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Disasters - SERIES 205 {24 articles}

Crocodiles swim near terrified residents' homes as streets flood

9/25/2018, 10:52:44 AM
Video shows volunteers and Civil Protection officers struggling to capture one of the beasts in murky water ✔ Ropes were tied around the crocodile's jaws and tail (Image: CEN) The reptile struggled to break free, but was eventually hauled in (Image: CEN) Read More Top Stories from Mirror Online Bride's list of rules for wedding guests Brit millionaire and wife missing easyJet pilot answers your questions Woman's fight for life against husband A devastating storm with heavy rain caused the Cutio river and Parastico dam to overflow



Hurricane tracker update: Will Tropical Storm Leslie become a HURRICANE? Where is it now?

9/25/2018, 8:55:23 AM
TROPICAL storm Leslie is gathering strength in the Atlantic Ocean - but will it become a hurricane and where is it now? ✔ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) named the storm the next day, describing it as a short-lived cyclone ✔ HURRICANE TRACKER: COULD HURRICANE FLORENCE REFORM AND COME BACK AS HURRICANE KIRK ✔ North Carolina Emergency Management Director Michael Sprayberry said in a statement: Florence continues to bring misery to North Carolina



Typhoon Trami tracker: Latest spaghetti models - CAT 4 super typhoon EXPLODES in strength

9/25/2018, 9:30:14 AM
SUPER Typhoon Trami has shot up to a category 4 with current gusts of 152mph meaning the barreling storm is teetering on the edge of becoming the equivalent of a category 5 monster - here are the latest spaghetti models and updates on Trami's path. ✔ The nation's Central Weather Bureau (CWB) has issued a heavy rain advisory for New Taipei City, Taipei City, Keelung City, Yilan County, Hualien County and Taitung County ✔ Trams was located 447 miles east of Basco, Batanes, at 3am BST (10am local time), according to the latest Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) report ✔ No tropical cyclone warning signal is yet in place



What is an Indian Summer, why did it get the name and are we due to have one in the UK?

9/25/2018, 11:03:14 AM
BRITAIN is set to bask in a 23C Indian Summer as we enter into the Autumn – a U-turn after Storm Bronagh and Storm Ali battered the country with high winds and heavy rain. Here’s what y… ✔ Then a severe frost succeeds which prepares it to receive the voluminous coat of snow which is soon to follow; though it is often preceded by a short interval of smoke and mildness, called the Indian Summer, he wrote ✔ For October, settled and drier conditions are likely to dominate across many parts of the UK during the beginning of this period



In western Afghanistan, villagers are fleeing not just war but drought

9/25/2018, 10:43:02 AM
Compounding the woes of fighting, crop failures after years with little rain are affecting more than half the country’s provinces. ✔ Makeshift tents cover a barren hillside outside Qala-e Nau, Afghanistan, erected by farming families fleeing drought and conflict in western Badghis province ✔ But across drought-stricken, war-torn Badghis province in far western Afghanistan, the wait will not end soon ✔ Tents made of torn blankets and canvas were tied to poles and weighted down with rocks



11 Days After Florence, South Carolinians Are Bracing For The Worst

9/25/2018, 10:46:37 AM
Thousands have been urged to evacuate as possible record flooding threatens in the coming days. ✔ pic.twitter.com/ZkD1M7XdBg AccuWeather (@accuweather) September 24, 2018 Conway , SC flooding before and after and it's still rising there ✔ The storm dumped trillions of gallons of water in the Carolinas, setting records for rainfall from hurricanes in both states



Typhoon Trami satellite pictures: Asia on ALERT as MONSTER super typhoon to ENGULF Taiwan

9/25/2018, 11:01:10 AM
TYPHOON Trami has exploded in strength and is forecast to intensify further as it heads for Taiwan and Japan today. ✔ The Japanese island of Miyakojima, home to more than 50,000 people, is now in the life-threatening storm's path ✔ Areas from northern Taiwan through the southern Ryukyu Islands can also expect to feel some impacts from Trami as early as Friday, with the worst conditions expected on Saturday and Sunday ✔ As of September 2018, Mangkhut was also the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide this year



Typhoon Trami tracker: Category 5 Super Typhoon heads for Taiwan and Japan - latest update

9/25/2018, 10:37:04 AM
TYPHOON Trami is roaring around the western Pacific, as the most recent category 5 typhoon to take shape during the Pacific typhoon season. What is typhoon Trami's path? ✔ However, prognostic reasoning from the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JRWC) is expecting the system to travel very slowly ✔ Hurricane Florence and typhoon Mangkhut have been traditionally symptomatic of the season, with a number of deaths and heavy infrastructure damage inflicted as a result of their high winds



Is a hunt the answer when bears start getting bolder?

