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Huge fire erupts on A31 as flames spread from vehicle to dry heathland

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1h ago Hey, we had a HUGE thunderstorm! I tell you! ONE clap of thunder. It was a HUGE thunderstorm! 😉😂 +5.5
3h ago Where the f*ck is our govt? 5th heatwave of the year, drought, excess deaths, crop yields way down, farmers already using their winter feed, huge wildfires… and not one word from @andyburnham.bsk… -8.0
3h ago Tornado warnings again #ottawa Too bad the city is so huge this can mean… anywhere -4.0
4h ago #SevereWeather: Wow! It looks like it’s 11 PM outside—the sky just opened up after a huge eruption of #thunder. ⛈️ So glad to be working from home these days, because I would NOT want to be fightin… +3.0
5h ago The silver lining is the huge volume available for Super-dipper EL Niño Fall & Winter rain & snow storms. Considering the intensity, this may eventually ‘fill’ the entire Southwestern hydraulic sys… +6.0
6h ago Our Prime Minister has had a lot to say today about subscriptions. Meanwhile, huge parts of the country are in drought. We're about to enter our fifth heatwave of the year, killing more people. … -7.5
6h ago I hope you're ok too and not melting down like were doing here in southern europe. I heard northern countries are in for another huge heatwave and i wish you all safe days!! +4.0
7h ago anyways good morning. huge ass thunderstorm last night so im tired lol. but its supposed to be cooler this week +1.5
8h ago I'm worried about the wildlife Apparently Kew gardens lost a huge proportion of its trees during the last heatwave -4.5
10h ago My mother: I hope they don’t have huge floods again [in Asheville] while you’re there Me: well, that was from a hurricane My mother: I hope they don’t have a hurricane while you’re there -1.0
11h ago You’re welcome. I suspected you might be thinking, typhoon-level rain. That’s not to say desert weather holds no drama. They use the term haboob there for the huge, blinding dust storms that bri… -1.0
11h ago a HUGE thunderstorm and I think I might have even heard a transformer explode at one point. Shade was very stiff for most of it, and when the loudest thunder rumbled overhead he very slowly stood u… -2.0
12h ago yeah, it needs about a week of drizzle to soften everything, and then proper rain I reckon. But likely we'll get about 30cm in one huge storm which will just run off & flash flood everywhere -2.5
12h ago Please be fire safe in this drought. This is my local nature reserve (waverley, Sheffield) after a large grass fire last week. Huge area of wildflower meadow and scrub destroyed. - if you smoke, u… -4.5
12h ago Waking up to a huge thunderstorm and dark skies today, too. It's amazing 🙏 +5.0
13h ago Good Monday Morning To All My Friends! I’ve taken care of Sage and Gomez, and am now sipping my coffee. We had a huge thunderstorm all yesterday morning. It finally left us, I did 45 min on my recu… +2.0
13h ago Given the impending 5th heatwave of 2026 🥵 we thought we'd share some of our community's tips for keeping cool in the hot weather. Huge thanks to everyone who responded to our ask last month. al… +3.5
14h ago Monty Don warns gardeners to do one key task before they go on holiday https://www.allforgardening.com/1924707/monty-don-warns-gardeners-to-do-one-key-task-before-they-go-on-holiday/ The UK has b… -3.5
15h ago This thunderstorm fuckin rules. Huge lightning less than a quarter mile away shaking the entire house, Larry is arguing with the sky I think he’s winning +7.0
15h ago Sadly it’s every garden, every green space and every tree that’s dying from drought. I had to pay a tree surgeon £1000 to prop this tree after a huge branch cracked and just collapsed. It was so dr… -2.5
17h ago There was no sunset beer last night - a huge thunderstorm rolled down from the mountains - so here’s a picture of a tower of beer cans instead. From an Italian bar called The Beer Shop. (normal pic… +2.0
17h ago Monty Don’s summer gardening advice with one task before going on holiday https://www.allforgardening.com/1924481/monty-dons-summer-gardening-advice-with-one-task-before-going-on-holiday/ The UK … -2.5
17h ago Monty Don urges gardeners to do key job before going on holiday https://www.allforgardening.com/1924485/monty-don-urges-gardeners-to-do-key-job-before-going-on-holiday/ The UK has been in the gri… -3.5
21h ago Climate change is helping create the perfect conditions for bigger locust swarms. Heavy rain brings a sudden explosion of vegetation and breeding, followed by drought that forces them together and… -5.0
22h ago Good day to capture two Mesoscale Convective System (MCS)-which are large, organized, complex of thunderstorms, once together, acts as a "single unified weather system"-these things are huge, over … +3.5
1d ago www.watoday.com.au/national/vic... Fire, flood and wishful thinking: Why we’re not ready for Victoria’s climate future No matter what is done to reduce carbon emissions, more violent weather, sea-l… -5.0
1d ago Experts worry as parts of the US see a huge drop in mosquitoes ->The Independent | More on "Drought impacts mosquito populations" at BigEarthData.ai -2.0
1d ago One of the most huge tornadoes in history came within a mile of my house when it was over 1.5 miles wide, right before it took out a large part of my hometown!!! The Hesston Tornado! Look it up!! I… -8.0
1d ago This morning was beautiful but this afternoon I got caught in a huge thunderstorm! #ContessaLucia -2.5
1d ago 📍 Dagestan, Russia Climate change is creating conditions for bigger locust invasions. Heavy rain brings a sudden explosion of vegetation & breeding, followed by drought that forces them together a… -5.0

Articles in Story

Tier Title Category Source Feeling SentimentSentiment Score (-5 to +5)
LLM-assessed emotional tone of coverage.

-5 = extremely negative/alarming
0 = neutral/factual
+5 = extremely positive/hopeful

The colored bar shows position on the scale. Emotion badge uses Plutchik's 8 primary emotions: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation.
T3 Smoke fills sky from miles after fire on A31 in New Forest weather_impact dailyecho.co.uk smoky, suffocating, alarming
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fear
T3 Huge fire erupts on A31 as flames spread from vehicle to dry heathland weather_impact aol.co.uk blazing, terrifying, urgent
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fear
T3 Smoke fills sky from miles after fire on A31 in New Forest weather_impact bournemouthecho.co.uk choking, eerie, alarming
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fear