Flood fears as swathes of Europe brace for week of torrential rain
10/15/2018, 1:05:22 PMLARGE parts of Europe are bracing themselves for more severe thunderstorms and flooding just days after Hurricane Leslie lashed the continent. France has been hit by floods that have left at least … ✔ Their bodies were found inside a taxi struck by the floods and the driver was also feared dead ✔ At least 300,000 homes were reported to be left without power, while several flights to and from Lisbon were cancelled ✔ There have been no reports of deaths however at least 27 people are reported to have been injured in the brutal weather onslaught
UK weather latest: New alerts issued as more FLOOD CHAOS to hit Britain today
10/15/2018, 12:41:20 PMBRITAIN is braced for more potentially dangerous flooding in the south-east, northwest and midlands, after parts of Wales were ravaged over the weekend by the worst storm to hit the country in 30 years. ✔ Storm Callum battered the UK and claimed three lives, including a 32-year-old-man in Penarth Marina, Cardiff on Friday, and a person in Brighton the following morning ✔ A milder start down to the south-east but we will see further pulses of rain through the rush hour on Monday
Beer drought: Beer shortage and price hikes loom because of global warming warn scientists
10/15/2018, 3:56:11 PMA BEER drought looms because of global warming which could push up the price of a pint to a tenner, scientists warn. ✔ Nevertheless, there is little doubt that for millions of people around the world, the climate impacts on beer availability and price will add insult to injury ✔ Poor barley crops which are a key ingredient in making a pint (Image: Ian Waldie/Getty Images) Co-author Associate Professor of Earth system science Steven Davis of the University of California, Irvine, added: The world is facing many life-threatening impacts of climate change, so people having to spend a bit more to drink beer may seem trivial by comparison ✔ The study was published in the journal Nature Plants
Yellowstone volcano LATEST: USGS warns earthquake monitoring GPS stations DESTROYED
10/15/2018, 3:26:39 PMYELLOWSTONE Volcano Observatory (YVO) warned GPS ground deformation trackers near active Yellowstone fault lines have been obliterated by lightning strikes. ✔ None of the GPS equipment is transmitting data United States Geological Survey (USGS) None of the GPS equipment is transmitting data ✔ Maintaining the USGS stations fall under the responsibility of UNAVCO – a non-profit university-governed consortium located in Boulder, Colorado
Driver WARNING - The simple error that could land you a £50 while driving in the rain
10/15/2018, 1:41:25 PMMOTORISTS are being warned about a simple error which could land them a £50 while driving through rain, snow, and fog in the UK. ✔ Rule 236 of the Highway Code states: You MUST NOT use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced as they dazzle other road users and can obscure your brake lights ✔ And don’t forget if you have day running lights that they often don’t switch the rear lights on automatically
One year after California's most devastating wildfire, Santa Rosa is a patchwork of loss and renewal - Los Angeles Times
10/15/2018, 12:09:30 PMAs Santa Rosa residents struggle to rebuild a year after the most destructive wildfire in California history, they are encountering very different challenges based partly on class, location and fate. Their decisions on whether to rebuild or to relocate have already changed the face of a city. ✔ It’s clear that insurance is really designed for losing a home in a house fire, said Gorin, who is facing an insurance shortfall of more than $1 million ✔ As they chatted over glasses of wine in the fading golden light, neighbors threw their arms around others and shared inside jokes as if they’d been friends for a lifetime
If you're stuck in the 'man box', trying to conform can spell disaster
10/15/2018, 1:11:16 PMYoung men who feel they need to live up to ideals of a 'real man' are more likely to be violent and consider suicide, a new report has shown. ✔ ‘‘If things build up, and I’ve experienced it myself, you express anger and you’re like ’whoa, where did that come from?’’ Patrick Malone is taking part in workshops tackling toxic masculinity ✔ At Brunswick’s Brosnan Centre men and women are meeting to help tackle the problem ✔ ‘‘The conversations I’m having with my mates are just a lot more open and there’s so much more awareness of it which is fantastic.’’
