Yellowstone volcano MAP: Where is Yellowstone volcano? Is Yellowstone the Big One?
8/30/2018, 10:32:01 PMYELLOWSTONE volcano has had a foreboding presence over the USA as one of the most potentially deadly super volcanoes. Where is Yellowstone volcano and is it linked to the Big One? ✔ An eruption from the whole volcano could cause the ‘Big One’ - a catastrophic eruption or earthquake believed to cause untold damage ✔ The results would also induce fast-paced climate change, which would put countries throughout the world at risk of extreme weather conditions ✔ Full-scale eruptions are supposed to take place every million years, so we’re a ways off yet
Hurricane Norman path update: Hurricane Norman now strengthened to a Category 4 storm
8/30/2018, 10:32:02 PMIT IS Hurricane season in the Pacific and recent hurricane, Norman has been strengthening as it tracks away from the coast of Mexico. ✔ This hurricane is located around 1,090 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii ✔ The hurricane produced more than 3ft of rain in some areas ✔ Hawaii is still picking up the pieces from hurricane Lane, so the inability for Miriam to make landfall will come as a welcome relief
Alert level lowered for volcano on southwest Japanese island
8/30/2018, 9:39:26 PMThe weather agency on Wednesday lowered the alert level for a volcano on Kuchinoerabu Island in southwestern Japan as an eruption causing serious damage to residential areas is now unlikely. The alert level was lowered to three, which restricts entry to Mt. Shindake, from four on the scale of five.… ✔ The agency said the amount of volcanic gas spewed over the area has been decreasing since Aug 18 but has not returned to the level seen in early August, leaving the possibility of volcanic eruptions affecting areas within 2 kilometers of the crater ✔ Since Aug 15, about 20 residents within about a 3-km radius of the crater temporarily took shelter at local community centers
Boss in charge of Grenfell funds stole £62k to spend on holidays and gambling
8/30/2018, 11:44:04 PMA CROOKED council manager was facing up to five years in jail last night for stealing £62,000 from the Grenfell Tower disaster fund. ✔ Jenny McDonagh blew the cash on trips to Los Angeles and Dubai, expensive dinners, haircuts and £16,000 on online gambling ✔ It is appalling that someone could take advantage of a situation in which vulnerable people were waiting to be housed ✔ A number of residents have already asked me if the council will review this employee’s work over the past 14 months
PM Update: Showers and storms may pass through tonight, and our weather remains unsettled Friday
8/30/2018, 9:33:39 PMA cold front is locking up in our region. It should keep at least occasional showers coming. ✔ By Ian Livingston August 30 at 4:40 PM You know it has been really hot when temperatures topping out in the low 90s coupled with dew points in the 60s seem passable ✔ We should see at least scattered afternoon showers and storms, maybe most focused over the eastern half of the area
Analysis | The new American weather model shone during Hurricane Lane
8/30/2018, 9:42:56 PMThe new American model, known as the FV3, produced the most consistently accurate forecasts of Lane's track. ✔ (National Weather Service) The FV3 produced the most accurate forecasts (or smallest track errors) made four (96 hours) and five (120 hours) days into the future, and was neck and neck with the European model and National Hurricane Center forecasts within 72 hours
Dam nation: Big state projects spared in China's hydro crackdown
8/30/2018, 11:17:05 PMIn a mountain village in southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities have demolished seven small dam projects this year along a river to clear illegal developments in a new nature reserve. ✔ China’s official hydropower capacity was about 340 GW at the end of June and around a third of that is considered small hydropower, projects of less than 50 MW ✔ China’s overall power capacity, including coal and nuclear plants, is 1,740 GW ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Bali volcano: Is Mount Agung still erupting? What is triggering earthquakes in Indonesia?
