SAFETY FIRST. A vehicle negotiates a road in Abra after it was cleared of fallen rocks and debris from a magnitude 7 earthquake last July 27. Benguet Governor Melchor Diclas on Wednesday (Aug. 3, 2022) called on motorists to take all necessary precautions when traversing the roads in the province as landslides, rock slides, thick fog and slippery roads make their travel more perilous. (PNA photo courtesy of PDRRMO) LA TRINIDAD, Benguet - Governor Melchor Diclas again reminded motorists to take precautionary measures while traveling in Benguet as rains and aftershocks continue to be experienced in the province. "Precaution is needed especially these rainy seasons when driving or traveling anywhere in the province," Diclas said on Wednesday. The governor said Benguet, located in a mountainous area, has slippery roads, especially at this time when rain occurs almost every day, something common in the province during the monsoon season. He said thick fog that is also normal in th
its north loop reopened today after historic flooding caused the whole park to close just last month. those storms washing out roads and causing rock slides. some trails and campsites do remain off limits the nation s oldest national park is celebrating its 150th anniversary. there s something different lighting up the skies over some cities this weekend. a big shift in how they re celebrating the fourth of july holiday. instead of fireworks, they re turning to high-tech drone shows. we sent our erin mclaughlin to gypsum, colorado, to find out what s behind this change reporter: they re the sights and sounds of the fourth of july. but this year, across america, towns are doing something different to celebrate the stars and stripes, ditching fireworks for drones i thought it was really cool. reporter: it s growing in popularity out west where the fire danger is higher than ever.
fox & friends first earlier. . these historic amounts of precipitation and snowfall and rain and now flooding, it cut off one of the real jewels in our tourism crown in yellowstone national park. so this is going to hurt. this is definitely going to take a shot at the local economy and the state tourism economy for sure. the governor meanwhile is urging the white house to declare a major disaster in the state. i would imagine that s coming. officials warn yellowstone park could be closed indefinitely. so many roads are gone. how do they close a park that big? senior meteorologist joins us now. a lot of people have plans to go on vacation there this summer. it s supposed to supposed to be the 150th anniversary. millions of folks are planning to go. but right now, look at all of the roads that are closed right now indefinitely. the water levels are coming down, but we re still looking at the potential for flooding and rock slides. this is a big deal. they ve seen, you know, month
it was just again a blessing. we re hearing houses got flooded. it is crazy to think about. cars and rock slides. we re just fortunate. all five entrances to yellowstone national park remain closed. around 10,000 visitors had to be evacuated. now the national park service is assessing the damage figuring out what is broken and what needs to be fixed before things are safe to let visitors back in. dana: thanks for the update. bill: twitter employees get the first chance today to talk with the new boss who might be the boss. billionaire will take part in a company town hall for the first time since that offer of $44 billion to buy it from elon musk. clay travis is here, outkick founder. there is a rub back and forth here. i think they should televise this, i would watch it. that would be incredible. i m a twitter shareholder and have been for a long time. my hope has been that elon can
restored. they said it s an aging infrastructure. a problem they faced before. hey, greg abbott f. all of that doesn t convince people a climate crisis is here. take a look at the apocalyptic scene at yellowstone national park in montana. it s facing rock slides and extremely hazardous conditions. the floods washed out bridges and roads and blocked out access to gardner, montana, the river swallowed a house and made drinking water unsafe in some areas. this popular, beautiful national park is not only indefinitely closed, but it s now forever changed. the landscape literally and figuratively has changed dramatically in the last 36 hours. a little bit ironic this landscape was created by violent geologic events and it s not very happy when it happens well when we are all settled on it.