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Hurricane Gordon: TORRENTIAL rain causes street FLOODING in Alabama

9/5/2018, 2:52:08 AM
TROPICAL Storm Gordon is about to hit the US, and is already spreading heavy rain and damaging winds across the Gulf Coast, causing severe street flooding on Dauphin Island, Alabama. ✔ Remember: Turn around don’t drown! The Gulf Coast braces for Hurricane Gordon (Image: GETTY) The storm is expected to reach hurricane speeds (74-plus mph) when it makes landfall in the next couple of hours ✔ Bel Edwards also stated 350 National Guard troops would be deployed to southeastern Louisiana to help with the anticipated heavy rain and strong winds



Hurricane Gordon WARNING issued for Alabama and Mississippi as BRUTAL storm approaches

9/5/2018, 1:25:37 AM
TROPICAL STORM Gordon will make landfall along the northern Gulf Coast tonight, and as it is gathering strength in the warm waters, a hurricane warning has been put in place for Alabama and Mississippi. ✔ Gordon is forecast to unleash a torrent of hazards when it hits, including torrential rain, powerful winds, life-threatening storm surges and tornadoes ✔ However, forecasters say when it does make landfall, it will be in the least severe classification ✔ It still looks like it could become a hurricane, but it’s starting to run out of time



Typhoon Jebi smashes Japan in the country's worst storm for 25 years

9/5/2018, 3:49:55 AM
NINE people have been killed and one million issued evacuation warnings as Japan feels the brunt of its worst storm in 25 years. Typhoon Jebi made landfall on Japans central west coast on Tuesday w… ✔ The storm made landfall on Shikoku, the smallest main island, around noon ✔ Toyota Motor Corp said it was cancelling the night shift at 14 plants ✔ However, it was set to speed up after making landfall, minimising the amount of rain that will fall in one place



Gordon slams Gulf Coast with tropical-force winds, rain

9/5/2018, 2:51:07 AM
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Gordon has begun hurling tropical storm-force winds onshore along the Alabama and western Florida Panhandle coastline. The National Hurricane ✔ (AP) Gordon has begun hurling tropical storm-force winds onshore along the Alabama and western Florida Panhandle coastline ✔ (Matthew Hinton /The Advocate via AP) A woman uses a beach umbrella to stay dry as she crosses Scenic Highway 98 in Miramar Beach, Fla., Tuesday Sept



Stranded people leave flooded airport after typhoon in Japan

9/5/2018, 3:33:42 AM
TOKYO (AP) — People stranded at a flooded offshore airport overnight returned by boat and bus to the Japanese mainland Wednesday morning after a typhoon swept across part of Japan ✔ TOKYO (AP) People stranded at a flooded offshore airport overnight returned by boat and bus to the Japanese mainland Wednesday morning after a typhoon swept across part of Japan's main island ✔ The Typhoon Jebi slammed into western Japan on Tuesday, inundating the region's main international airport and blowing a tanker into a bridge, disrupting land and air travel and leaving thousands stranded



Gulf Coast under hurricane warning as Tropical Storm Gordon nears

9/5/2018, 2:25:59 AM
By Tuesday evening, Gordon was about 75 miles southeast of Biloxi, Miss., and building toward hurricane strength. ✔ Florida is not under a hurricane warning, but tropical storm warnings were in effect for Escambia County and coastal portions of Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties ✔ But the low-lying city’s Sewerage and Water Board said this week that 116 out of 120 pumps were available and that it had more power than it needed to run the city’s entire drainage system



Typhoon Jebi engulfs Kansai airport [PHOTOS]

9/5/2018, 1:24:42 AM
undefined ✔ AP-Yonhap Our house is right at the base of a mountain, so it's a little dangerous and we decided to leave, one woman told NHK ✔ Toyota Motor Corp said it was cancelling the night shift at some 14 plants ✔ However, it was set to speed up after making landfall, minimising the amount of rain that will fall in one place



Tropical Storm Florence threatens Britain with gusts of 65mph

9/5/2018, 2:23:26 AM
The Atlantic storm, which could strengthen to a hurricane, may be about to bring dramatic changes to current humid temperatures with very wet and windy weather ✔ It could even strengthen into a hurricane next week as it travels over warmer waters ✔ Latest model runs show a variety of downstream effects for Western Europe ✔ Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to playTap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now Three-day UK weather forecast Today (Wednesday) : England and Wales will be mostly dry with sunny spells but there is the chance of some heavy showers in the far south-east during the morning ✔ There will be rain for many parts on Friday, heavy in the north



