People's Choice stars send wildfire prayers
11/14/2018, 12:32:40 AMStars at the People's Choice Awards in Santa Monica discuss the impact of the California wildfires, calling the disaster "soul-crushing." (Nov. 12)
Emergency response activated after landslide in SW China
11/14/2018, 12:31:14 AMChinese authorities on Monday initiated a national emergency response after a landslide hit Southwest China, leading to the formation of a barrier lake. ✔ The China National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Emergency Management jointly activated a level-IV emergency response, the lowest level, on Monday, the ministry said in a statement ✔ A joint work team had been dispatched to the barrier lake area to guide and assist emergency rescue work ✔ By 6 a.m. Tuesday, a total of 67,449 people had been relocated in Sichuan, Tibet and the neighboring Yunnan, according to local authorities
Southern California wildfire destroys homes
11/14/2018, 12:32:51 AMA raging Southern California wildfire has triggered a mandatory evacuation order for the entire beachside city of Malibu. The fire broke out Thursday northwest of Los Angeles and roared southward, jumping the U.S. 101 freeway. (Nov. 9)
Firefighters battle Southern Calif. wildfire
11/14/2018, 12:33:06 AMConditions for firefighting in Southern California were favorable overnight and progress was made, but that's expected to change. (Nov. 11)
Terrifying video shows woman's desperate escape from California wildfire
11/14/2018, 3:51:07 AMTHIS terrifying video shows a woman’s desperate escape from the deadly California wildfire as flames and sparks lick her car windows. Rebecca Hackett feared for her life as she drove through … ✔ THIS terrifying video shows a woman's desperate escape from the deadly California wildfire as flames and sparks lick her car windows ✔ ❤️❤️ A post shared by Rebecca Hackett (@rbcchcktt) on Nov 13, 2018 at 2:21pm PST So far, two people have been killed in the Woolsey Fire, 400 structures destroyed and 200,000 people displaced in the mountains and foothills near the Malibu coast
SoCal coping with shooting, wildfire danger
11/14/2018, 12:32:33 AMResidents near Thousand Oaks, California already reeling from the shock of a mass shooting were confronting wildfire dangers Friday as a fast-moving blaze swept through the area - threatening homes and forcing evacuations. (Nov. 9)
PG&E sued over massive Northern California wildfire
11/14/2018, 2:51:48 AMSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — People who lost homes in California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire sued Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Tuesday, accusing the utility of negligence and blaming it for the fire. PG&E did not maintain its infrastructure and failed to properly inspect and manage its power transmission lines, according to the lawsuit filed in state court in California by more than two dozen fire victims. The fire that killed at least 48 people and devastated the Northern California town of Paradise was a "direct and legal result of the negligence, carelessness, recklessness, and/or unlawfulness" of PG&E, the lawsuit said. The lawsuit seeks compensation for the plaintiffs' losses and unspecified damages.
Santa Ana winds fuel wildfire near LA Zoo
11/14/2018, 12:32:56 AMA raging Southern California wildfire has moved into Griffith Park, in Los Angeles, and near the the Los Angeles Zoo Friday morning. (Nov. 9)
Teams 'look for skulls' in ashes of California's deadliest wildfire - World
11/14/2018, 2:19:29 AMundefined ✔ The intensified effort to locate victims came on the sixth day of a blaze that incinerated over 7,000 homes and other buildings, including most of the town of Paradise in the Sierra foothills of rural Butte County about 175 miles (280 km) north of San Francisco
Identifying wildfire dead: DNA, and likely older methods too
11/14/2018, 12:12:46 AMNEW YORK (AP) — Authorities doing the somber work of identifying the victims of California's deadliest wildfire are drawing on leading-edge DNA technology, but older scientific techniques and deduction could also come into play, experts say. With the death toll from the Northern California blaze topping 40 and expected to rise, officials said they were setting up a rapid DNA-analysis system, among other steps.
