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Floodwaters rise as killer storm stalks southeastern US

https://youtu.be/3NOOg9ip4c8   by Sébastien Duval Agence France Presse GRIFTON, United States (AFP) — Catastrophic floods raised the threat of landslides and dam failures across the southeastern United States on Monday, prolonging the agony caused by a killer hurricane that has left more than a dozen people dead and caused billions of dollars in damage. Downgraded to a tropical depression, Florence crept over South and North Carolina, dumping heavy rains on already flood-swollen river basins that […]

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Residents of hurricane-hit US town start to pick up the pieces

by Sébastien DUVAL Agence France Presse NEW BERN, United States (AFP) — With rain still falling and no electricity, residents of New Bern, North Carolina are starting to pick up the pieces after devastating flooding caused by Hurricane Florence. At the confluence of the Neuse and Trent rivers, where several hundred people were rescued from flood waters, uniformed national guardsmen tour an area to provide assistance. “Do you need anything?” one asks. “Power!” a weary […]

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College professor speaks out about ‘sexual assault’ by Trump Supreme Court pick

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A college professor has gone public for the first time to accuse President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick of sexually assaulting her in the 1980s, prompting calls by the opposition to postpone the nomination vote. Christine Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University, initially detailed the allegations about Brett Kavanaugh in confidential letters to her congresswoman and later to California Senator Diane Feinstein, a senior Democrat on the […]

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Tropical storm Florence leaves at least four dead in the US

  by Sebastien Duval with Leila Macor in Myrtle Beach Agence France Presse WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — A woman and her baby were killed when a tree fell on their house and at least two other storm-related deaths were reported on Friday as Hurricane Florence slammed into the Carolinas, dousing the eastern US states with torrential rain and causing rivers to burst their banks. Hundreds of people needed to be rescued after becoming trapped […]

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Teen dead as gas explosions rock US towns

  NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A teenager was killed and 25 residents injured after a series of gas explosions and fires rocked three US towns north of Boston, according to the state government. Massachusetts police said they had responded to 70 reports of fires, explosions and the smell of gas that began Thursday afternoon and triggered mass evacuations across the east coast towns of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover “The incidents have been […]

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CNN poll shows popularity of Catholic church’s Pope Francis plummeting in US

  (Eagle News) — A recent poll published by CNN, a US news channel, showed Catholic Church’s Pope Francis’s popularity plummeting in the United States among Catholics in that country. The poll conducted by SSRS showed that only 48 percent of Americans in general supported the Argentinian pontiff, and his popularity has also plummeted by 20 percent among US Catholics, from  83 percent 18 months ago to 63 percent at present. The CNN poll was […]

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Hurricane Florence a ‘significant threat’ for next 24 to 36 hours: FEMA

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Florence, which made landfall in North Carolina on Friday, will pose “significant threats” for the next 24 to 36 hours, an emergency management official said. “This is not the end of it,” said Jeff Byard, associate administrator for response and recovery at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He said “24 to 36 hours remain for significant threats” from heavy rain, storm surge and flooding. © Agence France-Presse

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WATCH: Hurricane Florence hits waterfront town of New Bern

NEW BERN, North Carolina (AFP) — Hurricane Florence’s storm surge causing trees to fall and building damage on the streets of New Bern, North Carolina where hundreds of people have been rescued from their homes. The riverfront town of New Bern, was hit as the sprawling Category 1 hurricane came close to making landfall.

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Hurricane Florence makes landfall in North Carolina: official

WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina at 7:15 am (1115 GMT) on Friday, the National Hurricane Center said. “Hurricane Florence made landfall minutes ago,” NHC Director Ken Graham said in a Facebook Live video. © Agence France-Presse

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