A rescue operation is under way after Volgo Balt 199 cargo ship sank in the Black Sea near the Turkish city of Istanbul. Twelve crew members were on board the Volgo Balt 199 – reportedly 11 Ukrainian nationals, and one Russian. Turkish media report that three people have been rescued and one person has died but this has not been confirmed. The Volgo Balt 199 sank off the town of Sile, in Is…
…was issued later Saturday and remains in effect until 7:00 p.m. Sunday. A small craft advisory is in effect until Sunday morning. The center says the first tsunami wave could hit the islands by about 10:30 p.m. local time. The USGS said the 7.7 magnitude temblor shook the waters around British Columbia and was followed by a 5.8 magnitude aftershock several minutes later. Several other aftershocks…
The Italian coast guards have rescued the crew of a cargo ship after it ran aground on a reef off Sicily in stormy seas. All 19 crew members were ferried to shore by helicopters after the captain of the Gelso M gave the order to abandon ship. Weather conditions are deteriorating in the area near the city of Syracuse on Sicily’s south-east coast. There were no reports of any cargo aboard the…
…each land in lifeboats or by swimming. Rescue teams have been going from cabin to cabin, searching for survivors. Italians, Germans, French and British were among the 3,200 passengers. There were also 1,000 crew on board. Helicopters evacuated the last 50 people on the deck who were in a “worsening” situation. Three people were confirmed dead, Italian coast guard officials said on Satu…
Daryl Hannah was arrested in northeast Texas on Thursday, along with a 78-year-old landowner as the pair protested an oil pipeline designed to bring crude from Canada to the Gulf Coast. Daryl Hannah and landowner Eleanor Fairchild were standing in front of heavy equipment in an attempt to halt construction of the Keystone XL pipeline on Fairchild’s farm in Winnsboro, a town about 100 miles…
New York City’s public transport system will be suspended tonight ahead of the arrival on Monday of Hurricane Sandy. Governor Andrew Cuomo said the subway, bus and train services would shut down from 19:00 on Sunday. As many as 375,000 people have been ordered to evacuate low-lying areas, and schools will be shut. Sandy’s winds are set to intensify as it merges with a wintry storm fro…
The crew of HMS Bounty was forced to abandon ship off North Carolina coast yesterday as it became caught in raging seas near the eye of Hurricane Sandy while the captain remains missing, presumed dead. It now means 15 of the 16 crew members of the iconic boat are accounted for – with 63-year-old captain Robin Walbridge yet to be found. Two coast guard helicopters rescued 14 people from life…
…urricane Sandy is arriving on the tail end of the hurricane season, with September typically the most active period. The storm threatening to wreak havoc on the Atlantic coast began to form on October 19 in the Caribbean Sea and in October 22 forecasters labeled it a Tropical Storm and named it Sandy. It made landfall on October 24 near Kingston, Jamaica with 80 mph winds and it moved toward Cuba…
…e much stronger Hurricane Katrina. US President Barack Obama has warned residents in the path of the storm they should not “tempt fate” and should heed evacuation warnings. In an update at 13:00 CDT the National Hurricane Center said the storm was 135 miles (220 km) south-east of New Orleans, moving north-west at 10 mph (17 km/h). Barack Obama has declared an emergency in Louisiana, al…
…t;<beach without sea>>.” Camilla is from Bologna and has been coming every summer since she was a toddler. The Riviera Romagnola is, she says, in her DNA. “From the age of five to 13, I spent June and July here with my grandparents.” Her working parents would come down at the weekends. “During the week the only people on the beaches are little kids and old people,&…
…the vessel – 4,703 miles away from where it was originally moored – floating towards the shore. It has been determined that the boat has been adrift without anybody at the helm since March 11 last year. The 50-foot-long (15-meter-long) vessel was recently about 160 miles (260 kilometers) west of Haida Gwaii, islands off the north-coast of British Columbia, slowly drifting toward shore….
