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☆ California storm forces thousands to flee homes and leaves 1 dead
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
The heavy rains are expected to worsen ongoing flooding and prolong the risk of flash flooding and mudslides across the state. Firefighters block the CA 192 Foothill road while the Arroyo Paredon Creek overflows due to heavy rainfall in Carpinteria on Monday. Heavy rainfall in the area, which is home to 10,000 people, had already flooded roads and creeks, he said. The flooding came five years to the day after heavy rains hammered a Montecito “burn scar,” killing nearly two dozen people. The severe weather also forced the Santa Barbara Airport to close due to flooding, the airport announced in a tweet Monday.
☆ California storm forces thousands to flee their homes and leaves 1 dead in 'endless onslaught'
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
As of early Tuesday, more than 63,000 utility customers were without power across California, according to PowerOutage.us . The heavy rains are expected to worsen ongoing flooding and prolong the risk of flash flooding and mudslides across the state. The flooding came five years to the day after heavy rains hammered a Montecito "burn scar," killing nearly two dozen people. The severe weather also forced the Santa Barbara Airport to close due to flooding, the airport announced in a tweet Monday. The recent severe weather prompted Gov.
☆ California faces parade of cyclones’; more than 110,000 without power
  + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
On Sunday night, the Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services ordered residents in unincorporated Wilton, which has a population of more than 6,200, to evacuate immediately. More than 100,000 utility customers in California were also left without power Sunday evening after torrential downpours and high winds battered the northern part of the state. As of early Monday morning, the number had grown to more than 111,500 utility customers without power, according to online outage tracker PowerOutage.us. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday as California was pounded by heavy rain and snow, causing flooding across the state. Wade Crawford, the state secretary of natural resources, said on Sunday that January’s weather has been “supercharged by climate change.”
☆ Nurses set to strike at 2 of NYC's largest hospitals
  + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
Nurses at two facilities within Mount Sinai's health care system tentatively agreed to contracts Sunday, according to an announcement from the New York State Nurses Association, the largest union representing registered nurses in the state, but negotiations continued at its flagship hospital. The New York State Nurses Association had threatened to strike at all of the affected hospitals at the same time, but other hospitals reached agreements with the union ahead of the deadline. The New York State Nurses Association and Mount Sinai did not immediately respond to overnight requests for comment. "This exact wage proposal has also been offered to NYSNA for nurses at The Mount Sinai Hospital. "We hope they will similarly rescind their strike notice at The Mount Sinai Hospital."
☆ Winter storm expected to bring snow, freezing rain and tornadoes to parts of U.S.
  + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Steve Strouss | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
A winter storm moving across the central Plains and Upper Midwest this week is expected to bring heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain to parts of the United States, while tornadoes could form farther south, officials have warned. The storm is expected to bring snowfall to the Central High Plains as it tracks northeast into the Great Lakes, likely producing moderate to heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain by Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. More than 12 inches of heavy snow is expected to quickly accumulate from the Panhandle of Nebraska through southwest Minnesota, it said. NOAAThe weather system is also expected to bring significant freezing rain to parts of northeastern Nebraska through southern Minnesota, the National Weather Service said. The thunderstorms could bring frequent lightning, severe thunderstorm wind gusts, hail and "a few tornadoes," the National Weather Service said.
☆ 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits Northern California, causing outages and damages
  + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
An earthquake struck Northern California on Sunday for the second time in less than two weeks, causing power outages and damages, officials said. The New Year's Day earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 and struck about 9 miles southeast of Rio Dell in Humboldt County just after 10:30 a.m. local time (1:35 p.m. As a precaution, the California Department of Transportation temporarily closed State Route 211 at Fernbridge Road to conduct safety inspections, the sheriff's office said, warning of traffic delays. The earthquake comes days after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the region on Dec. 20, killing two people and injuring at least a dozen others, while leaving thousands in the dark. Two people, ages 72 and 83, died from medical emergencies after the December quake, Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal previously told reporters.
