Mexico resorts get flash-flood warning as Hurricane Willa hits Category 4
10/22/2018, 2:08:26 PMTOURISTS in a string of Mexican resorts have been warned they face flash-floods as “life-threatening” Hurricane Willa hits Category 4 just hours before landfall. Willa has grown rapidly into an … ✔ The storm is set to bring winds of up to 155mph and as much as 18ins of rain in some places ✔ Farther to the south, Tropical Storm Vicente weakened but was still expected to produce heavy rainfall and flooding over parts of southern and south-western Mexico ✔ It comes weeks after Hurricane Michael killed more than a dozen when it slammed into the US
Freak weather as mini ICEBERGS float through ROME after monster hail storm
10/22/2018, 2:25:46 PMMORE than three foot of water and hail rained down on Rome in just a few hours, trapping dozens of drivers in their cars and forcing people to find a shelter as a monster hail storm battered Italy’s capital. ✔ Virginia Raggi, the Five Star Movement mayor of Rome, wrote on Facebook at 11pm last night: This night a violent storm battered Rome with a strong hail storm causing various floods in a series of neighbourhood ✔ Areas surrounding Florence and Pisa, in Tuscany, were also hit by severe storms and torrential rains
Follow live updates as 'life-threatening' Hurricane Willa barrels towards land
10/22/2018, 3:49:37 PMThe 'extremely dangerous' storm is expected to hit Mexico's western coastline by Wednesday ✔ Chris Riotta 22 October 2018 14:50 2018-10-22T14:10:23.000Z A hurricane warning was posted for Mexico's western coast between San Blas and Mazatlan, including the Islas Marias, a nature reserve and federal prison directly in the forecast track of Hurricane Willa
Paul Biya, Cameroon's 85-year-old president, wins re-election landslide
10/22/2018, 2:55:40 PMVictory comes amid claims from opposition candidates that election was fraudulent ✔ In addition, violence connected to a separatist movement in the western Anglophone regions forced tens of thousands to flee in the lead up to the vote, and kept the vast majority there from casting their ballot ✔ The election was free, fair and credible in spite of the security challenges in the English-speaking regions, said the president of constitutional council, Clement Atangana, on Monday
Hurricane Willa tracker live updates: Heavy rain to drench TEXAS as hurricane hits Mexico
10/22/2018, 1:15:56 PM“EXTREMELY DANGEROUS” and strengthening Hurricane Willa is set to smash Mexico as a Category 5 hurricane before bringing significant rainfall to Texas - here are the latest live updates. ✔ 2.10pm update: 2018 Eastern Pacific Hurricane season most active on record The 2018 Eastern Pacific hurricane season is now classed as the most active one on record, according to weather experts ✔ Hurricane warnings are in effect for San Blas to Mazatlan, including Las Islas Marias
Hurricane Willa Strengthens to Category 5 Storm, Aims for Mexico’s Pacific Coast
10/22/2018, 3:22:07 PMHurricane Willa strengthened into a Category 5 storm with sustained winds up to 160 mph as it headed toward Mexico’s western coast, where it is expected to make landfall as a major hurricane Tuesday. ✔ Authorities in Nayarit, Sinaloa and Jalisco states closed schools in some municipalities and began setting up shelters ✔ Mexico’s national weather service warned of heavy rain and possible flooding, landslides and damage to roads in Pacific coastal states
Hurricane Willa becomes Category 5 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast
10/22/2018, 3:12:13 PMNational Hurricane Center says Willa is major hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph and is expected to make landfall Tuesday night or Wednesday morning ✔ National Hurricane Center The center said Willa was about 175 miles south-southwest of Las Islas Marias, Mexico, and some 135 miles southwest of Cabo Corrientes, Mexico, and was moving north at about 7 mph ✔ The additional rainfall could cause additional flooding in already saturated areas
PIERS: Abuse makes Trump stronger and Dems are heading for disaster
10/22/2018, 1:49:27 PMPresident Trump is winning. There is simply no other way to fairly interpret the fact that he’s just hit a new high in his approval rating. He’s officially more popular than Barack Obama was . ✔ This endless hysterical cacophony has made Trump ever more popular with his base and the GOP More significantly, as this poll suggests, it’s also begun to move moderates with no particularly animated view of Trump more to a place of tolerating him ✔ So once again, I can only advise the Democrats to stop their ridiculously self-defeating state of perpetual Trump outrage and work out how they’re actually going to beat him
