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Hurricane Gordon pictures: Damage as Gulf Coast lashed by tropical storm weather

9/5/2018, 1:26:57 PM
HURRICANE Gordon weakened to a powerful tropical storm after making landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border, lashing the US Gulf Coast with high winds and heavy rain. ✔ A child was killed yesterday when a tree fell on a mobile home in Pensacola, Florida ✔ The storm is forecast to move across the lower Mississippi Valley through today ✔ Wanda Williams from the Mobile County government cleans up debris left behind by storm Gordon (Image: Getty)



Hurricane Norman sparks Hawaii health warning as SEWAGE enters waters

9/5/2018, 2:24:34 PM
HURRICANE Norman has sparked an urgent health warning in Hawaii, where heavy rain has resulted in sewage overflowing into coastal waters. ✔ Continue to practice good personal hygiene and follow-up with your primary care physician if you have any health concerns ✔ Hurricane Norman is set to bring wind and rain to Hawaii (Image: NHC) Seas that turned choppy this weekend as Miriam passed by will further increase Wednesday into Friday at the east- and north-facing beaches ✔ Conditions may become too dangerous for swimmers and surfers ✔ There can also be incidents of coastal flooding and beach erosion



Florida Child Killed After Tropical Storm Gordon Strikes Land

9/5/2018, 3:57:41 PM
The threat is not over for residents in eight states, where heavy rains are expected to cause flash flooding. ✔ https://t.co/KEgP4Lwl5g pic.twitter.com/7wi42Xfu38 National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 4, 2018 The storm made landfall Tuesday night near Pascagoula, Mississippi, just west of the Alabama border ✔ Send David Lohr an email or follow him on Facebook and Twitter



Florida child killed by falling tree as Tropical Storm Gordon strikes land

9/5/2018, 1:29:56 PM
Tropical Storm Gordon never became a hurricane but it was deadly all the same, killing a child by blowing a tree onto a mobile home as it made landfall late Tuesday just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border. ✔ The center predicted total rain amounts of 4 to 8 inches in the Florida Panhandle and parts of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois ✔ The Escambia County Sheriff's Office posted on its Facebook page that responding deputies discovered that the child had been killed



Storm Gordon: Watch LIVE webcam as DEADLY storm ploughs into US Gulf Coast

9/5/2018, 2:32:43 PM
TROPICAL storm Gordon made landfall on Tuesday night in the US, killing one and leaving thousands without power – watch live as the storm rips through the Gulf Coast. ✔ Gordon is expected to weaken as it heads inland but the National Hurricane Center (NHC) had warned there is still an increased risk or flooding and the possibility of a tornado ✔ Alabama and parts of Florida faced strong winds and 30cm of rain could fall in some areas ✔ Forecasters warned that sea levels could rise by up to 1.5m from Shell Beach, Louisiana, to Dauphin Island, Alabama



Tokyo admits 1st death from Fukushima radiation exposure

9/5/2018, 3:57:20 PM
The Japanese authorities have acknowledged for the first time that a man died from cancer resulting from acute radiation poisoning at the Fukushima nuclear plant that went into meltdown following an earthquake back in 2011. ✔ A Japanese man in his 50s, who previously worked at the crippled Fukushima power plant, has recently died of a lung cancer ✔ The disaster caused meltdown of three out of six nuclear reactors at the Fukushima plant ✔ The UN said, citing some detailed reports , that people were granted decontamination contracts without relevant work experience



Tropical storm Gordon: Shock video as driver braves FLOODED road that looks like a river

9/5/2018, 3:29:59 PM
SHOCKING footage of a flooded street of Alabama emerged on social media after heavy rain caused by Hurricane Gordon caused extensive floods on the Gulf Coast. ✔ The video shows a street of Dauphin Island, a town in Alabama, USA, completely flooded as a resident attempts to drive through the river-like road ✔ The storm has weakened as it moves inland but there is still a threat of heavy rain and flooding, the NHC said



Gordon, never a hurricane, killed child in mobile home

9/5/2018, 12:34:07 PM
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama (AP) — Tropical Storm Gordon never became a hurricane but it was deadly all the same, killing a child by blowing a tree onto a mobile home as it made landf ✔ It's way too early to know if either of those storms will have any impact on land, but Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham said attention should be paid: It's the peak of hurricane season ✔ 5) The International Space Station provided a view of Tropical Storm Gordon before it made landfall near the Mississippi-Alabama border late Tuesday



Is Yellowstone a supervolcano? What is the Yellowstone volcano caldera?

