Storm Bronagh wanes over weekend but heavy rain and strong winds still expected
9/22/2018, 3:32:16 AMBetter weather conditions are expected by Sunday as Storm Bronagh leaves Britain's shores ✔ Commutes were treacherous (Image: PA) Commuters in Wales faced some of the most severe delays, after Bronagh caused flooding on the lines between Machynlleth and Aberystwyth, and near Mountain Ash ✔ Monday will be sunny for many, albeit with showers for western Scotland
‘The storm itself is not our biggest problem. Our problem is what comes next.’
9/22/2018, 2:14:08 AMHurricane Florence came and went. But many riverfront towns in North Carolina are just now experiencing the menace that has mounted steadily: water. ✔ Doctors would prescribe a visit to the hotel (now closed) so patients could ingest a concoction from the dipping wells: one scoop of water from Spring 1, mixed with two scoops from Spring 3 and half a scoop from Spring 5 ✔ The old family house is deteriorating and might have to be demolished
Villagers in Philippines landslide text loved ones pleading for help
9/22/2018, 1:57:05 AMAt least 29 people have died and dozens more are still missing after villages near Naga City in the Philippines were buried on Thursday morning. One resident said 13 members of his family are missing. ✔ Distraught relatives begged for more diggers to be brought to the mound of earth and debris, where rescuers had too little equipment to work with ✔ The central region was not directly hit by Typhoon Mangkhut – which killed at least 81, mostly in the north, last weekend – but the storm did intensify seasonal monsoon rains nationwide
Hurricane Florence RETURNS? Devastating storm could REFORM as Hurricane Kirk
9/22/2018, 2:54:40 AMHURRICANE Florence, the powerful storm that rampaged across the east coast of the United States last week, could soon return as a new storm and bring further devastation to the eastern seaboard. ✔ The remnants of the storm are now located in the Atlantic Ocean, and may reform once again and develop into a hurricane ✔ As much as 40 inches of rain fell in some areas, causing rivers to overflow ✔ Rising river levels have increased the risk of further damage
'You better pray:' More flooding in Carolinas a week after Florence
9/22/2018, 12:38:31 AMResidents of Georgetown County, South Carolina, where five rivers flow into the ... ✔ Slideshow (13 Images) More than 54,000 homes and businesses were without power in the Carolinas on Friday afternoon ✔ One week after Florence made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, North Carolina was still feeling its effects, Cooper said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Grenfell survivors could have asbestos poisoning, experts warn
9/22/2018, 2:16:25 AMHundreds of Grenfell Tower survivors and firefighters could have asbestos poisoning after being exposed to toxic fumes, a coroner has warned. ✔ If inhaled it can cause mesothelioma, a fatal lung disease ✔ Tunisian Abdelkarim Rekaya, 28, pretended to be a survivor to take advantage of the Government’s amnesty for illegal immigrants in the block ✔ He will be sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court on November 27
Hundreds feared drowned after crammed ferry sinks
9/22/2018, 3:10:53 AMMORE than 100 bodies were recovered yesterday with hundreds still missing after an overloaded ferry capsized and sank. ✔ It overturned when crowds on deck and below moved to one side as it docked ✔ Relatives desperately looking for their loved ones faced an anxious wait as rescue efforts resumed yesterday ✔ Tanzania’s police chief Simon Sirro Mwanza said last night that the death toll had risen to 136
Running towards danger: two policemen decorated for valour
9/22/2018, 1:23:11 AMBoth police aimed at the body and were about to fire when they saw a postie on a motorbike emerge from a driveway behind the gunman. ✔ They could have left the arrest to the heavily-armed Special Operations Group, but that would have meant leaving a gunman roaming suburban streets ✔ And so they gave chase even though they knew it placed their lives in danger ✔ As one investigator observed: ‘‘Let’s put it this way, the exit wound did nothing for the artwork.’’
