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Light drizzle falls on L.A. as Southern California prepares for days of rain - Los Angeles Times

10/2/2018, 6:10:32 PM
The first significant rain of the season hit the Bay Area on Tuesday morning as Southern California prepares for its brunt of the storm, which is expected to roll in by Wednesday.  ✔ Riverside County officials had been warning communities near the burn area for days to prepare for possible mudslides ✔ It’s something we’re going to be watching all season, Orange County Public Information Manager Molly Nichelson said of the potential for mudslides



Indonesia tsunami video: WATCH moment deadly tsunami that killed 1200 hit

10/2/2018, 4:18:29 PM
A DEADLY tsunami crashed into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday killing hundreds of people. Watch the moment the monstrous tsunami hit the island. ✔ On Sunday a cargo plane failed to land at Mutiara SIS Al-Jufrie Airport in Palu because the airport was overrun by hungry residents ✔ Talking at a government meeting, he said: The are some main priorities that we must tackle and the first is to evacuate, find and save victims who've not yet been found ✔ Large areas in the remote north have yet to be made accessible to rescue teams



Indonesia earthquake survivors tell harrowing stories of losing loved ones as death toll continues to rise

10/2/2018, 4:51:32 PM
SURVIVORS of the devastating tsunami and earthquake in Indonesia have told of their heartbreaking stories –  as thousands more people are feared dead in the wake of the disaster. One man said… ✔ AFP or licensors 4 A family waits for news about their missing relatives in Perumnas Balaroa village in Palu Reuters 4 The body of air traffic controller Anthonius Gunawan Agung, who died in Friday's earthquake, is carried to a helicopter during his funeral procession in Makassar, south Sulawesi, Indonesia AFP or licensors 4 Indonesian search and rescue members look for survivors in Palu today AFP or licensors 4 Tsunami survivor Akbar rests in a bed set up in the lobby of Undata hospital after his leg was amputated Hundreds of others were buried alive by liquefaction, which occurs when loose soil near the surface gives way and collapses



The Latest: UN says 'needs are vast' following tsunami

10/2/2018, 6:15:30 PM
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on a powerful earthquake and tsunami that hit part of central Indonesia (all times local): 12:50 a.m. The U.N. says i ✔ He said the agencies are working closely with the government to provide technical support ✔ A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck at dusk on Friday, Sept ✔ 1) Survivors in Palu, Indonesia pick through ruins of their houses after a devastating quake and tsunami



Indonesia earthquake: soil liquefaction blamed for building collapses

10/2/2018, 6:07:38 PM
The earthquake shook up saturated earth beneath the city of Palu causing it to flow like liquid, scientists believe ✔ Dramatic footage has emerged from the city of Palu on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, with buildings collapsing as the ground slides beneath them ✔ The death toll has already passed 1,200 and is expected to rise further ✔ Kontoe said that certain areas are at higher risk than others from the phenomenon



Desperation grows as death toll soars from Indonesia quake

10/2/2018, 4:06:28 PM
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Trucks carrying food for desperate survivors of the earthquake on Indonesia's Sulawesi island rolled in with a police escort Tuesday to guard against looter ✔ PALU, Indonesia (AP) Trucks carrying food for desperate survivors of the earthquake on Indonesia's Sulawesi island rolled in with a police escort Tuesday to guard against looters, while the death toll from the disaster soared past 1,200 ✔ (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) A man carries recovered items from the damaged warehouse from Friday's tsunami at a neighborhood in Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018



'Air traffic controller was guardian angel'

10/2/2018, 7:07:28 PM
A pilot pays tribute to the "heroic" Indonesian air traffic controller, who helped his plane escape the earthquake and tsunami. ✔ Media player Media playback is unsupported on your device Indonesia tsunami: Pilot calls air traffic controller his 'guardian angel' Air traffic controller Anthonius Gunawan Agung, 21, has been called a national hero for helping a plane and its passengers avoid the earthquake and tsunami



Storm Leslie to become hurricane then head to UK with 65mph winds

10/2/2018, 5:42:41 PM
A TROPICAL storm is set to be declared a hurricane and then hit Britain bringing with it fierce gales and torrential rain. Cyclone Leslie has been gathering strength after being spotted 500 miles e… ✔ It will definitely follow an eastwards path towards Britain but it’s too early to say where it will hit ✔ Although the swells are forecast to abate temporarily in the Bahamas later today, they are expected to increase again on Wednesday and Thursday, and propagate farther southward into the Greater and Lesser Antilles ✔ The spokesman added that the storm will move northeastward and will meander over the central Atlantic for the rest of this week



Time running out in search for survivors of Indonesia's quake

10/2/2018, 7:24:17 PM
Time was running out on Wednesday for anyone trapped in the rubble of a devastat... ✔ We’re continuing rescue operations but right now the team is racing against time ✔ Food, drinks, clean water and sanitation facilities are very much needed ✔ For a graphic on Catastrophe in Sulawesi, see - tmsnrt.rs/2OqQlUo Slideshow (4 Images) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Typhoon Japan: Will Typhoon Kong-rey hit Japan hours after deadly Typhoon Trami hit?

