BBC weather forecast: Life-threatening FLOOD warnings as Storm Callum brings heavy rain
10/11/2018, 7:34:36 AMBBC WEATHER forecast Storm Callum to bring some heavy rain and severe gales as the Environment Agency issued three flood warnings for England, with fast flowing and deep floodwater causing a danger to life, alongside the chance of communities being completely cut off by waterlogged roads. ✔ BBC Weather: Carol Kirkwood said Storm Callum will move heavy rain from the west to the east (Image: BBC Breakfast) BBC Weather Presenter Susan Powell said: This is Callum, it’s a storm named by the Irish Met Service ✔ Sunday will be cooler, but less windy, with rain in the south-east clearing to leave England and Wales mostly dry
Tsunami and earthquake survivors search officially called off
10/11/2018, 6:31:26 AMWe'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story. ✔ No one knows precisely how many people are missing following the disaster, especially in areas of southern Palu devastated by soil liquefaction ✔ Foreign governments and aid groups played a big role in the emergency response and recovery efforts that year
Last day of search for victims of Indonesia disaster; three dead in...
10/11/2018, 4:25:46 AMRescue workers scoured the rubble of devastated communities on Indonesia's ... ✔ REUTERS/Darren Whiteside If any reminder were needed of Indonesia’s treacherous tectonics, a magnitude 6 quake struck off Indonesia’s Java and Bali islands early on Thursday, killing three people in Java, damaging buildings and sparking panic ✔ Rescue teams are working with residents to try to identify where victims could be ✔ However, it is mostly guesswork because of how far the ground moved during liquefaction ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Is Storm Callum coming to the UK, when will it hit us and what is the latest forecast?
10/11/2018, 7:23:25 AMA DANGER to life warning is in place as parts of Britain brace themselves for 80mph winds and torrential downpours. But is Storm Callum coming to the UK, when will it hit us and what is the latest … ✔ A DANGER to life warning is in place as parts of Britain brace themselves for 80mph winds and torrential downpours ✔ The Met Office has also predicted more than 100mm of rain by the end of the day, with potential for surface water flooding ✔ On October 9 a fishing boat had to be rescued six miles off shore due to severe weather
Indonesia's grim search for disaster dead draws to a close
10/11/2018, 6:25:29 AMPALU, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's search for victims buried in Palu neighborhoods annihilated by an earthquake and tsunami is drawing to a close almost two weeks after the double disasters hit the remote city. Authorities say the official search and rescue effort will end Thursday with mass prayers in areas such as Balaroa and Petobo, where the force of the quake liquefied soft soil and tore apart neighborhoods. Volunteers and relatives of the missing are allowed to continue the grim searches of their own accord and disaster relief operations to support the tens of thousands left homeless are continuing.
New Indonesia quake kills 3 in Java village, shakes Bali
10/11/2018, 4:14:00 AMPALU, Indonesia--An earthquake collapsed homes on Indonesia's Java island, killing at least three pe ✔ More than 80,000 people are living in temporary shelters or otherwise displaced, he said ✔ After making a rare appeal for international assistance, Indonesia is now trying to limit foreign involvement in the disaster relief effort ✔ Groups that sent foreign personnel to the disaster zone are advised to retrieve their personnel immediately, according to those guidelines
Michael weakens to tropical storm as it moves across Georgia
10/11/2018, 4:52:51 AMMichael has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it continues drenching Georgia with heavy rain and dangerous winds. ✔ The hospital said it is running off of generators and patients have been moved to safe areas of the facility ✔ CNN's Natasha Chen, Dave Hennen, Amanda Jackson, Jamiel Lynch, Paul P ✔ Murphy, Spencer Parlier, Hollie Silverman, and John Sutter contributed to this report
Hurricane Michael: strongest storm to hit US since 1992 batters Florida
10/11/2018, 7:34:04 AMMichael’s 155mph winds at landfall make it country’s strongest storm since Hurricane Andrew 26 years ago ✔ Photograph: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters More than half a million people were either ordered or advised to evacuate as Michael, fuelled by the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, closed in on Panama City, bringing with it a life-threatening storm surge of up to 14ft