Earthquakes today: MASSIVE magnitude 5 quakes hit Alaska and Russia
10/15/2018, 2:19:01 PMEARTHQUAKES are once again rocketing around the planet today, breaching the infamous Ring of Fire and straying far into the Pacific Ocean - with the USGS even warning people could die after one strong earthquake hit Alaska today. ✔ Oklahoma saw a minor 2.6 magnitude earthquake touch down near Guthrie, with no serious side effects ✔ Heightened chances are related to the predominant building types in the area, which are adobe block and unreinforced brick with mud construction, which may not be as resistant to earthquakes ✔ Depths like this mean the tremors didn’t reach the surface, and were unable to cause any damage to nearby settlements
Trump's UN ambassador pick will show whether Pompeo and Bolton are taking control of foreign policy
10/15/2018, 2:01:24 PMAnalysis: The president will want star power at the UN while aides will look for someone to keep pushing a hardline agenda – in either case the smart money is on the new ambassador being a woman ✔ Glamour is the word Donald Trump used to describe what US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley had done to help raise the profile of her position ✔ The far-right congressman, who waxes nostalgically about the dictatorship, won the vote but not an outright victory
UK weather latest: Will Hurricane Michael hit Britain THIS WEEK? Winds to reach 50mph
10/15/2018, 2:08:22 PMUK WEATHER has taken a noticeably soggy turn over the weekend as strong showers and pouring rain inundated most of the country. The latest threat has been from the deadly hurricane Michael, which touched down in the USA last week. ✔ In order to actually hit the British Isles first, Michael will need to undergo a few complex changes ✔ According to the Met Office long range forecast, temperatures will start to cool down as the country progresses into October ✔ On the whole temperatures are likely to be rather cold, but some brief milder spells are also possible
BBC Weather forecast: Travel WARNING as 'murky' fog to bring MISERABLE weather to UK
10/15/2018, 3:03:55 PMBBC Weather forecasters predicted a “murky” and misty evening as a weather front pushes its way across the UK. ✔ BBC Weather: Mist and fog is to be expected this evening (Image: BBC ) BBC Weather forecaster Darren Bett said: Cools down a bit overnight because we’ve got high-pressure building in from the south-west, but this cooler air coming around the top of that
Hurricane Leslie latest: Nine regions in Spain on alert as flash floods kill 13
10/15/2018, 2:02:52 PMHURRICANE Leslie is keeping Spain on alert after flash floods in France killed at least 13 people. ✔ An Interior Ministry spokesman told BFM TV: The death tolls risks going up ✔ Ministry spokesman Frederic de Lanouvelle said that one other person is missing and five others are seriously hurt ✔ The last tropical system to follow in Leslie’s path was Vince in 2005
Hurricane Michael donations should be cash — not goods — to vetted agencies
10/15/2018, 12:48:22 PMFirst responders urge those wanting to help hurricane victims to stay out of disaster zone and to stop sending donated goods like blankets and food. ✔ Brandon Girod/cgirod@pnj.com Fullscreen Hurricane Michael made landfall near Panama City on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, and generated winds of up to 155 mph ✔ The local firefighters said items including diapers, Pull-ups, baby wipes, nonperishable baby food, formula, nursery water, sippy cups, bottles, pacifiers, baby clothes and blankets can be dropped off at Pensacola Fire Station 1 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. starting Saturday through Oct. 19
13 killed in France as people swept away by raging torrents
10/15/2018, 2:01:17 PMFive more people are seriously injured ✔ Frederic de Lanouvelle said that the death toll could still rise, even as rain begins to ease ✔ A car is damaged in southern France (AP) The floods struck without warning and at least one victim was swept away in their sleep, officials said ✔ The year so far is France's hottest since 1900, according to the state meteorological service
Global warming to leave us crying in our costlier beer
10/15/2018, 3:04:43 PMWASHINGTON (AP) — A new study says global warming may leave people crying in their costlier beer. The international study says bouts of extreme heat waves and drought will cut production of barley, a key ingredient of beer. When that happens, beer prices on average could double. In countries like Ireland, prices could triple.
