Hurricane Florence: New York city sent into total DARKNESS as storm cloud LOOMS
9/19/2018, 9:56:02 AMA MASSIVE storm cloud sent New York city's skyline into complete darkness, as remnants of Hurricane Florence continue to sweep across the east coast. ✔ More than 1,100 roads were forced to close and rescue efforts were hindered, with many residents remaining trapped in their homes ✔ Property damage from the storm is expected to range from £12.9billion (US$17 billion) to £16.72billion (US$22 billion), the risk management firm Moody's Analytics said
What's the weather forecast in the UK today and where are weather warnings?
9/19/2018, 10:38:58 AMBRITAIN is being hit by Storm Ali which has swept in from the Atlantic with strong wind and heavy rain in some parts. It followed off the back of the remnants of Hurricane Helene and is pummelling … ✔ Power outages were expected and airports and ferries suffered major disruption ✔ And on November 11, 1929, Lluest Wen Reservoir in Wales was flooded with 211mm of rainfall ✔ The record for Northern Ireland was in 1968 at Tollymore Forest, County Down, which saw 159mm
Storm Ali: Where will Storm Ali hit UK? How long will the storm last?
9/19/2018, 9:37:30 AMSTORM Ali will batter the UK today as the Met Office issues an Amber weather warning – but where will the storm hit and how long will it last? ✔ The Met Office have issued an amber weather warning for Storm Ali, which has already arrived in the UK ✔ Travel disruption, power cuts and flying debris is also possible as the storm sweeps through the country ✔ The north of the country is expected to feel the effects of Ali most
Storm Ali is roaring back for a second day with millions more people affected
9/19/2018, 9:28:37 AMIf you are not in an area of the UK badly affected by heavy rain and severe gales today, there is a chance you won't be so lucky tomorrow ✔ Another barrage of heavy rain and strong winds is set to pound blustery Britain bringing a risk of flooding and travel disruption to many areas of the country ✔ This will clear south-eastwards overnight with a much cooler and more showery north-westerly flow to follow, Temperatures will drop sharply, falling below normal for the time of year by Friday
Scotland weather latest: Glasgow and Edinburgh on ALERT for Storm Ali as 75mph GALES hit
9/19/2018, 9:38:02 AMUK weather has taken a violent turn recently as wall-to-wall sunshine gives way to violent winds and torrential rain. The latest weather warnings predict Scotland will be battered with winds topping 70mph according to the Met Office. ✔ Those situated on the coast must take extra care as the storm will bring on some large waves which also have the potential to throw debris ✔ If you do need to go outside, recommendation is to stray away from walls and boundaries, as they could be prone to blowing in and causing injury
Did 'downgraded' Florence contribute to a false sense of security?
9/19/2018, 10:35:16 AMThe famed 1 to 5 Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, which only measures wind speed, may not the best way to gauge a storm's ferocity, experts say. Hurricane Florence was 'downgraded,' even though it was becoming more dangerous. ✔ Several meteorologists and disaster experts say Florence highlights a problem with the way hurricane danger is rated ✔ Wind speed is often only an estimate, and it's also highly localized because it depends on a speed sustained for a short time in one location
Trump to visit North Carolina as waterways rise
9/19/2018, 10:03:44 AMU.S. President Donald Trump is expected on Wednesday to visit North Carolina, wh... ✔ Florence has already killed at least 35 people, including 26 in North Carolina and eight in South Carolina where local media reported that two mental health patients drowned on Tuesday when the sheriff’s van the women were in crashed ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Woman killed as storm blows caravan off cliff in Ireland
9/19/2018, 11:40:35 AMStorm Ali has left around 20,000 homes and businesses, mainly in the southwest of Ireland, without power ✔ Irish police said that the accident occurred in Galway County on Wednesday morning ✔ It is the U.K.'s first named storm of the season, BBC News reports ✔ British media also reported several cases of high winds toppling trees, in some cases onto cars ✔ The mass of cloud on the left image is #StormAli still developing as we speak
Storm Ali weather LIVE: School closures in NI, flights cancelled, Scotland braces for more
9/19/2018, 8:15:27 AMSCHOOL closures, flight cancellations and danger to life warnings - Storm Ali is already making a major impact on Britain and Ireland today. Find all the latest news, weather forecasts and tracker maps here. ✔ There is also the potential for damage to buildings, fallen trees, travel cancellations, road closures and large waves in coastal areas ✔ In terms of wind strength, the speeds are coming up, with gusts of just over 60mph in the west of Ireland ✔ Around eight, nine and ten o'clock winds will really start ramping up and go further still
Stunning moment winds from Storm Helene cause a waterfall to REVERSE
9/19/2018, 10:55:59 AMThe dramatic footage was captured yesterday on Mallerstang Edge in the Yorkshire Dales as the storm reached its peak - bringing 80mph gusts to parts of the country. ✔ This is the stunning moment strong winds from Storm Helene caused a waterfall in Cumbria to reverse and flow upwards - creating a rainbow in the water ✔ The remarkable pattern is created in the top right hand corner of the video as the sun shines on the water
Storm Ali tracker: Dublin Airport face flight cancellations - What flights are cancelled?
