Florence could flood hog manure pits, coal ash dumps
9/12/2018, 4:37:16 AMHurricane Florence's heavy rains could cause an environmental disaster in North Carolina, where waste from hog manure pits, coal ash dumps and other industrial sites co ✔ The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that it would be monitoring nine toxic waste cleanup sites near the Carolinas coast for potential flooding ✔ 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
Japanese government begins discussion on contingency plans in event of Mount Fuji eruption
9/12/2018, 6:21:10 AMA government panel started discussions Tuesday on how to address repercussions in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area in the event Mount Fuji erupts, with falling ✔ 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 local municipalities’ disaster management plans ✔ The mountain has not erupted since then, with no signs of volcanic activity observed since the 1960s
Hurricane Florence charges toward Carolinas with ‘potential for unbelievable damage’
9/12/2018, 5:43:35 AMThe Category 4 storm is likely to produce "catastrophic" flooding in the eastern Carolinas as well as destructive winds. ✔ It warns of likely structural damage to buildings … with several potentially washing away, flooded or washed-out coastal roads, and major damage to marinas ✔ Storm surge warnings were issued from South Santee River in South Carolina to Duck, N.C ✔ Joe Raedle Buy Photo Wait 1 second to continue
Survey: Abe cruising toward landslide win in LDP election
9/12/2018, 4:55:33 AMPrime Minister Shinzo Abe appears heading toward an overwhelming victory in the Liberal Democratic P ✔ Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears heading toward an overwhelming victory in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election on Sept ✔ The faction was unable to decide on a single candidate to support so faction members are, in principle, free to decide how to vote on their own
Maui hunkers down for Tropical Storm Olivia nearing Hawaii
9/12/2018, 6:25:19 AMHONOLULU (AP) — Maui hunkered down for heavy rains and powerful winds as a gradually weakening tropical storm barreled toward Hawaii, while Honolulu hoped it would be spared the w ✔ HONOLULU (AP) Maui hunkered down for heavy rains and powerful winds as a gradually weakening tropical storm barreled toward Hawaii, while Honolulu hoped it would be spared the worst ✔ Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa urged residents to store drinking water and warned that they should plan for power outages, landslides, high surf, fallen trees and flooded roads ✔ It sucks but there's nothing we can do about it, Huston said
Turkey earthquake – Antalya rocked by strong magnitude 5.2 earthquake with tourists saying buildings are ‘swaying’
9/12/2018, 7:19:32 AMAN earthquake has struck in the Mediterranean with a magnitude of 5.2. The quake hit just over 60 miles off the coast of Anatalya, Turkey, just after 7.20 a.m. GMT. It struck at a depth of around 6… ✔ Strong #earthquake (#deprem) mb=5.4 - 109 KM South of #Antalya, #Turkey ✔ One witness posted on the Last Quake website saying: Very significant long lasting shaking - quite violent building shaking lasting a good time ✔ Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thesun and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun
9/11 survivor finds strength in helping 3/11 victims in Japan
9/12/2018, 7:43:31 AMAn American survivor of the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attack in New York who reached out to Japan's northeast following its triple disaster in 2011 has for years fostered a unique bond with the region's people, finding the connection mutually beneficial in coping with the traumatic events. "I thought we… ✔ Konno, 67, who now lives in disaster relocation housing in Rikuzentakata, said Gutierrez's annual visits to the Tohoku region taught him to carry the lessons of disaster while advocating for his city's recovery ✔ Now I realize how important it is to carry and benefit from our experiences, not to make 3/11 just a catastrophe
Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits western Nicaragua: USGS
9/12/2018, 7:00:10 AMAn earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck 29 km west southwest of the Nicaraguan city of Nagarote at a depth of 111 km, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Wednesday. ✔ (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck 29 km west southwest of the Nicaraguan city of Nagarote at a depth of 111 km, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Wednesday ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Hurricane Florence: Terrifying storm could be upgraded to Category 5 before landfall
9/12/2018, 7:18:56 AMHURRICANE Florence could be upgraded to a Category 5 storm, the highest level, as it threatens to bring mass devastation to the US east coast. ✔ Experts said Hurricane Florence would grow stronger and larger (Image: WEATHER CHANNEL) Donald Trump yesterday declared states of emergency for North and South Carolina and Virginia, paving the way for federal aid ✔ All you have to do is look up at your ceiling and think about 12ft of water
More than 5 MILLION residents are put under hurricane warning
9/12/2018, 7:14:11 AMThe 'life-threatening' has sparked mass evacuations with as many as 1.5 million people warned to seek shelter from the potentially catastrophic storm, while five million are under a direct hurricane warning. ✔ Only a trickle of vehicles was going in the opposite direction, including pickup trucks carrying plywood and other building materials ✔ 'The vulnerability of our populations are quite similar to New Orleans ✔ All those things are going to play out in a fashion that has parallels to how Katrina played out.'
