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Tropical Storm Rosa quickly strengthens off Mexico's Pacific coast, may become hurricane

9/26/2018, 3:29:54 AM
Rosa is likely to become hurricane status by early Wednesday and a major hurricane by Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center ✔ These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions, they said ✔ Economic research firm Moody's Analytics estimated that the storm has caused around $44 billion in damage and lost output, one of the 10 costliest hurricanes to hit the U.S. The worst disaster, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, cost $192.2 billion in today's dollars



Infogram: Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda - Disaster displacements figures

9/26/2018, 2:13:20 AM
The ten largest displacement figures Africa occupying second to fifth slots. Floods across Kenya accounted for 326,000 displacements. Floods in nine regions of Somalia displaced 289,000 with 171,000 d ✔ 04:00 Infogram: Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda - Disaster displacements figures



Surprise Indian summer continues to warm south but heavy rain expected in north

9/26/2018, 2:22:33 AM
It will be warm and sunny in the south but cooler further north as the Met Office forecasts a divide across the country ✔ Brits can expect to bask in more balmy weather as the surprise Indian summer continues to warm the south ✔ Today it will reach 21C in London, while tomorrow it's expected to rise to 22C in the capital and other areas in the south-east, making the country warmer than Greece ✔ It will be cloudy and windy for Scotland and Northern Ireland with outbreaks of rain, some heavy in the far north-west



Thousands told to flee as Florence-triggered floods wash into South...

9/26/2018, 1:14:58 AM
s) - Thousands of people in the Georgetown, South Carolina, area were urged to e... ✔ Parts of Georgetown could be submerged in up to 10 feet (3 meters) of water in the coming days as the Pee Dee and Waccamaw rivers overrun their banks, the National Weather Service said, adding that the deluge threatened to cut off highways and isolate communities



North Carolina Ignored Scientists' Warnings About Sea Levels. Now The State Is Dealing With A Disaster.

9/26/2018, 2:08:02 AM
Thousands more homes were damaged by Florence because of rising seas, scientists said. Six years ago, North Carolina Republicans voted to ban sea level rise science.



FEMA Chief Brock Long’s Unauthorized Travel Cost Government $151,000, Inspector General Report Shows

9/26/2018, 1:14:21 AM
President Trump’s top disaster official’s unauthorized use of government vehicles cost the government $151,000, according to an internal investigation. ✔ Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Brock Long is seen at a briefing on Hurricane Florence on Sept ✔ John Veach, a senior FEMA official who oversaw the agency’s continuity programs, has also been suspended due to his involvement in Mr. Long’s travel, according to people familiar with the matter



Venezuela set to dramatically CRASH special UN meeting and demand MILLIONS of dollars

9/26/2018, 2:14:08 AM
VENEZUELA’s Foreign Minister intends to crash a special UN meeting on the unprecedented economic disaster that has caused millions of people to flee their homes as the South American nation faces financial ruin. ✔ Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday: Today, socialism has bankrupted the oil-rich nation and driven its people into abject poverty ✔ Venezuela's Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said on Monday: We are ready to present confessions made by the detainees to the foreign ministers of Colombia, Chile and Mexico



Amnesty cautions Ethiopia against return to era of arbitrary arrests

9/26/2018, 2:13:21 AM
Violence that raged from Sept. 12-17 and included attacks on minorities in Ethiopia’s ethnic Oromo heartland outside Addis Ababa, was a blow to reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s efforts at rec ✔ 04:00 Infogram: Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda - Disaster displacements figures



Can Nomura crack the Chinese market?

9/26/2018, 3:59:23 AM
Japanese bank sees its experience with aging clients as advantage ✔ Nomura was still reeling from its decision in 2008 to acquire the Asian and European operations of Lehman Brothers -- a move that Nomura officials hoped would allow the bank to leapfrog into the ranks of the biggest global players ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th



National Reality TV Awards: Hayley Hughes kisses with DJ Tom Zanetti

9/26/2018, 1:28:29 AM
Hayley Hughes was happy in the arms of her man DJ Tom Zanetti as they packed on the PDA following the National Reality TV Awards 2018, in London on Tuesday. ✔ She may not have found love in the Mallorcan villa during her brief television stint over the summer ✔ Passionate pictures capture the moment the lovebirds got hot and heavy outside of the swanky venue, away from the reality star guest list ✔ The Scouse model turned heads in skimpy embellished co-ords as she joined forces with her glamorous fellow Islander, Samira Mighty



Opinion | #MeToo depends on the credibility of the journalists who report on it

9/26/2018, 12:38:26 AM
Journalists know how often people tell them things that aren’t true. ✔ And among that group, I saw a sudden shift toward the view that Republicans must take the matter at least through a hearing ✔ Otherwise, nominee after nominee would go down to a string of unverifiable allegations ✔ Richard Cohen: The FBI is investigating Lincoln’s hat



PSA crash at 40: A page of San Diego history 'written in blood' - Los Angeles Times

9/26/2018, 12:40:10 AM
40-year anniversary ✔ Three engines, landing gear, portions of the wing, body parts and other debris burst from the 727, then fell as a fiery rain ✔ When I’m asked where this house is, I say over in North Park, where the plane went down, he said of the place he has kept as a rental since his family outgrew it



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