Hurricane could flood many waste sites, creating toxic brew
9/11/2018, 10:04:36 PMThe heavy rain expected from Hurricane Florence could flood hog manure pits, coal ash dumps and other industrial sites in North Carolina, creating a noxious witches' brew of waste that ✔ The heavy rain expected from Hurricane Florence could flood hog manure pits, coal ash dumps and other industrial sites in North Carolina, creating a noxious witches' brew of waste that might wash into homes and threaten drinking water supplies ✔ The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that it would be monitoring nine toxic waste cleanup sites near the Carolinas coast for potential flooding
Gov't starts crafting contingency plans in event of Mt Fuji eruption
9/11/2018, 9:52:23 PMA government panel started discussions Tuesday on how to address repercussions in the Tokyo metropolitan area in the event Mt Fuji erupts, with falling volcanic ash likely to push the capital into chaos. Mt Fuji, Japan's tallest peak at 3,776 meters high and lying about 100 kilometers from central Tokyo,… ✔ Fuji, one of Japan's most popular tourist destinations ✔ The 14-member working group at the council, led by Toshitsugu Fujii, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, aims to draw up a proposal within a year that will likely be reflected in disaster management plans of local municipalities ✔ The mountain has not erupted since then, with no signs of active volcanic activity observed since the 1960s
Met Office storm names list announced with Ali to start
9/11/2018, 11:45:24 PMThe ‘Name our Storms’ scheme aims to raise awareness of severe conditions before they hit the country ✔ A list of 21 storm names for the coming season has been announced, which includes Idris, Peggy and Dierdre ✔ The storm will cause heavy rain, flooding and possible power outages (Image: PA Graphics) Read More Hurricane Florence could be 'most catastrophic in decades' as satellite photos show scale of approaching hurricane Why do we name storms
Hurricane Florence latest: What has President Donald Trump said about Hurricane Florence?
9/11/2018, 9:56:10 PMPRESIDENT Donald Trump has told everybody to “get out” if they are in the path of Hurricane Florence, as the storm is expected to bring days of rain, huge storm surges and power outages which could last weeks. ✔ There’s a chance it could be a very bad one, as you’ve probably heard…but we are absolutely, totally prepared ✔ In addition to flooding the coast with wind-driven storm surges of seawater as high as 13 feet (4 m), Florence could drop 15 to 25 inches (38 to 64 cm) of rain, with up to 35 inches (89 cm) in some spots, forecasters said
Hurricane Florence: Terrifying storm could unleash $30 BILLION worth of DESTRUCTION
9/11/2018, 9:43:56 PMHURRICANE Florence could cause a massive $30 billion (£23 billion) worth of damage as it remains on tack to batter the southeast coast of the US before the end of this week. ✔ US President Donald Trump posted on Twitter on Monday: My people just informed me that this is one of the worst storms to hit the East Coast in many years ✔ Also, looking like a direct hit on North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia ✔ The surf may be especially hazardous, since most lifeguards are not on duty past Labor Day
UN warns that more Afghans are being displaced by drought than conflict
9/11/2018, 9:45:28 PMOver two million are threatened by effects of water shortages
Hurricane Florence latest NOAA update: Florence to bring LIFE THREATENING storm surge
9/11/2018, 10:06:41 PMRESIDENTS on the US south-east coast have been told to brace for “life threatening storm surges” as Florence makes its approach to land, with winds of up to 140mph expected when it makes landfall on Thursday. ✔ Florence was still 785 miles east-southeast from Cape Fear, North Carolina as of 5pm AST ✔ The office of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam predicted catastrophic inland flooding, high winds and possible widespread power outages ✔ Communities have been told they could be without electricity for weeks and heavy rainfall will hit miles inland
‘Multiple threats, multiple hazards.’ Aside from powerful wind, Florence could inundate the Carolinas, Virginia
