One dead and thousands of homes without power as Storm Callum batters the UK
10/14/2018, 9:09:14 AMA person has died in a landslide in Wales as Storm Callum battered the UK with torrential downpours and floods that caused power cuts, closed roads and disrupted travel across on Saturday. ✔ Thousands of households were left without power and dozens of flights grounded on Friday as torrential rain and winds of more than 70mph buffeted the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the west coast of Britain ✔ Storm Callum was named by Met Eireann and is the third named storm of the season to hit the UK
Storm Callum fading after strong winds, rain kills 2 in UK
10/14/2018, 10:05:47 AMLONDON (AP) — Storm Callum is weakening after its gusty winds and strong rains killed two people and caused damages in some parts of Britain. Officials say one man died Saturday after a landslide in western Wales while another was swept away by rough seas in Brighton on the southern coast of England. At the height of the storm on Friday and Saturday, winds were over 70 mph (113 kph). Some rivers overflowed, flooding homes and leading to a cut in power supplies. Wales was the hardest hit region and officials warned people to stay away from flooded areas.
World Bank Offers Disaster-Hit Indonesia Up To $1 Billion In Loans
10/14/2018, 9:19:15 AMRecent earthquakes and a tsunami devastated two of the country's islands, killing thousands and causing damage in the hundreds of millions of dollars. ✔ Indonesia is hosting the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Bali, just west of Lombok ✔ It noted that the report did not take into account loss of life, lost land or the disruption to the economy through lost jobs, livelihoods and business ✔ (Reporting by Gayatri Suroyo; Editing by Shri Navaratnam) Download
Storm Callum travel chaos as 3 killed in ‘worst flooding in 30 years’
10/14/2018, 9:55:29 AMSTORM Callum is now causing travel chaos and rail delays after three people were killed in the worst bout of flooding “seen in 30 years”. Commuters in Wales have been advised against tr… ✔ STORM Callum is now causing travel chaos and rail delays after three people were killed in the worst bout of flooding seen in 30 years ✔ A third man died after plunging into the waters of Penarth Marina at Penarth, near Cardiff ✔ Despite the storms, temperatures have been much higher for this time of year than usually expected during Autumn
Is Storm Callum coming to the UK, when will it hit us and what is the latest forecast?
10/14/2018, 9:34:34 AMSTORM Callum has caused disruption across the UK but the worst of it seems to be other although there are still parts of the country with weather warnings in place. But how long will Callum stick a… ✔ The Met Office issued a 36-hour warning yellow warning for wind and rain, warning that heavy rainfall could pose a risk to life ✔ The Environment Agency has issued flood warnings for parts of the Dorset coast, as well as 58 flood alerts across England, while Natural Resources Wales has 28 flood warnings and 39 flood alerts in place
Hurricane Leslie rams into Portugal with 109mph winds: Lisbon devastated by storm
10/14/2018, 11:49:04 AMHURRICANE Leslie has devastated Lisbon as it batters Portugal with 109mph winds and leaves 27 people injured. ✔ Hurricane Leslie was downgraded to a tropical storm and by Sunday morning most of the powerful winds and heave rains had subsided ✔ Spain and southern France have also been affected by the powerful storm ✔ The last tropical system to follow in Leslie’s path was Vince in 2005
Storm 'Leslie' hits Portugal, leaves thousands without power
10/14/2018, 10:04:39 AMAt least 300,000 homes were without power on Sunday after tropical storm Leslie ... ✔ Authorities had urged people to stay indoors and keep away from coastal areas ✔ REUTERS/Rafael Marchante At least 1,000 trees were uprooted, mainly in coastal towns north of Lisbon where the storm first reached land, hitting power lines and blocking roads ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
'I was choking on ice and all my friends died'... five avalanche survivors reveal their horror of being buried alive by snow as strong as concrete
