Tropical storm dumps rain on Hawaii while crossing state
9/13/2018, 6:55:23 AMHONOLULU (AP) — Heavy rain and winds from a tropical storm downed trees, knocked out power and prompted evacuations of several homes on Hawaii's Maui island but spared the state w ✔ Heavy rain and winds from a tropical storm downed trees, knocked out power and prompted evacuations of several homes on Hawaii’s Maui island ✔ (Lori-Lei Rawlins-Crivello via AP) Forecasters said Tropical Storm Olivia could dump 5 to 10 inches of rain on Hawaii, with some places getting as much as 15 inches
Sinister ancient ‘hunger stones’ emerge warning of DISASTER exposed by drought
9/13/2018, 7:37:58 AMTHIS SUMMER’S record-breaking droughts have unearthed a number of ancient stones issuing ominous messages of anguish and despair. ✔ Known as hunger stones, they were placed in rivers to only be visible when water levels are low where they served as a famine warning to locals ✔ One of the country's most famous markers is 64 square feet and used to bear the date 1417 before the exposure to the weather made the inscription erode, and today the oldest visible hunger stone is from 1616
Millions on the US coast prepare as monster storm approaches
9/13/2018, 5:00:18 AMAs Hurricane Florence approaches the Southeastern U.S. coast, millions of people in the path of are frantically preparing for the monster storm. Residents in states from Virginia to Geo ✔ As Hurricane Florence approaches the Southeastern U.S. coast, millions of people in the path of are frantically preparing for the monster storm ✔ It looks like a ship moored to a pier, said the 62-year-old engineering manager at Newport News Shipbuilding, a nearby shipyard the builds aircraft carriers and submarines for the U.S. Navy
Typhoon Mangkhut: Philippines braces for the strongest storm this year
9/13/2018, 4:24:52 AMAhead of the expected onslaught, officials have ordered precautionary evacuations and closures of schools. ✔ Mangkhut is blowing from the Pacific and forecast to directly slam the province's northeastern coastal and island municipalities, Mamba said ✔ Typhoon Haiyan left more than 7,300 people dead or missing and displaced over 5 million in the central Philippines in 2013
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale isn't the only measure of Florence’s strength
9/13/2018, 7:55:29 AMEven in downgrading Florence, which is expected to crash into the Carolinas late Thursday night or early Friday, the National Hurricane Center predicted “life-threatening storm surge,” “catastrophic flash flooding and prolonged significant river flooding,” and “damaging hurricane-force winds.” ✔ Florence could threaten the largest rainfall event in U.S. history, Hurricane Harvey, the 2017 whirlwind that settled over Texas and dropped more than 60 inches of rain, turning roadways into rivers, destroying homes and buildings and killing nearly 90 people
Hurricane Florence downgraded despite getting BIGGER with deadly floods
9/13/2018, 6:09:26 AMHURRICANE Florence has been downgraded despite getting bigger as officials warn of catastrophic flooding with up to 40inches of rain. The monster storm is creeping closer to the US East Coast and i… ✔ Reuters 12 Three North Carolina Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopters land as part of storm preparation Reuters 12 The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher departs Naval Station Norfolk ahead of Hurricane Florence in Norfolk, Virginia Getty Images - Getty 12 Doug Lewis uses plywood with the words 'Looters will be shot' to cover the windows of Knuckleheads bar as they try to protect the business ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Florence 2018 12 Lisa Evers of Oak Island decorates her storm shutters before evacuating her house in Oak Island, North Carolina Downpours and flooding would be especially severe, lasting for days, if the storm stalls over land
Hokkaido quake throws lives of small town's residents into chaos
9/13/2018, 6:18:03 AMEvacuees from the town of Abira face ongoing uncertainty as they grapple with losses caused by the magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck Hokkaido on Sept. 6. ✔ ABIRA, HOKKAIDO – When a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Hokkaido early on Sept ✔ We could have stayed at an evacuation center in a school near my house, but my wife was getting depressed, so we asked my brother to let us stay at his house instead, said Watanabe
Hurricane Florence grows in size even as winds weaken
