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CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (Reuters) — Haitians in the northern part of the country dealt with wind and rain on Thursday (September 7) as Hurricane Irma lashed the island of Hispaniola. In the city of Cap-Haitien, many people were on the street and in markets making final preparations as the rain began to fall and wind picked up. Fishermen tried to organize their boats and equipment but one fisherman, Rochenel, said they were not prepared for Irma’s […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Hurricane Irma leaves at least four dead in US Virgin Islands: officials. (Agence France-Presse)
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Hurricane Jose strengthened to a Category Three storm Thursday, as it followed the path of monster Hurricane Irma, US weather forecasters said. The National Hurricane Center said the storm, located east of the Lesser Antilles, was packing winds of 120 miles per hour (195 kilometers per hour), as it moved northwest at nearly 18 miles per hour (30 kilometers per hour). “Some additional strengthening is possible during the next 24 […]
By Jay Rosquites EBC Florida Bureau TAMPA, Florida– Some residents have begun collecting sandbags to be used as deterrents against possible flooding, as Hurricane Irma closed in on Florida after slamming into the Caribbean. The sandbags can be collected at several locations throughout Pinellas county, Hillsborough county, and Pasco county until Saturday. County officials are allowing residents 20 sandbags per person. “We’re expecting lots of rainfall. It’s a preventive measure because even if one […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s President Xi Jinping told Donald Trump Wednesday that Beijing remains committed to denuclearizing North Korea as the United States president warned again that any Pyongyang threat would trigger an “overwhelming” response. In a phone call with Trump, Xi also said China remains firm in its wish to resolve the issue through talks leading to a peaceful settlement, state news agency Xinhua reported, as tensions soared over North Korea’s pursuit of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said military action against North Korea was not the “first choice” of his administration Wednesday, edging away from his harshest threats against the regime in Pyongyang. After a phone call with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on how to deal with North Korea’s threatening nuclear and ballistic missile programs, Trump did not rule out military strikes, saying “we will see what happens.” But, he indicated, other avenues for […]
The Philippine Embassy is urging Filipino communities in the East Coast to take all necessary precautions and brace themselves for Hurricane Irma, which is projected to hit the Caribbean islands and surrounding areas, Puerto Rico, and the state of Florida within the next few days. The US National Hurricane Center has now classified Hurricane Irma as a Category 5 hurricane, with potentially catastrophic damage to its path. “We advise all our kababayans staying along […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered the end of the “Dreamers” program that allowed illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children to remain in the country. That move threatens the futures of some 800,000 people, many now in schools, with jobs and families in the United States. What is the ‘Dreamers’ program? In a presidential order in June 2012, president Barack Obama launched DACA — Deferred Action […]
Video courtesy Eagle News Service contributor Mike Robinson in Orlando, Florida. Taken in Super Target, Hunters’ Creek. (Eagle News Service) (Video courtesy Ricky Bravo taken in Walmart in Gainesville, Florida) Hurricane Irma, now a category 5 hurricane, is expected to impact the central Florida region in the next few days. Because of this, Central Florida families have not wasted any time in preparing for this storm, which is being called the […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — As Hurricane Irma bore down on the Caribbean, a new tropical storm emerged in the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said. Tropical Storm Jose had formed in the open Atlantic to the east of Hurricane Irma, which has developed into a powerful Category Five storm, the Miami-based NHC said. The NHC did not issue any coastal watches or warnings for Jose, which is currently located some […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – A son of former Honduran president Porfirio Lobo was sentenced to 24 years in an American prison on Tuesday for conspiring to smuggle cocaine and sell it in the United States. The hefty punishment for Fabio Lobo was meant as a warning to corrupt members of Latin America’s political elite, the New York City judge ruling over the trial, Lorna Schofield, said. She said Lobo had used his connections […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Irma picked up strength and has become an “extremely dangerous” Category Five hurricane as it approached the Caribbean on Tuesday, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center reported. “Preparations should be rushed to completion in the hurricane warning area,” the NHC said in its 1200 GMT bulletin. The monster hurricane, the most powerful of the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale, is about 270 miles (440 kilometers) east of the island of Antigua packing […]
