"A bad science fiction movie": Large, aggressive mosquitoes swarm N.C. city after Florence
9/27/2018, 2:16:12 PMThe state has 61 mosquito species, and "when the flood comes, we get many, many billions of them," professor says ✔ 'While most mosquitoes that emerge after flooding do not transmit human disease, they still pose a public health problem by discouraging people from going outside and hindering recovery efforts ✔ Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has said he expected losses to be great because harvests were under way or just getting started
Greece earthquake ALERT: Major earthquake shakes Kalamata - tourists rattled
9/27/2018, 12:35:01 PMGREECE has been hit by a major earthquake today, as tourists and locals report feeling shaking in the city of Kalamata. ✔ The epicenter of the quake was 37 kilometers west of Methoni in the Peloponnese peninsula, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre ✔ It struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles), at 11.21 am BST ✔ Residents in the city of Kalamata, felt the shaking according to Greek media reports
Deadly 'Medicane' storm phenomenon threatens Mediterranean holiday hotspots
9/27/2018, 1:32:59 PMThe Medicane - a tropical-like storm that forecasters say can reach a similar strength to a Category 1 hurricane - is set to strike tourist hotspots this week ✔ They are known for their beautiful beaches and glorious sunshine ✔ There is the potential for severe flooding, as well as damaging gusts ✔ It adds that some spots on the island of Sicily and in Greece could see more than three inches of rain, but many will experience one or two inches
What is an Indian Summer, why did it get the name and are we due to have one in the UK?
9/27/2018, 12:10:26 PMBRITAIN 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
'A racist, misogynist disaster': Twitter slams Claudia Kim's 'Fantastic Beasts' casting
9/27/2018, 2:16:08 PMNot all is "Fantastic" in the newest trailer for the "Fantastic Beasts" sequel. Claudia Kim's casting as Nagini doesn't have everyone under a spell. ✔ Some on Twitter were quick to point out, what they felt, was inappropriate about the decision ✔ In this, she’s a wonderful and vulnerable woman who wants to live ✔ 7), the latest spinoff of the popular The Conjuring horror franchise ✔ 14), based on the 1892 murders of the Borden family ✔ PETER IOVINO Fullscreen Last SlideNext Slide
Alaska earthquake: Volcano hit by HUGE QUAKE - Tanaga volcano rumbles on Aleutian arc
9/27/2018, 3:53:51 PMEARTHQUAKES are once again rocking the US state of Alaska, adding to near constant activity in the region. The latest tremors were more intense than usual, and struck close to a volcano on the Aleutian island arc. ✔ The area is not inhabited, and is mainly used by researchers to monitor the volcano and nearby earthquake activity ✔ Adak island is the nearest inhabited region, with a population of 332, stationed 81 miles west of Tanaga ✔ In 1964, the quake struck over a period of 4.5 minutes, killing 100 and devastating the nearby city of Anchorage
Jeremy Corbyn speech: Labour leader demands customs union agreement to stop no-deal Brexit 'disaster'
9/27/2018, 2:34:14 PMJeremy Corbyn said Labour will vote against Theresa May's Chequers plan, "or whatever is left of it", as he demanded a customs union agreement. ✔ He said a Labour government will guarantee whatever support necessary to ensure the security of Jewish community centres and places of worship, as we will for any other community experiencing hateful behaviour and physical attacks ✔ Setting out the plans, Mr Corbyn will say: There is no bigger threat facing humanity than climate change
Hurricane Rosa tracker LIVE: Rosa INTENSIFIES - Hurricane to SOAK Mexico
9/27/2018, 12:12:22 PMHURRICANE Rosa is tracking through the Pacific Ocean close to Mexico, threatening to unleash a barrage of wind and rain. Here are the latest updates and location information as the hurricane intensifies. ✔ The weather experts have said: Both atmospheric and oceanic conditions are favorable for intensification with the possibility of rapid strengthening within the next 12 to 24 hours ✔ NOAA also noted that Rosa's cloud patterns are a little more impressive with plenty of deep convection and a well-defined cyclonically-curved band south of the center
Summer’s last gasp? Photogenic late-September thunderstorms roll through D.C.