9/25/2018, 10:06:08 AM
CANTON, Conn. (AP) — Tom Bradley had grown accustomed to seeing black bears walk through his Connecticut neighborhood, but this month he was alarmed to find something trying to tu ✔ (AP) Tom Bradley had grown accustomed to seeing black bears walk through his Connecticut neighborhood, but this month he was alarmed to find something trying to turn a doorknob to enter his house ✔ But, he said, bears are most often rewarded for living near people and seldom face a negative consequence



Oceania, Royal Academy, review: an astonishing blast of a show 

9/25/2018, 8:32:20 AM
A great cascading tidal wave of blue greets visitors to the Royal Academy’s latest exhibition, the first ever survey of Oceanic art held in Britain. ✔ Suspended high above our heads, it flows down before splashing onto the ground, its chevron-like pattern evoking the rippling surface of the sea ✔ Woven out of pieces of ordinary tarpaulin, it offers a frightening vision of a plastic ocean, clogged with human..



UK weather forecast: Britain hit by BITTER winter chill as wind speed exceeds 50mph TODAY

9/25/2018, 10:21:15 AM
UK weather will bite even further today with the Met Office forecast showing 50mph winds will batter parts of the country as temperatures plunge. ✔ But even for north east England and eastern Scotland the good old fern effect will mean that temperatures here will reach the low 20s in places ✔ Brutally cold weather will be driven in part by plunge in solar activity with subsequent knock-on effects on the jet stream and Arctic airmass, according to long-range forecasters ✔ This year we are expecting potentially hazardous winter conditions from early on in the season



UK weather forecast: Winter 2018 to be COLDEST for 10 YEARS with months of HEAVY SNOW

9/25/2018, 10:36:59 AM
THE UK is braced for the coldest winter in 10 years amid a deluge of snow, according to the latest long-range predictions from weather forecasters. ✔ This summer’s heatwave already seems a distant memory with the return of cold mornings this week ✔ This also impacts the influence of high pressure in Greenland and how it displaces large pools of cold air across our shores ✔ UK WEATHER FORECAST: BRITAIN HIT BY BITTER WINTER CHILL AS WIND SPEED EXCEEDS 50MPH TODAY UK weather forecast: The long-range forecast from Exacta weather points to a icy winter ahead (Image: Getty) The Met Office, however, says it is too early to make any long-term snow predictions



After the hurricane comes the deluge on South Carolina coast

9/25/2018, 10:18:58 AM
Eleven days ago, Lee Gantt was at a Hurricane Florence party in her neighborhood in Georgetown, where the story goes that some houses haven’t flooded from the Sampit River since they were built before the American Revolution. ✔ Around 5,000 people were without power, down from a peak of about 800,000, and about 2,200 people were in shelters, compared with a high of around 20,000, the governor said ✔ Robertson and Alex Derosier in Raleigh; Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina; Sarah Rankin in Richmond, Virginia; and Sarah Brumfield in Washington contributed to this report



Guest finds scorpion at Tory Party Conference hotel. The jokes write themselves

9/25/2018, 11:49:49 AM
A venomous, creepy creature was spotted in the Birmingham Regency Hyatt Hotel. And conference hasn't even started yet ✔ A venomous, creepy creature has been spotted scuttling through the halls of Birmingham's Regency Hyatt hotel ✔ According to the Birmingham Mail , the eight-legged critter was found on the third floor of the lush hotel ✔ Vic Hurr, an animal collection officer (ACO) for the charity, was sent to the hotel - where staff had named the creature Pepe



What’s Behind Italy’s Crisis And Why It Matters

9/25/2018, 9:40:17 AM
An economist answers four important questions on what's behind the political turmoil in Italy and what's at stake for Europe and the world. ✔ The document proposed canceling some of the Italian debt currently held by the European Central Bank, which shook financial markets because it’s basically telling banks and other lenders that they might not get their money back ✔ This article originally appeared in The Conversation



