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Disasters - SERIES 62 {18 articles}

Updated D.C. area forecast: Flash flood watch through tonight due to risk of heavy rain

8/31/2018, 3:48:19 PM
Slow-moving storms may produce locally heavy rainfall and some isolated flooding. ✔ Camden Walker August 31 at 11:40 AM * Flash Flood Watch thru midnight * 11:40 a.m. – Weather Service issues Flash Flood Watch Due to scattered storms expected to develop this afternoon and evening, which may be quite heavy in spots, the National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Fairfax County, the District and locations to the north and northeast ✔ Easterly breezes around 5 mph should slowly calm in the predawn hours


Bali earthquake: 4.7 magnitude quake hits Indonesia - Will Indonesia quakes EVER stop?

8/31/2018, 3:35:47 PM
THE INDONESIAN island of Lombok has been hit by a series of strong earthquakes since the end of July and another large tremor shook the island on Friday, so will the quakes ever stop? ✔ (Image: USGS/Getty ) Lombok is located within the infamous Ring of Fire and just south of the island lies some of the fastest colliding tectonic plates in the world ✔ Each of these earthquakes were at different depths within the crust but at roughly the same location, on the northeastern side of Lombok, almost directly beneath Rinjani


Tropical disturbance to drench Florida, and Florence may form in eastern Atlantic

8/31/2018, 3:36:14 PM
The tropical Atlantic Ocean continues to show new signs of life as potential storminess brews. ✔ The last time the islands had to deal with a tropical storm or hurricane was when Hurricane Fred plowed across the islands exactly three years ago ✔ Visible satellite image of PTC6 (pre-Florence) near the Cabo Verde islands ✔ Gordon was introduced to the lists in 1994 (replacing 1988’s Gilbert, which was retired)


Chile earthquake: 5.1 quake strikes San Felipe

8/31/2018, 2:45:35 PM
A MASSIVE 5.1 magnitude earthquake has struck Chile, as tremors shook the region near Salamanca and San Felipe. ✔ It struck 65km from the town of San Felipe and 105 km from Quillota ✔ The earthquake measured 5.1 magnitude at a depth of 106.4km ✔ One witness said: I felt it in Valparaiso now in 4th floor, the building started to sound and also it was long, the earthquake lasted 15-20 seconds


Uncontrolled climate change could result in disaster for our kids. Will we do something?

8/31/2018, 12:34:07 PM
There is a one in 20 chance climate change could end in disaster by 2050. This is too great a risk. When will we start to protect our children? ✔ Path A: It was nearly miraculous given the overall political climate in 2018, along with the disbanding of an important federal climate-change advisory panel, but the 86-member bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus rapidly grew in number and influence  a bit of an awakening with a good dash of bravery


Downpour kills 2, leaves hundreds homeless

8/31/2018, 3:10:44 PM
undefined ✔ Over 700 cases of flooding were reported in the capital, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government _ 680 in basements of residential homes, 18 in stores and four where flood barriers collapsed ✔ Light rain is expected to continue in the southern regions including the Chungcheong and Jeolla provinces with around 50 mm to 100 mm of rain, Friday


Germany urges Russia to help prevent humanitarian crisis in Syria

8/31/2018, 12:33:14 PM
German Chancellor Angela Merkel expects the Kremlin to use its influence with the Syrian government to prevent a humanitarian disaster in the rebel-held northern region of Idlib, a government spokeswoman said on Friday. ✔ But he said Syria would not use chemical weapons in any offensive and that it did not have such arsenal ✔ Syria would try to avoid civilian deaths, Moualem added ✔ Putin will attend a three-way summit in Tehran on Sept ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


As California fire disasters worsen, insurers are pulling out and stranding homeowers

8/31/2018, 12:57:59 PM
As California fire disasters worsen, insurers are pulling out and stranding homeowers ✔ That’s because rather than assessing the overall risk of larger swaths of land, they are more likely to evaluate individual properties, taking into consideration efforts homeowners have made to reduce risk, such as clearing brush and trimming trees ✔ We have to protect it, Sheri Madrzyk said of her community, and whatever we can do to protect it, we will


Lady Gaga and a giant panda: Friday's best photos

8/31/2018, 1:35:26 PM
The Guardian’s picture editors bring you photo highlights from around the world ✔ Zürich, Switzerland Katerina Stefanidi of Greece and other winning athletes celebrate at the end of Diamond League athletics at Letzigrund Stadium Photograph: Moritz Hager/Reuters Jiangsu, China A bullet train undergoes a test run between Yancheng and Lianyungang Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Sydney, Australia A child gets to grips with a visual artwork of the top of Donald Trump’s head


