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Danger to life alert over flying debris and floods as storm sparks travel chaos

9/22/2018, 8:32:33 AM
THE Met Office has issued a “danger to life” warning this weekend as Storm Bronagh brings intense gales and rain, with homes expected to be flooded and chaos predicted on the roads and … ✔ Bronagh will bring rain today moving from the South West into the South East and the Midlands as the day draws on ✔ Wales News Service 16 A car was spotted by police floating down a river in Carmarthenshire after storms brought torrential rain Mercury Press 16 New Brighton lighthouse in choppy waters on the River Mersey



Met Office 'danger to life' warning for tomorrow over flying debris and rain

9/22/2018, 8:03:19 AM
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning covering large parts of the UK ✔ The chilly assault could start as early as the beginning of November hailing a four-month period of ice and snow caused by 'supercharged' low-pressure systems ✔ He said: All our long-range projections have been showing for quite some time that December is likely to be a colder than average month overall and we are expecting several widespread snowy periods



Storm Callum: where is it now, will it hit Ireland and what's the forecast?

9/22/2018, 10:43:34 AM
BRITAIN was battered by two storms in the space of just two days — with 100mph gales and driving rain bringing chaos to many parts of the UK. But we may not have seen an end to the stormy weather a… ✔ A band of heavy rain and strong 60mph gales are expected to sweep through Britain and Ireland on Sunday ✔ Should these occur parts of East Anglia and South East England might also suffer some coastal impacts, particularly at times of high tide ✔ Any strong winds should gradually clear eastwards early on Monday with more settled conditions looking likely to follow next week



Met Office in ’DANGER TO LIFE’ warning as new storm to batter UK with ’flying debris’

9/22/2018, 11:05:23 AM
THE Met Office has issued a “danger to life” warning as a fierce storm prepares to batter the UK tomorrow. ✔ WXCHARTS/GETTY WARNING: Heavy rain and strong winds will pummel Britain tomorrow (Pic: WXCHARTS/GETTY) WXCHARTS BREEZY: Up to 60mph winds will batter the south coast of England and Wales tomorrow (Pic: WXCHARTS) WXCHARTS WET WET WET: Heavy downpours are forecast tomorrow along with the strong winds (Pic: WXCHARTS) With strong winds also forecast in places, and recent heavy rain, drains and culverts blocked by debris could mean impacts in places which would not normally be affected by these rainfall amounts



Survivor found as death toll 167 in Tanzania ferry disaster

9/22/2018, 11:34:03 AM
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A survivor has been found inside a capsized Tanzanian ferry two days after the disaster on Lake Victoria, an official said Saturday, while coffins arrived fo ✔ NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) A survivor has been found inside a capsized Tanzanian ferry two days after the disaster on Lake Victoria, an official said Saturday, while coffins arrived for at least 167 victims and counting ✔ EDS NOTE: RETRANSMISSION NAI111 OF FRIDAY, SEPT



South Carolina communities race to beat dangerous flooding

9/22/2018, 9:57:47 AM
ers) - South Carolina communities along waterways near the Atlantic coast were r... ✔ DANGEROUS OPERATION A week after Florence made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, North Carolina is still feeling its effects, Governor Roy Cooper said ✔ Some locations won’t see rivers crest until this weekend and flooding won’t subside until next week, he said in a Twitter post ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



South Africa rhino poaching drops significantly

9/22/2018, 10:36:05 AM
Poaching and drought have also reduced the population so there are fewer rhinos for poachers to target. The Kruger National Park is estimated to have around 5,000 rhinos now, down from around 9,000 in ✔ 11:17 ICC will not investigate post-election violence in Gabon



UK Weather: FLOODS and DANGER TO LIFE as 'gale force' winds sweep across UK

9/22/2018, 10:07:15 AM
UK weather forecasters have issued yellow weather warnings for this weekend, as potentially destructive winds and some flooding threatens many parts of the country on Sunday, bringing a volatile end to a summer of sunshine. ✔ UK Weather: Forecasters have predicted strong winds and heavy rain this weekend (Image: Met Office ) Next week, it is a different picture ✔ Lear claimed the north of the UK was likely to see the best conditions this weekend, as stormy conditions move across Britain from the southwest



Autumnal equinox, Hurricane Florence, Brett Kavanaugh accuser: 5 things to know this weekend

9/22/2018, 8:32:41 AM
Autumnal equinox signals summer's end, Brett Kavanaugh's accuser to decide on the terms of her testimony and more things to start your weekend. ✔ Autumn leaves(Photo: Autumn leaves) GOP agrees to give Kavanaugh accuser more time on testimony The contentious back-and-forth between Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee heads into the weekend after Ford's lawyers asked late Friday for an additional day to consider whether she will testify against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ✔ This is the second time the house has flooded in two years



Pathologist who examined Diana's body reveals bizarre questions he was asked

9/22/2018, 9:34:50 AM
Dr Richard Shepherd re-examined the princess's body for the official inquiry into her death in a Paris car crash two decades ago ✔ If she had taken this step, he believes she would have survived the tragedy in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel with a black eye or maybe a broken arm ✔ Dr Richard Shepherd's 'Unnatural Causes: The Life And Many Deaths Of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist' is published by Michael Joseph and available now



Analysis | 4 reasons why the Kavanaugh hearings have become a stalled tropical storm

9/22/2018, 11:21:41 AM
The legitimacy of the Supreme Court may be at stake. ✔ Gore , when Florida was recounting its votes to decide the 2000 election ✔ A polarized and partisan confirmation process with unresolved sexual assault allegations facing a lifetime appointee could undermine Kavanaugh’s legitimacy and that of the court on which he serves



