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(Eagle News) — A very strong magnitude 8.1 quake rocked Mexico at 4:49 UTC time (12:59 p.m., Philippine time) near the coast of Chiapas, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Preliminary reports showed that the quake had a depth of 35 kilometers. Its epicenter was located 96 kilometers southwest of Pijijiapan, Mexico. The USGS earlier recorded the quake at 8.0, but upgraded it to a magnitude 8.1 quake later. Strong aftershocks A […]
(Video courtesy Rose dela Cruz, Eagle News Service) (Reuters) — Hurricane Irma left a wake of damage on the northern coast of the Dominican Republic on Thursday (September 7) as the “extremely dangerous” storm swept through the Caribbean with 175 mph winds. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has said Irma remains an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm as it takes aim at the Turks and Caicos islands and Florida where it is expected to […]
(Agence France Presse) — Hurricane Irma has churned through a string of Caribbean islands, many of them famed for their pristine beauty and tropical climes, and threatens others. Here are background details about these areas: – Anguilla – A group of flat and low-lying islands east of Puerto Rico, Anguilla is a self-governing overseas territory of Britain. It is small (91 square kilometres/35 square miles) with a population estimated at around 17,000. – Antigua […]
(Eagle News) — Category 5 Hurricane Irma, with winds of up to 290 kilometers per hour, battered Turks and Caicos islands on Thursday as people in the Caribbean and those in the hurricane’s path in the Southeastern United States started bracing themselves for what could be the strongest hurricane of their lives. Turks and Caicos is an archipelago of 40 low-lying coral islands in the Atlantic Oceaan, and is a British Overseas Territory southeast […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico on Thursday expelled the ambassador of North Korea in protest over Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test which it said posed “a grave risk for peace.” Ambassador Kim Hyong Gil was declared persona non grata and given 72 hours to leave the country, according to a statement by the foreign ministry. Pyongyang’s decision to carry out its sixth and most powerful nuclear test Sunday was a serious violation of international […]
POINTE-À-PITRE, France (AFP) — The French part of the Caribbean island St Martin is “95 percent destroyed” after Hurricane Irma tore through the region, top local official Daniel Gibbs said late Wednesday. “It’s an enormous catastrophe. Ninety-five percent of the island is destroyed. I’m in shock. It’s frightening,” said Gibbs, a former French lawmaker, speaking on Radio Caribbean International. The island is in need of emergency assistance, he said. “I have sick people to […]
Residents of Bahamas also made the necessary preparations for the impending massive hurricane Irma. Photos from Nassau in Bahamas here showed how the residents bought what they can, mostly food and other items needed, to survive the onslaught of this category 5 hurricane. (Images, video from Eagle News Service correspondent in Nassau, Bahamas. Eagle News Service)
PARIS, France (AFP) — Hurricane Irma slammed into the Caribbean islands of Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin on Wednesday, the French weather office said, adding that it had caused major flooding in low-lying areas. Coastlines are being “battered extremely violently” by the sea, it said, adding: “These islands are suffering major impacts.” As Irma approached the French-run Saint Barthelemy, a favorite jet-setters’ destination also known as St. Barts, the office measured winds of 244 […]
Dominican authorities were on high alert as Irma strengthened into a “potentially catastrophic” Category Five hurricane, that could hit part of the cost of the tiny island Thursday morning. “We are prepared to come to the rescue of the population, to respond in shelters and thus everything that can happen,” said José Ramón Peralta, Administrative Minister to the President Gloria Ceballos, director of the National Meteorological Office said they expect the hurricane to hit them […]
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 […]
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 […]
LOS ANGELES, USA (Reuters) — Fire officials said that they had effectively stopped the uncontrolled spread of a massive brush fire on the northern edge of Los Angeles on Monday, but were still working to contain it, according to local news sources. More than 1,000 firefighters are battling the fire, dubbed the La Tuna Fire, which started in Los Angeles County on Friday and has rapidly burned thousands of acres of land. California Governor Jerry […]