1.5m flee homes as deadly hurricane heads towards US
9/12/2018, 4:12:15 AMONE of the most powerful hurricanes in three decades is heading for the US as 1.5 million people were ordered to leave their homes yesterday. Hurricane Florence is expected to strengthen as it approaches the East Coast and is likely to strike North Carolina late tomorrow. ✔ A mandatory evacuation of students was also imposed by North Carolina university at Wilmington ✔ It could drop between 20 to 30 inches of rain in places, posing the risk of deadly flooding, particularly along the coast ✔ It said 750 military personnel would be designated to give support
Florence poses a new threat for rural, struggling towns
9/12/2018, 5:02:58 AMPRINCEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — James Howell Jr. lost big two years when Hurricane Matthew swelled the Tar River less than a half mile from his home. Finally persuaded it was too dangero ✔ They're in low-lying flood prone areas and they didn't leave because they had nowhere to go and no resources to get there ✔ (AP Photo/Emery Dalesio) Dorothy Pope, 78, and her sister Clydie Gardner, 71, settle in to the home they share in Princeville, N.C., after a normal grocery run on Tuesday, Sept ✔ They are keeping an eye on the storm but have no plans to leave unless they are threatened by flooding
Hurricane Florence projected path: Florence to STALL over Carolinas and Virginia
9/12/2018, 7:52:42 AMHURRICANE Florence is bearing down on the East Coast of the US as residents brace for the “life-threatening” storm to hit. ✔ Damaging winds and catastrophic flash flooding is likely according to the NHC, over the Carolinas and the Mid-Atlantic States ✔ The NHC warned Florence is expected to produce total rainfall of 15 to 25 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 35 inches near the storm's track over portions of the Carolinas and The Mid-Atlantic States from late this week into early next week ✔ That’s saying a lot given the impacts we’ve seen from Hurricanes Diana, Hugo, Fran, Bonnie, Floyd and Matthew
'Not a pretty sight': Hurricane Florence has experts worried
9/12/2018, 5:16:18 AMWASHINGTON (AP) — To whip up a monstrous storm like the one chugging for the Carolinas you need a handful of ingredients — and Florence has them all. Warmer th ✔ WASHINGTON (AP) To whip up a monstrous storm like the one chugging for the Carolinas you need a handful of ingredients and Florence has them all ✔ A wind pattern that allows a storm to get strong and stay strong ✔ It may move a little north into Virginia or a little south into South Carolina
6 Years Ago, North Carolina Chose To Ignore Rising Sea Levels. This Week It Braces For Disaster.
9/12/2018, 4:10:47 AMConfronted with Hurricane Florence, North Carolina prepares for a state of emergency. ✔ Floods tend to be a great deal more destructive and costly than homeowners anticipate ✔ McElraft introduced the bill in April 2011, and it passed the legislature in the summer of 2012 ✔ Emergency response is so often dealing with a crisis, and it is exceptionally difficult to plan for one catastrophe while recovering from another
Emergency steps failed to prevent blackout after Hokkaido quake
9/12/2018, 5:56:31 AMAn emergency electricity supply mechanism was activated immediately after the Sept. 6 earthquake in ✔ An emergency electricity supply mechanism was activated immediately after the Sept ✔ The three-generator plant, with a capacity of 1.65 gigawatts, is located near the quake’s epicenter in the hard-hit town of Atuma and covers half of the power needs in Hokkaido
Trump declares state of emergency as MILLIONS flee ahead of Hurricane Florence
9/12/2018, 5:12:31 AMPRESIDENT Donald Trump signed emergency measures as Hurricane Florence barrels towards the US East Coast. ✔ This means catastrophic floods could follow if the hurricane stalls inland ✔ Residents prepared by boarding up their homes and stocking up on food, water and other essentials, stripping shop shelves of stock ✔ GETTY HURRICANE SEASON: Four cyclones have formed in the Atlantic
Hurricane Florence, Apple unveils new iPhones: 5 things to know Wednesday
9/12/2018, 7:43:17 AMHurricane Florence approaches, Apple announces new iPhones and more things to start your day. ✔ Jonathon Gruenke, The Daily Press via AP Fullscreen An F-22 departs Langley Air Force Base, Va., Tuesday morning, Sept ✔ When looking for nature-based solutions to some of our most critical global challenges, fungi could provide many of the answers, Director of Science Katherine Willis said
Climate change driving up malnutrition rates in Pacific, UN warns
