The NHL status report highlights injury updates and return timelines for several players, including Kopitar and Armia for the Kings, Tkachuk for the Panthers, Jarvis for the Hurricanes, and others across various teams, with some players nearing return and others still sidelined due to injuries.
The New Jersey Devils lost 3-1 to the Carolina Hurricanes, primarily due to three self-inflicted goals, including two by Luke Hughes and one by goaltender Jake Allen, despite strong efforts and power plays. The game highlighted unfortunate luck and individual mistakes, but the team showed support for Hughes and resilience in gameplay.
Pyotr Kochetkov will undergo season-ending surgery due to a lower-body injury, leaving the Hurricanes with Frederik Andersen and Brandon Bussi as their main goaltenders for the rest of the season.
In 2025, climate change significantly impacted the world through intensified wildfires in California and South Korea, record-breaking heat waves in England, devastating floods in Texas, supercharged hurricanes in the Caribbean, and severe droughts in the Middle East, demonstrating its pervasive influence on global weather events.
Several NHL teams are dealing with injuries: Kraken's Montour out 4 weeks after hand surgery, Oilers' Jarry out a few weeks, Hurricanes' Jarvis and Slavin week to week, and others with varying injury updates. These injuries could impact team performances in upcoming games.
Seth Jarvis of the Carolina Hurricanes suffered an undisclosed injury during a game against the Florida Panthers and is expected to be out for an extended period, impacting the team's offensive lineup.
The summer of 2025 saw unprecedented U.S. flooding and unusual hurricane patterns largely influenced by a weakened and southward-shifted polar jet stream, driven by climate change, which caused prolonged storms and prevented hurricanes from hitting the mainland.
A new study highlights that rising ocean temperatures due to climate change are increasing extreme wind speeds, which threaten offshore wind turbines by exceeding their design limits, especially in cyclone-prone areas. This necessitates adapting wind farm infrastructure, re-evaluating site locations, and implementing more resilient design standards to ensure the long-term viability of offshore renewable energy projects.
Tropical Storm Melissa is moving through the Caribbean, threatening Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic with heavy rain, flooding, and landslides, and is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane, prompting widespread preparations and warnings.
A series of storms, including an unnamed storm and tropical storms Jerry, Priscilla, and Raymond, are causing significant flooding, high winds, and coastal damage along the East Coast of the U.S. and in the Atlantic and Pacific regions, prompting warnings and evacuations.
Multiple tropical systems, including remnants of hurricanes Priscilla and Octave and a developing storm off Mexico, are causing a prolonged flood threat in the Desert Southwest, with Arizona facing a potential major flood risk by the end of the week.
Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina's Outer Banks collapsed into the ocean amid hurricanes Humberto and Imelda, highlighting ongoing coastal erosion and storm impacts on the region's fragile barrier islands, with no injuries reported.
Tropical Storm Imelda is expected to strengthen into a hurricane, causing dangerous surf and coastal flooding along the US East Coast, while Hurricane Humberto, a Category 4 storm, will pass near Bermuda, bringing heavy rain and winds. The interaction between the two storms reduces the threat to the US but poses a significant risk to Bermuda, which faces a rare double hurricane threat this week.
A proposed blockbuster trade suggests sending Kirill Kaprizov from the Minnesota Wild to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Andrei Svechnikov, prospects, and draft picks, amid Kaprizov's contract dispute and potential departure from the Wild.
Hurricanes Lorena and Kiko are strengthening in the Pacific, with Lorena forecasted to bring heavy rain and flooding to northwestern Mexico and the US Southwest, while Kiko, a Category 4 storm, may impact Hawaii with high surf and strong winds, amid an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season.