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Disasters - SERIES 168 {23 articles}

'Up in the air': If displaced by storm, where to call home?

9/19/2018, 5:34:52 AM
BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) — As the pounding rains from Hurricane Florence finally ended, Lutrice Garcia left the shelter where she had spent several nights on a cot and tried to he ✔ (AP) As the pounding rains from Hurricane Florence finally ended, Lutrice Garcia left the shelter where she had spent several nights on a cot and tried to head home ✔ He said they expect to use FEMA's Transitional Sheltering Assistance program, which uses state and federal funds to house displaced residents in hotels



UK weather MAPPED: Where is Storm Ali? Where are Met Office weather warnings?

9/19/2018, 7:35:00 AM
STORM Ali has arrived, bringing severe rain and potentially life-threatening winds. So where are the Met Office warnings? ✔ Storm Ali: Ali is bringing severe rain and potentially life-threatening winds (Image: Getty/Windy) YELLOW WARNING FOR WIND: This warning is in place for Wednesday, September 19, between 6am and 10pm ✔ For Met Office advice on how to stay safe in a storm, see their website HERE



Families line up to identify landslide victims - CNN Video

9/19/2018, 5:18:04 AM
Families wait in line in hopes of identifying the bodies of loved ones who are presumed dead after a massive landslide in the Philippines. CNN's Alexandra Field reports. ✔ MUST WATCH Families line up to identify landslide victims Families wait in line in hopes of identifying the bodies of loved ones who are presumed dead after a massive landslide in the Philippines



Storm Ali Latest: DANGER TO LIFE threat issued as 80mph winds RAGE towards Britain

9/19/2018, 7:44:16 AM
STORM ALI is to bring torrential rain, flying debris and gale force winds of up to 80mph as Britain braces itself for sever weather that will bring “danger to life”. ✔ Storm Ali latest: WXCHARTS graphic shows a weather system following in the wake of Storm Helene (Image: WXCHARTS) Storm Ali latest: Wednesday's most severe Amber warning (Image: Met Office) Around 40mm-60mm of rain is expected throughout the country, while parts of Wales and Cumbria could see dangerous level of ground water reaching 80-100mm deep



WHAT'S HAPPENING: What will life be like after Florence?

9/19/2018, 7:09:41 AM
MIAMI (AP) — Thousands of people are still in shelters in North Carolina anxiously waiting to find out if they have a home to go back to. Heavy rains and swelling rivers are still ✔ MIAMI (AP) Thousands of people are still in shelters in North Carolina anxiously waiting to find out if they have a home to go back to ✔ The storm is being blamed for at least 37 deaths in three states ✔ 17, 2018 at the First Baptist Church of Independence Blvd



Philippines typhoon death toll hits 81, with dozens still missing

9/19/2018, 7:51:34 AM
Searchers continue to dig through landslide where dozens of small-scale miners and their families are presumed dead ✔ A local police officer told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he tried to warn the miners to leave a building they were sheltering in the day before the storm hit, but they refused ✔ The Philippines's deadliest storm on record is Super Typhoon Haiyan, which left more than 7,350 people dead or missing across the central Philippines in November 2013



BBC weather forecast UK: STAGGERING warning put in place as Storm Ali approaches

9/19/2018, 5:43:56 AM
BRITONS have been urged to be cautious today as blustery showers and gale force winds ravage the UK ahead of Storm Ali’s arrival. In fact, the Met Office has issued an amber warning for disruptive and potentially hazardous winds. ✔ Throughout the day rain will continue to shift northwards out of Northern Ireland and towards Scotland ✔ As a result the odds have been slashed on the wind speed reaching as high as 100mph in mainland UK this week and for this for this month to end as the wettest September on record