☆ Live Updates: Winter storm warning issued for millions, heavy snow and freezing rain
  + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Nbc News | Erin Mcgarry | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
Power outages likely The extreme weather over the coming days is likely to bring on power outages across the country. Peak power outages could be at least into the hundreds of thousands by Saturday morning. Share this -Link copiedWinter storm to bring far-reaching travel chaos The coming winter storm is expected to bring far-reaching travel chaos across the United States. The flash freeze that the cold air could usher in as the rain ends is a major concern. A flash freeze, when temperatures quickly drop below freezing, can be dangerous for wet roadways.
☆ Parts of U.S. face 'life-threatening' cold as snow causes travel headaches
  + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
A bitter blast of Arctic air from Canada is expected to bring "life-threatening" cold to parts of the United States in the lead-up to Christmas, weather officials have warned. A strong arctic high pressure system extending from western Canada to the northern Plains is expected to bring "very cold air" across the region, while extending into parts of the Pacific Northwest this week, the National Weather Service said. Along with the bitter cold, snow is also expected to impact parts of the U.S., bringing "pre-holiday travel headaches," the weather service warned. "Snow is likely to fall across the lowlands as well and could be heavy at times, leading to dangerous travel conditions," it said. The dangerous arctic air over the northern Plains and western Canada is expected to move south, following behind a system already crossing the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday, the weather service said.
☆ 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits northern California
  + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of northern California early Tuesday morning, knocking out power for thousands. More than 55,000 utility customers were without power in Humboldt County as of 6:30 a.m. There was no threat of a tsunami in connection with the earthquake as of early Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service's tsunami warning system said. A number of people said on social media that they were woken up by the MyShake earthquake warning app on their phones. It comes almost exactly a year after a a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck offshore in the Cape Mendocino area of Northern California on Dec. 21, 2021.
☆ At least 70,000 without power after 6.4-magnitude earthquake rattles Northern California
  + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
An infographic titled ''Earthquake hits Northern California'' with 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Ankara, Turkiye on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Omar Zaghloul/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Northern California early Tuesday, knocking out power for thousands. More than 70,000 utility customers were without power in Humboldt County as of 8 a.m. A number of people said on social media that they were woken up by the MyShake earthquake warning app on their cellphones. The quake comes almost exactly a year after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck offshore in the Cape Mendocino area of Northern California on Dec. 21 last year.
☆ Twitter users vote for Elon Musk to step down as CEO in poll he launched
  + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
A clear majority of Twitter users who took part in a poll by Elon Musk voted for him to step down as head of the social media platform, a result he promised to follow through on. I will abide by the results of this poll," Musk tweeted out Sunday as he continued to face mounting scrutiny over his time at the helm of the site. “We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms,” Twitter support had tweeted Sunday. References to the prohibition on outside social media also disappeared from Twitter Support’s feed Sunday night without explanation. Their accounts were reinstated after Twitter users voted in favor of doing so in an earlier poll posted by Musk.
☆ Toronto condo shooting leaves 5 dead and suspect killed
  + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
Six people, including the suspect, are dead after a shooting at a condominium just outside Toronto on Sunday night. ET Sunday for reports of an active shooter who had shot several people, York Regional Police said in a news release. York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween described the scene as "horrendous," according to NBC Bay Area. They urged anyone with information regarding the shooting to contact the York Regional Police Homicide Unit at 1-288-876-5423 ext. In July 2018, a man killed two people and wounded 13 others before turning the gun on himself after walking down a busy street in Toronto and shooting randomly into restaurants.
☆ 5 children among 10 dead in France apartment fire
  + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
At least ten people, including five children, were killed after a fire broke out overnight Friday at an apartment building near the French city of Lyon, officials said. First responders were first alerted to the fire at the 7-story building in the Vaulx-en-Velin suburb at around 3:12 a.m. local time (9:12 p.m. Officials said a preliminary death toll found that 10 people had died, with five children among them. Four others were left in critical condition, while 10 sustained minor injuries, including two firefighters, they said. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said he would be visiting the site along with France's housing minister on Friday morning.