Death Toll Mounts To 48 In Northern California Fire, Deadliest In State History
11/14/2018, 2:53:04 AMThe Camp fire is also the most destructive wildfire ever in California. ✔ A National Weather Service meteorologist noted that rains weren’t expected to come to the area until Thanksgiving next week ✔ ASSOCIATED PRESSSearch and rescue workers search for human remains at a trailer park burned in the Camp fire on Nov. 13, 2018, in Paradise, California ✔ If you want to help the victims of California’s wildfires, here’s how
New fires erupt in California neighborhood already charred by wildfire
11/14/2018, 12:07:26 AMSanta Ana winds kicked up in southern California Tuesday. With that, new fires erupted in areas already burned. CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas reports.
California wildfire rips through nuclear waste site, fueling airborne toxin risk concerns
11/14/2018, 2:25:37 AMThe Woolsey fire that engulfed over 90,000 acres in California last weekend may have spread toxic and radioactive substances from a Superfund site, according to activists who believe authorities might be downplaying the risks. ✔ Residents' concerns about authorities possibly downplaying the risks are fueled by the DTSC's track record of broken promises, combined with the very real history of nuclear meltdown onsite ✔ At this time...https://t.co/oWExpLzdv1pic.twitter.com/nygKmXSWvC wendy bugliari (@WendyBugliari) November 12, 2018 Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you
Southern California fires force evacuation of Malibu
11/14/2018, 12:32:22 AMThe entire city of Malibu was ordered evacuated early Friday as a ferocious Southern California's wildfire roared toward the coastal enclave. (Nov. 9)
LA in NUKE PANIC over fears cancer-causing chemical ‘may be released into air’ by fires
11/14/2018, 1:06:27 AMCANCER-causing chemicals may put thousands at risk of dying after fears mounted that they could have been released by the devastating wildfire. ✔ However, as of October, it had not started the clean-up effort ✔ The organisation’s scientists have argued they do not believe the fire has caused any releases of hazardous material that would pose a risk to people exposed to the smoke ✔ Contaminated ash can now reach us and communities hundreds of miles away
Residents who lost homes in Camp fire sue PG&E
11/14/2018, 3:49:32 AMPeople who lost homes in California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire sued Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Tuesday, accusing the utility of negligence and blaming it for the fire. ✔ All three numbers went to voicemail when a reporter tried to call Tuesday ✔ Read More Nov. 13, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Woolsey fire Less than 12 hours after returning home, Lake Sherwood resident evacuates again Fire danger forces Lake Sherwood resident Lorraine Davis to leave her home for a second time, less than 12 hours after returning
How will the weather forecast affect California's wildfires?
11/14/2018, 1:40:01 AMFirefighters are struggling to contain the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. Dozens of people have died across the state and the death toll is expected to rise. CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas and contributing meteorologist Jeff Berardelli have the latest.
