Ministry aims to build a culture of safety in schools

Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:02:00 +0200fijitimes (en)

Update: 9:23PM Almost 10 per cent of schools in the country have been damaged in the wake of natural disaster Tropical Cyclone Evan in 2012, says Education Acting Permanent Secretary, Kelera Taloga. Speaking at a two-day National Workshop for Priority Setting for School Safety in Suva today, Ms....

Ministry to aims to build a culture of safety in schools

Mon, 21 Sep 2015 13:32:00 +0200fijitimes (en)

Update: 9:23PM Almost 10 per cent of schools in the country have been damaged in the wake of natural disaster Tropical Cyclone Evan in 2012, says Education Acting Permanent Secretary, Kelera Taloga. Speaking at a two-day National Workshop for Priority Setting for School Safety in Suva today, Ms....

Hurricane Igor, 5 years later: What one reporter saw

Mon, 21 Sep 2015 11:59:00 +0200CBC (en)

On Sept. 21, 2010, Hurricane Igor struck eastern Newfoundland. Lee Pitts hit the road for CBC News, and with videographer Eddy Kennedy documented the storm's intense destruction for nine days straight. Watch the videos below as he looks back at footage captured five years ago, and shares some the stories that stuck with him.

Fears El Niño could hamper FSM's typhoon recovery

Mon, 21 Sep 2015 03:56:00 +0200rnzi (en)

The head of the International Organisation for Migration in Federated States of Micronesia says he fears a worsening El Niño could hamper the country's recovery from Typhoon Maysak. The category five system tore through the states of Yap and Chuuk in March, killing five people, contaminating water supplies and wiping out crops.

FSM recovery from Typhoon Maysak slow

Sun, 20 Sep 2015 21:49:00 +0200rnzi (en)

Six months after Typhoon Maysak tore through parts of Federated States of Micronesia, the International Organisation for Migration says the recovery effort is still far from complete. Water tanks arriving on Fais in Federated States of Micronesia to help community recover from super typhoon Maysak and prepare for climate change in future.

Tropical hurricane hits Long Island and New England in 1938

Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:42:00 +0200nydailynews (en)

(Originally published by the Daily News on Sept. 22, 1938.) Along a fifty-mile stretch of Long Island’s South Shore, Coast Guardsmen and volunteer searchers hunted this morning for bodies of victims of a tropical hurricane that had swept that North Atlantic coast and taken a known toll of 116 lives.

Tropical Storm Ida unlikely to be threat to Caribbean

Sun, 20 Sep 2015 15:35:00 +0200caribbean360 (en)

FLORIDA, United States, Sunday September 20, 2015 – Tropical Storm Ida is not likely to pose any threat to the Caribbean, forecasters say. The ninth named storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season formed on Friday night in the waters of the Central Atlantic midway between the Lesser Antilles Islands and the coast of Africa.

End of a search, beginning of a friendship; Waveland girl gets to hang out with her Katrina rescuer

Sun, 20 Sep 2015 00:44:00 +0200sunherald (en)

BAY ST. LOUIS -- Mike Maroney, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, has spent 10 years searching for a 3-year-old girl he rescued when he was helping evacuate Hurricane Katrina victims via helicopter from New Orleans. After reuniting Tuesday on the Warner Bros.

Tropical Storm Ida "no current threat to land"

Sat, 19 Sep 2015 23:42:00 +0200tribune242 (en)

TROPICAL Storm Ida has become the tenth named storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, moving north west over open waters 1,100 miles west of the Cape Verde islands. Ida was named on Friday night and is expected to strengthen as sea surface temperatures are warm, wind shear is generally low and there is ample moisture in the area.

Dodging hurricanes and thinking of Manitoba weather in Puerto Rico

Sat, 19 Sep 2015 14:05:00 +0200CBC (en)

It's hurricane season here in the Caribbean. Anyone know a good meteorologist? I could use CBC Manitoba's John Sauder right now, as I've been getting much of my weather information from that reputable weather prognosticator: Facebook. A good weatherman is hard to find….

Tropical Storm Ida forms in Atlantic

Sat, 19 Sep 2015 05:56:00 +0200nola (en)

has formed in the tropical Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said Friday (Sept. 18) night. It is not a threat to land. At 10 p.m., Ida was located about 915 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands, and was moving northwest at 7 mph. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.

Tropical Storm Ida And Tropical Depression 9 Over The Atlantic

Sat, 19 Sep 2015 05:55:00 +0200caribseek (en)

WILLEMSTAD, Curaçao (CSN) – Tropical Storm Ida formed over the Atlantic Ocean tonight and Tropical Depression 9 should become a remnant low within the next 24 hours. El Niño could bring early end to Atlantic Hurricane Season. Tropical Storm Ida. At 1100 PM AST (0300 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Ida was located near latitude 13.

The Latest: Cousin: Some of 7 hikers met in California club

Sat, 19 Sep 2015 00:46:00 +0200wcfcourier (en)

CEDAR FALLS | Pinnacle Prairie businesses will sponsor a fireworks spectacular for the community Saturday at dusk, approximately 8 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) — Travelers entering the U.S. from Liberia will no longer be screened for Ebola. WASHINGTON (AP) — Add another item to lawmakers' busy fall agenda:....

