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Irma weakens to Category 1 Hurricane but still poses threat

12 Setiembre 2017, 09:47

Winds sent trees crashing onto homes and the world's busiest airport in Atlanta cancelled hundreds of flights as the storm's punch was felt statewide despite its weakened status as a tropical storm. Storm surge, or the water pushed ashore by a hurric...

Tale of the Ticker: Shell Midstream Partners LP (SHLX) Moves on Volume

12 Setiembre 2017, 09:39

The SI to Roadrunner Transportation System's float is 3.28%. This is usually interpreted as a good sign as traders widely believe rising stock should see increasing volume. Looking at some ROIC (Return on Invested Capital) numbers, Nihon Enterprise C...

Hurricane Irma: Naples, Florida mayor says city "dodged" storm surge predictions

12 Setiembre 2017, 09:23

Despite downgrading to a Category 2 hurricane Sunday evening, Irma is still packing powerful winds as it continues to batter the Florida Peninsula. It plans to leave both reactors in service at the St. "You won't make it turn around (and) it will h...

British crucial Brexit bill passes first parliament hurdle as opposition warns division

12 Setiembre 2017, 09:14

The Bill has been criticised by opposition parties, devolved administrations , and legal organisations for being a " power grab ", due to the extensive powers it affords to government ministers in the two years following the exit date from the EU....

Korea Nuclear Test Ahead of Pyongyang's Foundation Day

12 Setiembre 2017, 09:13

North Korea has made rapid progress in its nuclear and missile programs despite multiple sets of United Nations sanctions, and Go Myong-Hyun at the Asan Institute of Policy Studies said the latest measures were "not enough to cause pain".

Minnesota joins other states in lawsuit to keep childhood immigrant program

12 Setiembre 2017, 08:43

More than 200,000 of the so-called Dreamers in California have been granted a temporary legal right to live, study and work in the us under the program. After that, there will be no more renewals, if the Trump administration's action stand...

Governor expected to expand Irma declaration

12 Setiembre 2017, 07:09

Residents across North Carolina are being urged to prepare for Hurricane Irma , which is expected to have been downgraded to a tropical storm by the time in hits the state. Also, the express lanes along I-75 heading into Atlanta are free and open to...

Hurricane Irma poses threat to nuclear power plants

12 Setiembre 2017, 06:28

He stood on top of the barrier to get the ideal view of the churning waters before getting smacked by the wave and being pushed back onto the ground. The National Hurricane Center also put out warnings about life-threatening storm surge.

Hurricane Irma: As storm arrives in Upstate, how windy will it get?

12 Setiembre 2017, 06:25

The storm was still hurling violent winds Monday, pummeling cities in northeast Florida that had not expected to feel its full wrath. A Miami woman who went into labor was guided through delivery by phone when authorities couldn't reach her in hi...

Galaxy Note 8 makes its debut in India for ₹67900

12 Setiembre 2017, 06:10

Presently, Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is set to release in the market on September 18th. It sports the 6.3-inch QHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity Display , and the screen resolution is about 1440×2960 pixels. The AI-based assistant will be available on the ...

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Making Things Hard For Apple iPhone 8!

12 Setiembre 2017, 06:07

The phone succeeds the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 launched last year. The cinematic screen provides impeccable movie watching experience. We mentioned earlier the LG V30 is worth some $749.99 according to a promo material. Also, both the sensors...

Top 10 most 'employable' universities in 2018

12 Setiembre 2017, 05:43

Employability is a tricky thing to measure but higher education specialist QS Quacquarelli Symonds have made attempts at it throughout the years in its annual QS Graduate Employability Rankings . Duke University, at 9th, moved down one notch from pr...

Moon and Abe expect closer relationship and cooperation between Korea and Japan

12 Setiembre 2017, 05:26

Moon earlier called for a ban on overseas North Korean workers, who are a key foreign currency source for the North, but Putin said problem should be solved diplomatically, according to Seoul's presidential office. But speaking at the closure of ...

Tropical Storm Irma tracking northward while weakening

12 Setiembre 2017, 05:22

However, it's still expected to bring life-threatening flooding, winds and storm surge across Florida and possibly beyond. That aftermath was captured in satellite imagery shared by NASA yesterday. It gradually weakened to a tropical storm ...

Hurricane Irma batters Florida

12 Setiembre 2017, 05:22

Irma made landfall on Sunday morning as a Category 4 storm at Cudjoe Key, about 75 miles from Key Largo, where the NBC 6 helicopter was flying. While Irma is gradually weakening as it moves though Georgia, it remains a tropical storm with a l...

Gov. Scott: There's 'devastation' in the Florida Keys

12 Setiembre 2017, 05:17

Mayors in Florida's Miami-Dade and Broward counties issued mandatory evacuation orders starting on Thursday morning. Expected to be even more risky than the powerful winds are the storm surges that threaten Florida's coastal cities. Instead of ...

