Climate change triggered tsunami TWICE the size of Big Ben - 193m SUPER WAVE hit Alaska
9/10/2018, 1:40:45 PMCLIMATE change triggered a tsunami which was twice the size of Big Ben in 2015, and experts believe these mega waves will become more common in the future as the globe continues to warm. ✔ Another recent study found similar results as the Nature research, adding that coastal cities are in danger of climate change induced tsunamis in the future ✔ The South China Sea is an excellent starting point for such a study because it is an ocean with rapid sea-level rise and also the location of many mega cities with significant worldwide consequences if impacted
Hurricane Florence Will Hit East Coast as a 'Very Scary' Major Storm This Week
9/10/2018, 1:27:14 PMNorth Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia have declared states of emergency ✔ The Southeastern United States is bracing for Hurricane Florence ✔ Florence could dump a foot of rain in places that cannot handle it, making for a very scary flooding situation in some areas ✔ We’ll know more tomorrow, but based on what we know now, the situation is such that it is time to begin preparations
Southeastern U.S. braces for Hurricane Florence as storm strengthens
9/10/2018, 2:28:21 PMHurricane Florence is barreling toward the southeastern U.S. The storm could hit the Carolina coast as a Category 3 or higher. Millions of people are bracing for heavy rain, flash flooding, high winds and dangerous surf. CBS News correspondent David Begnaud joined CBSN from Wilmington, North Carolina, with more on how the region is preparing for this monster storm.
Volcano eruption to be predicted by remarkable ‘DRAGON EGGS’ dropped into fissure
9/10/2018, 3:37:39 PMA VOLCANO eruption can now be predicted by scientists dropping heat-resistant sensors into its vent. ✔ The dragon eggs are technically on standby when they are dropped into a volcano, as to not waste energy ✔ Approaching volcanoes is hazardous and logistically challenging ✔ UAVs can efficiently place sensors at long-range to minimise risk and improve the efficiency of data collection
Intensifying Hurricane Florence could strike anywhere from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic
9/10/2018, 2:09:21 PMRapidly intensifying Hurricane Florence could strike a direct and dangerous blow anywhere from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic region later this week, possibly as a fearsome category 4. ✔ Pretend, assume, presume that a major hurricane is going to hit right smack dab in the middle of South Carolina and is going to go way inshore, South Carolina Gov ✔ Florida-based Carnival Cruise Line rerouted a number of its cruise ships due to the storm
Australian firefighters shot at while battling US wildfire
9/10/2018, 2:14:33 PMTwo Australian firefighters, on patrol with US Forest Service personnel in Washington state, were set upon by hunters, chased and shot at. ✔ Photo: Facebook Fairfax Media has been told the hunters pursued the four across a ridge, despite being warned they were in a restricted area and should leave ✔ It really is testament to their selflessness and professionalism, and I thank every one of them for their incredible dedication and service ✔ Fire & Rescue NSW could not be reached for comment
Hurricane Florence track: Southeast coast facing LIFE THREATENING storm
9/10/2018, 2:57:10 PMHURRICANE Florence has strengthened into a “life-threatening” storm just days before the barrelling vortex is set to hit the US Coast as a possible Category 4 storm - here are the latest updates and what you need to know. ✔ Earlier, NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold tweeted incredible satellite images of the powerful hurricane swirling over the Atlantic Ocean ✔ He tweeted that two other hurricanes, Isaac and Helene, could also be seen in its path ✔ The others are Gracie (1959), Hazel (1954) and Hugo (1989) ✔ NHC’s next update on Florence is at 4pm BST (11am AST)
Hurricane Florence aims for US East Coast
9/10/2018, 3:49:05 PMThe "extremely dangerous" Florence is now a category three storm, and gaining strength. ✔ Posted by Naval Station Norfolk on Sunday, 9 September 2018 Report End of Facebook post by Naval Station Norfolk Two other hurricanes are currently churning in the Atlantic Ocean ✔ Hurricanes Isaac and Helene are expected to accelerate over the next several hours, but at this point, are not expected to threaten the US mainland ✔ Swipe to progress Go back to start
Florence now a major hurricane, aims for US Southeast
9/10/2018, 3:18:37 PMFlorence rapidly intensified into a fearsome category 3 hurricane on Monday and could strike a direct and dangerous blow to the Carolinas later this week, possibly as a category 4, fore ✔ Pretend, assume, presume that a major hurricane is going to hit right smack dab in the middle of South Carolina and is going to go way inshore, South Carolina Gov ✔ At right is Tropical Storm Helene, and second from right is Tropical Storm Isaac ✔ At right is Tropical Storm Helene, and second from right is Tropical Storm Isaac
Sweden’s election is no political earthquake despite far-right gains | Cas Mudde