10/14/2018, 8:06:08 AMELYSE Saugstad was skiing down a snowy mountain when a rolling cloud of white started to consume the picturesque landscape. She and her friends felt the ground shifting beneath them, and then over … ✔ The disaster was caused by a snowboarder on nearby Mount Jumbo, a peak which had become so loaded with snow over the winter that all snow sports there had been deemed too dangerous and banned ✔ Avalanche - Making a Deadly Snowstorm airs at 9pm on 18 October on BBC Two
Is Spain safe? Latest travel and flight advice after Hurricane Leslie chaos in Portugal
10/14/2018, 10:22:22 AMSPAIN HOLIDAYMAKERS have been warned of devastating effects as Hurricane Leslie sweeps across Europe. It has already caused chaos across Portugal with thousands of homes without power and many cancelled flights. ✔ Spain: The hurricane will hit the country later tonight after devastating Portugal (Image: NOAA) If you’re travelling to or from Portugal or Madeira, check with your tour operator or airline company for any delays or disruptions to your travel plans
No Deal Brexit 'now the likeliest' as David Davis demands Cabinet insurrection
10/14/2018, 9:11:14 AMTheresa May faces a vicious pincer movement from Tories and the DUP as she faces leadership threats, a resignations "landslide" and a make-or-break EU dinner. Here's the latest ✔ According to the Sunday Times, he said the plan would be little better than third country status with lipstick on it ✔ Read More Top UK politics stories Ministers 'to quit in days' over EU row Netflix & Eurostar hit in No Deal Brexit McVey admits benefit claims 'worse off' Cannabis oil on prescription in weeks
Pilot lands sideways at UK airport after plane caught in powerful crosswinds
10/14/2018, 10:28:26 AMFootage captured on October 12 shows the TUI Airways Boeing 757-200 plane being swept from side-to-side as Storm Callum brought travel chaos to parts of the UK ✔ Storm Callum has brought travel chaos to parts of the UK as winds and heavy rain hit the country ✔ They do this by pointing their nose into the direction the wind is coming from, demonstrated perfectly by this crew ✔ You can watch the dramatic landing, in full, above
In Pakistan, an ambitious effort to plant 10 billion trees takes root
10/14/2018, 10:14:07 AM“Everyone is waking up and starting to plant,” one environmental activist said ✔ In one mountainous area, they said, some residents are planning to relocate to towns in the winter rather than chop down trees to heat their hillside homes ✔ Some earned cash as laborers; others raised saplings for a small profit ✔ Outside his mud-walled farmhouse, a cow and two goats were tethered under a thatch
Savage kangaroo attack on family leaves mother with collapsed lung
10/14/2018, 11:56:57 AMThree members of an Australian family used a broom and a shovel to fight off a rare attack by a large kangaroo that left all of them injured, one seriously. ✔ They are known to attack and can be quite vicious, particularly the large males ✔ There are more than 46 million kangaroos across Australia according to a government count last year, but conservationists warn that population numbers are falling amid a long drought in the vast continent's east
Raging roo: Woman savagely beaten by massive marsupial
10/14/2018, 11:57:50 AMAn Australian woman has been left with broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and other internal injuries after a brutal showdown with a 6-foot kangaroo. Queensland woman Linda Smith has retold the horrific moment the monster roo struck. ✔ Smith works as an animal carer, telling local media that she feeds around 30 kangaroos and wallabies at their rural property every night as food is scarce due to the drought ✔ via GIPHY It was a blow from a shovel, delivered by Linda’s son, that drove the kangaroo back and allowed the family to scarper and call for help
Five Koreans among nine killed in Himalayas in Nepal
10/14/2018, 11:20:59 AMFive South Korean climbers and their four Nepali guides have been killed after t... ✔ The victims included a four-man Korean team to the Gurja mountain ✔ They were at the base camp located at 3,500 meters (11,482) at the time of the storm ✔ Income from foreign climbers is a major source of revenue for the cash-strapped nation ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
‘Don’t Blink:’ Mexican Ex-President’s Advice for China on U.S. Trade Conflict