10/2/2018, 6:00:31 PM
JAPAN is on alert as Typhoon Kong-rey barrels towards it less than 48 hours after powerful storm Trami killed two people and injured 130 people - will Japan be hit again? ✔ Typhoon Kong-rey has slightly accelerated and intensified over the Philippine Sea, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said in its latest update ✔ Miyako and Okinawa will be worst affected by winds of 100mph as Kong-rey bombards the area



Pilot hails take-off "guardian angel" who died in Indonesia quake

10/2/2018, 6:21:10 PM
An Indonesian pilot hailed an air traffic controller who died in Friday's e... ✔ Once he made sure that the aircraft had departed safely, he jumped from his tower to the lower level ✔ The air traffic controller broke his arm, leg and ribs in the fall and died from his injuries, authorities said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



UK weather forecast: Storm Leslie to BATTER BRITAIN with 14 DAYS of FEROCIOUS weather

10/2/2018, 6:00:29 PM
A POWERFUL cyclone hurtling across the Atlantic threatens to kick-start a fortnight-long storm assault on Britain from next week. ✔ The UK Met Office this week confirmed a particularly active start to the Atlantic hurricane season has already spawned an unusually high number of storms ✔ It will turn wet, windy and cloudy at the weekend and it is expected to turn much cooler with temperatures falling a few degrees below normal for the time of year



Supercuts blasted by teen girl after her hair ends up looking like THIS

10/2/2018, 4:03:11 PM
A TEENAGER said she felt almost too embarrassed to leave the house after a disaster haircut. ✔ I thought it was nice, a bit short, but I would get used to it ✔ She told me I need to look at my hair because it is really bad ✔ The pic seems to show Amy’s hair has been cut like a bob at her jawline then veering dramatically to shoulder length ✔ Daily Star Online has approached Supercuts for comment



Paris Auto Show | Pictures | Reuters

10/2/2018, 4:37:22 PM
The Mercedes EQ Silver Arrow. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier ✔ REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Reuters / Tuesday, October 02, 2018 People look at the Bugatti Chiron car ✔ REUTERS/Benoit Tessier Close 40 / 40 Share this Slideshow View Again View Next Earthquake and tsunami devastate Indonesian island



Trump Is About To Send His First "Presidential Alert" Right To Your Phone

10/2/2018, 6:54:12 PM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will test the new system, which allows Trump to send a message to every phone in the US. ✔ The presidential alert is part of the Wireless Emergency Alerts system, the result of a law that former president Barack Obama signed in 2016, requiring FEMA to create a system for the head of state to broadcast public safety announcements about disasters and terrorist attacks to the public



One of France's top wine chateaus embroiled in inquiry into 'rigged' St Emilion rankings

10/2/2018, 6:46:10 PM
The co-owner of one of the world’s most prestigious wine chateaus in Bordeaux has been charged with seeking to unfairly influence the outcome of the coveted Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classé rankings in his favour. ✔ Founded in 1954, the ranking, which applies only to the St Emilion region and is reassessed every 10 years, consists of three classifications - Premier Grand Cru classé A, Premier Grand cru classé B and Grand Cru Classé ✔ This ranking must go back to being serious and impartial



Opinion | Crowdsourcing can reinvigorate our democracy

10/2/2018, 4:16:05 PM
Nations are overlooking their best asset: the people. ✔ When the economic crisis in Iceland left people homeless and literally freezing to death, the platform helped the public devise a new homelessness policy ✔ This was produced by The WorldPost , a partnership of the Berggruen Institute and The Washington Post



Nigel Farage makes SHOCK revelation as he pledges to stop Brexit betrayal

10/2/2018, 5:17:02 PM
NIGEL FARAGE has confessed he did not want to get back into political campaigning but revealed he feels “obliged” because he wants Brexiteers across the nation to know they have not been abandoned. ✔ The former Ukip leader said he wants all 17.4 million Brexit voters to know they made the right decision when they voted to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum ✔ The former Ukip leader said Chequers deal woke the public up to the fact that Britain will remain tied to the EU



There's something wrong with this penguin enclosure - can you see what it is?