Skies dry but overcast; flood watch in effect 45 mins ago

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 23:50:00 +0200tcpalm (en)

Typical standing water problems at the Savanna Club and U.S. 1 are still there Friday morning. (LAURIE BLANDFORD/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS) Copyright 2015 Journal Media Group. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

The Latest: Cousin: Some of 7 Hikers Met in California Club

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 23:36:00 +0200ABCnews (en)

The latest on the deadly flash flooding to hit the Utah-Arizona border region (all times local): 3:14 p.m. A relative of one of the seven hikers killed during a flash flood in Utah's Zion National Park says some members of the group met through a Southern California hiking club.

The Latest: Cousin: Some of 7 hikers met in California club

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 23:31:00 +0200usnews (en)

HILDALE, Utah (AP) — The latest on the deadly flash flooding to hit the Utah-Arizona border region (all times local): 3:14 p.m. A relative of one of the seven hikers killed during a flash flood in Utah's Zion National Park says some members of the group met through a Southern California hiking club.

The Latest: Cousin: Some of 7 hikers met in California club

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 23:29:00 +0200wxow (en)

HILDALE, Utah (AP) - The latest on the deadly flash flooding to hit the Utah-Arizona border region (all times local): 3:14 p.m. A relative of one of the seven hikers killed during a flash flood in Utah's Zion National Park says some members of the group met through a Southern California hiking club.

The Latest: Cousin: Some of 7 hikers met in California club

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 23:29:00 +0200therepublic (en)

HILDALE, Utah The latest on the deadly flash flooding to hit the Utah-Arizona border region (all times local): 3:14 p.m. A relative of one of the seven hikers killed during a flash flood in Utah's Zion National Park says some members of the group met through a Southern California hiking club.

The Latest: Family: Hikers killed in flood watched weather

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 22:30:00 +0200siouxcityjournal (en)

HILDALE, Utah (AP) — The latest on the deadly flash flooding to hit the Utah-Arizona border region (all times local): 1:24 p.m. Family members say a group of seven hikers killed in a flash flood at Zion National Park were watching weather reports closely before heading into a narrow canyon where they got trapped during a torrential storm.

Atlantic storm may become Tropical Storm Ida, no immediate threat to land

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 22:15:00 +0200tampabay (en)

Weather Underground Inc. | Updates on this storm Atlantic storm may become Tropical Storm Ida, no immediate threat to land. I want to see more articles tagged I'm already following articles tagged. A storm system in the Atlantic Ocean may develop into a tropical storm in the next few days, but it is not considered an immediate threat to land.

The Latest: Family: Hikers killed in flood watched weather

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 21:57:00 +0200wxow (en)

HILDALE, Utah (AP) - The latest on the deadly flash flooding to hit the Utah-Arizona border region (all times local): 1:24 p.m. Family members say a group of seven hikers killed in a flash flood at Zion National Park were watching weather reports closely before heading into a narrow canyon where they got trapped during a torrential storm.

The Latest: Final Image of 7 Hikers Killed by Flood Is Found

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 21:33:00 +0200ABCnews (en)

The latest on the deadly flash flooding to hit the Utah-Arizona border region (all times local): 1:24 p.m. Family members say a group of seven hikers killed in a flash flood at Zion National Park were watching weather reports closely before heading into a narrow canyon where they got trapped during a torrential storm.

The Latest: Final image of 7 hikers killed by flood is found

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 21:28:00 +0200usnews (en)

HILDALE, Utah (AP) — The latest on the deadly flash flooding to hit the Utah-Arizona border region (all times local): 1:24 p.m. Family members say a group of seven hikers killed in a flash flood at Zion National Park were watching weather reports closely before heading into a narrow canyon where they got trapped during a torrential storm.

Small chance tropical storm forms off Southeast coast over next several days

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 20:33:00 +0200WashingtonPost (en)

An area of disturbed weather off the Florida coast could slowly become better organized and develop into a tropical depression or storm between now and early next week as it slowly drifts northeast. The specific effects this disturbance might have on the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic are highly uncertain.

South East Asia emergency response team takes on region's deluge of disasters

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:23:00 +0200thanhniennews (en)

After the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar in 2008, international aid poured into Southeast Asia, but in both disasters the 10-nation regional body ASEAN was conspicuously absent, says disaster expert Arnel Capili. All the ASEAN nations - Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,....

Foggy & muggy start to Friday, plus flood watch

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:40:00 +0200tcpalm (en)

Heavy rain Wednesday and Thursday left standing water in parts of Tanglewood Mobile Home Park off Weatherbee Road in Fort Pierce on Thursday. (ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS) ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS. Copyright 2015 Journal Media Group. All rights reserved.

Five lessons from Hurricane Katrina emergency robot deployments

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:37:00 +0200phys (en)

As director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) at Texas A&M University, Murphy has played an active role in responding to these and more than 20 other disasters, but she's first and foremost a researcher. Using her experiences in these hot zones as a starting point, she....

Tropical depression fizzles but another on the horizon

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:03:00 +0200caribbean360 (en)

FLORIDA, United States, Friday September 18, 2015 – Just about a day after forming, the tropical depression off the Leeward Islands is fizzling. And the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) says it should be nothing more than a remnant low later today. Tropical depression nine is about 1,070 miles east....

System in central Atlantic has potential to become tropical depression

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 03:28:00 +0200nola (en)

An area of low pressure moving over the central Atlantic Ocean has the potential to become a tropical depression in the next day or two, National Hurricane Center forecasters said Thursday (Sept. 17) night. The system, located about 700 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands, has a 70....