9/5/2018, 3:06:11 PM
YELLOWSTONE National Park in the USA houses one of the largest active volcanoes in the world – but is Yellowstone classified as a supervolcano? ✔ Some of the eruptions were approximately the size of the devastating 1991 Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines, and several were much larger ✔ The resulting crater created a sunken area measuring some 1,500 miles ✔ The Mesa Falls Tuff and the Henry’s Fork Caldera were formed 1.2 million years ago



Idaho reviews prison fire crews after inmate accused of rape

9/5/2018, 2:05:44 PM
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Idaho is scrutinizing its program for temporarily releasing prison inmates to help fight wildfires after an inmate was charged with raping a woman working at ✔ SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Idaho is scrutinizing its program for temporarily releasing prison inmates to help fight wildfires after an inmate was charged with raping a woman working at a remote Utah firefighting base camp ✔ The inmate crew was part of a team of more than 200 people working the so-called Coal Hollow Fire at the time



All the Details from Katie Lee's Italian Wedding: 'It Was More Than I Ever Could Have Imagined'

9/5/2018, 2:18:27 PM
Food Network star Katie Lee and TV producer Ryan Biegel tied the knot on the Amalfi Coast on Sept. 1 ✔ We wanted a big feast because we both love to eat so much, Lee reveals ✔ It was so hot and humid from the rain earlier in the day, everyone just kind of let loose and didn’t care how sweaty they got ✔ It was one of those moments that you always remember in your life ✔ It was more than I ever could have imagined it to be



Hungary's Fidesz stands by European conservatives despite Salvini...

9/5/2018, 2:37:18 PM
Hungary's ruling Fidesz party is strongly committed to the mainstream conservative group in the European Parliament for elections next year, a top official said, but will still pursue common causes with the likes of Italy's far-right League. ✔ The two called French President Emmanuel Macron - who has said the election will be an open battle between anti-immigrant nationalists and pro-EU ‘progressives’ - their number one enemy ✔ By contrast, the League is allied to France’s far-right National Front in The Nations and Freedom group ✔ Bannon has founded an anti-EU group to help nationalist, anti-immigration groups ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



3,000 people being transported out of typhoon-hit Kansai airport

9/5/2018, 12:18:20 PM
A day after a powerful typhoon caused 11 deaths and injuries to more than 400 people across western Japan, some 3,000 passengers stranded at Kansai International Airport were being evacuated by boat or other transportation on Wednesday. As Typhoon Jebi weakened to an extratropical cyclone near Sakhalin in Russia's Far… ✔ I was worried as I could not get information, Yamada said after arriving at Kobe airport on the first boat from Kansai International Airport ✔ The government's Japan Transport Safety Board is expected to probe the collision with its investigators interviewing the tanker's crew ✔ It plans to open the theme park on Thursday, it said



After three months of quakes and spewing lava, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park prepares to reopen

9/5/2018, 1:41:11 PM
Visitors may be able to tour the site of the Kilauea volcano in time for National Public Lands Day on Sept. 22. ✔ 22, but others may never reopen because of safety concerns ✔ It is only visible on tours operated by various helicopter companies ✔ ALSO But why can't you sit in that empty premium-class seat ✔ Maybe because it's stealing Viking makes it official: Kids no longer welcome on cruises



Egypt Cracks Down on Women Who Decry Sexual Harassment

9/5/2018, 12:06:12 PM
President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s early burst of support for women’s rights is over, say rights advocates, as he arrests and prosecutes people accused of tarnishing Egypt’s image, including some women speaking out against sexual assault and harassment. ✔ As a state, he said at the time, we will not allow this to happen again ✔ More women police officers have been deployed in public places ✔ We need to face our predators and tell them just because we are women, does not mean you can do what you want to us or touch us without consequences



From Prince to PAINTER: Wills gets hands dirty on DIY SOS tonight

9/5/2018, 2:11:58 PM
PRINCE William will drop his royal title for the role of painter on an emotional edition of DIY SOS tonight. ✔ The Duke of Cambridge will star alongside presenter Nick Knowles in the two-part Grenfell Tower special on BBC One ✔ The horrifying disaster on June 14, 2017 saw a blaze rip through the entire London tower block ✔ You have got the right people around you and I hope you talk about it



Prince William Helps with Grenfell Tower Renovations After Deadly Fire Claimed 72 Lives

9/5/2018, 1:52:57 PM
Prince William appears on DIYSOS to help with Grenfell Tower renovations ✔ Prince William surprised workers on a TV renovation show helping to tackle the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy in London ✔ William, 36, Kate Middleton, 36, Prince Harry, 33, and Meghan Markle, 37, have all done work in public and behind-the-scenes to support the community as it struggles to find it’s feet following the disaster



Opinion | The down-ballot officials who could freeze the Trump Train in its tracks

9/5/2018, 3:06:30 PM
State attorneys general are “becoming like third U.S. senators with a unique set of powers.” ✔ By Karen Tumulty Columnist September 4 at 6:36 PM A sexual-abuse report in Pennsylvania in mid-August created an earthquake within the Catholic Church ✔ In February, 20 Republican-led states filed a lawsuit to dismantle Obamacare ✔ They’re becoming like third U.S. senators with a unique set of powers, legislating through litigation



Humans WILL go extinct and there’s NO hope for survival: It’s WHEN not if, biologists say