Blanca Blanco slips into a very plunging dress
10/15/2018, 2:32:18 PMBlanca Blanco showed off her incredible figure last week. The 37-year-old star wore a plunging dress in an autumn color as she hit the NYLON's annual It Girl Party in Los Angeles ✔ The star also has several films in post production like Ovid And The Art Of Love, Followed and The Medicine For The Mind ✔ Blanca opted for a tule mni dress that featured intricate stitching from the breast region downwards ✔ Looking dapper: John dressed sharp in a black dress shirt and a burgundy colored suit jacket
Beer lovers face price spikes, shortages as climate changes: study
10/15/2018, 3:17:15 PMClimate change will brew trouble for beer lovers in coming decades as it shrinks... ✔ The study did not consider climate change’s affects on other staple ingredients of beer such as hops ✔ Consumers in developed countries who want to avoid shortages would be wise to support policies reducing emissions of gases scientists blame for warming the planet, Guan said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Germany's Merkel vows to restore trust after Bavaria election losses
10/15/2018, 2:39:24 PMGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed on Monday to restore trust in her governme... ✔ REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch The Christian Social Union (CSU), the sister party of Merkel’s own Christian Democrats (CDU), slumped to its worst result in almost 70 years in Sunday’s election in Bavaria ✔ We are now excited to see what the consequences will be here in Berlin ✔ The CSU also lost support to the Free Voters, a protest party of mainly conservative independents ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Fisherman found massive stone age carving when water levels fell
10/15/2018, 12:13:05 PMThe carvings show hunting scenes and are believed to be from the early stone age ✔ An eyewitness with a smartphone filmed the scene as he showed off the discovery to the deputy director of a nearby Archaeological Museum ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Meghan Markle and Harry expecting baby Thug raped mum in front of daughter Theresa May's urgent Brexit statement School suspends 'best bum' awards
Kenya firefighters work to minimise damage at Nairobi airport
10/15/2018, 2:48:25 PMThe cause of the fire which broke out at a fuel depot of Kenya’s Pipeline Company on Monday afternoon is not yet known. ✔ Disaster management units in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, are trying to put out a fire at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), privately-owned Standard Newspaper said on its website ✔ The cause of the fire which broke out at a fuel depot of Kenya’s Pipeline Company on Monday afternoon is not yet known
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MIT is investing $1 billion in an AI college
10/15/2018, 2:33:19 PMOne of the most sizable commitments yet to building out the talent-scarce AI field ✔ The new college will be named after Schwarzman, and it will include 50 new faculty positions, half of which will focus solely on computer science, while the rest are jointly appointed by the college and other MIT departments ✔ Just as important, the College will equip students and researchers in any discipline to use computing and AI to advance their disciplines and vice-versa, as well as to think critically about the human impact of their work
Dollar dips as U.S. retail sales misses expectations
10/15/2018, 2:07:29 PMThe U.S. dollar dipped on Monday after retail sales data for September missed ec... ✔ Japan Yen and British Pound Sterling notes are seen in this June 22, 2017 illustration photo ✔ Higher 10-year Treasury yields, which on Tuesday shot to 2.26 percent, helped to boost the greenback last week ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
14 Elections That Were Decided By Just A Few Votes
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Global Warming Is Going To Make Your Beer More Expensive