US pushing world to another Cuban missile crisis, Russian MP says
10/22/2018, 3:49:43 PM'Back then we were lucky to avoid an exchange of nuclear strikes, and only God knows what all this may end up in now' ✔ - US President Donald Trump said Friday, October 19, 2018, that he found credible Saudi Arabia's assertion that dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi died as a result of a fight AFP/Getty 3/50 19 October 2018 A Palestinian youth runs past a rolling burning tire during clashes with Israeli forces following a demonstration after the weekly Friday prayers, in the centre of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron AFP/Getty 4/50 18 October 2018 Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the United States, leave Guatemala City
Trump-Russia investigation to be reopened if Democrats win Congress
10/22/2018, 3:49:34 PMDemocrats may also push for release of US president's tax returns ✔ Catalonia's national day, the 'Diada' commemorates the fall of Barcelona in the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714 and the region's subsequent loss of institutions and freedoms AFP/Getty 42/50 10 September 2018 An Indian man makes his way through floodwaters from the overflowing Panchanai River in Siliguri
You can file a lawsuit from your phone with ‘swipe right to sue’ app
10/22/2018, 3:49:49 PMDoNotPay helps US users claim $16 million in disputed parking tickets, according to app founder ✔ Israel launched raids against targets in the Gaza strip in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian territory that caused damage in a southern city, the Israeli army said AFP/Getty 7/50 16 October 2018 Ecuador has issued a list of rules to Julian Assange, the famous resident of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
Investors pull $1bn out of Saudia Arabia’s stock market as fallout from Jamal Khashoggi death deepens
10/22/2018, 3:49:54 PMSell-off is one of the biggest since the Middle Eastern kingdom opened up its markets to direct foreign investment in 2015 ✔ Continuous rainfall has caused flooding and landslides in parts of Siliguri and surrounding areas, affecting road travel and daily life AFP/Getty 44/50 9 September 2018 Participants wave flowers as they march past a balcony from where North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un was watching, during a mass rally on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang
'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Willa aims for Mexico's west
10/22/2018, 3:25:29 PMHurricane Willa has grown rapidly into an "extremely dangerous" near-Category 5 storm in the eastern Pacific, on a path to smash into Mexico's western coast between Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta by Wednesday. ✔ Source: NOAA Surface wind field of Hurricane Wilma Monday, Oct. 22 ✔ The governments of Sinaloa and Nayarit states ordered coastal region schools to close on Monday and began preparing emergency shelters ahead of the onslaught ✔ The center said Willa is expected make landfall late Tuesday or early Wednesday
D.C.-area forecast: A calm and cool week ahead, with the exception of a possible stormy Saturday
10/22/2018, 12:10:33 PMLots of sunshine this week and somewhat cooler than normal temperatures. ✔ Fall foliage starts to emerge in Rockville, Md., on Oct. 21 ✔ View the current weather at The Washington Post headquarters ✔ Get our daily forecasts on your Amazon Alexa device ✔ Lows range from the mid-30s in our colder areas to the mid-40s downtown ✔ Tomorrow (Tuesday): This arguably will be the week’s nicest day
‘Extremely dangerous’: Hurricane Willa bears down on Mexico as it nears category 5 (IMAGES)
10/22/2018, 3:42:58 PMHurricane Willa, a huge and life threatening storm that’s approaching category 5 status, could devastate Mexico’s western coast, forecasters warn. ✔ Forecasters predict it will make landfall between the resort towns of Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta late Tuesday or early Wednesday ✔ Hurricane Willa, a category four storm in the eastern Pacific with sustained winds of 155 mph, is moving slowly toward the coast of Mexico; landfall comes tomorrow.. ✔ It will still produce heavy rainfall and flooding in parts of the south and southeast
Which Cornish city has won the RHS Britain in Bloom 2018?