Cruz, O'Rourke trade attacks during testy 1st Texas debate
9/22/2018, 12:53:08 AMDALLAS (AP) — Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Beto O'Rourke repeatedly traded barbs during a testy first debate Friday night, underscoring how a Texas Senate race that long looke ✔ An ex-punk rocker who has attracted glowing attention from national liberal circles for his high-energy campaign and monster fundraising, O'Rourke has been mentioned as a possible 2020 Democratic vice presidential candidate and even a 2020 White House hopeful
‘Don’t get rattled’: Social conservatives rally behind embattled Supreme Court pick
9/22/2018, 12:49:06 AMAttendees at Values Voter Summit see Kavanaugh as a target of Democrats and dismiss sexual assault accusation against him. ✔ McConnell’s promise earned an ovation from his audience of around 2,000 faith leaders and activists, many of whom framed the current crisis in scriptural or religious terms ✔ I think it’s a bunch of ungodly women who don’t like the values of conservative women, said Dayna Jones, 39, a California Realtor ✔ Has it affected Clarence Thomas’s effectiveness on the Supreme Court all these years
China drafts new nuclear energy law, focus on international market
9/22/2018, 2:36:37 AMChina will provide more support for its nuclear firms to go overseas and strengt... ✔ It also includes clauses calling for the convergence of military and civilian research into nuclear energy ✔ It calls for the establishment of a uranium reserve and a system for storing, transporting and treating spent fuel ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Bethenny Frankel Responds to Fan Who Calls Her 'Extra Thin' After Dennis Shields' Shocking Death: 'Grief Diet'
9/22/2018, 12:33:23 AMBethenny Frankel has lost weight in the wake of her late boyfriend's death ✔ Dennis Shields‘ death has taken both an emotional and physical toll on Bethenny Frankel ✔ On Friday, the Real Housewives of New York City star shared a smiling photo of herself wearing a fitted, floral and ruffled dress and holding a miniature clear replica of Robert Indiana’s LOVE Sculpture ✔ It’s hard to breathe & I appreciate you giving me the space & support to try to do so
Tanzania leader orders arrests as ferry death toll over 130
9/22/2018, 1:13:40 AMundefined ✔ The death toll was above 130 but horrified witnesses feared that would rise as a second day of searching neared an end ✔ He said even the cargo far exceeded the 25 tons allowed ✔ Nearly 200 people died in 2011 when the MV Spice Islander I sank off Tanzania's Indian Ocean coast near Zanzibar
Pathologist who worked on Hungerford massacre had PTSD 30 years later
9/22/2018, 1:11:49 AMDr Richard Shepherd, 65, carried out autopsies on the victims killed during the 1987 massacre in Berkshire. Three years ago he had suicidal thoughts while flying over the town. ✔ Michael Robert Ryan, 27, armed with two semi-automatic rifles and a handgun, went on a shooting spree along the high street of the sleepy town He also carried out the post-mortems on young mother Rachel Nickell, murdered on Wimbledon Common in 1992, and Stephen Lawrence, the black teenager stabbed to death in a racial attack a year later
PETER OBORNE: Jeremy Corbyn needs to change track soon
9/22/2018, 12:21:29 AMPETER OBORNE: Corbyn is coming under huge pressure to commit Labour to join calls for a second referendum on Brexit. ✔ Speaking in front of two large Union flags in her Downing Street bunker yesterday, this was a Theresa May we’ve never seen before ✔ He’s being told by advisers that this is the only way that he can bring together the disparate elements of his party, comprising Momentum (his hard-Left base of intensely loyal activists) on one side and Blairites on the other
FEMA chief used vehicles without authorizition, but won't be fired, DHS says
9/22/2018, 2:37:57 AMBrock Long agreed to reimburse the government, though it wasn't clear how much money that might be, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said ✔ The House Oversight Committee is also looking into the allegations and has asked Long to turn over to the committee all documents related to the trips by Oct. 1, including whether his staff was put up in hotels paid for by taxpayer dollars ✔ The former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, resigned in July after allegations of massive security spending, first-class flights and a sweetheart condo lease
As sand mining grows, Asia’s deltas are sinking, water experts warn
9/22/2018, 3:33:21 AMSTOCKHOLM-- Sand mining from rivers is depriving many low-lying Asian deltas of the sediment they ne ✔ That is a problem not only because the deltas are home to millions of people but because they produce a significant share of the region’s food ✔ To give a sense of its use, for every bucket of cement, five to seven buckets of sand are used in concrete ✔ That means the rivers and everyone dependent on them are sufferers
Puerto Rico: The exodus after Hurricane Maria
9/22/2018, 1:48:29 AMIn the year since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, the island has lost a precious resource: hundreds of thousands of people who've left to build their futures elsewhere ✔ Watch the full CBSN Originals one-hour special on CBSN Sunday, Sept ✔ I try to spend the most time with him… because if something happens to him, it will be hard for me to come to Puerto Rico, to be with the family in that moment, she said ✔ But, before that, he told me, if your blessings are in the United States, go
Brexit compromise still possible - Tusk
9/22/2018, 3:59:20 AMThe European Council president said it was in fact Theresa May who was "uncompromising" over her plan. ✔ But the Daily Telegraph says the prime minister is facing a showdown with her cabinet next week when ministers will call for a Plan B alternative to the Chequers proposals ✔ Labour wants to see the UK join a customs union with the EU after Brexit, but remain outside of the single market
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