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Florida braces for storm Idalia
Updated 01:39 | Published at 01:25 full screen A satellite image from the US weather agency NOAA from Monday shows Tropical Storm Idalia between the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, left,…
Florida braces for storm Idalia
The storm’s heavy rains have already hit Cuba, forcing residents to evacuate. Now Idalia is headed for Florida, where hurricane-force winds are expected to affect the state late Tuesday. Idalia…
California braces as Storm Hilary makes landfall
US authorities are warning of “catastrophic and life-threatening flooding” as Storm Hilary moves across northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States. A state of emergency has been declared in several…
Paris braces for violent night after 17-year-old Nahel is killed
A policeman shot dead a 17-year-old boy in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. 40,000 police are now being deployed to deal with the violent protests sparked by the incident which…
Canada braces for severe fire weekend
full screen The so-called Bald Mountain fire in a picture from last Friday. Photo: AP/TT Dry conditions, temperatures more than ten degrees above normal and 94 active fires have Canadian…
Canada braces for severe fire weekend
Canada braces for severe fire weekend The so-called Bald Mountain fire in a picture from last Friday. Photo: AP/TT Dry conditions, temperatures more than ten degrees above normal and 94…
Woerden braces itself for dispersal law, possibly AZC in municipality: ‘If we do nothing now, the problem will only get bigger’
Most can still remember the images from last September, when asylum seekers in Ter Apel had to sleep outside in the cold because there was no room left in the…
No weapons, all police on duty – Brazil braces for unrest as President Lula is sworn in on New Year’s Day
Political violence is a reality in Brazil divided by the presidential election. The atmosphere is extremely tense when the left Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes office on Sunday. The…
Woudenberg braces himself for another restless turn of the year and places cameras just to be on the safe side
Woudenberg – The municipality of Woudenberg is taking measures to prevent the turn of the year from being the same as in previous years, when things got quite out of…
Horn of Africa braces for worst drought in 40 years
The East African region faces “the very real prospect” of insufficient rains for the fourth consecutive season, according to the World Meteorological Organization, a UN agency. This historic drought would…