Flood defences prepared for Storm Christoph
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January 23, 2021
LONDON: Preparations are under way for further wet weather next week after homes were flooded following days of heavy rain caused by Storm Christoph, the Environment Secretary has said.
Care home residents were among those evacuated due to floods in several areas across the North West, while in Wales, a helicopter crew rescued a family trapped in their home due to fast-flowing floodwater.
Two severe flood warnings – meaning danger to life – were in place at midday on Friday for the River Dee at Farndon and the Lower Dee Valley from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows.Storm Christoph is now set to give way to colder winter weather this weekend as rainfall begins to ease, according to the Met Office.
As an old speechwriter, Iâm a close reader of political speeches. Especially important speeches, like Gov. Roy Cooperâs inaugural address.
Little noted in news coverage of the speech was an unmistakable message the governor sent to North Carolinians â and to Republican politicians in Raleigh â in the wake of the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol and the big-lie attack on the 2020 election.
The day after the invasion of the Capitol, Cooper had called for President Trump to resign or be removed. Two days later, his inaugural speech called on North Carolinians to renounce Trumpism.
Cooperâs speech was short, less than 900 words and just seven minutes. But four times in his brief address, the governor warned against what he framed as threats to democracy.
January 25, 2021 - 8:00am
Al Roker of NBC’s Today Show fame, will discuss his passion, interest and concerns about climate change, as well as his storied career as keynote speaker at Operation Sierra Storm, the annual television meteorologists’ conference at Lake Tahoe. The public is invited to tune in via Facebook to watch Roker on Monday, January 25.
Operation Sierra Storm (OSS) in an annual weather conference held on the South Shore. Due to health and safety restrictions, the public is unable to attend Monday s event in person, but they are welcome to participate via Facebook.
The free public Facebook event is from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The schedule:
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GUATEMALA CITY/TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The death toll from torrential downpours unleashed by storm Eta leapt on Friday as Guatemalan soldiers reached a mountain village where around 100 people were killed by a landslide, adding to dozens of other dead in Central America and Mexico.
Many of those who lost their lives in the village of Queja in the central Guatemalan region of Alta Verapaz were buried in their homes after mudslides swallowed around 150 houses, army spokesman Ruben Tellez said.
The devastating weather front brought destruction from Panama to Honduras and Mexico, which between them have registered more than 50 flood-related deaths.
The Country - Storm edition
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Today on the show, Jamie Mackay spoke to former President of Horticulture NZ Julian Raine, about how a recent once-in-a-lifetime storm has affected the sector.
On with the show:
Julian Raine:
The former President of Horticulture NZ comments on a once-in-a-lifetime storm that cut a swathe through the Nelson region on Boxing Day causing multi-million dollar losses for apple, pear, kiwifruit, berry, hop and vegetable growers.
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Jeremy Rookes and Stu Loe:
Today s panel features a couple of sheep and beef farmers, one of whom is a grafter, and the jury is out for the other!