories highlight the role of emergency helicopter services.
- 4The 1966 Palomares Incident: B-52 Crash Lost a Hydrogen Bomb for 80 Days▼It Took 80 Days to Find It: A US Air Force B-52 Bomber Collided Into a Tanker and Lost a Hydrogen Bomb in the Mediterranean in 1966
In January 1966, a US Air Force B-52 bomber carrying hydrogen bombs collided mid-air with a KC-135 tanker during refuelling off the coast of Spain, scattering nuclear weapons near Palomares. One bomb fell into the Mediterranean and took 80 days to recover, in one of the most complex search operations of the Cold War. Renewed attention to the accident continues to highlight the risks of nuclear-armed airborne alert missions and the long aftermath of contamination in the area.
- 5Seashell found between St Francis Bay and False Bay●Seashell found either in St Francis Bay or False Bay, cannot remember which. "She sells empty sea shells, lost in the oc
A beachcomber says they found an empty seashell on the South African coast but cannot remember whether it was in St Francis Bay or False Bay. They joked about it with a tongue-twister-style line, 'She sells empty sea shells, lost in the ocean', riffing on the classic nursery rhyme and a play on Sia's song title.
- 6Holga film project captures Dunwich's shifting shoreline●More from Kingdom of the East Angles, a Holga film project: Shingle Foam, Dunwich, 2026 https://www.hawkins-weeks.com/po
Photographer Hawkins-Weeks has released a new image from 'Kingdom of the East Angles', an ongoing Holga film project documenting the Suffolk coast. The latest black-and-white picture, 'Shingle Foam', was made at Dunwich, the village largely lost to coastal erosion. It joins a portfolio of analogue landscape work shot on the east Anglian shore.
- 7Georgia Tech Football musings during the bye week●Georgia Tech Football: Things I Think I Know – Bye Week
Georgia Tech football is on its bye week, prompting reflection on the season so far. A column of takeaways, titled 'Things I Think I Know', runs through what the team has shown and what questions remain before it returns to play. Fans are weighing the rest and reset against lost momentum in a season that has kept Atlantic Coast Conference followers watching closely.
- 8Tropical Storm Fay weakens into post-tropical cyclone▼Tropical Depression Fay weakens, becomes post-tropical cyclone, NHC says
Tropical Depression Fay has lost strength and been reclassified as a post-tropical cyclone, according to the National Hurricane Center. The system, which had brought rain and gusty conditions to parts of the US East Coast, is no longer considered a tropical cyclone as it continues to weaken. Forecasters are monitoring its remnants while communities assess any flooding or damage left behind.
- 9Chafarinas' skink clings to shrinking North African coast●— No research doesn’t mean no impact — The Chafarinas’ skink still clings to a narrow coast with nowhere to go. We don’t
Conservation voices are highlighting the Chafarinas' skink, a reptile restricted to a narrow stretch of coast around Spain's Chafarinas Islands off North Africa. Its global population has never been measured, yet roads, tourism, lost prey, heat and drought are pressing on the species at once. The argument being made is that a lack of research does not mean a lack of danger, and 'no evidence' of decline is not the same as no impact.