May aides plotting a snap election must be DRUNK, Lord Hague warns

9/25/2018, 8:21:54 AM
The Tory former leader voiced alarm at claims that Downing Street aides are seriously considering the 'nonsensical' idea in the wake of the PM's humiliation at the hands of EU leaders. ✔ Allies of Theresa May who are plotting a snap election must be drunk or ill, Lord Hague warned today ✔ The thinking has been encouraged by the latest polling which indicates a slump in support for Mr Corbyn among those who voted Labour at the 2017 Election



MH370 ‘wreckage’ found in jungle 'matches jet’s last satellite ping’

9/25/2018, 9:01:52 AM
A SATELLITE communicated with the doomed MH370 jet close to where “plane wreckage” has been spotted on Google Maps, it has been claimed. The Malaysian Airlines plane vanished on March 8… ✔ But then there's the northern and southern corridors ✔ So we found out three images, shot in 2015, 2016 and 2018 from our archive ✔ In July this year, the Malaysian government released the findings of their investigation admitting they still do not know what happened to the passenger jet



Post Moonves, CBS Should Put More Women on TV

9/25/2018, 10:24:51 AM
The dearth of female-powered content at CBS threatens to hurt its business. ✔ In 2016 when CBS was criticized for its lack of diversity, it promised to do better and launched an initiative to find talent ✔ Analysts worry that the company may lose its license for NFL content entirely, when the contract expires in 2022 ✔ After Murphy Brown, next up could be a Mary Tyler Moore Show for the #MeToo era



Lemon drizzle revealed as Britain's best loved cake

9/25/2018, 10:04:40 AM
Researchers polled Brits to reveal the nation's most loved cake, with lemon drizzle emerging as the clear favourite with 40 per cent of the total vote, closely followed by the chocolate fudge cake. ✔ The sweet treat beat off strong competition from chocolate fudge cake which came second at 38 per cent (file photo) Teatime favourite carrot cake placed third (37 per cent, left), and American-born chocolate brownie came in fourth (right; file photo) The classic British Victoria sponge trailed in fifth place, according to the study of over 2,000 people by Protein World So it's no surprise that 62 per cent of us say we would like to find a way to enjoy it without the sugar and remorse



A's clinch playoff berth, then beat Mariners 7-3

9/25/2018, 8:37:44 AM
SEATTLE (AP) — Champagne flowed in the clubhouse as players bopped around and screamed in a wild celebration after the Oakland Athletics clinched their first playoff berth in four ✔ SEATTLE (AP) Champagne flowed in the clubhouse as players bopped around and screamed in a wild celebration after the Oakland Athletics clinched their first playoff berth in four years ✔ That included left-hander Sean Manaea, who pitched a no-hitter on April 21 against Boston and is done for the year recovering from arthroscopic shoulder surgery that took place this past week



Homeless woman is moved out of city centre just hours before arts event begins

9/25/2018, 8:01:51 AM
Anne, 62, had been sleeping rough in Belfast and was moved to a park just hours before Culture Night got underway, but the event's organisers claim it was done for her own safety ✔ He added: Anne’s belongings are packed into suitcases and bags and they are very, very precious to her ✔ But they have proved an issue to her accessing shelters because she is fearful about leaving her stuff unattended ✔ Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council has been contacted for comment



Red Hook: the hip New York enclave caught between gentrification and climate change

9/25/2018, 11:04:04 AM
Residents of the transforming Brooklyn neighborhood, a peninsula surrounded by water, saw a grim look at its future on the city’s floodplain after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 ✔ The party at Bait & Tackle didn’t look like a funeral ✔ But every now and then you caught someone go quiet, stare at the ceiling, take a deep breath and sigh, eyes glimmering ✔ Some gentrifiers come because they want their kids to attend the local private school that opened a year after Sandy



How Trump split Mexico and Canada in NAFTA talks

9/25/2018, 11:32:51 AM
s) - A day after winning the Mexican presidential election, Andres Manuel Lopez ... ✔ Mexico weakened Canada’s negotiating leverage when it conceded on some issues important to Ottawa, including a mechanism to resolve disputes between NAFTA members known as Chapter 19, which Canadian officials say offers protection from unfair trade practices



What is Ebola, has there been an outbreak in 2018 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is there a vaccine?

9/25/2018, 11:22:07 AM
THE Ebola virus claimed more than 11,000 lives when it swept through Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia in an outbreak beginning in December 2013. Now the disease has reared its ugly head once again … ✔ However, they tended to be confined to villages close to rainforests in Central and West Africa ✔ He is thought to have become infected with the virus at his sister's funeral, after she died of Ebola ✔ August 8, 2014 The World Health Organisation declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, a public health emergency of international concern



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