The Latest: Florence weakens to depression, flood risk rises
9/16/2018, 9:15:11 AMMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Florence (all times local): 5:10 a.m. Florence has weakened into to tropical depression but flas ✔ An elevated risk of landslides is now expected in western North Carolina ✔ 15, 2018, that about 2,000 cubic yards of ash have been displaced at the L ✔ 15) Tropical Storm Florence is continuing to dump dangerous amounts of rain as it continues its slow slog across the Carolinas
Storm Florence weakens but epic rains still expected on US east coast
9/16/2018, 10:14:35 AMTropical Storm Florence was likely to weaken on Sunday as it swept through the Carolinas but dozens of communities are devastated and "epic" amounts of rain could still fall, officials said. ✔ If you are refusing to leave during this mandatory evacuation, you need to do things like notify your legal next of kin because the loss of life is very, very possible, Mayor Mitch Colvin said at a news conference ✔ As the United States dealt with Florence, a super typhoon swirled towards Hong Kong and the Chinese coast on Sunday, gaining in strength over the South China Sea after hurtling through the Philippines, where it wreaked havoc that killed at least 25
Storm Florence Weakens But 'Epic' Rains Still Threaten East Coast
9/16/2018, 10:40:49 AMFlorence was downgraded to a Tropical Depression early Sunday but officials warned the storm remained potentially "catastrophic." ✔ Florence was drifting westward over South Carolina, reaching about 20 miles southeast of Columbia S.C ✔ Up to 40 inches (102 cm) of rain are expected along coastal areas of the Carolinas and up to 10 inches in southwestern Virginia, it said ✔ (Additional reporting by Rich McKay; Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg) Download
Landslide traps 40 miners as Typoon Mangkhut batters the Philippines
9/16/2018, 10:40:03 AMA HUGE landslide has left at least 40 gold miners trapped as Typoon Mangkhut batters the Philippines. The deadly typhoon has barrelled into Hong Kong and the Philippines and is due to make landfall… ✔ Five million people were in its path as more than 100,000 were frantically evacuated to temporary shelters ✔ An average of 20 typhoons and storms lash the Philippines each year - killing hundreds of people ✔ The country's deadliest ever storm was Super Typhoon Haiyan, which left more than 7,350 people dead or missing in November 2013
Bride and groom left terrified as super typhoon hits wedding
9/16/2018, 8:56:43 AMGuests of Randy Manaois, 29, and his bride Jennifer, 28, look terrified in dramatic footage ✔ A couple's dream wedding dramatically turned from joy to horror when the ceremony was hit by a typhoon ✔ Randy Manaois, 29, and his bride Jennifer, 28, are seen walking arm-in-arm as the bride prepares to throw the bouquet at the reception in Marinka City, Philippines, last Friday ✔ Everyone was excited and things were moving quickly
Philippine goldmine landslide kills at least 7 miners with 40 feared trapped
9/16/2018, 10:35:49 AMAuthorities say part of a mountain slope collapsed on top of bunkhouses used by miners ✔ Authorities say part of a mountain slope collapsed on top of bunkhouses used by miners in the town of Itogon in the central Benguet province ✔ It comes as Typhoon Mangkhut causes havoc in the gold-mining region on Saturday ✔ Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you
Fears 'danger to life' warning could be upgraded as Storm Helene hits UK
9/16/2018, 9:14:51 AMForecasters have warned that storm Helene could pose a danger to life when it bears down on the UK and Republic of Ireland next week ✔ And a spokesman said that the level-one yellow alert may be upgraded depending on the path and severity of the storm ✔ Ireland is expected to endure the worst of the storm, while Wales and the Cornish peninsula will bear its brunt in England ✔ Windy across the country on Tuesday with outbreaks of rain in the north and west
Typhoon Mangkhut path tracker: Will Typhoon Mangkhut hit China?
