SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona barreled toward the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm, prompting the government to impose a curfew. Forecasters said Fiona was expected to pass near Grand Turk, the British territory’s capital island, on Tuesday morning. Advertisement “Storms are unpredictable,” Premier Washington Misick said […]
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Queen Elizabeth II Funeral; Hurricane Fiona Makes Landfall in Puerto Rico, Knocks Out Power | NTD Good Morning
The royal funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will be held today at Westminster Abbey in London. Around 500 state leaders and royals from around the world are expected to attend. Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico on Sunday. The storm caused massive blackouts and is threatening to inflict “catastrophic flooding” and landslides. Senator Ted Cruz urges […]
Queen Elizabeth II Funeral; Hurricane Fiona Makes Landfall in Puerto Rico, Knocks Out Power | NTD Good Morning
The royal funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will be held today at Westminster Abbey in London. Around 500 state leaders and royals from around the world are expected to attend. Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico on Sunday. The storm caused massive blackouts and is threatening to inflict “catastrophic flooding” and landslides. Senator Ted Cruz urges […]
Hurricane Fiona Bears Down On Dominican Republic After Pounding Puerto Rico
HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Fiona bore down on the Dominican Republic Monday after knocking out the power grid and unleashing floods and landslides in Puerto Rico, where the governor said the damage was “catastrophic.” No deaths have been reported, but authorities in the U.S. territory said it was too early to estimate the damage from […]
Hurricane Fiona Bears Down On Dominican Republic After Pounding Puerto Rico
HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Fiona bore down on the Dominican Republic Monday after knocking out the power grid and unleashing floods and landslides in Puerto Rico, where the governor said the damage was “catastrophic.” No deaths have been reported, but authorities in the U.S. territory said it was too early to estimate the damage from […]
Hurricane Fiona Bears Down On Dominican Republic After Pounding Puerto Rico
HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Fiona bore down on the Dominican Republic Monday after knocking out the power grid and unleashing floods and landslides in Puerto Rico, where the governor said the damage was “catastrophic.” No deaths have been reported, but authorities in the U.S. territory said it was too early to estimate the damage from […]
Tropical storm Fiona strengthens and hurricane warnings issued
Tropical storm Fiona has strengthened and is now heading towards the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico where hurricane warnings are in place. It is threatening to dump up to 41 cm of rain on parts of Puerto Rico and where locals are bracing for potential landslides, severe flooding and power outages. Authorities opened shelters and […]
Read Dr Fiona McQueen’s letter on 1080 poisoning & NZ’s native birds that the Wanaka Sun declines to publish
EWR comment: the 1080 issue is still as present as ever. It has been overshadowed more urgently at this blog by the CV VX rollout. The 1080 poisoning however continues, business as usual with currently the East Cape to be slathered with this deadly poison. Sixty years on and we still have the pests? How […]
Iran to continue support for oppressed Palestinians: Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has pledged the Islamic Republic’s unwavering support for the Palestinian nation. Rouhani made the remark in a meeting with Ramadan Abdullah Shalah, the head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Thursday. Describing Palestine as the “symbol of resistance” against aggressors, Rouhani said the issue […]