10/22/2018, 12:51:46 PMThe Cornish city of Truro has officially come out on top to be crowned ‘Champion of Champions’ in the RHS Britain in Bloom community gardening competition 2018. ✔ Credit:Jim Wileman A total of 76 different communities battled in this year’s competition, with over half walking away with the coveted gold medal ✔ One couple even moved here after seeing us on television and now volunteer ✔ For the full list of medal winners, visit www.rhs.org.uk/get-involved/britain-in-bloom
Strictly's Seann Walsh star chugs Guinness on the street despite 'ban'
10/22/2018, 1:55:27 PMOn Sunday's Strictly Come Dancing, he was seen getting the opportunity to hit the ballroom another day, after he and show partner Katya Jones were spared elimination after a nail-biting dance-off. ✔ On Sunday night's Strictly Come Dancing, he was seen getting the opportunity to hit the ballroom another day, after he and show partner Katya Jones were spared elimination after a nail-biting dance-off ✔ Wearing big smiles on their faces, there was no indication of any strain as they strolled the streets of the English capital, heading to rehearsals in workout gear
Deadly train derailment in Taiwan | Pictures | Reuters
10/22/2018, 3:54:52 PMWorkers walk around derailed train as they prepare to clear the accident site, in Yilan, Taiwan. Eighteen people died and 175 were injured when a train derailed in northeastern Taiwan on Sunday, in th ✔ REUTERS/Lee Kun Han Reuters / Sunday, October 21, 2018 Workers walk around derailed train as they prepare to clear the accident site, in Yilan, Taiwan ✔ REUTERS/Lee Kun Han Close 15 / 15 Share this Slideshow View Again View Next Harry and Meghan's first overseas tour
'Why?' asks Taiwan mourner after 18 killed in crash of speeding train
10/22/2018, 3:54:46 PMTaiwan President Tsai Ing-wen offered words of consolation on Monday as she met ... ✔ Many of the casualties were in a carriage at the front of the train, said one official, adding that the driver, surnamed You, had been moved out of intensive care, though his condition was still unstable ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
California Today: Crosswords for California Life, From Silicon Valley to Sauvignon Blanc
10/22/2018, 1:22:50 PMMonday: Executives and activists speak out about a tax proposal, U.S.C. settles a sex abuse suit, and a new California-themed crossword puzzle. ✔ [Associated Press] • Democrats are counting on turning out energized Latino voters in the midterms ✔ A worker at an Albertsons in Atascadero sued the company after strenuous work resulted in a miscarriage ✔ Opinion: Count Me Among the Mob Migrant Caravan Continues North, Defying Mexico and U.S.
China slams Trump’s plans to ditch ‘crucial’ INF treaty, warns of 'multilateral negative effect'
10/22/2018, 1:54:19 PMBeijing has become the latest to oppose Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of what it branded a “crucial” nuclear treaty with Russia, with its foreign minister warning it would have a “multilateral negative effect.” ✔ Trump is planning to ditch the landmark accord as he accused Russia of violating it – something he did not provide proof of and which Moscow has repeatedly denied ✔ Concerns also came from Paris, which stated that the INF is a key pillar of European security
Warning SECOND global economic crash coming: World facing ‘economic ARMAGEDDON’
10/22/2018, 12:05:59 PMA LEADING economist has shockingly claimed a new global financial crash is on the horizon – and an “economic armageddon” is unavoidable. ✔ **UK High Street: Struggling stores AXE nearly 50,000 shop staff in just SIX months** DOWNFALL: Lehman's collapse brought about the 2008 financial crisis (Pic: Getty) TURMOIL: The world's stock markets have faced a battering in 2016 – and it's going to get worse (Pic: Getty) OPINION: Dr John Llewellyn believes we are heading towards another global crash (Pic: Youtube) Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in September of that year, which played a major part in the unfolding of the global financial crisis
Two black rhinos die five months after being relocated to Chad
10/22/2018, 3:15:00 PMRhinos in Chad were wiped out by poaching nearly 50 years ago, and the six rhinos were intended to establish a new population in the country after intensive anti-poaching measures. ✔ They were then flown to Chad on a 3,000-mile (4,800-kilometre) flight, accompanied by a team of vets checking their stress levels ✔ One surviving rhino was thought to have escaped the fate of the others but two months ago it was attacked by a lion but had been left so weak it could not fight it off
EDITORIAL: Coming border chaos could turn the blue wave pink