It’s hard to overstate how destructive Proposition 6 would be for California. Vote no - Los Angeles Times

9/22/2018, 11:27:40 AM
Even though everyone agrees on the need for California to fix its infrastructure, some people don’t want to pay the needed gas taxes for it. That's unacceptable. ✔ There is bipartisan agreement that California needs to fix its deteriorating transportation infrastructure ✔ Too many Californians are stuck for hours in traffic without the option of a train, bus or bike ✔ GOP leaders including those who have no interest in California’s potholed roads, such as House Speaker Paul D



The lesson from Hurricane Florence? Don't elect Republicans, readers say - Los Angeles Times

9/22/2018, 11:14:50 AM
Everything is political nowadays, including natural disasters. Readers say the voters in North and South Carolina needs to elect more politicians to recognize the threat of climate change. ✔ Should elections be about further enriching Republicans and their insatiable, oil-spattered donors, or about the future of the planet their children will inherit ✔ A project like this requires common sense, and sadly Washington lacks any of that right now



Eagles into grand final after torching Demons

9/22/2018, 8:42:42 AM
West Coast will play in their second grand final in four years after producing a 66-point demolition of Melbourne in their preliminary final at Optus Stadium. ✔ Kennedy (four goals in the half, including three in the second quarter), Jack Darling (two), Jamie Cripps (two), Liam Ryan (one) and Mark LeCras (one) had all hit the scoreboard ✔ Votes Redden (WC) 9 Cripps (WC) 9 Hurn (WC) 8 Kennedy (WC) 8 Sheed (WC) 7



Princess Diana ‘would have been at Harry’s wedding if she'd worn a seatbelt’

9/22/2018, 11:51:46 AM
THE pathologist who examined the Princess Diana has said she would have survived the car crash that killed her if she had been wearing a seat belt. Dr Richard Shepherd maintains she would have walk… ✔ Dr Shepherd was the pathologist who carried out post mortem examinations when 35 were killed in the Clapham rail disaster in 1988 ✔ At the inquest into Diana's death, accident investigator Anthony Read said he could almost guarantee the couple would have survived had they been strapped in and the car travelling with in the speed limit



Man 'buzzing' about being a dad - and then threatens to kill unborn baby

9/22/2018, 11:49:37 AM
Gary Kingsley, 42, was jailed after brutally beating his partner in Hull ✔ The 42-year-old was jailed for 31 months for the shocking assault, Hull Live reports ✔ In a statement read out to the court the woman said she is still scared by what happened that day ✔ I'm surprised she has not asked for a restraining order because I would have ordered one



The 20 photographs of the week

9/22/2018, 9:55:15 AM
Super Typhoon Mangkhut, London fashion week, Hurricane Florence in the US and Theresa May isolated in Salzburg – the week captured by the world’s best photojournalists. ✔ Spring Lake, North Carolina The wall of a motel room shows how high the flooding reached from the Little River in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence ✔ Thirty-four former laboratory chimpanzees of former Austrian pharmaceutical company Immuno AG have spent their lives at the sanctuary since 2009



Brave dad whose 'gallstones' were deadly disease dies 3 months after wedding

9/22/2018, 10:55:57 AM
"Family man" Dean Patten tied the knot with his partner Nicola after being told he may have just six to eight months left to live ✔ A brave firefighter dad whose 'gallstones' turned out to be pancreatic cancer has died just three months after his wedding ✔ Over the years he has owned classic escorts and was a member of the RS owners club - he was Ford through and through ✔ The family has asked for donations in lieu of flowers to St Margaret's Hospice, who Nicola cannot thank enough for their care and support



Raw sewage in streets: Cholera is Zimbabwe's latest crisis

9/22/2018, 9:36:51 AM
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Raw sewage flows freely in some streets of Zimbabwe's capital, posing a deadly challenge to the recently elected president who has promised the troubled co ✔ HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) Raw sewage flows freely in some streets of Zimbabwe's capital, posing a deadly challenge to the recently elected president who has promised the troubled country a new dawn ✔ President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who took office after the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe and for a while sent hopes soaring, now spends his time vowing to fight a medieval disease ✔ Gloves worth $3 were suddenly worth $65, Masiyiwa said



Wizards, Moomins and pirates: the magic and mystery of literary maps

9/22/2018, 10:24:09 AM
From Moominland to the Marauder’s Map, writers Robert Macfarlane, Frances Hardinge and Harry Potter cartographer Miraphora Mina unfold their favourite maps ✔ X marks the spot: Robert Macfarlane on Treasure Island In the beginning was the map ✔ It depicts a rough-coasted island of woods, peaks, swamps and coves ✔ He is an inveterate nomad, vanishing from the Moominvalley for long months at a time, then returning without warning or explanation



'Death by a thousand cuts': How minor incidents of harassment create toxic environments for women

9/22/2018, 10:58:42 AM
In places like Hollywood, where sexual harassment and microaggressions have been normalized for decades, it's not surprising that women who never come into contact with accused serial predators like Bill Cosby still feel the effects. ✔ They’re sexual in nature, where men take your sexuality and weaponize it against you ✔ After the #MeToo movement took off, she joined a team of more than 20 female filmmakers who used their personal experiences to create a public service announcement to further the momentum of the movement ✔ Freeman denied the accusations.(Photo: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Fullscreen R ✔ CancelSend Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address



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