8/30/2018, 10:17:52 PMINDONESIA has been wracked with a series of powerful earthquakes recently, but is Mount Agung still erupting? What is triggering earthquakes in Indonesia? ✔ Professor Bill McGuire, Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences at University College London explained to express.co.uk what the deadly area is: The Ring of Fire is a girdle of volcanoes and earthquake zones that circles the Pacific Ocean, and which marks the join between some of the planet's most active tectonic plates
Theresa May 'at odds with Philip Hammond' over new plastic bags charge
8/30/2018, 11:44:05 PMTHERESA May appeared to be at war with her Chancellor last night after their ongoing tensions resurfaced in a row over a new plastic bags levy. Reports of the latest row follows the Prime Minister having to publicly slap down Philip Hammond last week over his attempts to undermine the Government’s message on a no deal not being a disaster for the country. ✔ Theresa May and Philip Hammond (Image: getty) Instead Mr Hammond had issued a new Treasury project fear paper suggesting that going on to World Trade Organisation terms would be catastrophic ✔ In a further step to fight polluting plastic at home and abroad, she also announced that more than £61million in UK aid will be allocated to boost global research and help countries stop
California wildfires fuel a new push to ban smoking at state parks and beaches
8/30/2018, 9:08:26 PMAfter more than a decade of attempts to ban smoking at California beaches and parks, environmentalists notched a win Thursday as new legislation to prevent lighting up in certain public places was approved by the state Senate. ✔ The other bill would apply the same restrictions to beaches, but only where the state has posted signs warning that smoking is banned ✔ Brown to take a drag on a cigarette on his ranch in Colusa, Levine said in reference to the rural homestead where the governor plans to live after leaving office in January
Here's What The Cast Of "True Blood" Looks Like 10 Years After The Premiere
8/30/2018, 8:22:44 PMHBO brought sexy vampires back into our lives on September 7, 2008. ✔ She began dating her co-star, Stephen Moyer, during the filming of the pilot ✔ Like Rutina Wesley, he also appeared in an episode of Numb3rs in 2008 ✔ Now: Last year, he co-starred in Law & Order True Crime as Tim Rutten and The Deuce as Bobby Dwyer ✔ More BuzzFeed Reviews More BuzzFeed Reviews
Potato product prices set to soar after scorching summer damages crops
8/30/2018, 9:13:05 PMFrozen chip maker McCain is understood to be hiking the price paid by supermarkets as much as 20 per cent as farmers struggle with major potato shortages following a two-month heatwave. ✔ ‘Customers may be less understanding in the autumn once the weather has changed.’ Thomas Brereton, retail analyst at Globaldata, said wetter weather in recent weeks and in September could improve the situation for potato producers ✔ ‘We don’t comment on specific commercial relationships.’ A spokesman for Walkers said: ‘We have plans in place with suppliers and customers to make sure we’re covered for the shortfall in the harvest and are confident that we have enough potatoes to keep supplying our crisps.’ Birds Eye declined to comment
Argentina Peso: Why is Argentina economy in trouble? What does it mean for global economy?
8/30/2018, 10:05:42 PMINVESTORS are panicking over Argentinean President Mauricio Macri’s handling of the country’s economic crisis. But why is the Argentina economy in trouble and what does it mean for global economy? ✔ Paul Greer, a portfolio manager at the Fidelity Emerging Market Debt Fund, said: It looks likely that the economy is heading for a hard landing recession over the next 12 months ✔ This has also affected Argentinean currency, as one Peso currently stands at 0.020 to the pound
Argentina to announce new economic measures after peso freefall
8/30/2018, 11:34:59 PMArgentina's peso lost as much as nearly one-fifth of its value on Thursday despite the central bank's hiking its benchmark interest rate to a dizzying 60 percent as investors panicked over President Mauricio Macri's handling of an economic crisis. ✔ The IMF said hours later that it was considering speeding up payments because of the financial meltdown, but that Argentina needed to adopt stronger fiscal and monetary policies ✔ Dujovne said he would travel to Washington on Monday evening to discuss the policies with the IMF’s technical staff ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Argentina's peso in freefall despite central bank rate hike to 60...
8/30/2018, 10:00:46 PMArgentina's peso lost as much as nearly one-fifth of its value on Thursday despite the central bank's hiking its benchmark interest rate to a dizzying 60 percent as investors panicked over President Mauricio Macri's handling of an economic crisis. ✔ The IMF said hours later that it was considering speeding up payments because of the financial meltdown, but that Argentina needed to adopt stronger fiscal and monetary policies ✔ In an effort to restore calm, senior government officials pledged to accelerate budget cuts in light of market concern about Argentina’s ability to finance the fiscal deficit, but did not provide specifics about new targets ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
'If the mob attacks, we can't guarantee your safety.'
8/30/2018, 9:24:36 PMIn Germany's Chemnitz, extremists are exploiting a killing to take aim at refugees. ✔ The dead man - a carpenter identified as Daniel Hillig - was of Cuban descent ✔ Videos footage shows crowds chasing people, apparently those with dark skin who were believed to be immigrants ✔ There was no discussion of whether this was the right time ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes
EU fishing policy is a biological, environmental, economic and social failure
8/30/2018, 11:04:04 PMFRENCH fishermen resorting to violence against British vessels is not only wrong, it’s total hypocrisy. The country has vastly profited from the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) which has allowe… ✔ European Commission data shows that post-Brexit, the Channel fish stocks should be split 70/30 in favour of the UK ✔ But to achieve any of this, the Government must act quickly ✔ Owen Paterson is a Conservative MP and former Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Kirsty Young steps down from Desert Island Discs
8/30/2018, 10:26:56 PMYesterday, Kirsty, 49, announced she is suffering from 'a form of fibromyalgia', a chronic condition that can cause pain all over the body, and must 'take some time away' to restore her health. ✔ Ambitious politicians' choices are often cautious, indeed boring, and other guests just seem to choose their discs out of pure perverse desire to be different ✔ 'I know some think fibromylagia may not be a physical illness but I believe it is, along with the majority of doctors,' adds Dr Baranidharan
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