10/22/2018, 1:06:59 PMIn love as in politics, timing is everything. Hardball politics is hastening a caravan of immigrants rumbling north toward the United States, on course to arrive sometime around Election Day, Nov. 6. The sight of thousands of illegals from Central America crashing the border could haunt voters as they step into the voting booth. Rather than propel the media-predicted flood of Democratic Party victories, it could have the opposite effect, reinforcing the growing feeling among Americans that they’re on the verge of losing their nation. Will Americans decide who crosses the border, or enable prospective immigrants to do it for them. ✔ ANALYSIS/OPINION: In love as in politics, timing is everything ✔ Indeed, they lead the world in opening their communities to the downtrodden ✔ Money can’t buy votes more surely than images of wailing babies in the arms of exhausted mothers pleading for a chance to crash the American dream
Perspective | The most bizarre essay on Saudi Arabia I have read this year
10/22/2018, 12:33:02 PMDissecting an essay that kills only straw men. ✔ Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything ✔ More importantly, Schanzer’s leap from one errant article by a non-regional expert to indicting all Middle East analysts as making a near-unanimous conclusion is an Olympian-level act of bad faith
112 more victims of blood scandal will die before they get more money
10/22/2018, 1:55:38 PMVictims in England, Wales and Northern Ireland can receive between £5,000 and £36,000 a year. However, patients in Scotland can get around £37,000 each year. ✔ It will begin hearing from victims at the end of April, followed by doctors and government officials ✔ ‘I was having to get my house in order and prepare to die ✔ It seemed like signing this thing was no other option ✔ My solicitor said to me if this goes to court you won’t see it through – you’ll be dead.’
US ready to blow another arms control treaty to feed its war economy
10/22/2018, 3:03:51 PMThe United States’ economy is a military-industrial complex. Therefore any multilateral arms control treaty that limits weapons and war tensions is by definition incompatible with the functioning of American-style capitalism. ✔ For over 20 years he worked as an editor and writer in major news media organizations, including The Mirror, Irish Times and Independent ✔ Such an aggressive move could not be done openly for political reasons ✔ Share it with a friend! The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT
Jamal Khashoggi lookalike was on the 15-man team dispatched to abduct or murder the journalist
10/22/2018, 3:49:39 PM'He really looks like Jamal,' says Saudi resident, as Erdogan vows to disclose fresh details about columnist's murder ✔ Surveillance footage shows the lookalike on the streets of Istanbul (Screengrab/CNN) After the murder, Mr Madany dressed in his clothes and left through the consulate’s back door, heading to Istanbul’s Fatih district in an attempt to throw off surveillance cameras before dumping his clothes at undisclosed location, an unnamed Saudi official told Reuters
Analysis | The Energy 202: California and the Trump administration rarely agree on energy policy. Here's an exception.
10/22/2018, 12:45:40 PMBoth political parties can get behind offshore wind. ✔ What Florida voters need to know is that when they elect me governor they are going to have a governor who believes in science, which we haven't had for quite some time in this state, Gillum said ✔ Audi's electric plans: The availability of the first electric SUV produced by Audi will be delayed a month longer than expected as a result of a software issue ✔ You can hear that humming yourself in the video below
Midterms: These Senate races will decide control in President Trump's Washington
10/22/2018, 3:28:55 PMIn an election that is rallying Democrats, the battle for control of the Senate may be President Donald Trump's best chance for victory. ✔ This simple checklist will help make sure your vote counts ✔ (Photo: Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images) West Virginia Democratic Sen ✔ Geer, a political scientist at Vanderbilt and a co-director of the Vanderbilt Poll ✔ Rick Scott, this election’s October surprise came in the form of a hurricane
Meet The Woman Who Is Proudly Russia’s Troll-In-Chief
10/22/2018, 12:33:15 PMMaria Zakharova has revolutionized what it means to be a Russian diplomat — in real life and online. “She’s like Marmite: Some people love her and some people hate her.” ✔ One such briefing, in late May, exemplified the approach that has made her a star ✔ The same people who talk about human rights in public easily toss around human lives behind closed doors, she said ✔ I was not ready for all that, for the cynicism and roughness ✔ Alberto Nardelli contributed reporting to this story
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