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People clear a road from a fallen tree after Hurricane Fiona affected the area in Yauco, Puerto Rico September 18, 2022. Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sunday afternoon, five years after the U.S. Caribbean territory was ravaged by Hurricane Maria. "The strongest winds are already dying down and it's already over the Dominican Republic." The eye of Fiona made landfall in the Dominican Republic near Boca Yuma at 3:30 a.m. local time, the NHC said. Rainbands could follow the storm system on the east side of Puerto Rico for hundreds of miles, NHC's Blake said.

☆ Hurricane Fiona to bring flooding to eastern Dominican Republic
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Workers cut tree branches in preparation for Hurricane Fiona, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, September 18, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo RojasRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSept 19 (Reuters) - Hurricane Fiona was expected to bring life-threatening flash and urban flooding to parts of the Dominican Republic after making landfall near Boca de Yuma at 3:30 a.m. AST, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday. The center of Fiona was now about 35 miles (55 km) southeast of Samana, Dominican Republic, and packing sustained winds of 90 miles per hour (150 km per hour), it added. The hurricane left most of Puerto Rico without power on Sunday, causing catastrophic flooding with mudslides and landslides, while aid agencies in the Dominican Republic began evacuating residents from high-risk areas in the east on Sunday night. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Deep Vakil in Bengaluru; editing by Jason NeelyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Hurricane Fiona sweeps away a bridge in Puerto Rico after causing 'catastrophic' flooding: video
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico at 3:20 p.m. on Sunday with winds of 85 miles per hour. The storm swept away a bridge in the town of Utuado in central Puerto Rico. "These rains will produce life-threatening and catastrophic flash and urban flooding across Puerto Rico and the eastern Dominican Republic, along with mudslides and landslides in areas of higher terrain," the hurricane center said on Sunday. Hundreds of people have been evacuated or rescued across Puerto Rico as floodwaters submerged cars, the ground floor of buildings, and an airport runway, the AP reported. Tropical storm and hurricane conditions are likely to continue in parts of Puerto Rico until Monday morning, the hurricane center said.

☆ Hurricane Fiona slammed into Puerto Rico on Sunday, prompting catastrophic floods and knocking out power across the island
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico's southwest coast on Sunday afternoon. "The damages that we are seeing are catastrophic," Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi said on Sunday, per The Associated Press. "Catastrophic and life-threatening flooding" is forecast to continue across the majority of Puerto Rico, the National Hurricane Center said. After slamming into Puerto Rico on Sunday, Hurricane Fiona moved into the Dominican Republic on Monday morning. The National Hurricane Center said on Monday that "hurricane conditions" were expected to continue over portions of the Dominican Republic.

☆ 5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Mike Calia | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Bad morning for stocksU.S. equities markets were on track to open lower Monday morning, adding to the misery lingering from last week's losses. The Covid pandemic isn't the emergency it once was. The development came after Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces suffered a quick succession of losses, ceding territory back to the government of Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy. Thomas Peter | ReutersChina might have reported better-than-expected economic data last week, but don't bet on it lasting, according to analysts. Catastrophe in Puerto RicoA man stands on the beach with his son in in Nagua, Dominican Republic, on September 18, 2022.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Hurricane Fiona left most of Puerto Rico without power on Sunday, causing catastrophic flooding and landslides on the island before barreling toward the Dominican Republic, a government agency said. "This has been catastrophic," Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi said at a news conference in the capital San Juan. The center of the storm made landfall on the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico near Punta Tocon at 3:20 p.m. Electricity had been out completely across the island of 3.3 million people, said LUMA Energy, operator of the island's grid, and the Puerto Rico power authority. 1/16 A man walk past an electricity pole that was damaged by Hurricane Fiona in Yauco, Puerto Rico September 18, 2022.

☆ Hurricane Fiona slams Dominican Republic after pounding Puerto Rico
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A man on a motorcycle rides past fallen power lines in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Higuey, Dominican Republic, September 19, 2022. Ricardo Rojas | ReutersHurricane Fiona roared over the Dominican Republic on Monday after knocking out power across all of Puerto Rico, causing damage the governor said was "catastrophic." Flooded roads triggered a blackoutHurricane Fiona flooded roads and triggered a general black out as it touched Puerto Rico. Members of National Guard rescue a womanMembers of the Puerto Rico National Guard rescue a woman stranded in her house in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Salinas, Puerto Rico September 19, 2022. People clear a road from a fallen treePeople clear a road from a fallen tree after Hurricane Fiona affected the area in Yauco, Puerto Rico September 18, 2022.