9/11/2018, 11:53:01 PMHurricane Florence is expected to stall and could soak an already oversaturated region. ✔ But as it stumbles toward the mountains, it would continue to dump massive amounts of rain as much as 30 inches on the coast ✔ (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Samenow and Achenbach reported from Washington ✔ Ann Gerhart in Washington and Doug Pardue in Charleston, S.C., contributed to this report
Category 4 ‘Hurricane Cora’ devastates East Coast in FEMA simulation
9/11/2018, 8:41:19 PMJust months ago, disaster planners simulated a Category 4 hurricane strike alarmingly similar to the real-word scenario now unfolding on a dangerously vulnerable stretch of the East Coast. A fictional “Hurricane Cora” barreled into southeast Virginia and up the Chesapeake Bay to strike Washington, D.C., in the narrative created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Argonne National Laboratory. ✔ ATLANTA Just months ago, disaster planners simulated a Category 4 hurricane strike alarmingly similar to the real-word scenario now unfolding on a dangerously vulnerable stretch of the East Coast ✔ The Cora scenario projected hurricane-force winds inflicting catastrophic damage to homes and significant damage to critical infrastructure within a 50-mile radius of the hurricane’s center
The Latest: 5.4M people under hurricane watches, warnings
9/11/2018, 11:42:59 PMRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Florence (all times local): 7:30 p.m. The National Weather Service says more than 5.4 million people live ✔ 11, 2018, in New Bern, N.C., in preparation for Hurricane Florence ✔ At a Lowes near Raleigh, some waited hours for a truck carrying generators ✔ 11) Officials at FEMA are warning that Florence's impact will be far-reaching and recovery will take more than just days
'This storm is a monster.' Here's what you need to know about Hurricane Florence
9/11/2018, 9:31:47 PMHurricane Florence barrels toward the Carolinas, Bob Woodward dishes on President Donald Trump and "Fear," the USA marks 9/11 anniversary, and more news from Tuesday. ✔ And they stopped the forces of terror and defeated this wicked, horrible, evil plan ✔ Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com, via USA TODAY NETWOR Fullscreen People visit the North Tower Memorial during ceremonies at the National September 11 Memorial, Sept ✔ Want the Short List delivered straight to your inbox
The Latest: Airlines cancel flights ahead of Florence
9/11/2018, 11:05:57 PMRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Florence (all times local): 6:45 p.m. Airlines are beginning to cancel flights ahead of Hurricane Florence ✔ 11, 2018, in New Bern, N.C., in preparation for Hurricane Florence ✔ At a Lowes near Raleigh, some waited hours for a truck carrying generators ✔ 11) Officials at FEMA are warning that Florence's impact will be far-reaching and recovery will take more than just days
Hurricane Florence in Washington region: The worst is likely to stay south
9/11/2018, 8:07:43 PMThe most extreme rainfall is likely to focus in Southern Virginia and areas farther south, but small shifts could bring substantial rain and flooding to the Washington area. ✔ These would become more numerous and heavier from Fredericksburg and to the south ✔ On Wednesday, we'll update these scenarios again and hopefully be able to narrow them down further and with more specificity ✔ At the moment, there is still a lot of uncertainty in storm's course once it nears the coast and ventures inland given very weak steering currents
These 4 reasons make Hurricane Florence extremely dangerous
9/11/2018, 10:55:06 PMA perfect storm of unfortunate circumstances mean Florence could deal a devastating blow to the Southeast. ✔ It could cause massive inland flooding Aside from that mammoth coastal flooding, Florence will likely inundate cities far inland as well ✔ He warned residents to take precautions because once this storm is upon us, we're not going to be able to send emergency personnel out to rescue you
Hurricane Florence's state-by-state forecast: See what could happen where you live
9/11/2018, 9:09:07 PMThe most devastating impact of Hurricane Florence will be in the Carolinas and Virginia, though surrounding states will also see some effects from the powerful storm, which is expected to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday. Here's a state-by-state forecast. ✔ The state's mountainous terrain is always a concern when rain is in the forecast ✔ Officials from Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton said the base's F-22 Raptors and T-38 Talon training jets, as a precaution, were headed for Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in central Ohio ✔ Mic Smith, AP Fullscreen Last SlideNext Slide
