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Central Texas hit with deadly flooding after days of rain

10/16/2018, 10:57:44 PM
Flooding in central Texas turned deadly Tuesday following days of pouring rain. Some rivers are 13 feet above flood stage, prompting evacuations. CBS News' Courtney Zubowski reports.



How Your Life May Be Saved When the Next Natural Disaster Strikes

10/16/2018, 10:05:42 PM
A $200,000 prize is on the line for engineers who come up with the next idea that may save your life ✔ The application would pick up on these words (like food or water) and be able to distinguish groups of people who were in need of relevant supplies ✔ This would be useful for people who are trapped in their homes due to flooding or debris-filled roadways ✔ A team of judges will announce the winners on October 29 in San Francisco



Former TEPCO exec denies delaying anti-tsunami steps before nuclear crisis

10/16/2018, 10:25:39 PM
A former vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc denied Tuesday his responsibility in the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, saying he did not procrastinate on taking measures against tsunami waves that flooded the nuclear power plant and caused fuel meltdowns. In a hearing at the Tokyo District Court,… ✔ Muto offered his apology to those affected by the crisis at the outset of the court hearing, saying, As a person involved, I deeply apologize to those who died and their families as well as those who had to evacuate ✔ But Tohoku University professor Fumihiko Imamura, who was consulted by TEPCO over the long-term evaluation, said it was something that could not be ignored but it did not prompt immediate action



Zombie storm Leslie slammed Portugal, France and Spain with unusual strength

10/16/2018, 8:42:59 PM
The storm was a weirdo, meandering over the Atlantic for 19 days in many different forms, before crashing into the Iberian Peninsula. ✔ Nobody knew Leslie would become the 11th-longest-lived Atlantic cyclone on record, fluctuating between tropical storm and Category 1 strength for at least 19 days ✔ The San Ciriaco hurricane of 1899 persisted a whopping 27 days, and in the Pacific, cyclones have stuck around even longer



Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrive in Dubbo - the 'centre of the universe' - to meet farmers hit by drought

10/16/2018, 11:53:18 PM
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have touched down in Dubbo, in rural Australia, to be hosted by farmers for tea and to learn about the impact of the devastating drought. ✔ Duke and Duchess of Sussex's tour of Australia - in pictures In a day designed to showcase the difficulties faced by rural communities in serious drought, the Duke and Duchess will be hosted by the Woodley family, who have run a mixed sheep, cattle and cropping farm over five generations since 1887



'There is hope here': Fukushima turns to tourism after nuclear meltdown

10/16/2018, 11:13:44 PM
The region may forever be associated with catastrophe, but some residents want the world to know that life goes on ✔ But a semblance of civic life is returning to some towns and villages, which before the tsunami were known for their farm produce and seafood ✔ It will take years for this and other neighbourhoods to look like they did before the disaster, Kanno concedes ✔ In the meantime, we want tourists to come and see for themselves and to learn what life is really like here



Severe flooding in central Texas causes bridge to collapse and at least one death

10/16/2018, 8:43:05 PM
The Llano River rose to 39.91 feet, the highest level in 83 years. ✔ Water levels, both observed and predicted, along the Llano River in Texas ✔ (NOAA) Numerous areas in Central Texas experience flooding Tuesday, and several other rivers were predicted to reach major flood stage ✔ Read more: Record early season cold and snow have taken over the central United States



Indonesians seek talismans of former lives in quake rubble

10/16/2018, 11:16:07 PM
Wooden beams tilted at crazy angles poke out of piles of shattered concrete litt... ✔ Hesti, who lost her younger sister in the quake, sat on a pile of tiles that once covered part of her second-floor bedroom, surrounded by dusty jewelry and cosmetics ✔ My makeup, my necklaces, the pins for my hijab, she sobbed, referring to the headgear worn by devout Muslim women ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Floods destroy bridge, force evacuations in Central Texas

10/16/2018, 8:48:14 PM
LLANO, Texas (AP) — Fast-moving floodwaters destroyed a bridge, forced the evacuation of riverside homes and led to numerous water rescues in Central Texas on Tuesday after more than a foot of rain fell in recent days. The bridge crumbled as it was overrun by the bloated, roiling Llano River in Kingsland, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) northwest of Austin. The Llano and Colorado rivers meet at Kingsland, and the National Weather Service said both were experiencing "major flooding." A flash flood warning was in effect.