9/13/2018, 7:25:25 AMHurricane Florence, growing in size despite its weakening winds on Wednesday, crept closer to the US East Coast as disaster mobilisations expanded south from the Carolinas into Georgia to counter the threat of deadly high seas and calamitous floods. ✔ Nathan Deal, Georgia governor, concerned the storm would bring devastation south, issued an emergency declaration for all 159 counties in his state ✔ But no matter how bad it's going to be, it will pass and our job will be to rebuild this community together
A banned director of a rip-off payday loan firm has resurfaced - at a firm claiming to help consumers get compensation from payday lenders
9/13/2018, 6:10:00 AMPayday lenders say they're victims of an avalanche of spurious complaints from compo firm linked to notorious Mark Kennedy ✔ Companies House records show that she has shared the same address in Monaco as Kennedy ✔ PS If you're unhappy with how a payday lender has dealt with a complaint you can go directly to the Financial Ombudsman , you don't need to pay a claims management company
Storm to be 'exceptionally bad news' if it hovers offshore
9/13/2018, 5:09:23 AMWASHINGTON (AP) — Oddly, the closer Hurricane Florence gets to land the murkier its future gets. Usually when a storm approaches the coast, forecasters can tell with ✔ WASHINGTON (AP) Oddly, the closer Hurricane Florence gets to land the murkier its future gets ✔ Masters said there's a tug-of-war between two clear skies high pressure systems one off the coast and one over Michigan and the more the Great Lakes one wins, the more southerly Florence will be
Hurricane Florence tracker: Carolinas set for CATASTROPHIC conditions as Florence nears
9/13/2018, 7:49:23 AMHURRICANE Florence is set to make landfall within hours bringing “life-threatening storm surge and rainfall” to North and South Carolina - here are the latest updates. ✔ That is one of many factors in why AccuWeather is estimating $60 billion in economic impact and damage from Florence ✔ The NHC warned coastal North Carolina could see up to 40 inches of rain in the worst spots, with about 20 and 30 inches in other areas ✔ Some 35 emergency shelters have been set up across the state
Hurricane Florence path tracker LIVE: Life-threatening surges to smash Carolinas in hours
9/13/2018, 7:49:27 AMHURRICANE Florence continues churning with "life-threatening" force towards North Carolina, where forecasters have warned water surges bigger than Hurricane Katrina's are possible. ✔ CNN Tonight meteorologist Tom Sater said: This is the latest track ✔ picks up all year, the surge is still going to be the same ✔ Duke Energy, a firm that owns the two power plants, said it is preparing for Florence by removing any loose object that could cause damage when the storm hits
Hurricane Florence still a threat despite downgrade
9/13/2018, 7:36:55 AMThe centre of Florence is expected to strike North Carolina's southern coast on Friday. ✔ Latest information available at https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB pic.twitter.com/Qckto38JyW National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 13, 2018 Slower movement means a hurricane has more time to inundate a region with rain and storm surge ✔ Latest updates: https://t.co/LrkBX5oj8L #HurricaneFlorence pic.twitter.com/jJGJVOxbHq NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) September 12, 2018<
Strongest typhoon this year closes in on north Philippines
9/13/2018, 4:03:51 AMMANILA--The most powerful typhoon of the season is closing in on the northern Philippines, where off ✔ It was located about 800 kilometers away in the Pacific with sustained winds of 265 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 325 kph ✔ In 2016, a super typhoon lashed the southern section of Cagayan, destroying tens of thousands of houses ✔ Typhoon Haiyan left more than 7,300 people dead or missing and displaced over 5 million in the central Philippines in 2013
Indiana Jones and the relics of Brazil
9/13/2018, 6:55:38 AMAs Unesco prepares a mission to help recover priceless antiquities from the Brazilian museum fire, a course in ‘cultural first aid’ shows how it is done ✔ In recent weeks, there was fighting in the Ghazni province and a museum of Islamic civilisation was destroyed, he says ✔ The documents were blown by the wind through the streets ✔ This article is part of a series on possible solutions to some of the world’s most stubborn problems
Senate approves 1st spending bill to avert partial shutdown
