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Friday briefing: Counting the human, environmental and political cost of Hurricane Milton

Views: 10 Friday briefing: Counting the human, environmental and political cost of Hurricane Milton Hurricane Milton ripped through Florida on Wednesday night and yesterday morning, causing at least four deaths and leaving chaos in its wake. As America woke up, three million households were without power, and harrowing footage continued to emerge throughout the day of […]

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10 dead in Florida from tornadoes caused by Hurricane Milton

Views: 12 10 dead in Florida from tornadoes caused by Hurricane Milton FLORIDA, United States (AFP) — At least 10 people were killed after Hurricane Milton smashed into Florida, US authorities said Thursday, after the monster weather system sent tornadoes spinning across the state and flooded swaths of the Tampa Bay area. The major hurricane

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Florida counts cost of Hurricane Milton amid political storm

Views: 20 Florida counts cost of Hurricane Milton amid political storm FORT PIERCE/ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Florida on Friday was clearing downed trees and power lines and mopping up flooded neighborhoods after Hurricane Milton roared through leaving at least 16 people dead. While Milton did not trigger the catastrophic surge of seawater

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OIL FUTURES: Crude slips as Hurricane Milton impacts US energy demand

Views: 15 OIL FUTURES: Crude slips as Hurricane Milton impacts US energy demand Crude oil futures eased in Asian mid-morning trading on Oct. 11 as energy demand fundamentals in the US were affected by the devastation caused by Hurricane Milton. At 12:19 pm Singapore time (0419 GMT), the ICE December Brent futures contract fell 27

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The destructive power of Hurricane Milton in 3 images

Views: 106 BBC The destructive power of Hurricane Milton in 3 images These images show where Hurricane Milton’s power came from, and some of the risks faced by those in its path. Hurricane Milton is one of the most powerful storms to form over the Atlantic in recent years. The National Hurricane Center has warned that Milton

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Here’s Why Hurricane Milton Is Sucking Water Out of Tampa Bay

Views: 43 Here’s Why Hurricane Milton Is Sucking Water Out of Tampa Bay The effect is called a reverse storm surge, but it won’t last, and the water could come rushing back. Even as some parts of Florida’s western coast were enduring a surge of seawater on Wednesday night, Hurricane Milton’s heavy winds were pushing

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Hurricane Helene: More than 40 dead as storm cuts through Florida, southeastern US

Views: 16 Hurricane Helene: More than 40 dead as storm cuts through Florida, southeastern US Tropical Storm Helene brought life-threatening flooding on Friday to wide sections of the U.S. Southeast, where at least 43 people have been killed by a storm that swamped neighborhoods, triggered mudslides, threatened dams and left more than 4 million homes

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IFAD and Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries partner with the private sector to boost small-scale producers’ coffee production sustainably in Tanzania

Views: 8 Tokyo, 20 September 2024 – The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) and two of Japan’s leading companies, coffee manufacturer UCC Ueshima Coffee Co.,Ltd. (UCC) and trading company Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni), launched a pilot project to support small-scale coffee producers in Tanzania

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Vietnam’s Typhoon Yagi death toll passes 250, scores still missing

Views: 11 HANOI – The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flash floods it triggered rose to 254 on Sept 13, authorities said, as flood waters receded and search efforts pressed on. The South-east Asian country is still reeling from the strongest storm to hit Asia this year which made

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Floods in Myanmar leave 19 dead, displace thousands

Views: 10 At least 19 people were killed in Myanmar after heavy rains triggered floods in and around the war-torn country’s capital city, with rescuers moving some of the 3,600 people displaced to safer areas on boats, according to the national fire service. Adverse weather brought on by Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to hit

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