☆ Fed up with high gas prices and slow Amazon deliveries? Blame these 2 century-old laws that need to be repealed.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Colin Grabow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

A well-oiled transportation system is vital to keeping the economy humming — especially in a country as large as the United States. Unfortunately, Americans' ability to get resources where they need to go has been crippled by a pair of outdated laws: the Jones Act and the Foreign Dredge Act. As with Jones Act ships, hopper dredges constructed in US shipyards are significantly more expensive than those built abroad. But despite these huge costs, the Jones Act and the Foreign Dredge Act survive largely intact. The Jones Act and the Foreign Dredge Act are just two examples among many, and behind each one lies an entrenched interest group dedicated to its preservation.

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☆ A 29-year-old videographer gets paid to travel the world with the wealthy elite, documenting their wild adventures so they don't have to. Here's what it's like.
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-26 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Ian Agrimis is the founder of photography and video company Capture Unlimited. He has to remain unnoticed and does activities like cliff jumping before clients do to get the shot. He was there for two years, he told Insider, before he and his entire team were laid off. He keeps a tight team on-site, he said, often pairing up with a photographer while he focuses on video. When someone does occasionally ask for a still or a shorter video, he added, it will only be posted on a private Instagram account.

☆ Preparing for Category 6 hurricanes, a new facility will test winds of 200 mph and storm surge
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-07 | by ( Jennifer Gray | Cnn Meteorologist | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

Hide Caption 1 of 99 Photos: Hurricane Dorian Homes are in ruins one week after Dorian hit Marsh Harbour. Hide Caption 11 of 99 Photos: Hurricane Dorian Waves crash into boats in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as Hurricane Dorian approached on September 7. Hide Caption 27 of 99 Photos: Hurricane Dorian Emerald Isle employees work to clear a road after a tornado hit. Hide Caption 67 of 99 Photos: Hurricane Dorian Dorian left heavy damage at this resort in Hope Town, Bahamas. Hide Caption 74 of 99 Photos: Hurricane Dorian Palm trees blow in strong winds prior to Dorian's landfall in Freeport.

☆ I make $5,000 a month washing people's clothes on SudShare — here's how
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-07 | by ( Lauryn Haas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Before I found out about SudShare, I drove for ride-hailing companies like Uber and cleaned houses with different companies. As a Sudster, I started earning between $600 to $700 a week at the beginning, then more clients started placing orders. On a good day, bags are from $55 to $60, sometimes upward of $120, as it's $1 per pound of clothes. When folding clothes, I don't fold all of them at the same time but rather separate the loads by clients. Usually if I pick up a lot of clothes, I don't deliver them the same day, but I deliver them all by the next morning.

It takes about 20 aloe leaves to make just one gallon of aloe vera juice. But some aloe products have been found to contain no aloe at all. Narrator: So how are real aloe vera products made? Narrator: A 2016 Bloomberg investigation found that Walmart, CVS, and Target's aloe products contain no evidence of aloe at all. When they "aloe gel," is it a gel that's made from blending up the whole leaf, or is it truly just pure aloe gel?

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☆ The best ways to use the sign-up bonus on the Ink Business credit cards
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-28 | by ( Jennifer Yellin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +25 min

While the Chase Sapphire Preferred, Chase Sapphire Reserve and Ink Business Preferred allow you to transfer points to partner loyalty programs, that same redemption options doesn’t hold true for your no-annual-fee cards, such as the Ink Business Cash and Ink Business Unlimited. If you earn 90,000 bonus points from the Ink Business Cash or Ink Business Unlimited, you can use those points to stay at one of these all-inclusive properties for up to seven nights. While points earned from the Ink Business Cash or Ink Business Unlimited don’t count toward earning the Companion Pass, having the points can still be beneficial. When redeeming your Ultimate Rewards points directly through your Ink Business Cash or Ink Business Unlimited, points are worth 1 cent each. This makes the 90,000 bonus points on the Ink Business Cash and Ink Business Unlimited worth $1,125 to $1,350 towards your next vacation — when paired with a premium card.

☆ I moved from Atlanta to a tiny Alaskan village of 270 people. It's wildly expensive, but I've never felt more at home.
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-10 | by ( Taryn Williams | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Instead, I started looking at different possibilities in places I'd never considered before, like Hawaii, Alaska, and Kentucky. The closest I'd come to living in a rural community was a small German town that was a 12-minute train ride from the nearest major city. There aren't as many options for entertainment, but the connections I've made with others are unparalleled to anywhere I've lived before. Most food items are harder to come by, so I've become much more creative and versatile in the kitchen. In Atlanta, I was just another young professional living a life typical of 20-somethings in the big city.

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