9/13/2018, 5:00:25 AMWASHINGTON (AP) — As a potentially catastrophic hurricane heads for the Carolinas, Congress is moving to avert a legislative disaster that could lead to a partial government shutd ✔ We do our veterans no favors when we make promises to them that we cannot keep, he said ✔ As a potentially catastrophic hurricane heads for the Carolinas, Congress is moving to avert a legislative disaster that could lead to a partial government shutdown just weeks before the November midterm elections
Time nearly up: Fierce Hurricane Florence aims at Southeast
9/13/2018, 4:26:13 AMMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Time is running short to get out of the way of Hurricane Florence, a monster of a storm that has a region of more than 10 million people in its potential ✔ (AP Photo/Tom Copeland) A storm front is seen on the beach in North Topsail Beach, N.C., prior to Hurricane Florence moving toward the east coast on Wednesday, Sept ✔ North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has told coastal residents of his state to move inland
Hurricane Florence, New York primary elections, Catholic sex abuse scandals: 5 things to know Thursday
9/13/2018, 7:45:29 AMHurricane Florence nears the East Coast, New Yorkers head to the polls and Pope Francis meets with U.S. Catholic officials. Here are things to start your day. ✔ Jonathon Gruenke, The Daily Press, via AP Fullscreen In this satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricane Florence churns through the Atlantic Ocean toward the East Coast on Sept ✔ 12) AP Judge to decide whether grizzly bear hunts resume in Rockies
Soil liquefaction occurred around quake-hit power plant in Atsuma
9/13/2018, 5:42:19 AMATSUMA, Hokkaido--Soil liquefaction caused roads to collapse in and around the quake-hit Tomato-Atsu ✔ 6 earthquake that led to a power outage across the northern main island ✔ Yoichi Watabe, a professor of geotechnical engineering at Hokkaido University, and an Asahi Shimbun reporter chartered a helicopter on Sept ✔ (This article was written by Junichiro Nagasaki and Hitoshi Tanohata.)
Analysis | President Trump has made more than 5,000 false or misleading claims
9/13/2018, 7:14:49 AMIn 601 days, the president has made 5,001 false or misleading claims. He only broke 2,000 in January, so the pace has stepped up significantly. ✔ The island’s population dropped 8 percent because of the death toll and heavy outmigration after the hurricanes, according to the GWU study ✔ (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
Japan's disasters highlight vulnerable infrastructure
9/13/2018, 7:15:12 AMFlooded runways, thousands of passengers stranded and a tanker smashing into an access bridge: last week's typhoon in Japan highlighted the vulnerability of Kansai Airport which serves a region with an economy bigger than Belgium's. Because of concerns about engine noise, Kansai -- located in the bay of Osaka --… ✔ The plant will not be fully up and running until at least November ✔ Car giant Toyota for example was forced to stop production in the whole country because it was not being supplied with parts from its factory in Hokkaido ✔ We have many natural disasters and recovery is very fast
ITV Good Morning Britain: Owen Smith calls for second referendum after £39 BILLION EU fee
9/13/2018, 7:49:25 AMGOOD MORNING BRITAIN presenters Susanna Reid and Ben Shepherd hosted two MPs this morning to discuss the ongoing Brexit debate, in which Owen Smith suggested a second referendum would be beneficial. ✔ The obvious thing to do is trust the British people more than our petulant government and have the British vote ✔ People have lied to you about the benefits that would come from it ✔ And the downsides are very much greater than the upsides ✔ Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV
Storm's uncertain track sows fear; 10 million in crosshairs
9/13/2018, 7:04:24 AMFlorence weakened into a Category 2 hurricane as it moved towards the United States, but the National Hurricane Center is warning it could still bring a life-threatening storm surge and heavy rainfall. ✔ Several interstates and several state offices - including the University of South Carolina - and schools across 26 counties in the eastern part of the state closed on Wednesday ✔ 'We try to pump down as much as we can, but after that, it's kind of in God's hands
Kansai officials share burden from flooding at main airport
9/13/2018, 5:30:34 AMCentral and local government officials scrambled to mitigate the expected enormous economic loss fro ✔ 14, when partial services will be restored at Terminal 1 ✔ Central government officials played a key role in coordinating the distribution of flights to other airports immediately after the flooding at Kansai International Airport ✔ (This article was written by Hideki Kitami and Naohito Tsujimori.)