9/19/2018, 8:36:02 AMSTORM ALI has already shown its force on Wednesday morning as 60mph winds were recorded in parts of the country. The storm has led to the cancellation of flights in Ireland, here is the latest information. ✔ In terms of wind strength, the speeds are coming up, with gusts of just over 60mph in the west of Ireland ✔ The worst of Ali’s weather is forecast to be in the north, although areas outside the official weather warnings are unlikely to escape wet and windy conditions
Yellow weather warning for most of England and Wales as Storm Ali brings floods
9/19/2018, 10:35:38 AMThe Met Office has warned strong winds could result in the chance of injuries and "danger to life" ✔ Travel disruption, power cuts and flying debris are possible as the storm sweeps through a large part of the UK, with severe gales of up to 75mph and heavy rain forecast ✔ The worst of Ali's weather is forecast to be in the north of the UK, although areas outside the official weather warnings are unlikely to escape wet and windy conditions
Storm Ali updates as woman dies and Met Office extends yellow warning
9/19/2018, 11:37:31 AMBritain is facing travel disruption, power cuts and flying debris as the storm sweeps through a large part of the country ✔ Scotland braces itself with amber warnings across most of the country today (Image: SWNS.com) 12:05 Met Office extend yellow warning until Monday The Met Office has extended its yellow weather warning from Thursday and Friday right until Monday
Storm Ali set to bring 85mph gales, flying debris, power cuts and travel chaos
9/19/2018, 10:27:18 AMSTORM Ali has smashed into the UK today bringing 90mph gales and travel chaos as 87,000 homes are left without power. A danger to life warning has been issued due to debris flying as the storm̵… ✔ 12 A yellow and amber warning is in place for parts of the UK today Alamy Live News 12 People bustle through the wet streets of Dundee, Scotland He said: We will see a number of trees and branches brought down - the winds have a stronger effect on the trees when they are in leaf
UK weather forecast: Met Office WARNS Storm Ali to cause severe disruption TODAY
9/19/2018, 8:15:30 AMTHE Met Office has warned Britons to beware of potential severe travel disruption caused by Storm Ali, a new frontal system from the Atlantic battering the UK with 80mph gust winds. ✔ The satellite picture on Tuesday afternoon showed this rather innocuous lump of cloud way out in the Atlantic ✔ The Met Office warned: Flying debris is likely and could lead to Injuries or danger to life ✔ Its first proper name storm of the season – bringing with it some rain too ✔ Just the example across some of the wind gusts – widespread gales
Yellowstone volcano WARNING: Terrified tourists scream after 'rare occurrence' on volcano
9/19/2018, 8:24:26 AMTERRIFIED tourists were shocked by a man walking on a fuming active Old Faithful geyser of the Yellowstone volcano in the Yellowstone National Park. ✔ Others gasped as he appeared to lower himself to the ground and take a peek inside the fuming geyser ✔ The first national park in the USA, the park is also known for its wildlife and geothermal features, especially Old Faithful geyser ✔ The most recent volcanic eruption at Yellowstone, a lava flow on the Pitchstone Plateau, occurred 70,000 years ago
Brit chips will be inch shorter because heatwave caused potatoes to shrink
9/19/2018, 10:05:10 AMWith a 20 per cent drop in crop yields, farmers blame hot weather and the lack of rain for producing smaller potatoes ✔ Chips are set to become smaller next year as farmers struggle to cope after the summer’s record breaking heatwave, say reports ✔ Cedric Porter, the editor of World Potatoes Market, told The Daily Telegraph: This was the hottest British summer 1976, which any potato person will tell you was an almost mythical year
‘You gotta take care of home’: Michael Jordan donates $2 million to Florence recovery efforts
9/19/2018, 10:08:50 AMJordan was raised in Wilmington, N.C. and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ✔ The area’s other professional sports organizations have also stepped up the Carolina Panthers launched a T-shirt campaign and the Carolina Hurricanes started a relief drive ✔ More from Morning Mix: A surgeon, not to mention ‘Bachelor of the Year’ and reality TV show date, is accused of drugging, raping women A Las Vegas professor shot himself on his campus to protest Trump, police say
'Disgusting' Young Brexiteer slaps down Labour MP for demanding 'outrageous' second vote
9/19/2018, 11:41:13 AMA YOUNG Brexiteer shut down Wes Streeting during a fiery TV clash as the Labour MP campaigning for a second Brexit referendum claimed leaving the EU without a deal would be a "disaster". ✔ That’s outrageous and the disrespect you hold for us is completely disgusting ✔ Prime Minister Theresa May has ruled out holding a second referendum ✔ There are already more than 100 anti-Brexit motions submitted, including calls for a new vote on the final deal