☆ Skier rescued after being partially buried by avalanche in Utah
  + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
A solo skier was rescued in Utah on Wednesday night after being caught in an avalanche that carried him away and left him partially buried under debris, officials said. Following the sound, the second person found the skier buried chest-deep in debris in a drainage of the Thomas Fork of Neff's Canyon, it said. A solo skier was rescued in Utah on Wednesday night hours after being caught in an avalanche off Neff's Canyon near Salt Lake City. Salt Lake County Search and RescueHis rescuer called 911 and began working to extract the skier from the debris, the avalanche center said. Rescuers from Salt Lake County Search and Rescue, Wasatch Backcountry Rescue, and the Utah Department of Public Safety responded to the incident, the Utah Avalanche Center said.
☆ Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaves Democratic Party and registers as an independent
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mike-Memoli-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has announced she is leaving the Democratic Party and officially registering as an independent. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaves the Capitol building on Oct. 27, 2021. After joining the Democratic Party, she served in the Arizona state Legislature and went on to win a seat in the U.S. House in 2012 representing the Phoenix area. The Biden administration was informed of Sinema’s decision to leave the Democratic Party “mid-afternoon” on Thursday, a senior administration official said. Biden did acknowledge Sinema in his remarks, however, saying: “I want to thank Senator Sinema, who can’t be with us today.
☆ Brittney Griner prisoner swap a rare diplomatic success between U.S. and Russia
  + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
The exchange of WNBA star Brittney Griner and arms dealer Viktor Bout was a rare moment of successful diplomacy between Moscow and Washington as relations between the two countries deteriorate over the war in Ukraine. For many, the trade will evoke memories of Soviet-era spy swaps — a more positive reminder of that era than the nuclear standoff that President Joe Biden recently said left the world facing its most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis. President Biden speaks with with Brittney Griner on the phone, accompanied by Cherelle Griner at the Oval Office on Thursday. One of the most well known Cold War swaps involved American pilot Francis Gary Powers, whose U-2 spy plane was shot down in 1960 over the Soviet Union. Powers was traded two years later for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, in an exchange on a fog-shrouded bridge between West Berlin and East Germany.
☆ Police in Canada say remains of 2 slain Indigenous women are likely in landfill — but they won't search site
  + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +6 min
Police in Canada are facing scrutiny after saying they believe they know where the bodies of two Indigenous women allegedly slain by a suspected serial killer are buried — but that they won't be searching the area due to difficult conditions. In May, the Winnipeg Police Department announced that partial remains of one of the victims, Rebecca Contois, 24, had been found in a landfill. In a tweet Tuesday, Niki Ashton, a Member of Parliament with Canada's New Democratic Party, said: "We remember the Indigenous women who have been targeted and killed because they are Indigenous women. "These deaths must not be ignored, nor the reality that they represent the ongoing generational harms and trauma that are rooted in violence against Indigenous women, girls, and Two Spirit people," the statement said. Federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday that he believed all levels of government have failed Indigenous women, girls and Two Spirit people for centuries, CBC News reported.
☆ New York man charged with hate crime after allegedly targeting Jewish father and son in BB gun attack, police say
  + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
A New York man was arrested and charged on Tuesday after allegedly firing a BB gun at a Jewish father and son who were out grocery shopping over the weekend, police said. Jason Kish, 25, of Staten Island, was charged with assault as a hate crime, endangering the welfare of a child, reckless endangerment and assault in connection with the incident, which unfolded on Sunday afternoon, the New York City Police Department said. The victims, a 32-year-old father and his 7-year-old son, had been standing in front of a Kosher grocery store on Staten Island and were wearing yarmulkes when they were hit with BB gun pellets on Sunday afternoon, the NYPD said. Staten Island Shomrim Safety PatrolThe boy can be seen grabbing his ear as he appears to be struck by a BB gun pellet, as the father appears to turn around to see what happened. On Tuesday, the precinct announced that the suspect wanted for the BB gun assault had been apprehended.
☆ North Carolina county enters third day of outages as FBI probes motive
  + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
Thousands of residents in a North Carolina county entered their third day without lights and heating on Tuesday after "targeted attacks" on two electric substations over the weekend caused widespread outages and shut down schools across the county. The outages came after a suspect was alleged to have driven up to two Duke Energy power substations Saturday night and opening fire, disabling the two substations and plunging tens of thousands of people into a blackout. Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said the attacks at the substations located in West End and Carthage, about 5 miles apart, appeared to be targeted, but a motive in the attacks remains unclear. "Due to the continuing widespread power outage in Moore County and on Moore County Schools operations, all schools will be closed to all students and staff on Tuesday," Moore County Schools said in a tweet Monday. Spokesperson for Duke Energy Corporation Jeff Brooks, center, speaks on Monday at the Moore County Sheriffs office.
