60,000 to evacuate after wildfire grows in Southern California, USA
A fast-moving wildfire has forced evacuations for 60,000 people in Southern California as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new blazes. The smoky fire in Orange County broke out just before 7 a.m. Monday and quickly threatened neighborhoods in Irvine, a sprawling city of about 280,000 people. California is extremely dry and fire danger is high as the state experiences winds that are gusting above 60 mph (97mph) in places. Such winds can knock down power lines and send tree branches into wires, sparking fires. It’s not clear what started the Orange County fire.
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MAGNITUDE 5.0 CENTRAL IRAN
Depth: 10 km
Distances: 168 km ENE of Yazd, Iran / pop: 477,000 / local time: 01:04:51.5 2020-10-27
92 km NE of Bāfq, Iran / pop: 31,200 / local time: 01:04:51.5 2020-10-27
MAGNITUDE 2.7 FRANCE
Depth: 10 km
Distances: 84 km WNW of Turin, Italy / pop: 870,000 / local time: 21:47:56.2 2020-10-26
10 km ESE of Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France / pop: 8,100 / local time: 21:47:56.2 2020-10-26
MAGNITUDE 2.8 UTAH, YELLOWSTONE, USA #earthquake
Depth: 3 km
Distances: 238 km S of Provo, United States / pop: 115,000 / local time: 07:19:37.9 2020-10-26
33 km ESE of Beaver, United States / pop: 3,000 / local time: 07:19:37.9 2020-10-26
MAGNITUDE 4.2 PUERTO RICO
Depth: 18 km
Distances: 38 km WSW of Ponce, Puerto Rico / pop: 152,000 / local time: 21:39:48.7 2020-10-25
15 km WSW of Yauco, Puerto Rico / pop: 20,200 / local time: 21:39:48.7 2020-10-25
Man dead, daughter missing after landslide in St Andrew, Jamaica
A frantic search is underway for a teenage girl who is believed to be trapped under the rubble of her house which crumbled this morning in Shooters Hill, St Andrew in Jamaica amid heavy rainfall.
Her father, who residents only identified as ‘Romie’, was reportedly found dead at the scene about 7 am (October 23).
There has been heavy rainfall across the island over the past few days, which the Jamaica Meteorological Service said is due to a persistent trough of low pressure across the western Caribbean.
The met office said light to moderate, and at times heavy showers and thunderstorms occurred across sections of most parishes during the night, especially across eastern and south-central parishes.
A flash flood watch is in effect for all parishes in Jamaica
A frantic search is underway for a teenage girl who is believed to be trapped under the rubble of her house which crumbled this morning in Shooters Hill, St Andrew in Jamaica amid heavy rainfall.
Her father, who residents only identified as ‘Romie’, was reportedly found dead at the scene about 7 am (October 23).
There has been heavy rainfall across the island over the past few days, which the Jamaica Meteorological Service said is due to a persistent trough of low pressure across the western Caribbean.
The met office said light to moderate, and at times heavy showers and thunderstorms occurred across sections of most parishes during the night, especially across eastern and south-central parishes.
A flash flood watch is in effect for all parishes in Jamaica.
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Floods, landslides affect 3.6M people in E. Africa
At least 3.6 million people were affected by floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains across East Africa since June, the UN humanitarian agency said in a report Saturday.
“Water levels of several lakes in Kenya and Uganda are rising, impacting thousands of people,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
Some 856,000 people were affected by floods in South Sudan since June, including roughly 400,000 who have been displaced, it said.
The floods compounded an already difficult situation for people across the region, many of whom were already faced with conflict, violence, the desert locusts and COVID-19.
In South Sudan’s Jonglei area, which witnessed devastating violence earlier this year, was among the areas which were badly hit by floods.
According to the report, about 1.1 million people in Ethiopia have been affected by floods, with more than 313,000 of them were displaced.
Meanwhile, in Kenya, the water levels of several Rift Valley lakes, especially Baringo and Naivasha “are historically high,” following the highest seasonal rains which pounded the area from October to December 2019, the UN agency said.
The area also received above-average rains in 2020, displacing thousands of people and impacting livelihoods, schools and health facilities, according to the UN.
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