9/12/2018, 6:01:19 AMClimate-sensitive region the only in the world where rate of undernourishment has risen over the past 12 years ✔ In 2015 Vanuatu was devastated by the category 5 Cyclone Pam, which destroyed reefs, fishing boats and food crops ✔ Resolving conflict and war, tackling the drivers of inequality and poverty, and fighting the causes of climate change are crucial in the global effort to reduce hunger – and Australia has a role to play in each of these areas
Homeland Security Shifted $10 Million From FEMA To Fund Immigrant Crackdown, Senator Says
9/12/2018, 4:53:22 AM“This is a scandal," Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley said as the Carolinas brace for Hurricane Florence. ✔ DHS spokesman Tyler Houlton late Tuesday called the senator’s appearance a sorry attempt to push a false agenda, saying the administration was instead focused on assisting millions on the East Coast facing a catastrophic disaster ✔ The $10 million of additional funds that DHS aims to use to expand immigrant detention amounts to less than 1 percent of the ICE budget for locking up immigrants, which tops $1.4 billion
About 50 Tory MPs met to discuss how & when they could oust PM May – media
9/12/2018, 6:44:56 AMAround 50 Tory hardline Brexit supporters have met to discuss how and when they could force Theresa May to stand down as British PM, media reported citing sources. ✔ Representatives from the European Research Group (ERG) discussed how best you game the leadership election rules, a source said as cited by the BBC ✔ READ MORE:‘Detonator handed to Brussels’: Boris Johnson calls May’s Brexit plan ‘suicide vest’ DETAILS TO FOLLOW
Teen reveals 'stress and anxiety' after Roxanne Pallett's bullying accusations
9/12/2018, 7:36:25 AMThe Derbyshire-based 18-year-old also claimed that the soap star had also accused him and his friend of 'sexual harassment' ✔ It was also reported that he had felt too scared to come forward after the video emerged of Roxanne on the train with him and his friend and that he was worried it could have a negative impact on his college applications ✔ The Mirror Online has contacted Roxanne's reps for comment
Three Quarters Of Australians Are Now Worried About Climate Change, According To A New Study
9/12/2018, 6:37:12 AMMore Australians are turning towards renewables and believe climate change needs to be addressed. ✔ Richie Merzian, climate and energy program director of the Australia Institute, told BuzzFeed News that this represents a resurgence in climate change interest after a 10-year lull ✔ It's quite a marked difference to see a prime minister who basically accused people of having 'coalophobia' and the number of people we're seeing who are in favour of transitioning away from coal
Hungary's Orban vows to defy EU pressure ahead of unprecedented vote
9/12/2018, 5:48:03 AMHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told the European Parliament on Tuesday he would not bow to EU "blackmail" as lawmakers prepared to vote on whether to punish Budapest for eroding democracy. ✔ The deputy head of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, said on Tuesday he shared its authors' concerns about fundamental rights, corruption, the treatment of Roma and the independence of the judiciary in Hungary under Orban ✔ To become the first-ever case of the European Parliament asking EU capitals to launch the punitive mechanism against one of their own, it must win the backing of at least 376 lawmakers and two thirds of the votes cast
Supertyphoon brewing in Pacific forecast to hit Taiwan and Philippines before baring down on Hong Kong
9/12/2018, 6:21:13 AMA supertyphoon is intensifying in the Pacific and is forecast to barrel through the Philippines and Taiwan this week before heading to Hong Kong and south ✔ The staple grain is the second-biggest item in the Philippine consumer basket, and record prices boosted inflation to 6.4 percent in August, the fastest pace since 2009 ✔ It’s expected to be 135 nautical miles (250 km) off Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan on Saturday before heading to Hong Kong, according to the U.S. agency
Jimmy Carter cautions Democrats not to scare off moderates
9/12/2018, 4:47:26 AMATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter sees little hope for the U.S. to change its human rights and environmental policies as long as Donald Trump is in the White House, but ✔ He denounced the administration's latest environmental policy proposal to make it easier for energy companies to release methane gas that contributes to climate change ✔ Carter says that U.S. policies on immigration, the environment and human rights will not improve while Trump is in office and that many independents are souring on the current president
Steeling for Hurricane Florence, Trump seeks praise for Maria