Pictures of the month: August | Pictures | Reuters

8/31/2018, 1:47:36 PM
Tourists walk past giant hand structure on the Gold Bridge on Ba Na hill near Danang City, Vietnam, August 1. REUTERS/Kham ✔ Tourists walk past giant hand structure on the Gold Bridge on Ba Na hill near Danang City, Vietnam, August 1 ✔ REUTERS/Stringer Close 30 / 60 People watch the Auto Mall Outdoor Entertainment show as they attend the New Jersey State Fair in Augusta, New Jersey, August 12


If we intend to clear the homeless from fire danger zones, then we need to have housing for them

8/31/2018, 3:18:54 PM
Homeless encampments need to be cleared out of fire-prone brush--and we need to build more shelters. ✔ Last December, a wildfire tore up a hillside east of the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass, destroying six homes, damaging a dozen others in the Bel-Air neighborhood and burning more than 400 acres ✔ Going forward, the city decided, when homeless encampments were found burrowed into canyons and hillsides, notices would be put up (on trees, fencing or stakes in the ground) that they were a danger to all and needed to be abandoned


Vegas' salute to the cannabis culture: a 24-foot-long, fully functional bong

8/31/2018, 12:45:38 PM
Dubbed the world's first marijuana museum and set to open in Las Vegas, Cannibation will feature what it calls the world's longest bong, coming in at 24 feet. How was it made, transported and brought to Vegas? Very carefully, man. ✔ There are two flights of stairs curling around the head-turning glass bong, all 24 feet of it ✔ It weighs more than 800 pounds and the bowl can pack a quarter of a pound of marijuana ✔ Cannabition, the soon-to-open marijuana museum where the bong resides, is not a licensed dispensary, however


'Fox & Friends' Host Calls Ryan Gosling An 'Idiot' For Moon Landing Comments

8/31/2018, 2:36:56 PM
The hosts also bizarrely compared filmmakers decision to omit the flag in the upcoming biopic "First Man" to NFL players protesting police brutality. ✔ Yet revisionist actors in Hollywood then preach to us that it was a human achievement, and Americans had nothing to do with it ✔ Science & Society Picture Library via Getty ImagesAstronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin plant the American flag on Earth's moon on July 20, 1969 ✔ Representatives for Gosling did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment


Kerala authorities estimate rebuilding after flood will cost $3bn

8/31/2018, 1:16:30 PM
Local authorities assess potential damage to tourism and agriculture sectors and risk of waterborne diseases spreading. ✔ The GDP growth of the state would decline by at least one percent ✔ But everything would be contingent on how swiftly the rebuilding begins, Kavita Chacko, senior economist who authored the report, told Al Jazeera ✔ The most dangerous thing that we need to guard against now is an epidemic ✔ Kerala floods: 'Over-deployment led to disaster'


As Assault Looms, Syrian Rebels Detain Those Trying to Surrender

8/31/2018, 2:48:42 PM
Syrian rebels are braced for battle and have detained dozens of people suspected of negotiating surrender, as the Assad regime prepares to retake the country’s last opposition stronghold. ✔ [Russian Foreign Minister] Lavrov wanted to get into Idlib through reconciliation but thankfully we don’t have many frogs here, said Abed al-Malik Sheikh, an activist in Idlib province, using a derogatory term for those who surrender ✔ The last time Russia carried out exercises in the Mediterranean waters was in April ahead of U.S. strikes against regime positions for the use of chemical weapons against civilians


US-Canada trade talks going down to wire

8/31/2018, 2:07:10 PM
They are heading into their final day with agreement about amending Nafta yet to be reached. ✔ He has threatened to leave Canada on the sidelines since announcing a breakthrough with Mexico on Monday ✔ The WTO was established to provide rules for global trade and resolve disputes between countries ✔ One of his first acts as president was to withdraw the US from the TTP, although if the terms are substantially better


A tragedy of manners: Patrick deWitt's fiction stands alone

8/31/2018, 3:41:21 PM
Patrick deWitt is a shy, quiet type but Hollywood came knocking for his black-as-pitch western "The Sisters Brothers" (a fall film with John C. Reilly). He's got a new novel, "French Exit," that's a bit like a twisted Evelyn Waugh. ✔ A small group of writers had gathered for a cocktail reception ✔ We were discussing the ups and downs of the creative life, the caprices of the publishing industry, and the deliciousness of the drinks; talking shop, essentially ✔ That bite comes in the character of 65-year-old socialite and widow Frances Price ✔ It's just a more complex thing to ingest and it's fuller to me


Sharing a bed with your baby shouldn’t mean sleepless nights

8/31/2018, 2:25:04 PM
Parents of young babies are nearly always weary. ✔ 65 per cent of parents surveyed in a 2013 study said they had shared a bed with their infantsCredit:Dominic Lipinski/PA This formal arrangement promoted neither sanity, nor snuggles ✔ And a sign that, when it comes to co-sleeping with a newborn, it should be up to the parent to decide


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