10/2/2018, 5:02:47 PM
VISITORS to a zoo were left feeling a bit short-changed when they went to visit a brand new penguin enclosure. The new attraction at Exotic Zoo in Telford, Shrops., cost tens of thousands of pounds… ✔ Instead we've had to use life-size models of various different species of penguins so we can at least educate visitors to an extent ✔ SWNS 8 Now penguin fans are going to have to wait until at least next year fro the real thing to arrive SWNS 8 Bigger zoos get priority over the small Exotic Zoo in getting new penguin stocks, which were badly hit by the penguin malaria Scott said that avain malaria had been catastrophic for penguins in the UK ✔ Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368



Celebs Go Dating: Alik Alfus reignites feud with Louise Thompson

10/2/2018, 5:46:53 PM
Alik Alfus has reignited his feud with his ex ahead of his appearance on the new series of Celebs Go Dating. ✔ Their two year relationship came crashing down in 2016, with Louise Thompson going on to find love with personal trainer Ryan Libbey ✔ 'When we got there she asked where everyone was and I was so confused, turns out she thought there were eight people coming, not to meet at eight



Zoo has to use models instead of real animals due to a penguin shortage

10/2/2018, 5:06:51 PM
Penguin malaria has meant a delivery of six Humboldt penguins has not arrived ✔ Their latest exhibit has been filled with plastic figurines of the flightless birds ✔ Because we are a relatively small zoo we are not top of the list when it comes to replenishing those numbers ✔ Penguins have never had to build an immunity to it as they live on or near the sea where the insects that carry the disease do not occur



22 Ways To Make Your Home Look Like An Adult Actually Lives There

10/2/2018, 6:23:52 PM
How long do you have to have the whole adulting thing down before you can actually say you're an adult? Asking for a friend... ✔ SD085 Get it from Walmart for $275 (available in five colors) ✔ They are pretty and simple with nice thin rims and a variety of useful sizes from smaller to larger ✔ Check out all of BuzzFeed’s gift guides! The best things at three price points The best things at three price points More BuzzFeed Reviews More BuzzFeed Reviews



Lady Gaga needed redemption after last album and found it with 'A Star Is Born'

10/2/2018, 4:22:35 PM
Beyond the positive buzz Gaga is receiving for her performance, the soundtrack is really the exciting prospect for fans. ✔ 24) AP The soundtrack's exciting Oscar-winning and charts-topping forecasts aside, the songs seem like the culmination of a journey for Gaga, who spent the past several years attempting to change the public's perception of her as an artist, seemingly trading the mass popularity of her earlier dance-pop days for a more diverse and emotionally honest body of work



Opinion | What You're Really Saying When You Call A Person 'Illegal'

10/2/2018, 5:05:59 PM
Words become labels. Labels become slurs. And slurs turn into atrocities. ✔ While arguably better than using blatant racist slurs, the dehumanizing dog whistle that is describing a human being’s existence in a place ― in many cases where they’ve lived for years ― as illegal is obvious ✔ He serves on the board of a nonprofit that provides free supplementary education to students in Mexico and Nicaragua



This Cheap Primer Will Make Your Eyeshadow Look The Best It Ever Has

10/2/2018, 4:06:41 PM
Thank Me Later Eyeshadow Primer has got your back! ✔ The fact that the drugstore eyeshadow pigment stayed on my lids for eight hours with very slight fading means it is definitely five stars Rei If you still aren't sold, look at these fabulous reviews basically begging you to put Thank Me Later into your life: I've tried several primers to attempt to make my eyeshadow last all day



Inside Ronaldo's crazy love life - by model Jasmine Lennard who drove to his hotel naked

10/2/2018, 7:45:43 PM
SHE is an English model and reality TV star while he is one of the highest paid and most skilled footballers in the world. And 10 years ago Jasmine Lennard got a glimpse into the secret world of Cr… ✔ But to those who may question why the model slept with him despite not fancying him, she admits she enjoyed the fact he pursued her ✔ At first I let this behaviour go, but it became more regular and on the third occasion in a week I’d had enough ✔ But undoubtedly none of her blokes would have been as unique as Ronaldo



How A Hapless Bitcoin Entrepreneur Got Swept Up In The Crypto Craze And Started A Multimillion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme

10/2/2018, 5:01:08 PM
A Quebec IT worker was certain he’d developed a foolproof way to mine bitcoin. Instead, it led him and his investors to ruin. ✔ People pool their computing power to improve their chances and then split the rewards evenly ✔ The biggest disaster happens with the best intentions ✔ ● UPDATE Oct. 02, 2018, at 15:12 PM This post was updated to reflect Pelletier's debt in both bitcoins and their present-day price



May slams Boris Johnson for urging Tories to ditch her Chequers plan

10/2/2018, 4:27:09 PM
The Prime Minister said the former foreign secretary wanted to 'tear up our guarantee to the people of Northern Ireland' by undermining all the progress she had made on Brexit. ✔ Theresa May slammed Boris Johnson for putting the UK at risk today after he launched an excoriating attack on her Brexit plan ✔ Mr Johnson said: 'We should set our taxes at the optimum rate to stimulate investment and growth, and we should be constantly aiming not to increase but to cut taxes



A 14-year-old prepares for life without her immigrant parents

10/2/2018, 4:22:54 PM
Emily’s Salvadoran parents might soon be kicked out of the U.S., but she is planning to stay. A profile in fear and fortitude. ✔ It was Jan. 8, 2018, and 14-year-old Emily stood in the bathroom at DuVal High School in Prince George’s County, Md., waiting for a friend ✔ But she was eager to make the best of second semester ✔ After the election everyone was really mad, so we started making jokes, she recalls



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