9/27/2018, 3:46:58 PMThe line of thunderstorms was garden-variety in the city, but they produced a few memorable moments. ✔ A wide view of a thunderstorm approaching Washington ✔ area late Wednesday, producing briefly heavy rain and somewhat sporadic lightning ✔ This is when traffic is heavy and parking is limited ✔ A rain shaft associated with the thunderstorm moves across the city
Cyclone warning as gale-force winds of 100mph batter Greece and Turkey
9/27/2018, 3:27:20 PMMeteorologists are warning of a high probability of a cyclone forming in off the coast of Greece, as gale-force winds continue to batter the country and force the closure of schools. ✔ Meteorologists are warning of a high probability of a tropical-like cyclone forming in off the coast of Greece, as gale-force winds continue to batter the country and force the closure of schools ✔ Although most do not have hurricane strength, forecasters say this one may reach a similar strength to a Category 1 hurricane
Hurricane Rosa tracker MAPPED: Rosa to become MAJOR hurricane TODAY
9/27/2018, 12:24:40 PMHURRICANE Rosa is forecast to strengthen rapidly and become a major hurricane today and will likely cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions of the coast of Mexico and the southern Baja California Peninsula over the weekend. ✔ Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 miles from the centre and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles ✔ The NHC said a broad area of low pressure about 300 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, was producing showers and thunderstorms on its north side ✔ The National Weather Service categorised the heavy rainfall as a one in a thousand year rainfall event
Intense allied WWII bombing raids felt on edge of space, damaged Earth’s atmosphere - study
9/27/2018, 12:39:25 PMBombing raids carried out by Allied forces in Europe during WWII were so powerful that they were detected at the edge of space and actually heated up the Earth’s upper atmosphere. ✔ Their findings were published in Annales Geophysicae this week ✔ Each raid released the energy of at least 300 lightning strikes ✔ The researchers are looking to expand the data set and have asked for the public’s assistance in digitizing additional atmospheric records from the World War 2 era
The Latest: Haiti leader seeks help against climate change
9/27/2018, 3:51:19 PMUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest on the United Nations General Assembly (all times local): 11:20 a.m. Haiti's president says increasingly violent hurri ✔ emit little greenhouse gases but suffer the largest part of the damage caused by more frequent, more violent hurricanes ✔ For example, he said Hurricane Matthew in 2016 caused damage in Haiti equivalent to 32 percent of gross domestic product ✔ He said that aggravates deep poverty and social tensions even as he tries to pull Haiti out of its chronic troubles
Argentina's peso slips as investors fear volatility despite IMF deal
9/27/2018, 3:41:50 PM- Argentina's peso slipped on Thursday as investors worried that a revised ... ✔ The peso ARS=RASL weakened around 2.9 on Thursday in early trade to 39.3 per U.S. dollar ✔ There may be noise and volatility in the short term but we do not see any risk, with the exchange rate already at these levels, that the situation will get completely out of hand, it said in the report ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
House Passes Bill To Improve Casualty Count In Natural Disasters
9/27/2018, 12:58:52 PMPuerto Rico's woefully inaccurate mortality count from Hurricane Maria's should serve as a lesson, said Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.), who introduced the... ✔ I am very proud that the House has just passed my bill, the COUNT Act to establish federal procedures for counting fatalities after disaster strikes ✔ FEMA administrator Brock Long, a Trump appointee, backed the president’s disavowal of the toll, claiming the agency doesn’t count deaths
Ree Drummond Says She and Her Husband Ladd Forgot Their Anniversary This Year: It 'Blew By Us'
9/27/2018, 3:36:47 PMThe Pioneer Woman star may have missed the big day, but she made up for it with a gushy post on Instagram. ✔ Ree and Ladd, who celebrated 22 years of marriage on Sept ✔ We were ultimately so glad that we decided to pay tribute to her on one of our episodes because she’s been on the show since 2011 ✔ If we’ve had a little disagreement, as long as our feet touch, it’s all good
Coronation Street LEAK: Gina Seddon betrays Sally Metcalfe with Tim after horror date?
