Tag: Central Park

How climate change is muting America’s famous fall foliage

by Peter HUTCHISON Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – America’s northeast is famous for its red, orange and yellow fall foliage but experts say climate change is dulling the colors and delaying peak season, causing concern for the region’s multibillion-dollar “leaf-peeping” tourist industry. Warmer temperatures and heavier rainfall are keeping leaves greener for longer while extreme weather events like heatwaves and storms are stripping trees bare before getting to autumn, according to conservationists. […]

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Lightning cuts short NYC Homecoming Concert

  By Joanne Soriano EBC New York Bureau (Eagle News) — The much anticipated “We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert” in Central Park was cancelled halfway through the five-hour program due to lightning. An announcement was made for attendees to quickly and calmly exit due to approaching severe weather. The show was initially suspended with attendees asked to find a safe place to shelter, then cancelled. Before the concert, Mayor Bill De Blasio had also […]

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Central Park, the calm amid New York’s coronavirus storm

by Peter HUTCHISON Agence France Presse New York, United States (AFP) — Gone are the softball games, horse-drawn carriages and hordes of tourists. In their place are pronounced birdsong, solitary walks and renewed appreciation for Central Park’s beauty during New York’s coronavirus lockdown. The 843-acre (340-hectare) park — arguably the world’s most famous urban green space — normally bustles with human activity as winter turns to spring But this year due to COVID-19, it’s the […]

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Veteran journalist among six killed in Pasay condo stabbing

  (Eagle News) — A veteran journalist was among the six killed when a man went amuck in a Pasay condominium on Tuesday night. In a radio interview, Ben Cal said that a friend, Joel Palacios, was one of those who died when Robert Garan went on a murderous frenzy in the Central Park condominium around 6 p.m. “Pati misis niya nasaksak…Ngayon ‘yun pala nagjo-jogging at may kasama siya. So ‘yung nangyari ‘yung nag-amok, nakita si […]

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