Natural disasters hit Japan's economy
11/14/2018, 2:56:40 AMRising protectionism could threaten exports and the growth outlook for the world's third largest economy. ✔ Japan was hit by several natural disasters over its summer, including one of the country's , an earthquake and a deadly typhoon ✔ Trade war uncertainties have begun to increase, we see some slowdown in Asia and that is gradually hitting Japan, Kohei Iwahara, economist at Natixis Japan Securities, told AFP
Diversity on stark display as House’s incoming freshmen gather in Washington
11/14/2018, 1:19:00 AMThe newly elected members include several firsts for Congress — the first Muslim women, the first Native American women and the first African American women from several states. ✔ By Elise Viebeck Elise Viebeck Enterprise and investigations reporter focused on politics Email Bio Follow November 13 at 7:59 PM The most diverse House freshman class in history convened Tuesday for the first time since last week’s elections ✔ New members spent part of Tuesday in orientation, a multiday process that will teach them to find their way around Capitol Hill, run a congressional office and handle constituent casework
Shrinking lake has some seeking miracle - World
11/14/2018, 3:24:19 AMundefined ✔ A man carries a board into the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, on Nov 1, 2018 ✔ This year, we only pumped 20 million cubic meters, but the lake is in a very bad state, said Givati ✔ Several kilometers from the beaches at Ein Gev, at the foot of rocky hills, immense nets cover banana trees whose leaves wilt with the surrounding dry vegetation
Fiji goes to the polls with coup-maker firmly in the lead
11/14/2018, 3:20:37 AMFormer military leader Frank Bainimarama, who led a bloodless takeover 12 years ago, is favourite to retain office. ✔ He has campaigned on the global stage for climate change action, chairing the UN's COP 23 talks on global warming and highlighting the plight of island nations threatened by rising seas ✔ Jonathan Pryke, an analyst at Sydney-based think-tank the Lowy Institute, said a free and fair election would be a successful result for the nation of 920,000 ✔ Inside Story How to help those displaced by climate change
Opinion | Republicans Need a Suburban Agenda
11/14/2018, 12:19:33 AMThese voters are leaving the Republican Party and we need to win them back. ✔ Not surprisingly, of the Senate seats that flipped to Republican, the share of non-college-educated white men in each state exceeds the national average by 2 points ✔ Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook , Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram
Scientists divided over new research method to combat malaria
11/14/2018, 12:16:06 AMWork on engineered gene used to modify DNA of mosquitoes ‘could be stifled’ by perceived risk to environment ✔ Research on a radical new way to combat malaria and other devastating diseases could be knocked off track if a UN biodiversity conference imposes a moratorium on the work, a group of scientists have said ✔ To say all of them, in all organisms and in all environments, are unsafe is meaningless
Families mourn as first victims of California fire are named
11/14/2018, 1:05:57 AMThe exact number of missing was unclear, but many friends and relatives of those living in the fire zone said they hadn’t heard from loved ones. Some went to shelters looking for the missing. ✔ Eddie Lazarom, who fled Paradise on foot before getting a lift from a UPS truck, was among those staying at the church ✔ He said he had yet to hear from his three grandchildren, ages 22, 24 and 28 ✔ Spillways at the dam crumbled during heavy rains in 2017, prompting thousands to flee for fear of a catastrophic release of water
Caitlyn Jenner poses with firefighters after home was nearly destroyed
11/14/2018, 12:02:43 AMCaitlyn Jenner's Malibu home was nearly destroyed in the California wildfires that erupted just days ago. Jenner and partner Sophia Hutchins returned to their home on Monday. ✔ We're very, very lucky' The Woolsey fire began Thursday afternoon and has ravaged more than 96K acres of land ✔ Natural disaster: This photo of Malibu went viral as the fires amped up in Malibu and thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes
A Search in Fire-Ravaged California for What No One Wants to Find
11/14/2018, 12:52:21 AMIn the Northern California town of Paradise, specialists are scouring burned homes for the scores of people still unaccounted for. ✔ It is a measure of how frequent and deadly wildfires have become in California that identifying badly burned victims has become an area of expertise ✔ Around 15 search-and-rescue teams met in the parking lot of the local bowling alley Tuesday morning to begin their grim task, fanning out across the region, said Sgt
Brexit draft deal BACKLASH: Mordaunt calls for CENTURIES-OLD convention to be THROWN ASIDE
