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More than 12 million without power in Florida as Hurricane Irma’s effects linger
MIAMI — As Hurricane Irma dissipated into a tropical storm on Monday, Florida’s residents emerged to streets littered with debris and downed trees while nearly two-thirds of the state was left without electricity. The once-powerful storm left trailer homes sliced open like ripe melons, boats tossed upside down on roadways and centuries-old trees strewn across…
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UN Security Council steps up new North Korea sanctions
Major US allies in Asia welcomed today (12 September) the UN Security Council’s unanimous vote to step up sanctions on North Korea, with its profitable textile exports now banned and fuel supplies to the reclusive North capped after it its sixth nuclear test. Japan and South Korea said after the passage of the US-drafted Security…
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Hurricane Irma: Florida braces for storm arrival
Wind gusts close to hurricane force are battering islands in Florida’s south as Hurricane Irma is due to hit the mainland in the coming hours. Water levels are already rising on the coast of the US state where a huge storm surge is expected. Some 6.3 million people had been told to evacuate, but the…
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North Korea crisis: What will Russia do?
“It smells of freshness, and of our deep respect for our leader,” the woman declared, smiling to the Russian TV camera. A North Korean, she’d just sniffed a big red flower named after the country’s former leader Kim Jong-il. Part of a series of glowing reports on everyday life in the secretive state, covering topics…
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North Korea threatens USA with ‘miserable end’ amid fears of missile TODAY
NORTH Korea has threatened the USA with a “miserable end” amid fears Kim Jong-un’s rogue state is plotting a missile launch TODAY. North Korea, in a ferocious article in one of North Korea’s propaganda channels, have accused America of attempting to force a final “shown” with Kim Jong-un. The article, published in a Pyongyang-based newspaper,…
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Hurricane Irma will batter Florida and ‘devastate the United States,’ officials warn
Hurricane Irma swept across the Bahamas and Cuba on Friday as the deadly storm hurtled toward Florida’s doorstep and threatened to ravage the state with destruction not seen in a generation. As the weather forecasts and warnings from officials grew increasingly dire, hundreds of thousands of people across Florida fled their homes in an effort…
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Hurricane Irma Has Miami In Its Sights After Cutting Deadly Swath In Caribbean
Hurricane Irma was on a track to slam Miami as it continued to cut a destructive swath through the Caribbean islands Thursday, leaving death and destruction in its wake. As of 10 a.m., the glamorous Florida city was 60 hours from feeling the first effects of a killer storm that has already been blamed for…
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With Irma, Miami and Charleston face their potential nightmare hurricane scenarios
It’s never good when an Atlantic hurricane is compared to Super Typhoon Haiyan, which wiped out the city of Tacloban in the Philippines in 2013 as one of the most intense tropical cyclones ever observed on the planet. Yet we find ourselves in the position to make that comparison with Hurricane Irma. The monster storm…