9/16/2018, 11:51:20 AMTYPHOON Mangkhut has wreaked devastation on the Philippines and is continuing on its path of destruction, but will the storm hit China? ✔ Nearly half a million people have been evacuated from seven cities in China’s Guandong province where the storm made landfall ✔ China has commanded thousands of boats to return to harbours, and evacuated thousands of offshore oil workers, according to state news agency, Xinhua ✔ The storm is then forecast to weaken into a tropical depression as it reaches southwestern Yunnan on Tuesday
Typhoon lashes south China after killing 36 in Philippines
9/16/2018, 10:39:17 AMHONG KONG (AP) — Typhoon Mangkhut barreled into southern China on Sunday after lashing the northern Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain that left at least 36 people dead ✔ Mangkhut made landfall in the city of Taishan in Guangdong province at 5 p.m. local time, packing wind speeds of 162 kilometers (100 miles) per hour ✔ (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) A man takes pictures against strong winds from Typhoon Mangkhut on the waterfront of Victoria Habour Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept ✔ (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Monster typhoon barrels toward northern Philippines
Met Office says 27 degree Storm Helene's winds strong enough to tear down trees
9/16/2018, 9:45:39 AMSTORM Helene will batter the west of England and Wales with gale-force winds strong enough to uproot TREES, according to the Met Office. Winds of up to 70mph could wreak havoc for motorists and com… ✔ 6 Hurricane Helene is forecast to make a beeline for Britain bringing maximum sustatined winds of 73mph But bizarrely temperatures could also surge to 27C with warm air pushed up from southern Europe bringing back balmy temperatures as we approach October ✔ He added: We have updated some areas to a yellow warning ✔ Mr Bowles said: Warm air pushed up from France and Spain, notably tomorrow before the [storm] comes through, will hit the south east of England with temperatures in the mid-20s
L. V. Sutton Power Station coal ash landfill collapses outside Wilmington, Duke Energy says
9/16/2018, 10:33:53 AMDuke Energy said Saturday night that heavy rains from Florence caused a slope to collapse at a coal ash landfill at a closed power station near the North Carolina coast. Duke spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said about 2,000 cubic yards (1,530 cubic meters) of ash were displaced at the L. V. Sutton Power Station outside Wilmington and that contaminated runoff likely flowed into the plant’s cooling pond. ✔ Spokeswoman Megan S. Thorpe at the state’s Department of Environmental Quality said state regulators will conduct a thorough inspection of the site as soon as safely possible ✔ ___ Follow Associated Press investigative reporter Michael Biesecker at http://twitter.com/mbieseck
Nigeria's Buhari cedes power to declare 'national disaster': Here is why
9/16/2018, 11:56:55 AMA statement issued by the chief of staff said, NEMA Director General, Mustapha Maihaja, could declare a national disaster in the event of flooding. ✔ 13:40 Nigeria's Buhari cedes power to declare 'national disaster': Here is why
Outer Banks wild horses make it through Hurricane Florence
9/16/2018, 11:31:37 AMNational Parks service reports that the horses made it through the historic storm unharmed. ✔ JOHN MEORE & TARIQ ZEHARI, The Journal News-USA TODAY NETWO Fullscreen Power crews work to restore power after tropical storm Florence hit Newport N.C., on Sept ✔ The National Park Service also announced that visitor facilities are set to reopen on Sunday at 9:00 a.m.
Typhoon Mangkhut wreaks havoc in Hong Kong – video
9/16/2018, 11:52:01 AMTyphoon Mangkhut battered Hong Kong on Sunday with ferocious winds and heavy rain, a day after the biggest storm of the year so far left at least 30 dead in the northern Philippines
Tropical Depression Florence: Flooding hits inland rivers as fearsome new stage begins
9/16/2018, 11:54:32 AMMore than 2 feet of rain had fallen in places, and the drenching went on and on, with forecasters saying there could be an additional 1½ feet before Sunday is out ✔ Last Updated Sep 16, 2018 7:50 AM EDT Florence fast facts: At least 14 deaths from the storm have been confirmed, including a man and a woman in Houry County who died from carbon monoxide poisoning ✔ Ponds had begun to overflow, and creeks passing under the highway churned with muddy, brown water
'King of Storms' China issues emergency alert as deadly horror Typhoon Mangkut looms
9/16/2018, 10:45:39 AMA SUPER typhoon that has killed 29 people in the Philippines made landfall in China's Guangdong today – sparking an emergency alert for its 100million citizens. ✔ GETTY SHOCK RESCUE: Police officers carry a girl out of a collapsed school in Hong Kong (Pic: GETTY) With gale force winds of more than 125mph tropical cyclone Mangkhut is considered the strongest to hit the region this year – the equivalent to a maximum Category 5 intense hurricane in the Atlantic ✔ It was not so severe as we expected it to be because earlier it was noted it would also be strong, said President Rodrigo Duterte, following an aerial survey of some affected areas
School bus CRUSHED by tree as deadly Super Typhoon Mangkhut wreaks havoc
9/16/2018, 9:40:46 AMTHIS is the scene of devastation after a school bus was crushed by a tree as Super Typhoon Mangkut leaves a trail of death and destruction. ✔ It's the worst I've seen, resident Martin Wong told Reuters ✔ Power to some areas could also be reduced as a precaution, say grid operators ✔ AFP/Getty Images MANGKHUT: A local battles the high winds with his umbrella (Pic: AFP/Getty Images) EPA DANGER: Strong winds batter a villager (Pic: EPA)
Hurricane Florence – where has the storm hit, how many people have died and where is it heading next?