10/15/2018, 3:38:12 PM“It kind of adds insult to injury,” one scientist said. “There’s a heat wave, so you want a beer. But it costs more.” ✔ The worse the emissions in the future, the researchers say, the more the price of beer will rise ✔ Countries with the most expensive beer today, such as Australia and Japan, might not see the biggest price increases, since they might import barley from Asia to make up shortfalls
An Election Likely to Extend, Not Close, Political Divides
10/15/2018, 3:34:55 PMWith three weeks to go before a crucial midterm election, the country seems headed toward a vote that will both confirm and extend its current political divides. ✔ This year, it isn’t hard to imagine a scenario in which Democrats win more votes nationally to win control of the House, yet can’t prevail in the key states needed to control the Senate ✔ The body politic is divided, by region and gender, and above all over President Trump
BBQers Set Friendly Rivalries Aside to Serve Meals, Hope to Hurricane Michael Victims
10/15/2018, 1:19:33 PMBy lunchtime Friday, the Panama City team had served 3,000 meals and each station began cooking 30,000 meals to be served Saturday ✔ So, he called up friend and fellow competitor Stan Hays and the two headed out with their trailers, smokers and grills, setting up in a parking lot to feed displaced families and first responders ✔ What we really provide is hope, friendship and compassion at the worst time in someone’s life
Europe weather: France swallowed by FLOODS as Hurricane Leslie BATTERS Portugal - 13 DEAD
10/15/2018, 1:18:31 PMOCTOBER has so far been a month of torrential rain for Europe, as France, Portugal and Spain all battle dangerous flash flooding. ✔ One person remains missing, with the death toll at risk of rising ✔ Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will be heading to the disaster zone today, where 350 firemen were helping in the rescue effort and up to 350 more would be drafted in ✔ He said: We're being kept informed of the situation hour by hour ✔ Leslie has today made landfall in Spain, sending deluges of rain over the north of the country
France flash floods MAPPED: Where is DEADLY flash flooding in Aude?
10/15/2018, 2:42:59 PMFRANCE has been hit by some of the worst flash floods in a century, claiming at least 13 lives. So where is the flash flooding in Aude? ✔ It's too dangerous Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said 350 firemen were helping the rescue effort and up to 350 more would be drafted in ✔ The Aude region is a popular tourist destination with ancient towns and villages in its hilly peaks stretching down to the Mediterranean
Ways we can help to fight the scourge of loneliness – EXPRESS COMMENT
10/15/2018, 12:47:04 PMTHE Daily Express has long called for loneliness to be given a far higher priority, especially when older people are living longer and ending their days alone and isolated. ✔ Yesterday he accused the doomsday merchants of catastrophisation over a possible no-deal Brexit and said that the UK has nothing to fear ✔ Great story on book sales Book sales are growing ✔ Books have a status that Kindles can never match – and long may that be the case
Flash floods in southern France kill at least 10 people
10/15/2018, 3:57:10 PMAt least 10 people died in southwestern France on Monday when some of the worst ... ✔ Television pictures showed churning, muddy rivers that had uprooted trees, knocked over concrete power pylons and tore up roads in the southern region of Aude, near the medieval hilltop city of Carcassonne ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Analysis | The Daily 202: Joe Biden appeals to working-class whites who defected to Trump. Is that how Democrats win again?
10/15/2018, 2:13:19 PMNew poll puts the former V.P. at the top of the 2020 pack, as aides say the president fears Biden the most. ✔ Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) during a rally in Hammond, Ind ✔ I think it's a very unfair investigation because there was no collusion of any kind ✔ Soon Oles was inundated with calls and text messages ✔ The attacks, the bad mouthing, the speaking behind your back ✔ The free event was attended by more than 800 people
‘I Don’t Know That It’s Man-Made,’ Trump Says of Climate Change. It Is.
