内容摘要：Festival goers must have their tickets ready for scanning when they arrive.

Festival goers must have their tickets ready for scanning when they arrive.

Foreign students who want to study in the US usually must schedule interviews at a US embassy in their home country before approval.He said he may be forced to book flights to the US, still unsure of the situation. He also risks losing his scholarship if he has to defer his studies.

Students in the UK are being affected, too.Oliver Cropley, a 27-year-old from Norwich, said he was due to study abroad for a year in Kansas, but that plan is now in jeopardy."Currently I've no student visa, despite forking out £300 on the application process," Mr Cropley said.

News of the US pausing visa applications is "a huge disappointment".He, too, risks losing a scholarship if he is unable to complete his study abroad in the US, and may have to find last-minute accommodation and liaise with the university to make sure it does not delay him academically.

Alfred Williamson, from Wales, told Reuters he was excited to travel after his first year at Harvard, but couldn't wait to get back. But now, he hasn't heard about his visa.

It's "dehumanising", he told Reuters.Between six and 10 hurricanes are forecast for the Atlantic between June and November, compared with the typical seven.

Warmer sea temperatures – made more likely by climate change - and generally favourable atmospheric conditions, are behind the forecast.Several scientists have told the BBC that widespread firings by President Donald Trump's administration of government researchers could endanger efforts to monitor hurricanes and predict where they might hit.

Today's 2025 Atlantic season outlook covers the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, called the Gulf of America by the Trump administration.In total NOAA expects between 13 and 19 named tropical storms. Of these, between six and 10 could become hurricanes, including three to five major ones – meaning they reach category three or above (111mph or 178km/h).