Typhoon death toll reaches 9; thousands being transported from Kansai airport

9/5/2018, 3:52:32 AM
The toll in the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in a quarter century rose Wednesday to nine, with thousands stranded at a major airport because of storm damage. Typhoon Jebi slammed into the west coast of Japan around noon on Tuesday, bringing maximum winds of 216 kilometers an hour… ✔ The powerful gusts ripped sheeting from rooftops, overturned trucks on bridges and swept a 2,591-ton tanker anchored in Osaka Bay into a bridge leading to Kansai International Airport ✔ A truck is toppled by typhoon winds on the Seto Ohashi bridge in Sakade ✔ Since the disaster, authorities have urged people to take the warnings more seriously and prepare to leave home immediately they are issued



Gordon makes landfall near Alabama-Mississippi border

9/5/2018, 3:47:07 AM
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Thousands of people were without power as Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall late Tuesday just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border. The Na ✔ Governors in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana all declared states of emergency to better mobilize state resources and National Guard troops for the storm ✔ 3) The National Hurricane Center says Gordon has begun hurling tropical storm-force winds onshore along the Alabama and western Florida Panhandle coastline



7 dead, 200 injured after typhoon batters western Japan; 5,000 stranded at Kansai airport

9/5/2018, 12:38:03 AM
The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years tore across the west of the country Tuesday, killing seven people and injuring at least 200 with violent winds and heavy rainfall. The strong gusts ripped sheeting from rooftops, overturned trucks on bridges and swept a tanker anchored in Osaka Bay… ✔ Elsewhere, the winds whipped away part of the ceiling from Kyoto station and peeled off multi-storey scaffolding on a building in Osaka ✔ Since the disaster, authorities have urged people to take the warnings more seriously and prepare to leave home immediately they are issued



This 84-year-old hurricane hunter has flown into the eye of 574 storms. He's not done yet

9/5/2018, 2:25:52 AM
James McFadden has flown into hundreds of hurricanes in his five-decade career in federal government, but he still remembers his first flight. ✔ But mainly, the 84-year-old remembers just how utterly underwhelming it all was ✔ And (we're) doing this satellite calibration validation work ✔ (The job) combines three things I like: the weather, travel and airplanes ✔ What would I do that's any more fun than what I'm doing now, and more interesting



Sharing leads to harvest of progress - World

9/5/2018, 2:19:24 AM
undefined ✔ Agricultural officials from Ethiopia are shown an irrigation facility in Beijing's Daxing district on Aug 10 ✔ Xu Wei / China Daily Ethiopian officials reap the benefits of China's rich agricultural experience Elias Awol had a packed schedule with his group on a 10-day trip to China: attending lectures, taking field trips to farms and talking with farmers and business owners ✔ For some countries like Ethiopia, investing in irrigation is a way to ensure food security, he said



Student becomes first Miss England contestant to wear hijab... but Miss Newcastle takes the crown

9/5/2018, 12:52:04 AM
A MUSLIM student became the first Miss England contestant to walk the runway in a Hijab – but lost out on the crown to Miss Newcastle. Sara Iftekhar, 20, who studies law at The University of … ✔ The opportunities which I have received with being a finalist in Miss England are opportunities which I would never have thought of and will forever be grateful for ✔ When she was 16, Sara started up a clothing business and donated profits to Beauty with a Purpose – a charity backed by the Miss World organisation ✔ Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368



Nikki Haley pushes UN Security Council meeting on Nicaragua

9/5/2018, 12:31:02 AM
"How many people have to die before it's a matter of peace and security?" US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley asked Tuesday as she pushed for a meeting on Nicaragua, amid open division among diplomats regarding the need for a session. ✔ A police vehicle was set on fire in the street during an anti-government protest in Managua on Sunday ✔ Read More Last week Nicaragua ordered a team of UN human rights experts to leave the country, which they did on September 1, according to a UN spokesman