11/14/2018, 12:49:26 AMPENNY MORDAUNT has demanded Theresa May waive the fundamental Parliamentary convention of Collective Cabinet Responsibility so MPs can have a free vote on the draft Brexit deal thrashed out this week. ✔ READ MORE: Democratic Unionists fire WARNING SHOTS at May Leader of the Commons Andrea Leadsom was one of many senior ministers to visit No 10 on Tuesday (Image: GETTY) Mr Rees-Mogg declared on Tuesday there are white flags over Whitehall after the draft Brexit deal text was agreed in talks
Pepperdine University defends 'shelter in place' decision during Woolsey fire
11/14/2018, 3:57:23 AMOfficials at Pepperdine University are taking heat for their decision to shelter more than a thousand students on campus last week, even as the Woolsey fire swept across Malibu and prompted authorities to order an all-out evacuation of the city.At a community meeting on Sunday, some residents com... ✔ The angry claims have already triggered calls for a reassessment of the university’s decades-old policy and in the eyes of some have damaged the institution’s longstanding reputation for goodwill ✔ But complicating the search for family members and friends, the listed phone numbers for some hotels weren’t working ✔ The Woolsey fire left behind a white central chimney and stone walls
Tense moments as Malibu's addiction centers evacuate clients with flames approaching
11/14/2018, 3:57:24 AMFrom their perch atop Trancas Canyon, straddling the Ventura-Los Angeles county line, the staff at Creative Care addiction treatment center could see signs of the large fire building Thursday.But by early Friday morning, the frantic warnings from neighbors and the thickening smoke made the threat... ✔ The group packed bags, gathered critical medicine and tended to horses used for equine therapy ✔ Employees of Malibu businesses will not be allowed access ✔ Butler is from the tiny town of Concow, Calif., population 710, and was staying at her mom’s house in Oroville on Tuesday with her two young daughters, Novalei, 5, and Aurora, 2
California's deadliest-ever fire grows as hundreds remain unaccounted for
11/14/2018, 1:57:18 AMBlazes have killed at least 44 in the state’s north and south as authorities warn the danger is ‘far from over’ ✔ Saying that this fire had already surpassed the most destructive fire in the county’s history going back over 100 years, the Los Angeles county fire chief, Daryl Osby, told reporters that more than 435 homes had already been destroyed and that number was expected to rise
Opinion | Florida, get your act together. Please.
11/14/2018, 12:44:45 AMPlease invest in reliable voting machines. Appoint competent election officials. Elections in America are tough enough these days. ✔ By David Von Drehle David Von Drehle Columnist focusing on national affairs and politics Email Bio Follow Columnist November 13 at 4:32 PM When I was a young reporter on the city desk of the Miami Herald, I dreamed of catching an assignment that would send me racing to the airport and jumping on a plane ✔ From the outside, incompetence and cheating aren’t always easy to distinguish from each other
What’s an Election Loss When He’s ‘My Kevin’? McCarthy Appears Set to Lead House G.O.P.
11/14/2018, 1:19:54 AMKevin McCarthy, the No. 2 Republican in the House, looks to be on the verge of rising to No. 1, despite his party’s drubbing last week that keeps the speakership from his grasp. ✔ WASHINGTON As the death toll rose in devastating fires raging across California on Monday, Representative Kevin McCarthy got on the telephone with President Trump to explain how bad it was ✔ Mr. McCarthy, a golden retriever of a man who hates to be by himself, once cozied up to the president by bringing him a curated jar of his favorite cherry and strawberry Starburst candies
SARAH VINE: Meddling Charles has earned the crown
11/14/2018, 12:29:49 AMSARAH VINE: 'Prince Charles, who turns 70 today. At an age when most people are looking forward to retirement, he is still waiting to take on the biggest challenge of his life.' ✔ As for his children William and Harry what greater expression of Charles's talents as a father could there be than these two young men who have overcome their mother's death to build useful, fulfilling lives for themselves ✔ Personally, I find this encouraging it displays a reassuring level of stupidity
Our inspirational readers celebrating their 70th birthday with Prince Charles
11/14/2018, 2:32:45 AMTHE Prince of Wales turns 70 today – and to mark the occasion he will celebrate alongside inspirational Sun readers also reaching this landmark birthday. From fundraisers to football coaches, we ar… ✔ His wife Carol, 65, was diagnosed with the disease in 1997 and gets treatment at the South Yorkshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre in Catcliffe ✔ Maurice , 70, from Street, Somerset, has also been a volunteer for Wells Carnival for 50 years and was a volunteer driver at the 2012 London Olympics then the 2015 Rugby World Cup
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