9/10/2018, 3:30:21 PMThe key lesson from the results is that, as in other countries in western Europe, bloc politics is over, says Guardian US columnist Cas Mudde ✔ After months of feverish coverage of the Swedish elections, characterised by bad takes and overemphasis on outlier polls, we finally have the results ✔ Sadly, although Sweden is a decade or two behind the curve of other countries, its mainstream parties make the same mistakes
Florence now a major hurricane, aims for U.S. Southeast
9/10/2018, 3:37:49 PMFlorence rapidly intensified into a fearsome category 3 hurricane on Monday and could strike a direct and dangerous blow to the Carolinas later this week, possibly as a category 4, forecasters said. The first impacts were already being seen on barrier islands as dangerous rip currents and seawater flowing over a coastal road. ✔ Red flags have already been flying on beaches, warning swimmers to stay out of the water as seas began kicking up ✔ People rushed to get emergency kits ready, map out escape routes, fill sandbags and secure their homes ✔ AP writers Sarah Rankin in Richmond, Virginia, and Gary Fineout in Tallahassee, Florida, contributed to this story
TRIPLE hurricane horror for US: Florence, Isaac and Helene on path to east coast
9/10/2018, 1:48:14 PMHURRICANE Florence could be set to hit the United States closely followed by Isaac and Helene as three tropical storms build in the Atlantic Ocean. And a fourth is brewing in the Gulf of Mexico. ✔ Isaac is expected to track toward the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean this week ✔ However, upper-level winds are forecast to become more conducive, and a tropical depression could form late this week when the system moves across the western Gulf of Mexico ✔ There is currently a 40 percent chance of the weather developing into a hurricane within the next five days, the NHC said
Hurricane Florence to be ‘MAJOR category 3 hurricane’ as track leads to South Carolina
9/10/2018, 2:16:07 PMHURRICANE FLORENCE is hurtling towards the US east coast, with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warning it could hit North and South Carolina in days. ✔ The devastating storm, which is classed a category 2 hurricane, has been moving with sustained winds of 105mph (170kph) as it speeds across the Atlantic ✔ Meanwhile, governors of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina have all declared states of emergency
Evacuations in North Carolina as hurricane Florence roars closer
9/10/2018, 3:21:14 PMNorth Carolina officials on Monday ordered residents to evacuate the state's Outer Banks barrier islands beginning on Monday ahead of Hurricane Florence, the first major hurricane to threaten the eastern United States this year. ✔ NHC spokesman Dennis Feltgen said historically, 90 percent of fatalities from hurricanes, tropical storms and tropical depressions have been caused by water ✔ Some 27 percent of the deaths have come from rain-driven flooding, sometimes hundreds of miles inland ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Florence set to grow into major hurricane very soon: forecasters
9/10/2018, 2:44:23 PMHurricane Florence strengthened early on Monday with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour (170 kph) and forecasters warned it could soon become a major hurricane as it churns toward the U.S. East Coast. ✔ It is expected to pickup speed, moving between Bermuda and the Bahamas on Tuesday and Wednesday and could make landfall as a Category 3 or higher on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, the NHC said ✔ He was due to address the state at 11 a.m. (1500 GMT) ✔ The NHC was also tracking two other hurricanes farther out in the Atlantic ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Roxanne Pallett is ridiculed after 'tragic' Celebrity Island appearance
9/10/2018, 2:47:12 PMThe British public are clearly not ready to forgive the ex-Emmerdale actress... ✔ I want to last the whole way but it’s not the physical challenge, it’s the mental challenge ✔ The viewers weren't buying her sob stories (Image: Supplied by WENN) Some people branded her 'fake' and 'cringe' (Image: Supplied by PLANET PHOTOS) Read More Mel B and Zac Efron 'enjoyed night of passion after flirting on exclusive dating app' Then, making matters worse, she was then ridiculed for claiming she had trenchfoot ✔ Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to playTap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now
New El Niño event likely this winter
9/10/2018, 12:07:26 PMThe World Meteorological Organisation says there's a 70% chance of a weak El Niño event by the end of this year. ✔ That has now faded and, according to the WMO models, there's a 70% chance of another El Niño developing by the end of this year ✔ Separately, Japan's weather bureau said there is a 60% chance the El Niño weather pattern emerging during the northern hemisphere autumn from September to November
Thumbs up! Defiant Boris Johnson arrives at his Oxfordshire home
9/10/2018, 1:31:11 PMThe former Foreign Secretary was pictured arriving at his Oxfordshire home apparently wearing the same clothes - a blue suit and pink shirt - that he was spotted in yesterday. ✔ ‘We have wrapped a suicide vest around the British constitution – and handed the detonator to Michel Barnier.’ Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the Commons foreign affairs committee, savaged Mr Johnson’s intervention and told him to grow up ✔ Anna Soubry: Johnson would be a disaster, not just for the Conservative Party, he would be a disaster for our country