Hurricane Florence: Forecaster warns of KEY factor residents must be DEADLY serious about
9/11/2018, 9:37:14 PMHURRICANE Florence is set to unleash devastating winds and destructive flooding in the eastern Carolinas this week and one weather forecaster has warned that a devastating storm surge is one key factor all residents must be "deadly serious" about. ✔ It’s also if you are on any of those interior things ✔ Classified as a Category 4 on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane strength, Florence is so far the most severe storm to threaten the US mainland this year and the first of its magnitude to target the Carolinas since 1989 when Hurricane Hugo barreled over Charleston, South Carolina
Hokkaido power station restart to take longer than expected: minister
9/11/2018, 11:35:35 PMFully restarting Hokkaido Electric Power Co.’s main power plant, the Tomato-Atsuma coal power station, is now expected to take more than a month. ✔ The government is considering implementing rolling blackouts, at two days’ notice, when Hokkaido Electric’s excess power supply capacity is forecast to be less than 1 percent ✔ Land-based shipments of gasoline, kerosene and diesel from the refinery returned to normal on Tuesday, the company said
Wherever Florence makes landfall, its impact will be far-reaching
9/11/2018, 10:55:26 PMForecasts generally have Wilmington, North Carolina, as the city most likely to bear the brunt of powerful Hurricane Florence as it makes landfall. But Florence's high winds and heavy rains are expected to hit communities for miles north, south -- and even west. ✔ Live updates: Hurricane Florence latest developments Read More A new National Hurricane Center map predicting the likelihood of tropical storm-force winds stretches from northern Florida to eastern Kentucky and Ohio, and even up to the New York City area -- although there's only a 5% to 10% chance of those conditions stretching that far north
Hurricane Florence: Boeing 'ABANDONS' operations in South Carolina as evacuations escalate
9/11/2018, 11:51:14 PMOPERATIONS were suspended at the Boeing Co plant in South Carolina on Tuesday after evacuation orders were issued for coastal areas threatened by oncoming Hurricane Florence, a company spokeswoman said. ✔ One of these aircrafts was a 787-10 for United Continental Holdings Co, the North American customer for Boeing’s largest 787 model, which sells for around $326million ✔ We can see rainfall totals of a foot or higher and this is going to cause some life-threatening flash flooding
Hurricane Florence closes in on Carolinas, Virginia - live updates
9/11/2018, 11:54:45 PMHurricane Florence's size is "staggering," National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham warned ✔ Florence was expected to blow ashore late Thursday or early Friday, then slow down and wring itself out for days, unloading 1 to 2½ feet of rain that could cause flooding well inland and wreak environmental havoc by washing over industrial waste sites and hog farms ✔ Only a trickle of vehicles was going in the opposite direction, including pickup trucks carrying plywood and other building materials ✔ We've seen nor'easters and we've seen hurricanes before, Cooper said, but this one is different
Hurricane Florence could alter plans for Redskins, Nationals and Mystics
9/11/2018, 9:52:40 PMHurricane Florence is causing widespread cancellations on the college football schedule and could affect game and travel plans for the Washington Redskins, Nationals and Mystics. ✔ Decisions will be based on the safety of the teams, officials, fans and others traveling to attend the game, the Maryland athletic department said in a statement ✔ But that was nothing compared to the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans sitting through four hours’ worth of lightning delays on Sunday
As 'monster' Florence approaches, some will continue to defy hurricane evacuation orders