Japan sees 1st drop in visitors in over 5 years in Sept

10/16/2018, 10:12:24 PM
Japan saw its first fall in foreign tourist numbers in nearly six years last month after a typhoon and earthquake closed airports, underlining risks to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to boost the economy by promoting tourism. A total 2.16 million foreigners visited in September, down 5.3 percent from the… ✔ Besides the airport closures, the natural disasters appear to have frightened off some holiday-makers ✔ Average land prices rose for the first time in 27 years in the year to July 1 as an influx of foreign visitors boosted demand for property for hotels and shops



South African musician Bongeziwe Mabandla on his 'urban African folk'

10/16/2018, 11:55:40 PM
EYE ON AFRICA : In tonight's edition, President Ouattara's ruling party clinch victory in municipal polls.In Burkina Faso, Yacouba Sawadogo has spen... ✔ In tonight's edition, President Ouattara's ruling party clinch victory in municipal polls.In Burkina Faso, Yacouba Sawadogo has spent more than four decades fighting drought and desertification by planting one tree per day.And our guest South African musician Bongeziwe Mabandla swoons us in to his 'urban African folk'



Dubbo prepares for Prince Harry and Meghan by brewing a special beer

10/16/2018, 10:04:12 PM
Day two will see the Duke and Duchess of Sussex fly to Dubbo - and there are a few reasons they chose that city. ✔ Troy Grant, honourable member for Dubbo, tweeted that he was delighted to host the royal couple during their visit to his home town ✔ Come the departure of H&M, down come the Union Flags and up goes the German horizontal tricolour of black, red and gold



Bodies of South Korean climbers killed in Himalayas are returned home

10/16/2018, 11:29:47 PM
The bodies of five South Korean mountaineers who lost their lives climbing the H... ✔ Kim had set the record in 2013 for being the fastest to reach the summits of the world’s 14 highest mountains over 8,000 meters (26,250 feet) without using supplemental oxygen ✔ The climbers’ remains will be moved to different funeral sites according to their families’ wishes, while a joint funeral ceremony will be held at Kim’s alma mater, the University of Seoul ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Japanese quake shock absorber maker admits data fabrication

10/16/2018, 9:56:54 PM
Japanese shock absorber maker KYB Corp said Tuesday it fabricated quality data for seismic absorption and control devices installed in nearly 1,000 buildings across the quake-prone country. The revelation follows admissions of data fabrication by other major manufacturers including Nissan Motor Co and Kobe Steel Ltd that have raised questions… ✔ The revelation follows admissions of data fabrication by other major manufacturers including Nissan Motor Co and Kobe Steel Ltd that have raised questions about the quality of Japanese products ✔ KYB, established in 1919, logged group sales of 392.39 billion yen for the year ended March, with more than half booked abroad



Meghan Markle and Harry schedule: Where is Dubbo? What are they doing there?

10/16/2018, 10:37:13 PM
MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry are off to Dubbo for day two of their Australian tour - but where is the city and what will the royal couple be doing there? ✔ The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are making a brief stop in Dubbo on Wednesday following two days in Sydney ✔ First up for Harry and Meghan will be a meeting with the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which is celebrating its 90th birthday this year ✔ Giraffes, tigers and elephants also freely roam the 300 hectare bushland



Children drowning in 'digital diet of pizza and sweets'

10/16/2018, 9:56:34 PM
Children are being swamped by the visual equivalent of "pizza and sweets" in "a digital Wild Wild West", some of the world's top kids television program makers have warned. With YouTube replacing Disney as the most-loved brand among young children in the U.S., and streaming giants encouraging binge viewing, a… ✔ Children are being swamped by the visual equivalent of pizza and sweets in a digital Wild Wild West, some of the world's top kids television program makers have warned ✔ Tiphaine de Raguenel, of France 4, said public broadcasters were battling a tsunami of commercial junk



Watchdog warns 'ten children a day are being harmed by UK charities'

10/16/2018, 10:11:02 PM
Reports of serious incidents involving adults and children at charities soared to 2,114 in the seven months since the Oxfam sexual misconduct scandal – the equivalent to ten every day. ✔ It found that 29 per cent of the cases were from overseas aid or famine relief charities, compared with 12 per cent from disability charities, 12 per cent from religious charities, 12 per cent from education charities and 11 per cent from charities dealing with younger people



19 People Who Are Having A Way, Way, Way Worse Day Than You

10/16/2018, 11:29:50 PM
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'Toxic timebomb' at hospitals as medical waste is dumped in shipping containers

10/16/2018, 9:46:37 PM
NHS workers are storing bags thought to contain human tissue and used adult nappies in wheelie bins and shipping containers ✔ Video footage shows NHS staff in full body suits at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds putting waste in shipping containers ✔ Read More Top UK politics stories Brexit fight as 'pizza Cabinet' at No10 Universal Credit climbdown planned Hate crime soars by 17% in a year MPs abuse 'culture of silence' revealed