☆ 2 dead, including child, and 1 missing after plane crashes in Gulf of Mexico
  + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
Two people are dead, including a child, and one person is missing after a plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend, police in Venice, Florida, said. The FAA said in a statement that the plane had departed the Venice Municipal Airport at around 7:30 p.m. Saturday and was believed to have had three people onboard. Search and rescue efforts on Sunday after a plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico. Venice Police DepartmentHours later, at around 2 p.m. the wreckage of the missing Piper Cherokee was located around 1/3 of a mile west offshore, directly west of the Venice Municipal Airport, police said. Police did not share the identity of the missing person, or of the female and child found dead.
☆ Paul Pelosi attends Kennedy Center Honors in first public appearance since home attack
  + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, attended the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday in what appeared to be his first public appearance in the weeks since he was attacked at his home in October. Paul Pelosi and President Joe Biden could be seen greeting each other as they sat down several seats apart at the 45th annual honors event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. DePape told investigators that the House speaker was on a “target list” he had put together as part of a bid to “fight tyranny." He said he regarded Nancy Pelosi as the “leader of the pack” of lies told by the Democratic Party, the indictment said. Actor George Clooney, composer Tania León, singers Gladys Knight and Amy Grant, were among those to be celebrated at Sunday's Kennedy Center Honors, along with the members of U2.
☆ 15-year-old boy dies after falling off train while subway surfing in Brooklyn
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
A 15-year-old boy has died after falling off a train while subway surfing in Brooklyn, police said. Thursday's incident comes after a number of subway surfing cases were reported this and last year. In June, a 15-year-old boy was critically injured after hitting his head while subway surfing on top of a New York City train. Thursday's incident is not the first time a case of subway surfing has turned deadly. In October 2021, a 32-year-old man died after falling on the tracks also while on a J train over the Williamsburg Bridge.
☆ Manhunt underway after couple killed at Massachusetts home in apparent targeted attack, officials say
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
A manhunt is underway in Massachusetts after a married couple were stabbed and “bludgeoned to death in their home” in Marshfield, a town about 30 miles southeast of Boston, officials said Wednesday. "Keeley was acquainted with the Mattsons," Cruz said of the 27-year-old, who officials said also goes by the nickname "Crispy." The Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office launched an investigation into the incident after being contacted by the Marshfield Police Department. Detectives developed probable cause and identified Keeley as a person of interest in the double homicide, the district attorney’s office said. The State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is investigating the cause and manner of the victims' deaths.
☆ Prince Harry and Meghan faced 'very real' threats while living in the U.K., former top police official says
  + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
LONDON — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle faced "very real" threats to their safety, including threats emanating from the far-right, while in the U.K., an outgoing top British police official has said. Harry and Meghan moved to Los Angeles in 2020 after spending time in Canada. They initially announced in January 2020 that they would take a “step back” as senior members of the royal family. “In the absence of such protection, Prince Harry and his family are unable to return to his home,” it said. The statement said Harry had “inherited a security risk at birth,” and asserted that his family has been subjected to “well-documented neo-Nazi and extremist threats."
☆ Pilot's 911 call reveals moments after small plane crashed into Maryland power tower
  + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
It’s one of the electrical towers," the pilot told dispatchers in a 911 call made public by the Montgomery County Police, according to NBC Washington. “Totally a visibility issue," he said, according to NBC Washington. "That was the ultimate goal, and I hope you guys are doing good," Manion said in a message addressed to the pilot and passenger. The Mooney M20J single-engine plane was initially reported down about 4 miles northwest of Montgomery County Airpark at about 5:40 p.m. Sunday, according to troopers and the Federal Aviation Administration. Both were rushed to trauma care following their rescue, Montgomery County Fire Department officials previously said at a news conference.
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