Feeling your pain: Presidents tread tricky disaster politics

9/19/2018, 4:41:35 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The politics of natural disasters can be tricky for a president. Long before President Donald Trump tossed paper towels to storm-stricken Puerto Ri ✔ WASHINGTON (AP) The politics of natural disasters can be tricky for a president ✔ Long before President Donald Trump tossed paper towels to storm-stricken Puerto Ricans and denied Hurricane Maria's official death toll, his predecessors struggled to steer the nation through life-and-death emergencies ✔ To put the focus on victims but provide leadership, too ✔ Chris Christie greets President Barack Obama upon his arrival at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J



BBC Weather forecast: Dangerous Storm Ali to HIT Britain today - 'batten down the hatches'

9/19/2018, 7:09:48 AM
BBC WEATHER has warned that Storm Ali will strike Britain today unleashing 70mph winds and heavy rainfall on the north east of England, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland. ✔ But brightens up a little bit for Northern Ireland and southern Scotland as we go through the day ✔ Some areas, especially high ground and coastal regions, including within the Central Belt, could see gusts of 80mph at times ✔ Winds will ease from the west through the afternoon



Trump Makes A Stunning Observation About The Wetness Of Water

9/19/2018, 7:43:48 AM
The president's comments caused the jokes to rain down on Twitter. ✔ Donald Trump released a video on Tuesday that thanked first responders for helping the victims of Hurricane Florence ✔ 2) WTF does one of the wettest we've ever seen from the standpoint of water even mean ✔ How can something this rehearsed (in trump-adjusted terms) still be this bad



Philippine police: Villagers refused advice to flee huge typhoon

9/19/2018, 7:36:06 AM
ITOGON, Philippines--A Philippine police officer who tried to persuade residents of a mining camp to ✔ Police photographs obtained by the AP showed the officers in hard hats and light green raincoats talking with the villagers outside of what appears to be the concrete chapel and nearby bunkhouse, with piles of sandbags nearby ✔ They have children, wives, elderly parents who will all suffer



Analysis: Most of Florence's victims have died in vehicles, on the road during the storm

9/19/2018, 5:00:36 AM
An analysis by the Los Angeles Times of 35 deaths officials have linked to storm Florence so far showed that more than half — 20 victims — died when they were apparently trapped in their cars by flooding or were involved in auto crashes during inclement weather. ✔ Heart attacks and cardiovascular failures are the leading cause of what are called indirect deaths those not directly attributable to one of the physical forces of a tropical cyclone as well as vehicle accidents, fires and electrocutions, according to the study



Fate of FEMA leader in doubt as Florence cleanup continues

9/19/2018, 4:57:16 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — While Hurricane Florence barreled through the Carolinas, a different type of storm was brewing within the federal disaster relief agency tasked with responding t ✔ WASHINGTON (AP) While Hurricane Florence barreled through the Carolinas, a different type of storm was brewing within the federal disaster relief agency tasked with responding to the fallout ✔ The investigations center on whether Long used government-owned vehicles for visits home to Hickory, North Carolina



19 Photos Showing How Powerful Nature Is

9/19/2018, 4:41:04 AM
Nature is diverse and can behave in so many ways that blow our minds. It could be something as big as a lightning storm or a hurricane, or something as simple as a plant growing through concrete to surprise us. It can destroy and create, and either way nature is a huge and striking power. ✔ 19 Photos Showing How Powerful Nature Is Nature is diverse and can behave in so many ways that blow our minds ✔ It can destroy and create, and either way nature is a huge and striking power ✔ Godafoss (Waterfall of the Gods) is one of the most spectacular falls in Iceland



Quake-hit Hokkaido thermal power plant restarts

9/19/2018, 7:10:01 AM
The largest coal-fired power plant in Hokkaido restarted one of its three units Wednesday, almost two weeks after the complex was damaged by a powerful earthquake that rocked Japan's northernmost main island and triggered a prefecture-wide blackout. The restart of the No. 1 unit at Hokkaido Electric Power Co's Tomatoatsuma… ✔ We want to use the lights as soon as possible to brighten the shop's atmosphere, a 46-year-old convenience store worker said ✔ The quake severed pipes, started a fire and caused other damage at the plant ✔ When fully operational, the three-unit Tomatoatsuma plant generates 1.65 million kw



