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WeatherWatch.co.nz has obtained a video of a sinkhole which swallowed a car in Tampa, Florida.

A car can be seen at the bottom of a sinkhole that opened at the Bordeaux Village Condominiums in Tampa.

Eleven families at the condo have been displaced.

There is action in the tropics but it's not in the Atlantic or the eastern Pacific.

Action is brewing in the western Pacific where Typhoon Conson has strengthened.

Typhoon Conson is gradually organizing as it moves west-northwest toward the northern Philippines. Conson was located about 390 miles east of Manila as of Tuesday afternoon (NZT).

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There are reports coming out from America that BP has successfully capped the Gulf Sea oil spill - and that it may be plugged as early as tonight.

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BP said today that it is "pleased" with how the operation to place a new cap on its ruptured undersea well is proceeding.

Officials hope the containment cap will stop oil from gushing into the Gulf. But while robots replace the old cap, crude is flowing freely.

The procedure -- expected to take four to seven days -- continued to progress Sunday as crews worked to position a transition spool over the gushing well to prepare for the new connection, according to BP's Senior Vice President Kent Wells.

A hot weather forecast for parts of the UK over the next few days has prompted the first heat-health alert of the summer, the Met Office said.
Highs of up to 31C are expected as temperatures peak across East Anglia and south east England on Friday and Saturday.

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The low pressure system in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico has been classified as Tropical Depression #2. As of 3pm NZT it was located about 425 kms to the southeast of Brownsville, Texas and moving toward the northwest. Top winds are 56km/h. At 62km/h it will become a tropical "storm". 

An independent report released Wednesday into the leaked "Climategate" e-mails found no evidence to question the "rigor and honesty" of scientists involved.

One of largest and fastest passenger cruisers Voyager, in cyclone Valentina.

The ship battles huge swells and while the waves themselves don't look so dramatic, look how much the boat tips to either side - and how much of the hull is revealed.

From WeatherWatch.co.nz reader karamu49. Have you seen a dramatic weather video on YouTube?  Send us the link using the Contact Us form at the top of the page and we'll share it with other WeatherWatch.co.nz readers.

Hurricane Alex made landfall in northern Mexico at 9pm CDT around 200kms south of Brownsville, Texas.

Alex's maximum sustained winds are now at 155km/h