The EU is a cesspit of waste, inflated salaries and contempt for citizens

9/5/2018, 1:01:26 AM
THE stench of corruption in Brussels — condemned now by its own watchdog — is stomach-turning. Jean-Claude Juncker installed his Britain-hating henchman Martin Selmayr as European Commission secret… ✔ Yet, incredibly, some Remainers still clamour to overturn our historic decision to escape this burning building ✔ Rental mental THE Government must have a death wish if it intends to bin a policy specifically designed to help Generation Rent ✔ But Treasury officials fear it will deter property investors



Australia's economy storms ahead to best growth in six years

9/5/2018, 2:21:39 AM
Australia's economy sped past all expectations last quarter as rapid population growth fueled demand for homes and infrastructure, while bolstering consumer spending in the face of painfully slow wages growth. ✔ Also adding to growth were net exports, home building and government spending ✔ MAKING MORE AUSTRALIANS For the whole year to June, GDP amounted to A$1.84 trillion ($1.33 trillion) in current dollars, or about A$74,000 for each of Australia’s 25 million residents ✔ Lowe was concerned at developments abroad, notably the Sino-U.S ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Japan typhoon leaves trail of destruction

9/5/2018, 3:26:10 AM
At least nine people have been killed by Jebi, the worst storm to hit Japan in 25 years. ✔ AFP The storm lashed the streets of Osaka, bringing down cables and street furniture EPA It brought down scaffolding, damaged houses and tumbled cars around Footage on social media showed the 100-metre (328-foot) tall ferris wheel in Osaka spinning rapidly in the storm despite being switched off



Astonishing satellite photos reveal giant boats sitting in the DESERT

9/5/2018, 3:24:06 AM
INCREDIBLE satellite images have shown rusting fishing boats stranded in a desert in Kazakhstan. The trawlers lie dozens of miles from what was once the fourth-largest inland sea in the world – the… ✔ INCREDIBLE satellite images have shown rusting fishing boats stranded in a desert in Kazakhstan ✔ The Aral Sea now occupies 10 per cent of the area it did half a century ago ✔ Artists from Russia, Georgia and Uzbekistan will perform near Moynaq, the once bustling post



Building together for the future - Opinion

9/5/2018, 1:32:09 AM
undefined ✔ The main reason is that it suits Africa's development needs on the basis of respect for the continent's autonomy ✔ China and Africa can also explore other ways in which they can work together ✔ Xu Guoqing, associate researcher at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences



Australia takes immigration debate to a new low

9/5/2018, 12:32:06 AM
A bigger, more diverse population makes the country richer and safer ✔ It is no longer a surprise to hear Aussie accents emerging from East Asian, Indian or Middle Eastern mouths ✔ Environmentalists are concerned about the carrying capacity of a vast but mostly dry island-continent, currently suffering a severe drought ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th



Woodward book's most frightening message

9/5/2018, 12:28:50 AM
Passages from the book describe internal processes that are so dysfunctional, so mercurial, so back-stabbing and destructive that other nations and their leaders -- whether ally or enemy -- will see in them more proof of an unreliable partner. That partner is us, writes Juliette Kayyem. ✔ The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author ✔ Put it this way: does Trump seem weaker or stronger after these stories have come out ✔ It was also quite a terrifying response, as it showed that he simply missed the gravity of the situation ✔ They are not anonymous sources or former Trump advisers



QUENTIN LETTS: 'Fasten your seatbelts' Captain Raab said calmly

9/5/2018, 2:24:56 AM
Mr Raab (pictured) has been rather effective - with a lawyer’s grasp of detail - much more so than his Labour opponent, Sir Keir Starmer, who is supposed to have been a hot-shot lawyer. ✔ As Lieutenant Colonel George Custer did not quite tell his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn: ‘We don’t roll over just because we’ve got a bit of push-back’ ✔ At which point the oxygen masks leap out of their overhead lockers and the plane’s engines start making the low whine of a Stuka dive-bomber



Your biggest weakness based on your star sign - and how to overcome it

9/5/2018, 1:18:17 AM
FEMAIL's resident astrologer Kelli Fox revealed the biggest weaknesses of each star sign, and exactly how you can overcome them. ✔ Unique characteristics, individual strengths and personal shortcomings are what makes each one of us human ✔ How to Overcome: Ask yourself if it will actually help to criticise, or if it just makes you feel more in control and needed ✔ Extreme emotion doesn't necessarily mean extreme circumstances



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