How Georgia could be impacted by Hurricane Irma

12 Setiembre 2017, 05:06

On Cuba, at least 10 people were killed by the storm on the island, officials say. "So, usually the eastern side of the storm has winds opposite of the winds aloft, so that's where you have high levels of (vertical) sheer", Ward said. A hurricane ...

New iPhone features leaked by 'disgruntled Apple employee'

12 Setiembre 2017, 05:03

Apple's calling it FaceID and we've already got a look at some of the animations you'll be seeing to set it up. Stay tuned for more updates. New iPhones: Apple plans to unveil a new phone, likely called the iPhone Edition or iPhone X .

Three active hurricanes at once: Katia forms in the Gulf

12 Setiembre 2017, 04:53

At 8 a.m. ET Saturday, Katia had maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour. Three simultaneous hurricanes in the Atlantic basin may seem extreme, but it happens about once every ten years. In five days, a trough moving across the USA should be...

Hurricane Irma: Boris Johnson to fly to Caribbean to survey aid effort

12 Setiembre 2017, 04:50

Many other islands, such as Barbuda, have seen most of their settlements and infrastructure obliterated . "This is a horrific disaster". He also called on USA and United Kingdom governments to step up their support in assisting with additional a...

WH Adviser: We Take Climate Change 'Seriously' - Just Not What Causes It

12 Setiembre 2017, 04:32

But along both East and West coasts, there will be flooding. "My administration is monitoring the situation around the clock, and we're in constant communications with all of the governors, with the state and local officials", Trump said in a vid...

NC 'will see significant tropical storm or hurricane impact by Monday'

12 Setiembre 2017, 04:31

Hurricane warnings were issued for several southern counties in Georgia, with tropical storm warnings for other sections to the north. The forecasts even have Irma maintaining hurricane strength well into Georgia on Monday. "These are storms of c...

Trump Renews the Threat of US Military Action Against North Korea

12 Setiembre 2017, 04:25

The United States is now urging new and tougher U.N. sanctions, including a ban on all oil and natural gas exports to North Korea, in response to the nuclear test. The United States and its allies are pushing for a global oil embargo on North Korea...

Ayatollah Khamenei calls Myanmar's Suu Kyi a 'cruel woman'

12 Setiembre 2017, 04:08

The White House on Monday condemned violence in Burma that since August 25 has forced about more than a quarter-million Rohingya Muslims , an ethnic minority, to flee the country. Previously only those in two official camps were being documented...

Mammoth Hurricane Irma, Jose's scope breathtaking from space

12 Setiembre 2017, 04:04

Travel to and from St. Martin and St. Bart was halted on Saturday with Jose closing in, while hurricane warnings put in place for Barbuda and Anguilla. It was packing maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (120 kilometres per hour). Curr...

Category 1 Hurricane Katia makes landfall in Mexico

12 Setiembre 2017, 04:02

And until two weeks ago, this season had been quite ordinary. The track guidance is still in good agreement during that By the weekend, a shortwave trough diving southward over the east-central United States is expected to cause Irma to turn northwes...

Vladimir Putin 'WON'T stand for nuclear armed North Korea'

12 Setiembre 2017, 03:48

Vladimir Putin, speaking at a press conference following a BRICS meeting in Xiamen in China , struck a discord with Washington's approach to the North Korea crisis when he criticized the pursuit of further sanctions as useless and denounced milita...

Irma knocks out power for 5.8 million Florida homes

12 Setiembre 2017, 03:24

Irma hit Florida on Sunday morning (Sep 10) as a unsafe Category 4 storm, the second highest level on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. A tropical storm warning is in effect for east-central Alabama, and the rest of the area has a wind adv...

Liverpool boss Klopp slams referee for Mane decision

12 Setiembre 2017, 02:59

They weren't able to keep City out for long though as Benjamin Mendy's low cross found Leroy Sane who beautifully finished to extend his side's lead to 4 - 0 with 13 minutes remaining. Subs: Oxlade-Chamberlain 5, Milner 6, Solanke 5. "(The f...

Displaced Fort Myers residents returning home after Hurricane Irma

12 Setiembre 2017, 02:49

When the monster storm made landfall in the Florida Keys Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane, it became the first such storm to make landfall in Florida since 2004. Jacksonville, the largest city geographically in the country, is grappling with a ...

Hurricane Jose and Katia forms in the Atlantic Basin

12 Setiembre 2017, 02:43

And before that, searches for "When is hurricane season over?" peaked around the time of Hurricane Katrina, according to Google trends. On the contrary, however, AL.com has reported that the storm could slam into Mexico's coast having reach cat...

AR Storm Chaser Follows Eye of Irma

12 Setiembre 2017, 02:30

As of 11 a.m. ET, Irma packed 65 miles per hour winds and was moving west-northwest at 17 miles per hour. The center is located right along the Florida and Georgia line and is forecast to track northwest and remain a tropical storm through ...

Irma weakens into a tropical depression

12 Setiembre 2017, 02:15

Police in Miami-Dade County said on Sunday they had made 29 arrests for looting and burglary. However, with more than 6.5 million account holders sitting in the dark, the vast majority of outages are in the Sunshine State, according to Florida Po...

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