10 False Facts We Still Believe in Because We Were Told So in School
9/19/2018, 8:42:48 AMWe live in the epoch of the information explosion. The amount of various information in the world increases with the speed of an avalanche crashing down from a summit. And sometimes it seems that this process is going to be endless. But that’s not all — when acquiring new knowledge our picture of the world changes too. The compass no longer points north, cockroaches don’t survive in a nuclear war, and the blue whale loses its title as the biggest creature on Earth. ✔ And sometimes it seems that this process is going to be endless ✔ It turns out that some taxes really were abolished in Coventry in 1057, but that happened 17 years after Lady Godiva’s ride ✔ Please tell us about them in the comments! Preview photo credit Nomads Hostels / flickr
Cerebral palsy sufferer, 20, find house trashed by rogue party goers
9/19/2018, 10:28:44 AMJade Owen, 20, from Bridgend, South Wales, spent a month in the States only to return and discover her home had been destroyed by party gatecrashers. ✔ It's exhausting.' The housing authority have told them it needs to be cleared by the end of the month ✔ It's very exciting.' Thanks to a massive £37,000 donation from a stranger – Ms Owen and her family don't know who donated the money – the 20-year-old was able to travel to Missouri in the US for spinal surgery Ms Owen, pictured with one of her doctors at St Louis Children's Hospital in Missouri, can now stand and walk unassisted for the first time since she was a child
Tokyo's Adachi Ward grapples with evacuation in case of floods
9/19/2018, 8:04:29 AMPolice in the capital’s Adachi Ward are asking the managers of office and apartment buildings to ope ✔ The project was prompted by torrential rains in western Japan that left 51 people dead in the Mabicho district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, in July ✔ 18, the operators of 154 buildings had agreed to help out ✔ The ward government is considering providing bottled water supplies and portable toilets to those buildings
Captain Cook's ship Endeavour may have been found off the US coast
9/19/2018, 10:03:27 AMThe wreck of Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour may have finally been pinpointed, 17,000 kilometers (10,500 miles) from the country it is most famously associated with. ✔ The most promising site is located in an area just off the Goat Island shore, near Gurneys Resort, RIMAP said ✔ The Endeavour's visit to Australia and resultant British colonization resulted in utter disaster for indigenous peoples, with the population suffering massively from the introduction of foreign diseases, displacement, and ethnic cleansing by white settlers
FEMA head Brock Long's job in jeopardy with the agency in crisis mode over Hurricane Florence
9/19/2018, 9:42:42 AM✔ Other Trump administration officials have lost their jobs over ethics issues related to travel, but they involved more outsized allegations ✔ It was acting on lessons learned following Maria, when it had underestimated the food and fresh water needed, and how hard it would be to get supplies to the island ✔ While the storm has moved away, the rivers are still rising
Wednesday’s TV highlights: 'Suits' on USA
9/19/2018, 11:08:46 AMTV highlights for Wed., Sept. 19, 2018 ✔ SERIES America's Got Talent The winner is announced in the season finale ✔ The cast includes Paul Adelstein and Johnny Pemberton (Son of Zorn) ✔ (N) 9 a.m. KNBC Live With Kelly and Ryan Cookbook author Chrissy Teigen (Cravings); Taran Killam ✔ (N) 10 a.m. KTTV The Dr. Oz Show The new chicken alternatives at fast-food restaurants; fresh meat in fast-food burgers
FEMA administrator Brock Long's fate in doubt, amid Florence cleanup
9/19/2018, 11:01:34 AMThe administrator maintains that ongoing investigations by Homeland Security's internal watchdog have not taken away focus from FEMA's response to Florence ✔ 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 ✔ Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversees FEMA, has said she has confidence in him
Review: 'This Is Us' creator's treacly 'Life Itself' is an emotionally manipulative turkey
9/19/2018, 11:10:02 AM'This Is Us' creator Dan Fogelman takes his brand of emotional drama to the big screen with 'Life Itself,' a trite mess that wastes its A-list cast. ✔ Now you can avoid having to see this treacly, depressing and way-too-complicated generational mishmash ✔ Somehow, though, Banderas finds a way to shine amid the constantly shifting storytelling, bringing considerable empathy and charismatic kindness to his olive king/father figure ✔ PETER IOVINO Fullscreen Last SlideNext Slide
Perspective | Yes, space tourism is for the rich. But sending artists to space is good for us all.