428 regular season games and counting: The Redskins’ ridiculous shutout-less streak lives on
9/10/2018, 2:57:56 PMEvery other NFL team has at least two shutouts since Washington's 23-0 win over the Eagles on Sept. 30, 1991. ✔ (The Redskins’ regular season shutout-less streak now stands at 428 games.) The only teams besides the Redskins without a shutout this century are the Titans, who blanked the Cowboys on Christmas Day 2000, and the Lions, who have gone 347 regular season games since shutting out the Buccaneers in Week 5 of the 1996 season
Brian McFadden JOKES about mowing down a woman after his driving ban
9/10/2018, 2:59:22 PMThe former Westlife star, 38, took to Twitter on Friday to complain that he'd been slapped with a six-month driving ban and an £85 fine for 'doing 39 [miles per hour] in a 30 zone'. ✔ Brian McFadden has sparked furious backlash on Twitter, after suggesting he'd run over a woman who told him of the dangers of his repeated speeding offences ✔ 'Maybe you SHOULD take it to heart, and stop acting like a c**t who thinks he’s above the law ✔ 'Last year, I drove 22,000 miles in my car for work, getting to gigs,' he offered as an example
Britain to bask in glorious sun and 25C temperatures - but it's bad news first
9/10/2018, 12:05:18 PMThe weather will divide the country this week as the north prepares for a wash out and the south could see highs of 25 degrees ✔ But way to the south of that the weather is much quite ✔ And then we’ll see a scattering of showers anywhere from the Midlands northwards ✔ It has also warned that despite the time of the year, the sun is strong enough to give medium levels of UV when there are prolonged gaps in the cloud and to take precaution
The Bluffer's Guide to World War Two with Paul Donnelley
9/10/2018, 1:16:16 PMIT was this week in 1939 that World War 2 broke out when Britain and France declared war on Germany. ✔ The evacuation from Dunkirk is remembered for all the plucky little fishing boats taking men off the French beaches ✔ The RAF had the difficult task of long-range bombing without fighter support ✔ Poland - 240,000 Paul Donnelley's latest book Arsenal's Greatest Games (Pitch Publishing, £16.99) is out now
Best Served Cold: Judo Master Putin Sticks It to Isolated, Bumbling Erdogan on Idlib
9/10/2018, 12:33:16 PMThe trilateral summit in Tehran between the presidents of Turkey, Iran and Russia was one of the most unusual parades of international diplomacy yet. ✔ The trilateral summit in Tehran between the presidents of Turkey, Iran and Russia was one of the most unusual parades of international diplomacy yet ✔ Some of the wording used as a sweetener for Erdogan continued in Article 5: Reaffirmed their conviction that there could be no military solution to the Syrian conflict and that it could only end through a negotiated political process
MH370 experts demand jungle search after ‘wreckage’ spotted on Google Maps
9/10/2018, 12:43:35 PMAVIATION experts probing the disappearance of flight MH370 have called for a search team to scour the Cambodian jungle following bizarre claims the missing plane has been spotted on Google Maps. Ia… ✔ He said: I was on there (Google Earth), a few hours here, a few hours there ✔ We can also not exclude the possibility that there’s unlawful interference by a third party, reports News.com.au ✔ We have carried out seven simulator tests, flight simulators, three at high and four at low speed and we found the turn was made indeed under a manual, not autopilot
Why afterplay is just as important as foreplay for sexual satisfaction… here’s five things to try
9/10/2018, 3:34:34 PMFOR many couple’s the focus, when it comes to sex, is the orgasm. It’s the pinnacle of pleasure and helps to build bonds of intimacy between partners. But what do you do after the event? Chances ar… ✔ Talk about what you particularly liked about the sex you just had ✔ Sharing a post coital shower is also great because it means you’ll get an extra few minutes in bed together the following morning, what’s not to love about that! 5 ✔ Meanwhile a sexpert revealed 3pm is the best time of the day to have sex… and there’s a very good reason why
'Jail juvenile offenders until middle age', Trump health secretary argued in 1991 memo
9/10/2018, 12:49:50 PMAlex Azar rejected notion that juvenile who committed a crime was ‘salvageable human’ ✔ Willard favoured incarceration as a deterrent to criminal behaviour, locking up repeat juvenile offenders until they were in their 30s – an age when the memo said individuals were no longer prone to commit acts of violent crime ✔ And the attorney general, and some of the president’s policy advisers, happen to be among them
Analysis | The Energy 202: EPA watchdog to probe Scott Pruitt's pet Superfund project
9/10/2018, 1:12:51 PMIt's one of the few investigations into Pruitt's policy work. ✔ Make sure you lock things up because you may not be coming home for several days ✔ (Patrick Pleul/AFP/Getty) The Spix's macaw now only exists in captivity (and cartoons): A new study in the journal Biological Conservation found that the brilliantly blue Brazilian bird, central to the plot of the 2011 animated feature Rio, is now officially extinct in the wild
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