An American diver was killed today by a great white shark in the second fatal shark attack off the coast of Western Australia state in 12 days. The victim, who has yet to be named, is said to have died from “shocking” injuries after witnesses reported seeing a 10-foot great white shark. The American man was a 32-year-old U.S. citizen who diving alone off a 25 feet boat near Rottnest Island, which…
…ican Republic. The storm wrought significant flooding and damage in the Caribbean. Late on Monday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned Isaac could reach category two strength, with top winds of 100 mph (160 km/h). The forecast was revised up from category one. Barack Obama approved Louisiana’s request for a federal disaster declaration, making available federal funds for recovery acti…
Titanic Memorial Cruise has been forced to turn round just hours after leaving the dock, having set sail to retrace the doomed liner’s voyage across the Atlantic. MS Balmoral – carrying relatives of Titanic victims among its 1,309 passengers, the same number as on the doomed ship – was forced to turn around and head towards the Irish coast after a passenger became unwell on board. A spokesp…
…of the islands has been rumbling for years and has flared sporadically. A spokesman from Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration said that 58 fishing vessels arrived in the disputed waters at around 05:00 a.m. local time after setting off from a northern Taiwanese port on Monday afternoon. The fishing boats were accompanied by several Taiwanese coast guard vessels. Japan’s coast guard said…
…were surprised the armed groups knew about it. There was shooting,” he said. Two American security personnel were killed in the shooting, Wanis Al-Sharif said. Two other people were killed and between 12 and 17 wounded. It is believed a “small, vicious group” of attackers used the protest as a diversion, although questions remain over whether the killers drummed up support for the march or simply…
…popular Cape Cod beaches have been closed after multiple reports of sharks This weekend’s beach closure was partly prompted by shark spotter Greg Skomal, who said he had seen three sharks up to 18 feet long swimming near the coast, according to the Cape Cod Times. At Nauset Beach, lifeguards were on hand to prevent people from going into the water other than to get their feet wet. One woman…
Of many celebrations that still mark the discovery of America, the biggest ones for consumers are the annual Columbus Day sales by major retailers coast to coast offering early fall bargains on furniture and winter apparel. And, of course, there are the parades! The one in NYC is by far the largest, grandest and most popular, welcoming over 1 million spectators annually. This year, the annual Col…
…e a fireworks display was held. The cause of the stampede is not yet clear. It occurred as people were heading home after the event. Most of the dead are believed to be children aged between eight and 15. The death toll is expected to rise. The crush happened near the entrance to the stadium after the fireworks ended at about 02:00 local time. According to some reports, thousands of people were tr…
…and Syria, once close allies, have deteriorated sharply since the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011. The Turkish military said it lost radio contact with the F-4 at 11:58 local time on Friday while it was flying over Hatay, about 90 minutes after it took off from Erhac airbase in the province of Malatya, to the north-west. “Search-and-rescue efforts have s…
Donald Trump launched into a self-serving attack on President Barack Obama just hours after devastating Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast. And as the city struggled to recover from a blackout, Donald Trump, 66, lashed out as he accused the President of using Sandy to win votes for next week’s election. Donald Trump tweeted: “Not only giving out money, but Obama will be seen today standing in wa…
…t of merging with a wintry storm coming from the west during a full moon has many fearing dangerous high tides. Sandy is some 520 miles (835 km) across. It is also very slow, moving north-east at just 15 mph, and could linger over as many as 12 states for 24-36 hours, bringing up to 25 cm of rain, 60 cm of snow, extreme storm surges and power cuts. States of emergency have been declared in Marylan…
…cted. Hours later, the tsunami warning was downgraded and the state governor said Hawaii could count its blessings. Wave heights of three to six feet had been predicted in some areas. The quake struck 125 miles (200 km) south-west of the Canadian town of Prince Rupert at a depth of 11 miles (18km), said the US Geological Survey. While the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not initially expect a t…
…wspaper report that a seventh body had been found overnight on the vessel. Italian Coast Guard officials said the number of people believed to be missing had jumped to 29 from the previous estimate of 16, but gave no reason for the change. The missing are thought to include four crew members, as well as passengers from the US, Germany, France and Italy. On Monday, the Costa Concordia’s owner…
…est of Alaska People living in coastal areas have been told to leave their homes immediately and flee inland to higher ground after the 7.1 magnitude quake struck close to the Aleutian Islands, 1,031 miles away from Anchorage. Widespread damage is feared across the West Coast – from British Columbia, Canada, to Washington – as towns brace themselves for the oncoming waves. The…
Real Housewives of Miami: Adriana de Moura marries Frederic Marq wearing a grey wedding dressAdriana De Moura was rumored to have already wed her fiancé Frederic Marq five years ago, but The Real Housewives of Miami's star walked down the aisle with the interior…
Beyoncé posts defensive note amid pregnancy rumorsBeyoncé was obviously frustrated with the pregnancy rumors as she posted a sharply worded note to Instagram appearing to address the gossip head-on. The defensive…
Rihanna sues Topshop for $5 million over using pictures of her on T-shirts without her permissionRihanna says she will sue Topshop after claiming they sold T-shirts with her face on it without asking permission. Rihanna's team is said to have told the British high…
Photo: George Michael airlifted to hospital following car crash on M1 motorwayGeorge Michael was involved in a crash in his Range Rover during rush hour on the M1 motorway near St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, on Thursday. George Michael, 49, was…
Christoph Waltz: Man points gun at him and threatens to blow up studio with hand grenade during Cannes TV interviewChristoph Waltz was left shaken last night after a man pointed a hand-gun at him during a live French news programme TV show and threatened to blow up a studio with a hand…
Mariah Carey's American Idol finale performance branded worst lip-sync of all timeMariah Carey's performance on last night's American Idol finale was so good it had some wondering whether she hadn't lip-synched the entire thing. However, Mariah Carey, 43,…
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