9/27/2018, 1:46:47 PMCORONATION STREET viewers are enthralled by Tim Metcalfe’s ongoing almost-affair with Gina Seddon, but as she attempts to get over her brief fling with her brother-in-law, things get even worse. ✔ Needless to say, Gina’s first attempt at dating doesn’t go so well, but will she return to Tim to be consoled after her harrowing experience ✔ And they’re not the only people who caught them in the act, as Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) walked in on them ✔ Coronation Street continues tomorrow at 7.30pm on ITV
Jeremy Corbyn stuns as he goes against Labour to SUPPORT May’s Brexit – with one catch
9/27/2018, 12:24:55 PMLABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn has appeared to contradict senior figures within his own party who are eyeing a second Brexit referendum – by suggesting he would be prepared to back Prime Minister Theresa May’s Chequers blueprint, as long as it is accompanied a vow to stay in the customs union. ✔ Brexit is about the future of our country and our vital interests ✔ It is not about leadership squabbles or parliamentary posturing ✔ Time is running out and companies are losing patience with the absence of any clarity from the government ✔ His comments are also intended to put pressure of Theresa May
London fire chief 'couldn't believe what she was seeing' at Grenfell
9/27/2018, 1:51:29 PMCommissioner Dany Cotton, the most senior fire officer to give evidence at the inquiry into the fire, said she did not receive training on fire-spread over the facade of a high rise residential block. ✔ She said: 'I recall I actually physically went and touched some firefighters when I spoke to them, because I was not a hundred percent convinced in my mind that everybody was going to come out of there alive ✔ 'I wouldn't expect us to be developing training or a response to something that simply shouldn't happen.' Some 71 people died in the fire on June 14 last year, with a 72nd victim dying months later
Opinion | Foreign aid as a cash-only transaction? It’s worth a try.
9/27/2018, 1:14:04 PMMaybe it is time to rethink the idea that we know better what other people need. ✔ By Christine Emba Christine Emba Columnist focused on ideas and society ✔ And giving cash in larger amounts could be transformational , if we can bring ourselves to do it ✔ In his own writing on the study’s results, GiveDirectly co-founders Michael Faye and Paul Niehaus suggest that donors such as the United States and United Nations begin to use cash as a yardstick: If an intervention isn’t more effective than cash, then perhaps the donor should switch gears
Opinion | The press conference from ‘The Twilight Zone’
9/27/2018, 1:27:54 PMBob Woodward's interview subjects and the unnamed New York Times op-ed writer were perhaps too generous. ✔ President Trump at a news conference in New York on Wednesday ✔ (Evan Vucci/AP) By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer reporting from a center-right perspective Email Bio Follow Opinion writer September 27 at 9:00 AM You had to watch it to believe it ✔ You know, my whole life I was told that’s the toughest deal ✔ But it is tough, but we’re going to take care of that too ✔ But he’s also going to be very fair with the Palestinians
Analysis | The Energy 202: Republicans rev up calls to rewrite Endangered Species Act
9/27/2018, 1:13:58 PMThey're spurred by recent court decisions about grizzly bears and gray wolves. ✔ Analysts predict 1 million to 1.5 million barrels per day of oil will be cut from the market, but Perry suggested other nations will increase production to fill the gap, The Hill reports ✔ A wild Eastern box turtle that was found in a park near the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore was given a Lego-made wheelchair to help heal a fracture on the underbelly of its shell, The Post’s Dana Hedgpeth reports
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