BBC weather forecast UK: Storm Callum to STRIKE the nation unleashing 70MPH GUSTS
10/11/2018, 5:44:07 AMUK WEATHER could cause major travel disruption this week, as Storm Callum is set to batter the UK for more than 24 hours with heavy downpours, and lash the nation with gales of up to 70 miles per hour. ✔ Whereas, south east England and East Anglia will be largely dry this Thursday, with only a few patches of rain in the evening ✔ Also with temperature reaching the mid-20s throughout Wednesday, it's also only 3-1 that this month notches up the accolade as being the warmest ✔ She continued: We've been forced to cut the odds of October breaking all sorts of weather records
Two Britons killed in Majorca floods named as married couple in their 70s whose taxi was washed away
10/11/2018, 6:58:52 AMTwo elderly Britons killed when their taxi was swallowed by a raging flash flood on Majorca have been named locally as Anthony and Delia Green. ✔ Two elderly Britons killed when their taxi was swallowed by a raging flash flood on Majorca have been named locally as Anthony and Delia Green ✔ The aftermath of the Majorca floodsCredit:M Lopez/AFP A Foreign Office spokesman said: We are supporting the family of two British people following their deaths in Spain, and will do all we can to assist them at this deeply difficult time
Tropical Storm Michael weakens across Georgia; 2 dead
10/11/2018, 7:23:03 AMMichael's aftermath — so far: Two confirmed fatalities, widespread power outages across three states, washed-out roads, downed trees, and a storm surge that has drowned houses in some areas along the Florida coastline. ✔ Andrew West, USA TODAY Network Fullscreen Shekinah Waddell, 2nd left, hugs her children prays with her children, Trinity, Christian and Caris Devore, at the Country Inn in Panama City, Fla., as the height of Hurricane Michael passes through, on Wednesday
Hurricane Michael video: HORRIFYING aerial footage shows CATASTROPHIC storm damage
10/11/2018, 7:26:22 AMHURRICANE Michael made a devastating landfall on the Florida Panhandle killing at least two people and leaving beach towns along the Gulf coast in ruins. Shocking aerial footage captured the catastrophic effect of Michael as the Category 4 storm heads for Georgia. ✔ The CNN video shows what appears to be a basketball court littered with debris from the collapsed roof ✔ A motion toward the northeast at a faster forward speed is expected later today through Friday night ✔ The forecast cone for Hurricane Michael stretches all the way from Florida up to New Jersey
Climate change will make the next global crash the worst | Larry Elliott
10/11/2018, 5:10:23 AMThe storm clouds are gathering, but the world’s economies have far fewer shelters from disaster than they did in 1929, says Larry Elliott ✔ Late last month Indonesia was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami that left thousands of people dead and missing ✔ Ominously, next year is the 90th anniversary of the Wall Street Crash ✔ The Great Depression that followed that market meltdown led to new economic thinking
Hurricane Michael live updates: Powerful storm clobbers the Southeast
10/11/2018, 4:47:36 AMHurricane Michael made landfall in Florida, thrashed the state and moved north. ✔ Reporter Peyton LoCicero went on Periscope, an app that allows people to live stream to a public audience from a cellphone, to give updates about the storm ✔ She spoke from the parking lot of a wrecked gas station in Walton County, tilting the camera to show the damage around her ✔ https://t.co/e7BKY7Qbx5 pic.twitter.com/6tvMhLJ2Yr Intl
Michael downgraded to tropical storm status but threats remain: What we know now
10/11/2018, 5:15:47 AMMichael is just the fourth major hurricane to hit the Florida Panhandle since 1950. It was nearly a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph when it hit near Mexico Beach on Wednesday afternoon. ✔ Damage from Hurricane Michael is seen in Panama City, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 ✔ Wide swaths of the region could be powerless for weeks, including the Florida Panhandle and parts of Alabama and Georgia, said Brock Long, administrator at the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Two elderly Brits killed when taxi swallowed by raging floods in Majorca
10/11/2018, 6:31:27 AMThe couple in their 70s, named as Anthony and Delia Green, died along with cab driver Juan Sillero when the car was swept away by a torrent of water near the coastal resort of S'Illot ✔ Two elderly Britons killed when their taxi was swallowed by a raging flash flood on Majorca have been named locally as Anthony and Delia Green ✔ Military divers found the couple's bodies still inside, while Mr Sillero was later found lifeless nearby, the paper said