9/5/2018, 3:51:07 PM
HUMANS will one day go extinct according to biologists who say that we cannot escape the laws of nature. ✔ Humans WILL go extinct and there’s NO hope for survival: It’s WHEN not if, biologists say (Image: GETTY) With climate change occurring throughout the globe, Mr Strotz states that now is the ideal time for mass extinctions as it fits with other planetary die-offs



Eight ways that Wanderlust got midlife sex completely wrong

9/5/2018, 2:01:56 PM
The BBC/Netflix co-production Wanderlust has been dubbed TV’s sexiest ever drama, though on the basis of last night’s episode this is only true in the literal sense of the scene set in a local swimming pool. ✔ Look into my eyes - Wanderlust or Wanderlost?Credit:BBC/BBC 4) ✔ Disconcertingly he’s also played by the actor who was last seen as the Dowager Countess’s butler in  Downton Abbey ✔ Actually, just sitting down in front of  Wanderlust  left me exhausted



U.S.'s Mattis says 'zero intelligence' that rebels in Syria's Idlib...

9/5/2018, 12:05:52 PM
There was "zero intelligence" of chemical weapons capabilities possessed by groups opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the province of Idlib, U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said, adding that the facts did not back Russian assertions. ✔ REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah/File Photo Syrian government forces plan a phased offensive in Idlib and surrounding areas held by rebels opposed to Assad, who has been backed by both Russian and Iranian forces in the country’s civil war ✔ We cannot see anything that indicates the opposition has that capability ✔ He said instead there was a history of Assad’s government using such weapons ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Analysis | The Daily 202: Kavanaugh hearing offers an ‘unprecedented’ display of the Senate’s institutional decline

9/5/2018, 2:26:55 PM
The corrosion of Senate norms continues amid the politicization of the Supreme Court. ✔ With Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve THE BIG IDEA: The old bulls agreed something is rotten, but they disagreed on what’s causing the stench ✔ ‘The sooner the better,’ Schumer replied, speaking through a bullhorn to amplify his answer ✔ The e-commerce giant’s stock fell to an 18-month low shortly after Liu’s arrest



Opinion | The dilemma Woodward’s book raises about Trump

9/5/2018, 1:37:01 PM
How does our government function when the president doesn't function? ✔ And you publish that transcript, because everything leaks in Washington, and the guys overseas are going to say, ‘I told you he was an idiot ✔ Fourth, Trump’s abject unfitness makes the spinelessness of congressional Republicans all the more infuriating ✔ Those who’ve made excuses and enabled him should be held accountable



My 8-year-old daughter walked her dog alone. Then police came knocking on my door.

9/5/2018, 12:04:57 PM
Low-income families are especially vulnerable to our mom-shaming culture. It wastes resources and hurts children to call the police on safe families. ✔ Arming teachers through federal grants is not the answer Armed staff make our school a safe place I have a plethora of matching outfits with my daughter, worry constantly and all I talk about is my kids (yes, I even annoy myself) ✔ Corey Widen is a mother of two from Wilmette, Illinois



Analysis | The Energy 202: How Kavanaugh may get grilled about his environmental record

9/5/2018, 1:16:56 PM
He does have a history on the subject. ✔ (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post) If the first day of Brett M ✔ Many staffers did not speak Spanish, and could not speak with local residents or translate documents ✔ captured a fleeing suspect who was overcome by toxic algae plaguing the state after jumping in the water



Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet—One Billionaire Changed All That

9/5/2018, 3:22:10 PM
Mukesh Ambani’s national 4G network for Reliance Jio, which charges pennies for data, is bringing hundreds of millions online for the first time, creating potential consumers for the world’s tech and retail giants. ✔ , formerly part of the Reliance empire but taken separate by Mr. Ambani’s brother, Anil Ambani, after a family dispute ✔ The conglomerate constructed the world’s biggest oil refinery, and it is the world’s largest producer of polyester fiber and yarn ✔ Photo/Video: Karan Deep Singh/The Wall Street Journal ✔ We are determined to connect everyone and everything, everywhere



Three couples time themselves having sex to see how long they REALLY last

9/5/2018, 1:57:50 PM
FANCY a quickie? Or maybe for you, sex should be more of a marathon than a sprint. Recently, Love Island champion Jack Fincham admitted he put in a “disappointing performance” during his long-await… ✔ The first time it lasted 26 minutes and 10 seconds – probably so long because I had one ear constantly listening out for the baby’s breathing ✔ We're always on the look out for case studies to feature on Fabulous Online ✔ Join our Facebook group and you could make money by telling your story



Analysis | The Finance 202: NAFTA negotiations resume as Canada takes harder line

9/5/2018, 12:55:05 PM
Woodward book revelations make them a moving target. ✔ The Post's Danielle Paquette: Days before [Trump] is expected to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion in Chinese goods, some U.S. businesses here are reluctantly drafting plans for a new era of hindered trade between the world’s two largest economies



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