9/16/2018, 11:06:05 AMHURRICANE Florence has been linked to at least 12 deaths and has left tens of thousands without power. Here’s how the wild tropical storm has being wreaking havoc after it made landfall. Where is t… ✔ The Federal Emergency Management Authority (Fema) has said motorists should not attempt to drive through floodwaters ✔ Getty Images - Getty 4 Resident Michael Nelson floats in a boat made from a metal tub and fishing floats after the Neuse River went over its banks and flooded his street Will it hit the UK ✔ Instead they have warned of the uncertainty brought by Hurricane Helene
'Brexit is a disaster and I would love to reverse it,' says actress Celia Imrie
9/16/2018, 9:29:50 AMActress Celia Imrie has described Brexit as a "disaster" and said she would "love" to reverse it. ✔ She told the Press Association: Who knows what's going to happen ✔ Imrie has enjoyed a successful career on stage and screen and won an Olivier Award in 2006 for her supporting role in Acorn Antiques: The Musical! She is also known for her television work with the late comedian Victoria Wood, including the sitcom Dinnerladies
Architect Ban, volunteers hit Hokkaido to help quake victims
9/16/2018, 8:08:25 AMSAPPORO--Internationally acclaimed architect Shigeru Ban was among the nearly 1,000 volunteers who h ✔ Ban, 61, has visited disaster sites since 2004 to help assemble simple paper pipes and pieces of fabric to create partitions, which offer privacy for those who have fled to evacuation centers ✔ There are about 1,300 evacuees in total in Hokkaido, with most centered in the town of Atsuma, which recorded a maximum intensity of 7 on the Japanese seismic scale during the early morning quake on Sept
The Latest: Typhoon makes landfall in China's Guangdong
9/16/2018, 9:46:39 AMHONG KONG (AP) — The Latest on Typhoon Mangkhut (all times local): 5:20 p.m. Typhoon Mangkhut has made landfall in southern China's Guangdong province, ✔ Philippine officials were assessing damage and checking on possible casualties as Typhoon Mangkhut on Saturday pummeled the northern breadbasket with ferocious wind and rain that set off landslides, damaged an airport terminal and ripped off tin roofs
UK weather: Britain to be hit by 23 storms by the end of 2018 - forecast latest
9/16/2018, 10:46:25 AMAUTUMN is just around the corner but with the changing season comes the threat of worsening weather - as 23 storms are set to batter Britain. ✔ John Hammond, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said it is impossible to be absolute about the number of storms which will hit the UK over autumn and winter ✔ Debris may fly and power face outages in the worst-hit areas, whilst the rest of the UK may feel intensified winds and rainy spells
Russians Are the Nicest Colonizers You Can Hope For
9/16/2018, 10:27:34 AM1. Via Egor Kholmogorov’s eponymous article for Komsomolskaya Pravda, source given as “Sovetskaya Rossiya 1992″, according to which the RSFSR and Belarus were the only net donors. ✔ Via Egor Kholmogorov’s eponymous article for Komsomolskaya Pravda, source given as Sovetskaya Rossiya 1992″, according to which the RSFSR and Belarus were the only net donors ✔ The figures in the article with their modest transfers seem more serious ✔ Average deposit in savings accounts in the republics ✔ The exact same thing continues in the RSFSR Russian Federation
Tsunamis of POO and swimming through drains of fat - British plumbers reveal the grossest parts of their job
9/16/2018, 8:05:03 AMDEALING with human poo, unblocking smelly drainpipes and wading through sewage is all in a day’s work for a British plumber. And while some London plumbers earn more than the prime ministers … ✔ I was repairing a down piping next to some guttering on top of the roof of a third floor house ✔ People often have these types of loos installed if there isn’t enough pressure in the house to pump the sewage to the drain ✔ Cleaning out the blocked pumps full of congealed raw sewage is the worst
Columbia Gas operations probed after Massachusetts explosions
9/16/2018, 11:22:56 AMInvestigators will look at how local Columbia Gas officials responded to a “pressure increase” in the Lawrence, Massachusetts, area that was detected at the company’s pipeline control center in Columbus, Ohio, prior to the explosions and fires. ✔ The dramatic series of explosions and fires Thursday destroyed or damaged dozens of homes, killed a teenager, injured dozens and forced thousands of people to evacuate from the three Merrimack Valley communities ✔ They said some residents in Lawrence and Andover have received calls from individuals falsely claiming they’re collecting donations on behalf of a local firefighter’s association for the disaster
