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Kilauea volcano eruption: Hawaii volcano at LOWEST activity since 2007


HAWAII has recently drawn the short straw with natural disasters, as hurricane season enters off the back of a major volcanic eruption. As Kilauea hits its lowest activity in recent years, has it stopped erupting? ✔ The only visible activity at Kilauea is apparently at the summit, where a small lava pond was spotted on the morning of August 25, which has since disappeared ✔ The latest weather hampered some communication stations, and meant that some crews were unable to go out, but USGS have said they will continue to monitor the situation

India right to spurn foreign disaster relief


Rejecting aid for Kerala floods, Modi shows country no longer needs handouts ✔ India's post-colonial identity is at stake here because Modi and many other Indian politicians and state elites have inbuilt suspicions about ulterior motives that emanate from receiving foreign aid for disasters or for regular economic development projects

Hurricane Maria is now one of the deadliest disasters in U.S. history


A new analysis reveals that Hurricane Maria is America's deadliest natural disaster in more than 100 years ✔ When President Trump visited the island about two weeks after the storm, he praised the disaster response and expressed relief that Maria did not turn out to be a real catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina ✔ And a Harvard University study based on door-to-door surveys estimated that Maria killed more than 4,600 people

Controversial Fukushima statue of child in radiation suit to be removed


The city of Fukushima will remove a statue of a child clad in a protective suit due to criticism that it misleads the public into believing that local people, hit by a nuclear crisis in 2011, need to wear such gear, its mayor said Tuesday. "We set up the statue… ✔ (The removal) is truly regrettable, but I thought we shouldn't provoke a confrontation anymore among people inside and outside the city, said Yanobe on his website on Tuesday ✔ Decontamination and other efforts are under way to enable people who lived near the disaster-stricken plant to return to their hometowns

Honey the lonely dolphin, abandoned in aquarium, sparks public outcry


The plight of a lonely dolphin and dozens of penguins that have been abandoned in a derelict aquarium in Japan since the start of the year sparked protests this week, with activists and ordinary Japanese alike calling for the animals to be saved. The female bottlenose dolphin, nicknamed Honey, was… ✔ Honey is a symbol of both the problem of marine parks and Taiji's hunting practices, said Akiko Mitsunobu, chief of aquarium issues for Animal Rights Center, a local group ✔ I beg the authorities to get in close contact with each other and push ahead with this, wrote one Twitter user

The Latest: White House responds to higher PR hurricane toll


SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Latest on the death toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico (all times local): 5:55 p.m. The White House is respondin ✔ That's almost twice the government's previous estimate ✔ White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says in a statement that the back-to-back hurricanes that hit last year prompted the largest domestic disaster response mission in history ✔ Ricardo Rossello's accountability efforts and says the American people, including those grieving the loss of a loved one, deserve no less

Study estimates Puerto Rico deaths from Hurricane Maria at nearly...


Hurricane Maria, the most powerful storm to strike Puerto Rico in nearly 90 years, is estimated to account for nearly 3,000 deaths, far more than the official toll of 64, according to a study commissioned by the island's government and released on Tuesday. ✔ The study, conducted by George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health, also found that the risk of death from the hurricane was substantially higher for the poor and elderly men ✔ 17 and plowed a path of destruction across the island, causing property damage estimated at $90 billion and leaving much of the island without electricity for months ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles

GBBO heartbreak as first contestant leaves the tent - with shock Star Baker


Manon was crowned Star Baker but Imelda was forced to leave after a tough biscuit week ✔ Imelda's exist wasn't the only talking point tonight as viewers noticed something very different about Noel tonight that sent social media into meltdown ✔ Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to playTap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now *The Great British Bake Off airs on Tuesdays on Channel 4 at 9pm

5 elderly patients die in Gifu hospital after air conditioning breaks


Another elderly patient at a hospital has died, police said Wednesday, following the deaths of four others possibly due to heatstroke after the air conditioners broke down. The fifth person was an 84-year-old male patient who died at Y&M Fujikake Daiichi Hospital in the city of Gifu in Gifu Prefecture… ✔ According to the police, two men and two women aged 83 to 85 were staying on the hospital's third and fourth floors and died between 8:40 p.m. Sunday and 11:35 a.m. Monday ✔ Elderly people are said to be particularly prone as they tend to have limited ability to control their body temperature

What is 'fake news', what is Theresa May's new security unit and what were Donald Trump's Fake News Awards?


