What makes some major storms more destructive than others?
[ad_1] Reuters Hurricane Helene – the deadliest US storm since Katrina in 2005 – killed at least 225 people and caused billions of dollars’ worth of damage About 14 tropical storms develop over the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf…
Ray McCauley: Founder of South Africa’s Rhema church dies aged 75
[ad_1] Tributes are pouring in for the widely admired but controversial founder of the Rhema Bible Church South Africa, Ray McCauley, who has died aged 75. “Pastor Ray has gone to be with the Lord peacefully at his home, surrounded…
Google threatened with break-up by US
[ad_1] Getty Images The measures being considered include “structural requirements” to prevent Google from maintaining its internet search monopoly The US government is considering seeking the break-up of the world’s biggest search engine, Google, which it accuses of causing “pernicious…
Tom Phillips: New Zealand fugitive father seen with children in wilderness for first time in years
[ad_1] New Zealand Herald The family were spotted by a group of pig hunters in a chance encounter A New Zealand father who disappeared with his three children into the country’s wilderness three years ago has been publicly seen with…
Pilot dies flying Turkish Airlines plane from US to Turkey
[ad_1] A Turkish Airlines pilot has died after becoming ill on his own flight from Seattle on the north-west coast of the United States to Istanbul in Turkey. Captain Ilcehin Pehlivan, 59, collapsed mid-air and a second pilot and co-pilot…
Paul Biya’s health: Cameroon insists president is well despite month-long absence
[ad_1] Cameroon’s president is in “excellent” health, senior officials have insisted after a long public absence stoked widespread speculation about the 91-year-old leader’s condition. President Paul Biya has not been seen in public since 8 September, when he attended a…
Syria says Israeli strike in Damascus killed civilians
[ad_1] Syria’s foreign ministry has condemned a suspected Israeli air strike on an apartment building in Damascus that, it says, killed seven civilians. The ministry said women and children were among the dead from Tuesday evening’s attack on the Mezzeh…
Greece fires: No active wildfires in Athens area, says fire service
[ad_1] There are no longer any active wildfires in the wider Athens area, but officials remain on high alert, Greece’s chief fire brigade spokesman has said. He told the BBC firefighters will continue to douse the ground and maintain a…
Mpox in Africa: New strain declared a continental public health emergency
[ad_1] Mpox, the high infectious disease that used to be called monkeypox, has been declared a public health emergency in Africa by the continent’s top health body. Scientists from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) say…
Man holds several people inside Dutch cafe – media
[ad_1] The man is said to have entered a cafe in Ede early in the morning threatening to blow himself up. [ad_2] Source link