The biggest talking points from Bake Off's Danish Week

10/16/2018, 9:43:08 PM
Rahul cracked under pressure, while everyone (except Ruby) had a good cry ✔ The Great British Bake Off had quite the dramatic quarter-finals ✔ And, despite the assumption the bakers would have an easier time of things after last episode's Vegan Week, this week's Scandi-themed challenges proved just as monumental a task to tackle ✔ Catch-up below with the rest of the events of this week's The Great British Bake Off  (please allow a moment for the liveblog to load)



Harry and Meghan visit Dubbo on day two of Australian tour

10/16/2018, 11:36:51 PM
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are touring the Royal Flying Doctor Service and picnicking with locals today. ✔ It was hard to gauge the crowd, she said positioned next to the barriers with two large H and M gold helium letters ✔ Grant also shared a post on Instagram of the Duchess in his beige trench coat, which is from his spring/summer 2019 collection too ✔ Show more Most Viewed in National Loading



Harry and Meghan head to Dubbo to help celebrate 90 years of flying doctor

10/16/2018, 11:36:29 PM
MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry head to the city of Dubbo today as the couple’s Australian tour continues. The royal couple – who announced they were expecting their first child on the e… ✔ The duchess, wearing an ivory Karen Gee dress with earrings and a bracelet which belonged to the duke's mother, Diana, said Our first baby gift! when the Governor General handed her the kangaroo ✔ Harry is a wonderful man and I'm so happy he had found happiness, they both deserve the absolute world together



Hurricane Michael Death Toll Rises To At Least 29

10/16/2018, 8:45:53 PM
More than 200,000 people remained without power in the U.S. Southeast. ✔ Officials said it could be weeks before power returns to some ✔ (Reporting by Brian Snyder; Additional reporting by Terray Sylvester and Bernie Woodall in Florida, Steve Gorman in Los Angeles, Andrew Hay in New Mexico, Brendan O’Brien in Milwaukee and Jonathan Allen and Gabriella Borter in New York; Editing by Lisa Shumaker, David Gregorio and Rosalba O’Brien) Download



Underwater WW2 tank graveyard which may have 'altered the course of history'

10/16/2018, 8:19:08 PM
The armoured vehicles sunk during Operation Smash – a huge training exercise held on a Dorset beach in April 1944 ✔ Those pictures were done over the course of a whole summer ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Pippa Middleton gives birth to boy Temperatures to fall with SNOW on way Dad found baby son dead in 'danger' cot Good Samaritan student gang raped



Will oil prices rise in the wake of the missing Saudi journalist case?

10/16/2018, 11:43:24 PM
If punished for the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, could the Kingdom curb oil production, thereby raising prices, as retaliation? ✔ In the short to medium term we'll definitely see an incremental amount of demand destruction, but the bigger issue is in the longer term ✔ Saudi Arabia produced 7.6 million barrels of crude per day ✔ (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis, AP)



Pompeo, Politics, Charlottesville: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

10/16/2018, 10:20:37 PM
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. ✔ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with King Salman and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, above, to discuss the disappearance of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi ✔ The U.S. seems to be leaving room for a new version of events, with President Trump suggesting that perhaps rogue killers had been involved ✔ Over time, the community grew, attracting a few dozen people, above



Ahead of midterms GOP incumbents on defense over 2017 tax vote in high-tax states

10/16/2018, 10:31:53 PM
Democrats are slamming GOP incumbents over the state and local tax deduction cap that was part of the Republican tax cut ✔ Some of the strongest opposition within the Republican party last year in the debate over the 2017 tax cut legislation flared up from lawmakers worried about a lower cap on deductions for state and local taxes ✔ Democrat Katie Porter, who is challenging Walters to represent the wealthy suburban district, tries to squeeze the congresswoman for voting along with her party



Can the U.S.-Saudi relationship survive journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s presumed killing?

10/16/2018, 10:24:20 PM
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is presumed dead. The case has renewed scrutiny of U.S.-Saudi relations involving oil, arms sales and terrorism. ✔ BIG BUSINESS FOR BIG WEAPONRY  The U.S. is the world’s largest exporter of weapons, accounting for more than a third of all global sales, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) ✔ You may also want to view these photo galleries: Replay Last SlideNext Slide



Analysis | The Trailer: What happened since Trump won Ohio

10/16/2018, 10:41:21 PM
In this edition: A deep red state gets purple, Bernie Sanders hits the trail, Joe Donnelly supports ICE, and Democrats find a reason to love Mitch McConnell. ✔ In this edition: A deep red state gets purple, Bernie Sanders hits the trail, Joe Donnelly supports ICE, and Democrats find a reason to love Mitch McConnell ✔ (Miller's one of many Republicans running on a pledge to protect Medicare.) But what popped out to Democrats here was the number for Sen



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