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HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) — Tropical Storm Harvey slogged across southeastern Texas and into Louisiana on Wednesday (August 30), sending more people fleeing for shelter after hitting the United States energy hub of Houston with record rains and flooding that drove tens of thousands from their homes. The slow-moving storm has killed at least 22 people and sent more than 32,000 to shelters since coming ashore on Friday near Corpus Christi, Texas, as the most powerful […]
The National Weather Service said that between June 1 and Sunday, Houston had received 46 inches (117 centimeters) of rain — almost as much as it would expect in a year — in only three months. “The breadth and intensity of this rainfall are beyond anything experienced before,” the NWS said, as the storm spawned tornadoes and lashed east and central Texas with torrential rains. While the disaster response is now focused on the huge […]
(Eagle News) — President Duterte had a meeting with the parents of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos on Monday. In this photo courtesy of Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, Duterte is seen with Zaldy and Lorenza delos Santos in the Malacañan Golf Clubhouse. The 17-year-old was killed in what police said was an anti-drug operation in Caloocan on Aug.16. The police said the boy had fired at them as they approached him, prompting him […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited Marawi for the third time as martial law in Mindanao entered its fourth month. A statement from the Presidential Communications Operations Office said the President made a stopover at a “temporary patrol base,” where he even “tried out a sniper rifle and fired it toward the direction of the enemies.” The media was not informed of Duterte’s visit beforehand as in his previous visits to Marawi on July […]
Across North America Monday, skygazers and even the curious were mesmerized on Monday, August 21, as the Sun vanished behind the Moon in a rare total eclipse that swept the continent coast-to-coast for the first time in nearly a century. Solar eclipses occur when a new moon moves into a position of direct alignment with the sun and the Earth. The line-up is not precise enough for this to happen every month but […]
President Rodrigo Duterte met with Senator Gregorio Honasan in Malacanang, along with other members of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) Members in Malacanang on Wednesday, August 16. The Palace however did not give details of what was discussed during the meeting.