'UK is our main market!' Spain in Brexit PANIC as tourist boss warns of no deal DISASTER
10/11/2018, 7:12:25 AMA NO DEAL Brexit would be disastrous for Spain, the country’s UK tourism boss has warned, as he admitted resort towns will be dealt a major blow without the business of British holidaymakers. ✔ Brexit news: Spain would suffer a major blow to its tourist industry in the event of a no deal (Image: GETTY IMAGES) Businesses reliant on tourist income would be hit hard by a no-deal Brexit (Image: GETTY IMAGES) Speaking at the annual convention of UK travel trade association Abta in Seville, Mr Pinanes added: A great part of the hotels, especially on the islands and the coast, they are very associated with the British industry
Hurricane Michael LIVE: NOAA puts Georgia and Carolinas on ALERT - Hurricane tracker
10/11/2018, 7:41:33 AMFLORIDA has been reduced to rubble as Hurricane Michael swept in last night to cause devastating destruction, flattening homes and downing power lines. Georgia, North and South Carolina are nmow braced for the monster storm - find the latest news and live updates here. ✔ Hurricane Michael has so far caused one death on the US mainland ✔ Not even the oldest residents of the Florida Panhandle will have experienced a storm like this coming ashore here and that may mean that the degree of preparation, including evacuation, among residents is a concern
Brit OAP couple who died in Majorca flash floods that killed 10 are named
10/11/2018, 7:23:20 AMTHE two Brits killed in the Majorca flash floods have been named locally as elderly holidaymakers Anthony and Delia Green. They are among the 10 known victims of Tuesday night’s “biblic… ✔ Solarpix 49 The Spanish Prime Minister visited the disaster zone yesterday Solarpix 49 A rescuer wades through the trashed cars and debris Solarpix 49 Several towns were struck by the flash floods though none as badly as Sant Llorenc She continued: People were collecting their suitcases and getting away
Hurricane Michael path: NOAA 2am update warns Hurricane Michael WILL linger over Georgia
10/11/2018, 7:26:24 AMHURRICANE MICHAEL made landfall yesterday as a Category 4 hurricane, packing dangerous winds of 155mph causing havoc to the Florida Panhandle. Here is the latest update from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ✔ Dr Steven Godby, an expert on natural hazards at Nottingham Trent University, told Express.co.uk: The coastline where Michael is making landfall has not experienced a storm of this ferocity since reliable records began ✔ Not even the oldest residents of the Florida Panhandle will have experienced a storm like this coming ashore here and that may mean that the degree of preparation, including evacuation, among residents is a concern
Japan, Australia tighten defense ties as concerns about China rise
10/11/2018, 6:11:05 AMSYDNEY--Japan and Australia reaffirmed their commitment to bolster cooperation in maritime security ✔ The two countries also agreed to set a new date for a joint drill next year involving fighter jets by Japan’s Air SDF and the Royal Australian Air Force ✔ The planned drill was called off after a strong earthquake struck the northern main island of Hokkaido in September ✔ (This article was written by Shinichi Fujiwara and Tetsuo Kogure in Sydney.)
Quake-hit thermal power plant in Hokkaido goes fully back online
10/11/2018, 7:07:40 AMA major coal-fired power plant on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido went fully back online on Wednesday, about a month after a deadly earthquake caused a prefecture-wide blackout. The No. 2 unit of the Tomatoatsuma power plant, damaged in the Sept 6 quake, resumed full operation at 6 a.m.,… ✔ The company had been working to restore power supply to normal while a third-party panel was investigating why the extensive blackout took place ✔ The operator sought to bring operation back to normal in stages while checking the status of equipment used to break coal used as fuel after its temperature control failed to work properly ✔ 19 and the other one on Sept 25 after it went offline due to a fire
Dismissing past ailments, Mexico's next president says he's healthy
10/11/2018, 4:04:00 AMMexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador chided the media on Wednesda... ✔ REUTERS/Alan Ortega/File Photo The 64-year-old leftist is set to take office in December following a landslide election victory in July in his third bid for the presidency ✔ He acknowledged he had been sick in the past but that he was alive and well ✔ The former Mexico City mayor suffered a heart attack in late 2013 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
IMF's Lagarde warns against trade, currency wars, urges fix to...