Syrians in government areas vote in first local polls since 2011
9/16/2018, 11:33:05 AM✔ Let's be honest, said Humam, a 38-year-old working in the capital's Mazzeh district who opted to stay at home on Sunday ✔ It held parliamentary elections in 2016 and a presidential vote in 2014 that saw Assad win a landslide with 88.7 percent of the vote, renewing his reign for another seven years
Dylan Shiel ponders next move after Giants bow out
9/16/2018, 10:48:22 AMMidfield star will take several days to weigh up his options before making a decision on his future, as GWS prepare for an off-season of change. ✔ Sport AFL Draft Dylan Shiel ponders next move after Giants bow out By Daniel Cherny & Andrew Wu16 September 2018 8:44pm Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Dylan Shiel will take several days to weigh up his options before making a decision on his future as Greater Western Sydney brace for an off-season of change ✔ Loading Griffen was the Bulldogs' captain when he left needing a fresh start, missing the 2016 flag when his old club famously broke a 62-year drought
'BREXITERNITY' Ex-Europe minister predicts decade-long talks 'even if we leave next year'
9/16/2018, 9:48:37 AMFORMER European minister Denis MacShane has predicted that without a second referendum Brexit negotiations will dominant the UK for the "next ten years" in a shock prediction of "Brexiternity". ✔ That will see no more commerce, no more flights taking off, no more easY driving or living in Europe ✔ It will be a Brexiternity and all the foreign investors are saying we could invest in Romania, Spain, Slovakia and get on with it ✔ However, Mr Barnier later downplayed this, claiming substantive differences remain on the border dilemma
What climate change means for the wine industry
9/16/2018, 11:40:01 AMThe warmer weather may benefit English vineyards, but winemakers from Bordeaux to California are struggling. Here are six wines rising to the challenge ✔ Grahm’s ambitious latest project is near Santa Cruz, an attempt to breed a new grape variety that can cope with the current Californian climate, one capable of being dry farmed (without irrigation) and to withstand heat ✔ By clicking on an affiliate link, you accept that Skimlinks cookies will be set
Man killed in Cape Cod shark attack - shock after first deadly attack for 80 YEARS
9/16/2018, 10:03:42 AMA SWIMMER has died in the first fatal shark attack in Massachusetts, US, for more than 80 years. ✔ Arthur Medici, 26, of Revere in Massachusetts in the USA died at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis after he was given first aid and CPR ✔ Harbourmaster Nathan Sears said: We are witnessing sharks feeding aggressively in shockingly shallow water on an almost daily basis over this past August
‘BREXIT IS SLIPPING AWAY’ Brexiteer despair as May ignores ERG bid to solve Irish border
9/16/2018, 9:29:51 AMHARDLINE Brexiteers from the ultra-eurosceptic European Research Group (ERG) have revealed their “despair” after a torrid week for those in favour of a clean, sharp exit from the EU. ✔ Rees-Mogg leads the group of Brexiteer MPs (Image: GETTY) The ERG are believed to have held a secret meeting this week where talks centred on Mrs May and a possible successor ✔ It's ensuring that we get that good deal from the European Union which is good for people in the UK, wherever they live in the UK, that's what's important for us
Couple's wedding ceremony is hit by a TYPHOON in the Philippines
9/16/2018, 9:35:34 AMThe storm hit in Marikina, Philippines just moments after Randy Manaois, 29, and his bride Jennifer, 28, took their vows and prepared to take to the dance floor. ✔ A rumble of thunder was heard from overhead as they made their way through the venue - when suddenly the lights went out Dozens of guests ran for cover, screaming in fear as the twister smashed windows and tore down power cables 'There was a big crash above the roof and everything was blacking out
Debbie McGee: Strictly Come Dancing star in ‘disastrous’ hot air balloon crash
9/16/2018, 9:40:15 AMDEBBIE MCGEE, who appeared on Strictly Come Dancing alongside Giovanni Pernice last year, revealed the shocking moment she was involved in a hot air balloon crash, describing the scary experience as “disastrous” today. ✔ Luckily for us, they quickly put lots more gas and fire in it and we quickly flew up over Cheddar Gorge ✔ Debbie, who was with the balloon’s pilot, went on to explain she couldn’t contact Paul or any of the crew because she had no phone signal ✔ The Debbie McGee shows airs next Sunday on BBC Radio Berkshire at 9am
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