British Airways flight makes emergency landing as 'cockpit fills with fumes'
9/13/2018, 6:05:24 AMA BRITISH Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a mid-air incident saw the cockpit fill with fumes. ✔ Pilots diverted the flight to Iqaluit Airport in the northern Canadian province of Nunavut, 1,851 miles northeast of its planned destination ✔ Local fire crews were seen entering the plane after all passengers had been evacuated to check for a possible fire ✔ The safety of our customers and crew is always our top priority and we would never operate a flight unless it was safe to do so
Australia's Had Six Science Ministers Since 2014. And None Of Them Held The Job For More Than 11 Months
9/13/2018, 6:47:02 AMThis is no good at all. ✔ Over the last five years Australia's had six different ministers for science – Ian Macfarlane, Christopher Pyne, Greg Hunt, Arthur Sinodinos, Zed Seselja and now Karen Andrews – and not one of them has held the job for more than 11 months ✔ Andrews told BuzzFeed News she has a long-held passion for science and industry, acting as co-chair for the Parliamentary Friends of Science since its launch in 2012
Could a grid of giant filters help clean up Delhi's polluted air?
9/13/2018, 4:31:54 AMThinking big in the fight against smog, architects have designed 100m-high pollution-absorbing towers for India’s capital city ✔ Chowdhry is alluding to plans such as alternating vehicles, banning older cars and crackdowns on two- and three-wheelers, such as auto-rickshaws – schemes that are rarely enforced ✔ Follow Guardian Cities on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to join the discussion, and explore our archive here
Incoming López Obrador administration promises to end Mexican cartel violence with peace tour
9/13/2018, 5:15:44 AMThe incoming AMLO administration is promising justice to Mexico, with 36K missing and most murders and kidnappings unsolved. ✔ Isacson, of the Washington Office on Latin America, said this is a critical strategy – as long as it's coupled with a plan to fight and punish corruption within the police forces ✔ Local police officers make around $200 or less each month, so corruption has long been seen as a way of augmenting salaries, he said ✔ There is no justice! people cried out from the audience
The business of voluntourism: do western do-gooders actually do harm?
9/13/2018, 5:47:18 AMA holiday helping out in an orphanage can be a rewarding experience. But voluntourism supports a system that is breaking up families ✔ Some are sitting in wheelchairs, some are rocking or walking back and forth ✔ St Francis was a forbidding, five-storey brick building ✔ Sayli was thin and sickly, and suffered from frequent respiratory infections ✔ Support for this article was provided by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
There's a new No. 1 among 2020 Democrats
9/13/2018, 5:18:29 AMTake a look at the 2018 Democratic primary season and three things immediately leap out at you: Women are winning. Liberals are winning. People of color are winning. ✔ Eric Garcetti : Mayors -- especially ones without massive amounts of personal cash -- often struggle when trying to make the leap to the national stage ✔ She also comes from a very white state, which potentially leaves her unprepared to appeal to the nonwhite base of the party ✔ (Previous ranking: 2)
Q&A: Idlib battle a climactic end to Syria rebellion?
9/13/2018, 6:15:53 AMBEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army, backed by allies Iran and Russia, is preparing for a military offensive to retake the country's last major rebel stronghold —the province of I ✔ BEIRUT (AP) The Syrian army, backed by allies Iran and Russia, is preparing for a military offensive to retake the country's last major rebel stronghold the province of Idlib ✔ 10, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows flames and smoke rising from a Syrian government airstrike, in Hobeit village, near Idlib, Syria
In South Korea, opposition to Yemeni refugees is a cry for help
9/13/2018, 6:27:57 AMEarlier this year, 550 Yemeni asylum seekers landed on the resort island of Jeju, putting many South Koreans in the unfamiliar position of being forced to accept outsiders who many believed had no right to be there. ✔ He's written for publications including The New York Times, Washington Post and The Australian ✔ Among the Korean youth, bleak economic prospects coincide with reduced confidence in the political system ✔ You can hear in their shouts of protest, tucked away in the minor key, a cry for help
Hospitals prepare or evacuate for Hurricane Florence
9/13/2018, 7:33:16 AMHospitals, nursing homes and other medical facilities along the 300 miles of coastline in the potential path of massive Hurricane Florence are preparing the best they can. But some are forced to evacuate. ✔ But these residents don't go to shelters, which are not equipped to handle this patient population ✔ I sat in our meeting this morning and listened to the head emergency physician, who talked about how this is what we train for, to be here for the community, Stevens said
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