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by Gianrigo Marletta, with Leila Macor in Miami PENSACOLA, United States (AFP) — Shellshocked residents were cleaning up on Thursday after Hurricane Sally left a trail of destruction in US coastal towns stretching from Alabama to the top of the Florida panhandle. Sally, which made landfall Wednesday as a Category 2 hurricane, turned streets into rivers, toppled trees and downed power lines. “Our house had windows blow out,” Matt Wilson of Orange Beach, Alabama, one […]
by Gianrigo Marletta MOBILE, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Sally downed trees, flooded streets and homes and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands as it pounded the US Gulf Coast states of Alabama and Florida on Wednesday with torrential rain. Sally made landfall overnight near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 hurricane and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm. But the slow-moving Sally was lingering over parts of southern Alabama and […]
by Jocelyne ZABLIT LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — California faces more devastation from wildfires that have ravaged the West Coast, authorities warned Wednesday, with strong winds and dry heat expected to whip up flames from dozens of blazes raging across the state. Governor Gavin Newsom said although firefighters had made progress in their battle to contain more than two dozen major wildfires, so-called Santa Ana winds could fuel the relentless blazes. “With wind events […]
by Gianrigo Marletta / with Tori Otten in Washington NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Sally barrelled into the US Gulf Coast early Wednesday, with forecasts of drenching rains that could provoke “historic” and potentially deadly flash floods. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the Category 2 storm hit Gulf Shores, Alabama at about 4:45 am (0945 GMT), bringing maximum sustained winds of about 105 miles (165 kilometers) per hour. “Historic life-threatening flooding likely […]
by Gianrigo Marletta / with Tori Otten in Washington NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Sally picked up strength as it edged towards the US Gulf Coast early Wednesday, with forecasts of drenching rains that could provoke “historic” and potentially deadly flash floods. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said coastal areas in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida were in the sights of the storm, that was packing maximum sustained winds of around 105 miles (165 […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Disneyland, Universal Studios and other theme parks have called on California officials to set out the health criteria required for them to reopen, warning that tens of thousands of jobs are at stake. Six months after some 30 amusement parks closed “voluntarily in response to COVID,” the California Parks and Attractions Association said it had created robust measures to protect visitors and staff, but guidance from the state “has […]
by Gianrigo Marletta / with Tori Otten in Washington NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Sally churned towards the US Gulf Coast on Tuesday, threatening deadly flash flooding in Alabama and Mississippi, even as it weakened to a Category 1 storm. The National Hurricane Center said the storm could make landfall late Tuesday and was packing maximum sustained winds of around 80 miles (130 kilometers) per hour, a slight weakening from earlier in the […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Smoke from the fires ravaging the American West Coast traveled across the continent to reach the skies over New York on Tuesday, according to meteorological reports. The smoke was visible in the hazy New York sky, thought it remained well above the ground at 15,000 to 20,000 feet (4,500 to 6,000 meters), according to the site NY Metro Weather. Thanks to strong pressure systems, the smoke was trapped along […]
by Cyril JULIEN Agence France-Presse PORTLAND, Oregon (AFP) — The deadly fires spreading across three western US states are causing record-breaking pollution and a spate of health woes, from headaches and coughs to impaired vision, that have residents worried about the long-term consequences. Portland, the largest city in Oregon, has been blanketed for days by a dense smog that has sent pollution meters soaring. On Monday, the city ranked second-worst on IQAir’s live global air […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Monday vowed that any attack by Iran would be met with a response “1,000 times greater in magnitude,” after reports that Iran planned to avenge the killing of top general Qasem Soleimani. A US media report, quoting unnamed officials, said that an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the US ambassador to South Africa was planned before the presidential election in November. “According to press reports, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Detectives offered a $100,000 reward Monday for information leading to the capture of a fugitive who brazenly shot two US sheriff’s deputies at close range as they sat in their car. The officers targeted Saturday in the Compton neighborhood of Los Angeles — a 24-year-old man and 31-year-old woman — were in critical condition, but LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he was hopeful they would pull through. “Fortunately, […]
by John BIERS WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US officials were to consider a bid by tech giant Oracle to become an American partner to the Chinese-owned TikTok video app after it was designated a national security risk. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin confirmed the offer Monday concerning TikTok’s US operations after its parent company ByteDance rejected a proposal from Microsoft. TikTok said in a statement that “we’ve submitted a proposal to the Treasury Department which […]