9/11/2018, 11:42:02 PMDespite dire warnings from local, state and federal officials about the ferociousness of Florence, there are plenty of people who won't evacuate. ✔ Beaches along North Carolina's Outer Banks were eerily empty ahead of Hurricane Florence's arrival ✔ Six months later, the Carr Fire in northern California near Redding killed six people, with law enforcement authorities blaming one death on the failure to heed evacuation orders, CBS News reported
Virginia football moves game to Nashville because of Hurricane Florence
9/11/2018, 8:34:11 PMOther teams in the Washington region were keeping a close eye on the weather as the hurricane made its way toward the East Coast. ✔ As of Tuesday afternoon, Maryland did not have plans to reschedule Saturday’s noon home opener against Temple, but the athletic department said in a statement that the university will monitor the weather and will communicate updates as quickly as possible
Florence's deadly message
9/11/2018, 11:20:49 PMA slew of catastrophic storms have shown that disaster prevention, and not just relief, needs to be a government obligation, writes Jill Filipovic. Our elected officials -- including climate-denying Republicans -- need to be leading the charge on how the nation's most vulnerable areas will deal with the reality that is right before our eyes. ✔ Photos: Hurricane Florence closing in Hurricane Florence swirls in the Atlantic Ocean in this photo taken from the International Space Station on Monday, September 10 ✔ But we must get ahead of what's coming -- and if Republicans aren't going to do it, it's imperative to vote them out of office and demand that Democrats take immediate action
Osaka's tourism industry hit hard by typhoon
9/11/2018, 9:45:42 PMOsaka's tourism has been hit hard as last week's typhoon ripped through western Japan causing a partial closure and reduced flights at Kansai International Airport. Typhoon Jebi caused one runway at Japan's third-largest airport to be flooded, making one of its two terminals inoperable, while the sole bridge linking the… ✔ A drugstore manager in the city said he felt that foreign customers had dropped by half, adding, I worry about how much my profits have decreased ✔ A crane is expected to pull up the crushed lane by Friday ✔ But it remains unknown when Kansai International Airport will recover completely
Mexico’s President-Elect Prepares Labor Overhaul to Empower Workers
9/11/2018, 10:38:12 PMMexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador is preparing to overhaul the country’s collective-bargaining system to improve wages and help Mexico comply with provisions of a recent trade deal with the U.S. ✔ Current laws don’t require labor unions to prove they represent workers before signing a collective-bargaining contract ✔ Such threats, common in Mexico, have often served as a means of extortion by fake unions that don’t represent their workers, labor lawyers say
CBS exec's downfall shows the power _ and limits _ of #MeToo
9/11/2018, 11:05:50 PMNEW YORK (AP) — Is Les Moonves' departure from CBS a breakthrough for the #MeToo movement? While he is the most powerful CEO brought down yet by sexual misconduct al ✔ NEW YORK (AP) Is Les Moonves' departure from CBS a breakthrough for the #MeToo movement ✔ Others say his downfall still serves as a warning that even the most powerful bosses cannot hide ✔ In announcing Moonves' departure, CBS thanked him for his 24 years of service and achievements
Great British Bake Off 2018: ‘He had to go’ Antony breaks down after disastrous week
9/11/2018, 8:55:20 PMGREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF was back for another instalment this evening and this week was bread week which proved to be a step too far for one contestant, Antony, who was voted off by the judges. ✔ Great British Bake Off 2018: ‘He had to go’ Antony breaks down after disastrous week (Image: CHANNEL 4 ) However, Rahul's showstopper was precisely that, a showstopper, and it blew Paul and Prue Leigh away, who called him a little genius ✔ The Great British Bake Off airs on Channel 4 next Tuesday at 9pm
Trump fumes in private that Rob Porter betrayed him to Bob Woodward
9/11/2018, 8:28:45 PM'He thinks Rob trash-talked him after he was forced out,' senior White House official told DailyMail.com on Tuesday. 'You know how he is with loyalty,' a Trump confidant added. ✔ Like a good soldier, Porter said Woodward had rendered a 'selective and often misleading portrait' of Trump and his administration ✔ Among the few people Woodward name-checked more often than Porter are former chief strategist Steve Bannon and former economic czar Gary Cohn