Major Hokkaido power plant restarts 2 weeks after big quake

9/19/2018, 5:40:56 AM
SAPPORO--The largest thermal power plant in Hokkaido resumed operations on Sept. 19, marking a major ✔ The Hokkaido government posted a message from Takahashi on its website in five languages declaring that the tourism sector in areas not directly affected by the quake were able to provide service levels similar to those prior to the incident ✔ Moreover, the two other generators at the Tomato-Atsuma plant are expected to be brought back online by November



Trump on Twitter (Sept. 18) - Hurricane Florence, China, Poland

9/19/2018, 4:23:12 AM
The following statements were posted to the verified personal Twitter account of... ✔ The following statements were posted to the verified personal Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump) U.S. President Donald Trump answers a question about the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court and allegations of sexual assault against Kavanaugh during a joint news conference with Poland's President Andrzej Duda in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 18, 2018 ✔ [0850 EDT] - .....China has been taking advantage of the United States on Trade for many years



New Zealand to raise refugee quota in 2020

9/19/2018, 4:45:59 AM
Jacinda Ardern says refugee quota will increase from 1,000 to 1,500 in 2020 ✔ But questions about whether the policy would happen have lingered in recent weeks amid speculation the NZ First party – Labour’s coalition partner which campaigned on a platform of dramatic immigration cuts – may not back the move ✔ It also comes days before Ardern departs to speak at the United Nations in New York ✔ It’s definitely a day to celebrate, Green MP Golriz Ghahraman said



Flipping Out: Jeff Lewis mocks Jenni Pulos over pants and 'camel toe'

9/19/2018, 7:25:44 AM
The 48-year-old real estate speculator had some harsh words about the pants choice made by Jenni Pulos, 45, on Tuesday's episode of Flipping Out. ✔ Under pressure: Gage Edward was concerned because he organized the new job Cute kid: Jeff and Gage are parents to 13-month-old Monroe On the day of the shoot Jeff was late and Megan's car's battery died while it was parked in an inconvenient place



The Senate shamed itself in its handling of Anita Hill. Can it do better with Kavanaugh's accuser?

9/19/2018, 6:34:37 AM
undefined ✔ Twenty-seven years ago when Clarence Thomas was nominated to take Thurgood Marshall's seat on the same court, an FBI interview with attorney and former Thomas colleague Anita Hill was leaked, and the hearings that followed are recalled as a low point in Supreme Court nominations



Rooftop farming: why vertical gardening is blooming in Kampala

9/19/2018, 4:45:54 AM
Ugandans are finding creative solutions to the growing challenges of urbanisation ✔ Photograph: Nils Adler Harriet Nakabaale runs a small farm called Camp Green in the Kawaala area of Kampala ✔ Even the shells of the eggs produced by her chickens will be used to grow cress ✔ Photograph: Ivoha/Alamy This article is part of a series on possible solutions to some of the world’s most stubborn problems



‘Yes he’s alive but I’m not OK’: the bloody truth about childbirth

9/19/2018, 5:45:28 AM
New mothers are sharing their horror stories online. But does talking about giving birth traumatise other women – or empower them? ✔ Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian It becomes all-consuming, so people can’t think past it, says Julie Jomeen, a professor of midwifery at the University of Hull ✔ Stacey Wilson was diagnosed with PTSD after a long, drawn-out labour ending in a forceps delivery ✔ Tell us about your difficult childbirth experiences



Revealed: The 10 worst body language mistakes to make

9/19/2018, 7:35:39 AM
Sex and relationship expert Tracey Cox reveals the surprising body language that will put your date off - and she says that most of the time you won't even realise you're doing them! ✔ Getting completely sloshed nearly always tops the list for Oh-my-God-I-can’t-believe-I-did-that disaster dates ✔ Watch how they react If they’re not keen, they’ll instinctively push it back over the line to your side - feeling uncomfortable and sensing you’re trying to get close without really knowing why



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