(Reuters) - Potential Tropical Cyclone Three is expected to begin weakening Saturday afternoon as it moves farther inland, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an advisory.

LOS ANGELES, June 18 (Reuters) - An extreme heat wave that has already shattered temperature records across the U.S. Southwest threatened on Friday to push power systems to the brink of failure as residents cranked up air conditioners.

(Reuters) - The U.S. Southwest baked under an unrelenting heatwave for a fifth day on Friday, putting power systems to the test as more records were expected to be broken before a moderating trend sets in next week.

(Reuters) - Potential Tropical Cyclone Three will likely strengthen and become a subtropical or tropical storm over the central or northern Gulf of Mexico later on Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory.

MOSCOW, June 18 (Reuters) - Authorities in Russian-annexed Crimea on Friday ordered the evacuation of parts of the city of Yalta after heavy rain caused major flooding on the Black Sea peninsula.

June 18 (Reuters) - Just Energy Group Inc said on Friday it expects to recover about $100 million in costs related to a winter storm in February, if the Texas utility commission approves a relief bill financing signed by the state governor.

LOS ANGELES, June 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the six months since former gang member Ramon Ramos was released from prison, he has worked as a landscaper in Los Angeles - another minimum-wage job in a string of them.

MOSCOW, June 18 (Reuters) - Authorities in Russian-annexed Crimea on Friday ordered the evacuation of parts of the city of Yalta after heavy rain caused major flooding on the Black Sea peninsula.

June 18 (Reuters) - Potential Tropical Cyclone Three will bring heavy rainfall and flooding to the northern Gulf Coast starting later on Friday, and is expected to make a landfall through the weekend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.