Chemical spill at Delaware City Refinery sends 3 to hospital, USA

Three Delaware City Refinery workers were taken to Christiana Hospital following a chemical release at the gasoline production plant on Friday.

 

Sgt. Michael A. McColley, a spokesman for the county Public Safety Department, said a 52-year-old man was treated for headache, dizziness and weakness and a 36-year-old woman was treated for weakness and lethargy. A 40-year-old woman was taken to Christiana as a precaution, McColley said.

 

Michael Karlovich, a spokesman for plant owner PBF Energy, said workers in the area were immediately evacuated after the refinery had a brief chemical release.

 

Officials have not said what the chemical was. The incident was reported at about noon.

 

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control officials said they were awaiting a report on the incident.

 

The release came a week after a fire destroyed at a building and equipment at the 4550 Wrangle Hill Road facility, which can process up to 191,000 barrels of crude oil daily. The fire reduced capacity. It may take up to a month to make repairs, officials said.

Courtesy of delawareonline.com

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Huge baseball-sized hail storm causes mayhem in southern Manitoba town, Canada

Altona got hit with baseball-sized hail, leaving behind damaged roofs and smashed car windows. (Photo courtesy Glenda MacPhail)

A section of southern Manitoba was hit hard with hail on Friday morning.

 

The town of Altona, about 115 km southwest of Winnipeg, got hit with baseball-sized hail, leaving behind damaged roofs and smashed car windows.

 

Environment Canada said they received reports of hail from toonie to golf ball and baseball-sized hail, the latter two in the vicinity of the Altona area.

 

Glenda MacPhail, a resident of Altona, said parking lots and streets were flooded as a result of the hail storm that lasted a solid 10 minutes.

 

She said multiple cars around the town were left smashed up.

Courtesy of winnipeg.ctvnews.ca

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Wary Florida Keeps Eyes on Tropical Storm Erika

STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN FLORIDA, USA DUE TO ONCOMING TROPICAL STORM ERIKA

STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN FLORIDA, USA DUE TO ONCOMING TROPICAL STORM ERIKA

Tropical Storm Erika Pummels Dominica

Firefighters Battle Massive Washington Blaze

GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS Kp Index is at level 6

***ALERT***
GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS
Kp Index is at level 6
Scale of G2
Moderate
Power systems: high-latitude power systems may experience voltage alarms, long-duration storms may cause transformer damage.
Spacecraft operations: corrective actions to orientation may be required by ground control; possible changes in drag affect orbit predictions.
Other systems: HF radio propagation can fade at higher latitudes

MAGNITUDE 4.9 SOUTHERN PERU

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Subject To Change

Depth: 164 km

Distances: 156 km W of La Paz, Bolivia / pop: 812,799 / local time: 12:27:02.2 2015-08-28
124 km SE of Puno, Peru / pop: 116,552 / local time: 11:27:02.2 2015-08-28
64 km SW of Desaguadero, Peru / pop: 5,329 / local time: 11:27:02.2 2015-08-28

MAGNITUDE 5.3 VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

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Subject To Change

Depth: 80 km

Distances: 934 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands / pop: 48,220 / local time: 01:30:55.6 2015-08-29
1424 km S of Tokyo, Japan / pop: 8,336,599 / local time: 00:30:55.6 2015-08-29
2148 km E of Taipei, Taiwan / pop: 7,871,900 / local time: 23:30:55.6 2015-08-28

MAGNITUDE 5.0 KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA

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Subject To Change

Depth: 173 km

Distances: 1531 km NE of Sapporo-shi, Japan / pop: 1,883,027 / local time: 00:08:30.8 2015-08-29
163 km SW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia / pop: 187,282 / local time: 03:08:30.8 2015-08-29
71 km N of Ozernovskiy, Russia / pop: 2,615 / local time: 03:08:30.8 2015-08-29