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At UN, Cuba urges relief to assist storm-hit Caribbean; cites ‘setback’ in bilateral relations with US
From UN news Centre 22 September 2017 – In the wake of successive hurricanes Irma and Maria, which tore through the Caribbean and left communities in desperate conditions, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla urged the international community to “give…
After Harvey, Texas’ massive piles of trash will take months to remove
By Ala’a Ibrahim, The Texas Tribune From Business Insider In Houston and dozens of other Gulf Coast towns, piles of once-cherished belongings and flood-soaked sheetrock and furniture are everywhere, in isolated pockets outside apartment complexes and behind bricked subdivision walls…
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Caribbean, USGC hurricanes could result in USGC fuel oil glut: sources
From Platts Houston (Platts) An active hurricane season this summer in the Caribbean region has put strain on fuel oil storage and interrupted normal flows, which could result in an influx of supply headed to the US Gulf Coast, sources…
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Members of NYPD, FDNY sent to Caribbean to help with Hurricane Maria recovery
From ABC Eyewitness News NEW YORK (WABC) — New York City is lending a helping hand to the victims of Hurricane Maria. Mayor Bill de Blasio is sending 27 members of the NYPD and FDNY to Puerto Rico and the…
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All 5 living former presidents are teaming up to raise money for hurricane victims
By Mark Abadi From Business Insider All five living former US presidents are teaming up to urge people to donate to the recovery and relief efforts for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The “One America Appeal,” as it’s called, launched Thursday evening with a…
How Hurricane Irma became a monstrous, record-shattering storm, and stayed that way
BY ANDREW FREEDMAN From Mashable Hurricane Irma is rewriting meteorological history as it tears across the Caribbean, swallowing islands in the process, destined for a not-so-welcome rendezvous with the Southeast coast of the U.S. The storm is tied for the…
Hurricane Irma so strong it’s registering on seismic instruments
By Greg Richter From Newsmax Hurricane Irma, currently barrelling through the Caribbean toward Florida as a strong Category 5 storm, is showing up on instruments used to measure earthquakes. “What we’re seeing in the seismogram are low-pitched hums that gradually…
Powerful hurricane Irma bears down on Caribbean
From Newsmax Hurricane Irma, a record Category 5 storm, churned across the Atlantic on Tuesday on a collision course with Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, threatening to lash the northern Caribbean with a potentially devastating mix of fierce winds,…
US Congress has 25 days to sidestep a government shutdown, deal with a mountain of deadlines, and avoid economic disaster
By Bob Bryan From Business Insider It will be a wild and woolly September on Capitol Hill as Congress faces a massive number of legislative deadlines and initiative launches. There’s must-pass legislation — like a bill to raise the debt…
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The 10 most important things in the world right now
From Business Insider Australia 1. Texas and Louisiana begin long recovery from catastrophic flooding as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey move northeast. The worst of the storm was over by Thursday, but recovery efforts are expected to take months, if…