10/15/2018, 3:30:31 PMOn “60 Minutes,” President Trump backed off his claim that global warming is a hoax. But he also made several new assertions unsupported by science. ✔ The facts Not doing anything could cost trillions of dollars ✔ Brook Mitchell/Getty Images Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040 Why Half a Degree of Global Warming Is a Big Deal Trending Among the Ruins of Mexico Beach Stands One House, Built ‘for the Big One’ Woman Is Fired After Video Shows Her Blocking a Black Man From His Condo Trump Says ‘Rogue Killers’ May Be Involved in Jamal Khashoggi Case Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Announce She’s Pregnant Elizabeth Warren Releases DNA Results on Native American Ancestry Opinion: The Senate: Affirmative Action for White People Biking the Open Road in Colorado, With a Few Bumps Along the Way Opinion: What the Left Misses About Nationalism Sears, the Original Everything Store, Files for Bankruptcy Jamal Khashoggi’s Disappearance: What We Know and Don’t Know
It might be time for Angela Merkel to go
10/15/2018, 12:03:27 PMNormally, when your political rival suffers a setback, it's a perfect time to gloat.. ✔ (CNN)Normally, when your political rival suffers a setback, it's a perfect time to gloat. ✔ Curret State Premier Söder tried to blame the result on Merkel's immigration policy ✔ It used to be said that all political careers end in failure ✔ In the case of Merkel, it is likely to end in a whimper
Donald Trump suggests he does not know if climate change is manmade, saying: 'It'll change back again'
10/15/2018, 2:01:28 PMPresident says he does not want to 'give trillions and trillions of dollars' to tackle problem that threatens billions of lives across world ✔ Though Mr Trump insisted on the 2016 campaign trail that doing the job would be easy for him, he admitted in an interview that living in the White House is harder than running a business empire Reuters 21/24 Accusing Obama of wiretapping him Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of wire tapping him on twitter
Analysis | Bavaria’s Christian Social Union party’s campaign strategy flopped. Here’s what this means for Germany — and Europe.
10/15/2018, 1:42:31 PMThe far-right Alternative for Germany and the Greens had reason to celebrate Sunday night. ✔ What about the theory that smaller parties tend to perform well in regional elections ✔ It adopted, for example, a tough line on immigration and asylum questions and at times was almost Trumpist in tone ✔ Dan Hough is a professor of politics at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom
Ireland LOSES PATIENCE with May as Dublin warns BRITAIN will suffer most in no-deal Brexit
10/15/2018, 3:56:10 PMLEO Varadkar has claimed Britain will come out worse than Ireland or the European Union in the event of a no-deal Brexit as Dublin voiced its “frustration” over Theresa May’s negotiating strategy. ✔ The Irish border issue remains the main sticking point in the stalled talks, with both sides committed to avoiding the need for physical border infrastructure between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic but neither party agreeing on how this should be achieved
Stranger Things 3 release date plus cast, trailer, theories and spoilers
10/15/2018, 3:06:07 PMStranger Things season 3 is in production - here's what we know including release date, plot hints, trailer, cast and more ✔ From the very beginning, I thought that these two are tortured, messed up, beautiful people who are like puzzle pieces that can’t stand each other but actually need each other ✔ She returned to set in Atlanta for filming and was seen riding her bike with Sadie Sink in the rain
California Today: The Expensive Rent Control Fight on the State Ballot
10/15/2018, 1:06:26 PMMonday: Proposition 10 could change how rent control is applied, an investigation into Kevin McCarthy’s in-laws’ company, and Elon Musk moves forward with “Teslaquila.” ✔ Here’s the sign-up .) The 2018 elections officially begin this week when Californians start receiving their vote-by-mail ballots ✔ [San Francisco Chronicle] • A man who spent most of his life in Idaho was deported to Mexico ✔ Tell us what you want to see: CAtoday@nytimes.com
Opinion | We’d be crippled by a cyberattack on our utilities
10/15/2018, 1:22:07 PMWe need to develop a new strategy that puts states at the forefront of our defense. ✔ Those responsible for protecting the actual delivery of public utility services need to be front and center in this effort ✔ The states, not the federal government, oversee and regulate the distribution of electricity, natural gas and water ✔ Brian Klaas: Stop calling it ‘meddling.’ It’s actually information warfare
Perspective | What Jamal Khashoggi and Edward Snowden have in common
10/15/2018, 12:31:41 PMThe end of Saudi Arabia's hypocritical power. ✔ Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything ✔ Immediately after the Snowden revelations, Henry Farrell and Martha Finnemore argued in Foreign Affairs that what made Snowden so damaging was twofold
Analysis | The Finance 202: Wall Street, Trump forced to confront Saudi ties
10/15/2018, 12:40:17 PMNeither camp may be able to resist a reckoning with the oil giant. ✔ The factors that helped U.S. stocks to solidly outperform other global equity markets this year a booming tech sector, and seemingly little concern for the pace of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases faded sharply last week, when a sudden selloff left the S&P 500 down 5% for the month
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