“FAKE news” was named Collins Dictionary’s official Word of the Year for 2017 – and there’s a good reason why. The term has become popularised by US President Donald T… ✔ 'Fake news', either as a statement of fact or as an accusation, has been inescapable this year, contributing to the undermining of society's trust in news reporting: given the term's ubiquity and its regular usage by President Trump, it is clear that Collins' Word of the Year 'fake news' is very real news

Jimmy Carter Blasts Donald Trump — Again: ‘He Is Very Careless with the Truth’


Former President Jimmy Carter is doubling down on his recent comments labelling Donald Trump dishonest ✔ Former President Jimmy Carter is doubling down on his recent comments labelling Donald Trump dishonest ✔ I think there’s been an attitude of ignorance toward the truth by President Trump, Carter said ✔ During a  Late Show  appearance in March, when host Stephen Colbert asked if America [wants] kind of a jerk as president

Reports: Trump warned evangelical leaders of ‘violence’ from Democrats if Republicans lose the midterms


The presdient made the remarks in a closed-door session with Christian leaders at the White House, according to multiple reports. ✔ After one protester interrupted a Trump speech in Las Vegas in February 2016, the candidate declared: I’d like to punch him in the face, I tell ya ✔ The provision bars religious institutions and other tax-exempt organizations from endorsing political candidates ✔ John Wagner and Sarah Pulliam Bailey contributed to this report

'Get real!' Brexiteer economist TEARS into Project Fear with this BRILLLIANT point


ECONOMIST Ruth Lea brilliantly hit back at Project Fear claims and pointed out that any economic risk triggered by Brexit will only be apparent when the European Union agree on a Brexit deal with the UK. ✔ In his letter, the Remainer MP warned there would be large fiscal consequences if the UK crashes out of the EU without a deal ✔ Rather, it makes it the champion of prosperity for the British people outside the EU, but working and trading closely with it

Opinion | Another big reason to want a Democratic takeover of the House


We could learn a lot from real oversight of the Trump administration's policy decisions. ✔ House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) (J ✔ But these are very ripe areas for investigation, because the processes behind them have long given rise to serious, lingering questions ✔ The veiled Muslim ban, for instance, was rolled out in horribly slapdash fashion and moved forward despite two Department of Homeland Security studies undercutting its national security rationale ✔ Crucially, there is likely a lot more and a lot worse to come

White House defends FEMA after study finds Hurricane Maria killed 5,000 in Puerto Rico


The White House on Wednesday shook off criticism of the emergency response to Hurricane Maria following a Harvard study that estimated the death toll from last year's tragedy in Puerto Rico may have reached 5,000. "We have been supportive of Gov. Rosello's efforts to ensure full accounting." ✔ Christy Delafield, a spokeswoman for the global humanitarian organization Mercy Corps, has spent time in Puerto Rico since Maria ✔ Both studies will help us better prepare for future natural disasters and prevent lives from being lost ✔ You may also want to view these photo galleries: Replay Last SlideNext Slide

Puerto Rico revises Hurricane Maria death toll to 2,975 after study


Puerto Rico's governor says the official death toll from Hurricane Maria will be revised in the wake of a report from George Washington University that estimated the storm caused 2,975 deaths. ✔ Researchers behind George Washington University's study said they felt they were able to provide a more accurate estimate because they took into account additional factors such as migration ✔ The network also created an online database the public can use to search for the names of all the people who died in the months after the storm -- and tell reporters about deaths that may have been related to Maria

I am a former Navy SEAL Sniper, and there is something I fear much more than being waterboarded or shot


Brandon Webb served in the US Navy for over a decade as a Navy chief, SEAL, and head instructor at the US Navy sniper school before becoming an entrepreneur. Webb's greatest fear was realized when he lost his business, his family's life savings, and then watched his marriage dissolve. ✔ Hackman plays Little Bill Daggett, the corrupt sheriff Eastwood guns down ✔ I made some calls, asked around, and managed to find a high- paying job in the defense industry, which I clung to like driftwood ✔ It can be found online at Penguin Random House or Amazon

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