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An ‘economic hurricane’ is brewing: Business chief warns the worst is yet to come for UK firms if they don’t get ongoing support once the furlough scheme ends Adam Marshal warned furlough scheme end could herald new ‘hurricane’ BCC chief said it would be worse than the first economic storm during lockdown Said workers and businesses … Read more
Hurricane Laura, one of the strongest to ever strike the U.S., barreled across Louisiana on Thursday, shearing off roofs, killing at least six people and maintaining ferocious strength while carving a destructive path hundreds of miles inland. Aerial photos have laid bare the extent of the destruction caused by the Category 4 storm, that left … Read more
Good Morning Britain viewers were outraged when a weather reporter was nearly blown away during an ‘unsurvivable’ hurricane on Thursday. NBC News reporter Jay Gray was speaking to hosts Sean Fletcher and Ranvir Singh about the conditions in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The Category 4 Hurricane Laura has 150mph winds and is battering the south east, … Read more
Hurricane Laura crashed into Louisiana with ferocious 150mph winds today amid fears it will swamp the low-lying coast with an ‘unsurvivable’ 20ft surge of ocean water. The Category 4 monster made landfall at 1am with the strongest winds that Louisiana has seen since 1856 and warnings that the storm could penetrate up to 200 miles … Read more
Hurricane Laura rapidly gained strength Wednesday, raising fears that it could come ashore as a catastrophic Category 4 storm with an ‘unsurvivable’ 20-foot storm surge that could sink entire communities in Texas and Louisiana. Laura grew nearly 70 per cent in power in just 24 hours to reach Category 3 status, and it showed no … Read more
Busy Atlantic hurricane season linked to climate system in East Asia as ‘river of wind’ carries across atmospheric phenomenon called a Rossby wave which can affect cyclone formation Hurricane Isaias became the fifth named storm to hit the US so far this year Experts noted this season is very busy and found what is driving … Read more
One person has been killed and three are missing after Tropical Storm Isaias smashed into the Carolinas as a hurricane overnight with 85mph winds, flooding and tornadoes before barreling up the East Coast toward New York City where it’s expected to be the strongest storm since Superstorm Sandy in 2012. A tornado is believed to … Read more
Hawaii prepared for the onslaught of Hurricane Douglas on Sunday, with predictions of high winds, rain and storm surge. ‘It’s definitely going to be a triple threat,’ said National Weather Service meteorologist Vanessa Almanza said. Rainfall from the storm can be anywhere from 5-15 inches. It’s ‘probably not a good day to go to the … Read more
Elaine Duke, former secretary of homeland security during the summer of 2017, said President Donald Trump was interested in ‘divesting’ or ‘selling’ Puerto Rico as it struggled during Hurricane Maria. Duke, who had been with the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense for 30 years, filled the role during John F. Kelly’s transition to White … Read more
In the summer of 1940, as the Nazi war machine marched its way across Europe and set its sights on Britain, the RAF braced for the worst. Young men, in their late teens or early twenties, were trained to fly Spitfires and Hurricanes for the coming Battle for Britain, with others flying Blenheims, Beaufighters and … Read more