James Stern talks about his documentary 'American Chaos,' which travels through the seething fervor of Trump territory
9/11/2018, 9:27:43 PMThe new documentary "American Chaos" is a trip through Trump territory that lays bare the nation's rancor and divisiveness. Filmmaker James Stern let people talk — and he listened. "I found people who felt like they weren’t being heard,” he says in the film. ✔ In the months leading to the 2016 election, James Stern ventured into the raucous, angry heart of Donald Trump’s America ✔ Stern traveled across ranch lands, coal fields and gated communities ✔ The director watches a presidential debate with men in West Virginia who hope Trump will resurrect the coal industry
Secret plans are being drawn up to DUMP PM's Chequers Brexit proposal
9/11/2018, 9:21:37 PMDOWNING Street is drawing up secret plans to dump Theresa May’s Chequers Brexit blueprint if EU leaders reject it next week. The Sun can reveal that work is underway to “pivot” away from the softer… ✔ Over salmon, asparagus soup and white wine in the PM’s wood panelled dining room, MPs claim Mr Gibb told them not to die in a ditch as the final deal could look very different as it is still subject to negotiations ✔ Ring The Sun on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or email exclusive@the-sun.co.uk
Bradley Walsh braves alligator-infested swamp in dare with dashing son
9/11/2018, 8:08:58 PMDOCTOR Who star Bradley Walsh has a new sidekick for his next project – and it isn’t Time Lord Jodie Whittaker. The Chase quiz host travels across the US with dashing son Barney for new ITV series … ✔ podcast, she added: I’ve been able to eat on my own lately ✔ They’ll be hoping to avert disaster with a bumper line-up that includes Love Island’s Eyal Booker and Olivia Attwood as well as the former Sugababes singer Mutya Buena ✔ RING The Sun on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or EMAIL exclusive@the-sun.co.uk
Warning of Florence, FEMA chief recalls destructive power of Hurricane Hugo in his hometown
9/11/2018, 8:07:53 PMHugo "came right over my house," says Brock Long, who grew up in Newton, N.C. The FEMA administrator says Hurricane Florence may be even more dangerous. ✔ Roy Cooper (D), attempting to reassure residents in a Monday news conference ✔ (Matt Born/Star-News/AP) Read more: Category 4 Hurricane Florence drawing closer to Carolinas and threatens ‘catastrophic’ flooding ‘Absolutely, totally prepared’: Trump says the government is ready as Florence approaches What you need to know: Emergency supply kit | Storm timing | Path projections
Analysis | No, the handling of Hurricane Maria was not an ‘unsung success’
9/11/2018, 9:23:33 PMThe government itself says that its handling of the storm had significant gaps. ✔ President Trump talks about Hurricane Florence after a briefing in the Oval Office on Sept ✔ Officials said there were resource constraints, the report reads, so they had to prioritize debris removal from state-managed roads, before clearing local roads
Opinion | Tucker Carlson’s racist ‘diversity’ rant rebutted by . . . Rudy Giuliani
9/11/2018, 8:07:51 PMSome interesting thoughts from the former mayor on the variety of backgrounds in New York City. ✔ Fox News host Tucker Carlson in New York in March 2017 ✔ Email Bio Follow Media critic September 11 at 3:55 PM On his program on Friday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson played clips of four Democratic politicians riffing about diversity ✔ Or do you kind of get beyond that and see that, in fact, in every group, most people are decent people who are just trying to do the same thing that you are doing
DIY SOS' Nick Knowles opens up on TV show's emotional and epic Grenfell mission
9/11/2018, 9:01:33 PMEXCLUSIVE: Knowles said the build, the team's biggest to date, will stay with him for the rest of his life ✔ The Choucair family were killed when the fire took hold of the tower block (Image: TV Grab) I really hope it brings you some sense of solace ✔ Out of respect, its opening was a quieter affair than most DIY SOS shows ✔ DIY SOS: Grenfell is on BBC One on Wednesday at 9pm
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