9/12/2018, 5:20:02 AMAs he braces for Hurricane Florence, President Donald Trump is stoking new outrage over his refusal to accept any blame for the relief effort following Puerto Rico's monster storm last year. ✔ The President's refusal to ever admit a mistake and to hype his own perceived achievements struck a jarring note, even as he tried to project a smoother response to the potentially historic hurricane bearing down on the Carolinas ✔ Puerto Rico was actually our toughest one of all because it's an island ✔ I am going to tell you the cooperation and response that I have experienced with this FEMA versus any FEMA for the 25 years that I've been here has been exemplary, he said
Photos reportedly show massive stockpile of bottled water left on a runway for more than a year in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
9/12/2018, 5:09:55 AMThe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reportedly provided the water to the Puerto Rican government in response to the devastating Hurricane Maria in 2017. ✔ Santana said he shared his photos online, knowing that it would spark outrage the same emotions he felt after discovering the bottles remained untouched, according to Begnaud ✔ Trump earned some heavy criticism for those remarks, including from the outspoken mayor of San Juan, Carmen Cruz, on Tuesday night
Duterte vents anger toward fierce critic on TV as typhoon nears
9/12/2018, 6:14:49 AMMANILA--The Philippine president vented his anger toward his fiercest political critic on a state TV ✔ A powerful typhoon churning over the Pacific is forecast to lash the country's agricultural north later this week ✔ Disaster-response agencies have begun forming contingency plans ✔ If they can't do it through explosions, then assassinate ✔ I'll be happy to die in your hands, at least it's not death from illness
Raf Simons takes a bite out of fashion, riffing on Jaws
9/12/2018, 5:33:23 AMNEW YORK (AP) — Since arriving in New York two years ago to revitalize Calvin Klein with his hip European sensibility, it's often seemed that designer Raf Simons has taken an over ✔ NEW YORK (AP) Since arriving in New York two years ago to revitalize Calvin Klein with his hip European sensibility, it's often seemed that designer Raf Simons has taken an oversized bite of the city's fashion world ✔ Very often we are attracted to things that we actually know are dangerous, he said
Trump Sparks Backlash With 'Unsung Success' Boast About Puerto Rico
9/12/2018, 7:53:22 AMTrump drew ire for bragging that his administration did "the best job" in dealing with the fallout from Hurricane Maria last year. ✔ President Donald Trump sparked a backlash on Tuesday after he claimed his administration did the best job in dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, the 2017 monster storm that battered Puerto Rico and left almost 3,000 people dead ✔ evie ღ (@eviebauer727) September 11, 2018 I think Puerto Rico was incredibly successful, POTUS says when asked about the lessons of Hurricanes past
Don’t believe the doomsayers. Here is Europe’s good news | Natalie Nougayrède
9/12/2018, 6:01:20 AMNot enough attention is paid to young pro-democracy, pro-EU activists. They don’t make headlines, but they matter, says Guardan columnist Natalie Nougayrède ✔ Over lunch recently in London, a colleague asked me whether I thought England might resemble something Europe is turning into – the suggestion perhaps being that antisemitic, neofascist militias would soon roam the streets of our capital cities ✔ Getting Europe’s nuances right is hard, but that’s where solutions will surely lie
Theresa May faces Brexit mutiny as dozens of Tories openly discuss toppling her
9/12/2018, 7:35:55 AMAround 50 MPs spent nearly an hour war-gaming ways and means of getting rid of the Prime Minister at a gathering of the European Research Group ✔ Theresa May's Tory enemies have begun openly discussing how to topple the Prime Minister ✔ Asked if there would be a coup, he replied: I think we will just have to wait and see ✔ The ex-minister declined to answer questions from journalists but used a Q&A session at the end of the report launch to make a statement himself
Analysis | Anatomy of a Trump rally: 68 percent of claims are false, misleading or lacking evidence
9/12/2018, 7:15:36 AMFor a second time, we checked the accuracy of every factual claim made by the president at one of his rallies. It's a long list, and not very pretty. ✔ He opposed these bills because they did not include funding for local law enforcement and economic development, the spokesman said ✔ Bush, however, did say he was sorry for the humiliation suffered by the Iraqi prisoners and the humiliation suffered by their families after reports of prisoner abuse emerged in Iraq.) (About our rating scale) Send us facts to check by filling out this form Sign up for The Fact Checker weekly newsletter The Fact Checker is a verified signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network code of principles
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