10/14/2018, 8:59:59 AMFormer Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo advised Yi Gang, the head of China’s central bank, to negotiate hard with the U.S. and get the private sector on his side. ✔ How do you get a good result in a trade standoff with the U.S. ✔ Mr. Zedillo, speaking at a question-and-answer session on the last day of the International Monetary Fund meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on Sunday, said China should learn from the experience of his country and Canada during the successfully completed recent talks on a revamp of the North American Free Trade Agreement ✔ Mexico and Canada made clear that they would rather not have Nafta than having the deal that the United States wanted ✔ And the force behind that was the interest of the U.S. private sector
Shells fired from Syria buffer zone, soldiers killed: SOHR
10/14/2018, 10:10:20 AMSOHR says rebels and government forces exchanged fire, violating deal to remove heavy arms. ✔ Our heavy weapons - including tanks and cannons - have been moved to the back lines of the de-militarised zone so that they are no longer a target for the Russian warplanes, NLF spokesperson Naji al-Mustafa, told Al Jazeera ✔ Inside Story Who is shaping Syria's future
How profit-driven inbreeding could bring the world dairy herd to its knees
10/14/2018, 9:34:41 AMThe drive for genetic selection means cattle are increasingly vulnerable to deadly new epidemics that could emerge as the climate warms ✔ Known for their distinctive long horns, the Ankole cattle of western Uganda have evolved over millennia to withstand their harsh environment, with its lengthy dry spells and abundance of local maladies such as trypanosomiasis, a disease spread by the tsetse fly ✔ And if it’s too expensive to cure them from a particular disease, they let them die
EU leaders line up 'no-deal' emergency Brexit summit for November
10/14/2018, 11:09:36 AMPlanned sign-off event may become meeting on bloc’s response to UK crashing out ✔ Internal government emails leaked to the Observer revealed on Sunday that the DUP leader, Arlene Foster, had privately let it be known that following a hostile and difficult meeting with the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, last week that she was now ready for a no-deal scenario and that she regarded this as the likeliest outcome
Hundreds of workers have lead poisoning. Why hasn't Cal/OSHA stepped in?
10/14/2018, 11:24:27 AMLast month, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have forced two California agencies to step up regulation for companies with workers who have seriously elevated blood lead levels. ✔ That volume means the governor has to rely on agencies and advisors to help him decide what to sign and what to veto ✔ The state can always pass stronger measures in the future, but in the meantime workers shouldn’t be left in harm’s way by the gaps in this fluid and case by case system
How Russia's Trusty Space Launch Escape System Came Through Again
10/14/2018, 10:13:28 AMThursday's aborted launch of the Russian Soyuz spaceship may have sent the International Space Station's work into disarray, but it also highlighted how much effort Soviet space engineers put into their creations. ✔ While on the ground the biggest explosion in the history of rocket failures unfolded, the launch escape system succeeded in saving the payload – a prototype of lunar orbiters and a mock-up of a lunar lander ✔ The crew members, Aleksey Ovchinin and NASA's Nick Hague, actually got away easy, having experienced a little spit to stabilize the capsule during descent and acceleration of just about 6g, which is less than every candidate for a space mission has to endure during training and regular medical tests
Trump, Saudi Arabia, Turkey: Your Weekend Briefing
10/14/2018, 10:17:18 AMHere’s what you need to know about the week’s top stories. ✔ In Boston on Monday , a court will hear an affirmative action case that could resonate for decades ✔ Tolga Bozoglu/EPA, via Shutterstock Hatice Cengiz Opinion: My Fiancé Jamal Khashoggi Was a Lonely Patriot Will Heath/NBC ‘S.N.L.’ Mocks President Trump and Kanye West
Will Mrs May’s ‘bastards’ really risk destroying their own government? | Andrew Rawnsley
10/14/2018, 11:27:44 AMThe threat of cabinet resignations adds another diabolical dimension to the prime minister’s ‘hell week’ ✔ If Britain is deprived of the services of Andrea Leadsom as leader of the house, I am sure we will all do our best to cope ✔ The EU-haters of his day liked the idea of a general election even less than they did the treaty and they backed off ✔ Any number of cabinet resignations are not going to change that
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