10/11/2018, 7:11:58 AMInternational Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Thursday warn... ✔ Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met with People’s Bank of China Governor Yi Gang on Thursday on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank meeting ✔ We discussed important economic issues, Mnuchin said of their meeting on Twitter ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
VOX POPULI: Tale of cauldron that won the '64 Olympics and its unlucky sibling
10/11/2018, 4:22:44 AMThe Olympic cauldron, made for the 1964 Tokyo Games, captured the attention of the world when it was ✔ They were both forged from the same mold in the same workshop ✔ But the older brother, born in February 1958, turned out to be a dud ✔ He literally died of heartache a few days later, at the age of 68 ✔ I wonder how and where the Olympic Torch will travel in Japan, and what the Olympic cauldron will look like this time
Sinking Santa Cruz: climate change threatens famed California beach town
10/11/2018, 5:15:57 AMSimilar challenges are sprouting up along the coast, and the golden sands and beach properties that define the state at risk ✔ Muchas frets about surfing spots that will suffer as the coasts recede, leading to overcrowding at the better areas, as well as the impacts on land ✔ I would say we are on the leading edge in terms of understanding our risks and being proactive and addressing them, Wise-West said
'It's for my daughter's memory': the Indian village where every girl's life is celebrated
10/11/2018, 5:30:33 AMStricken with grief over his daughter’s death, the chief of Piplantri village declared that every newborn girl would have a tree planted in her honour ✔ In the silence of the copse, he wraps both arms tightly around the slender trunk and rests his head against it, eyes closed ✔ As long as we educate them, there is nothing a boy can do that they can’t do ✔ For me, everything is linked: the girl child, the land, water, animals, birds, trees ✔ Asked about the source of his energy, Paliwal looks sad
India Is Finally Having Its #MeToo Moment — And Twitter Is Filled With The Names Of Alleged Abusers
10/11/2018, 7:47:42 AMDue process has failed Indian victims of sexual assault for years — and now they’re using social media to call out men. ✔ Indian Bollywood writer-producer Vinita Nanda speaks during a press conference in Mumbai ✔ (Kukreja has requested media organizations not to link to or share her tweets.) Despite the changing mood in India, many men have been slow to acknowledge their behavior let alone properly apologize for it
Donald Trump demands 'answers' from Saudi Arabia over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi
10/11/2018, 6:29:35 AMDonald Trump on Wednesday demanded Saudi Arabia provide answers over the disappearance of journalist and US resident Jamal Khashoggi, whom Turkish officials suspect was murdered after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. ✔ A frame grab allegedly shows suspects in the case of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi (unseen) at Istanbul's Ataturk airportCredit:AFP But the case has sparked outrage from human rights and journalism groups ✔ Reporters Without Borders said in a statement that between 25 and 30 professional and non-professional journalists are currently detained in Saudi Arabia
Hurricane Michael Downgraded To Tropical Storm After Battering Florida Panhandle
10/11/2018, 5:37:08 AMEven in its weakened state, the storm will still menace the Southeast with heavy rains, winds and possible tornadoes. ✔ Rick Scott announced afterward that thousands of law enforcement officers, utility crews and search and rescue teams would now go into recovery mode ✔ Her biggest worry: finding her missing 1-year-old Siamese cat, Molly ✔ She’s my baby, a distraught O’Brien said, her face wet with tears
Michael charges into Southeast after slamming north Florida
10/11/2018, 6:59:19 AMHurricane Michael's battering waves swamped streets and docks and shrieking winds splintered trees and rooftops. ✔ Rick Scott announced afterward that thousands of law enforcement officers, utility crews and search and rescue teams would now go into recovery mode ✔ Her biggest worry: finding her missing 1-year-old Siamese cat, Molly ✔ She's my baby, a distraught O'Brien said, her face wet with tears
Thursday briefing: Migrants languish in costly detention
10/11/2018, 5:58:56 AMInvestigation reveals many are suicidal … DUP threatens to oppose budget over ‘backstop’ … plus black holes, Hawking entropy and ‘soft hair’ explained ✔ Its study highlights the shocking contribution of wood and coal fires to UK air pollution, which causes 40,000 early deaths a year and health problems for many others ✔ Sign up The Guardian morning briefing is delivered to thousands of inboxes bright and early every weekday ✔ If you are not already receiving it by email, make sure to subscribe
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