9/19/2018, 10:08:43 AMThe first SpaceX flight could help humanity. ✔ The tragedy led to the cancellation of the program, through which NASA had also intended to bring journalists and artists to space after the successful completion of McAuliffe’s flight ✔ In 2003, NASA announced another program to bring journalists to space, but that plan ended with the explosion of the Columbia spacecraft ✔ Now they’ve got a chance to demonstrate they really mean it
Aging Japan: Recruiters struggle as youth pool dries up
9/19/2018, 10:10:46 AMAs a Japanese military recruiter sat patiently at a booth outside a supermarket in northern Tokyo on ✔ As a Japanese military recruiter sat patiently at a booth outside a supermarket in northern Tokyo one recent weekend, she welcomed a rare visitor, high school student Kazuaki Matsumura ✔ A Female Personnel Empowerment Initiative unveiled last year aims to double the percentage of women in the SDF from 6.1 percent in 2016, and to at least 9 percent by 2030
Aging Japan: Military recruiters struggle as applicant pool dries up
9/19/2018, 10:03:46 AMAs a Japanese military recruiter sat patiently at a booth outside a supermarket ... ✔ experience and skill have become even more important for today’s SDF, said Ritsuko Hiroshi, director of the defense ministry’s personnel affairs division ✔ A Female Personnel Empowerment Initiative unveiled last year aims to double the percentage of women in the SDF from 6.1 percent in 2016, and to at least 9 percent by 2030 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
A Year After Maria, School Closures Make Trauma Worse For Children In Puerto Rico
9/19/2018, 10:12:40 AMThe storm took away homes and loved ones. Now, kids dealing with anxiety and depression are losing familiar classrooms. ✔ And the level of stress [among the kids] got significantly higher ✔ We need them to be as strong as possible so they can face all of the challenges to come ✔ Aja Harris/HuffPostThe basketball court at the now-shuttered Abelardo DÃaz Alfaro elementary school
Trump mocked for poor choice of words in Hurricane Florence response
9/19/2018, 9:28:52 AMThe President made the clumsily-worded remark in a video in which he praised the response of the emergency services while urging people to exercise caution as floodwaters are still rising. ✔ A woman blew a whistle each time drivers had to pull forward ✔ In a bright spot, the Lumber River appeared to be falling in hard-hit Lumberton, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) inland ✔ Power outages in the Southeast also were down, from a high of more than 910,000 to about 245,000, nearly all in North Carolina
The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume II: 1956-1963 – review
9/19/2018, 11:51:58 AMInfidelity, agony, rage … Plath’s correspondence captures life with Ted Hughes and her terror of being alive ✔ As a citizen of the land of milk and honey and spin dryers, never wholly at ease in grim postwar Britain, she is mesmerised by the cold and dirt, the filthy, cheerless, lightless, bathless places for rent, the diminutive fridges, the scrawny chickens in the butchers’ windows
Ethiopia's stunning reforms now challenged by deadly unrest
9/19/2018, 9:02:03 AMADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's stunning political reforms are now threatened by long-standing ethnic tensions that have roared back to life since a young prime minister t ✔ ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) Ethiopia's stunning political reforms are now threatened by long-standing ethnic tensions that have roared back to life since a young prime minister took power just five months ago and promised greater freedoms ✔ While some accuse paid agents of trying to paint a bad image of Oromo youth emboldened by Abiy's rise to power, others suggest some unrest is being orchestrated by groups in the ruling coalition that lost power when he took office
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