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In pedestrian bridge collapse at university in Miami, at least four dead authorities says
Updated 0241 GMT (1041 HKT) March 16, 2018
Bridge collapses at Florida college
Pedestrian bridge collapses in Miami
Bridge collapses at Florida college
Search and rescue ongoing after bridge collapse
(CNN)At least four people died Thursday when a pedestrian bridge collapsed near Florida International University, Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Dave Downey said.
At least eight cars were crushed under the bridge and at least nine people were transported to hospitals for treatment, authorities said.
"The most important thing we can do right now is pray for the individuals who ended up in the hospital, for their full recovery, and pray for the family members who lost loved ones," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday night.
Scott said the state would do its best to determine if any wrongdoing led to the collapse and, if so, that people would be held accountable.
The bridge's span was just installed Saturday, an effort to boost safety on a busy street where an FIU student was fatally struck by a vehicle last year.
It is unclear why the bridge, which was still under construction, collapsed onto a busy state highway.
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Kazakhstan:snowpocalypse that Astana Gripped By. strong winds which have damaged buildings and cars
January 11, 2018 - 11:25am,
It takes something unusual on the weather front to perturb the denizens of Kazakhstan’s capital, and the snowstorms that have battered the city this week fit that bill.
On January 11, Mayor Aset Isekeshev declared a state of emergency over the strong winds which have damaged buildings and cars, have cut off power to some neighborhoods and are posing a very real threat to people’s lives. Residents have been warned not to leave home unless strictly necessary.
Government offices, shops and markets have accordingly closed their doors. Children may be rejoicing, however, as classes are off. The only people going to work are the emergency services — police, ambulance workers and so on.
Highways in several regions of Kazakhstan have been closed because of the weather. Operations at the airport in Astana are also suspended.
Emergency service officials say they have deployed all their resources into countering the crisis. More than 1,500 rescue workers and communal service employees are working to deal with the fallout.
By 3 pm on January 11, officials reported they had received 3,100 telephone calls requesting assistance and that 70 people had been rescued after getting stuck in their cars on the highway. No fatalities have been reported.
Predictably, social media users are sharing videos testifying to the scale of the bad weather. Some videos show people being blown off their feet by the wind, while others show people holding for dear life onto lampposts and trees.
The head of Astana’s Saryarka district, Arman Turulbek, expressed anger in an Instagram post at those filming these incidents, saying they should be trying to help instead of just recording videos. Members of the public should be kinder and more considerate toward one another in moments of need, he said.
While strong winds are nothing new for Astana residents, given the city’s position right in the middle of the open steppes, the current conditions are shocking nonetheless. The problem of the strong winds has prompted authorities to pursue some out-of-the-box thinking, such as planting a giant ring of trees in the hope of mitigating the power of the gusts in coming years. Alas, such fixes seem neither sufficiently ambitions nor are they coming soon enough.
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Princess #Latifa: is ' #Hostage'
The daughter of Dubai's ruler who tried to flee the country in 2018 later sent secret video messages to friends accusing her father of holding her "hostage" as she feared for her life.
#Dubai
#FreeLatifa
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Eyewitness to Florida School Shooting Says There Was Definitely a Second Gunman
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
She was actually talking to the suspect that Police later arrested, and she could hear shots being fired from another location at the school
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الاثنين ١٠-١٠-٢٠١٧
قال قائد شرطة مقاطعة سونوما الواقعة شمال خليج سان فرانسيسكو في تغريدة على تويتر، إن "مكتب الشريف يؤكد أن هناك سبع وفيات متصلة بالحرائق في مقاطعة سونوما. نتقدم بالتعازي لعائلاتهم وأصدقائهم".
ويضاف إلى هؤلاء قتيلان سقطا في مقاطعة نابا وثالث سقط في مقاطعة مندوسينو، لتصبح الحصيلة الإجمالية الموقتة في المقاطعات الثلاث عشرة قتلى.
وتشمل حال الطوارئ التي أمر الحاكم جيري براون بفرضها مقاطعات نابا، سونوما ويوبا الواقعة شمال خليج سان فرانسيسكو.
وقال كين بيملوت رئيس هيئة الغابات والوقاية من الحرائق في حكومة الولاية خلال مؤتمر صحافي في ساكرامنتو (شمال شرق سان فرانسيسكو)، إن المنطقة الواقعة شمال خليج سان فرانسيسكو تشهد رياحا عاتية تصل سرعتها إلى 80 كلم/ساعة "أسفرت عن اندلاع العديد من حرائق الغابات وفي الوقت الذي نتحدث فيه هناك أكثر من 14 حريقا ضخما في ثماني مقاطعات".
وبحسب جهاز الإطفاء في كاليفورنيا فقد التهمت ألسنة النيران منذ مساء الأحد حوالى 30 ألف هكتار من المساحات الخضراء في شمال الولاية.
كذلك فقد التهمت النيران ما لا يقل عن 1500 مسكن ومبنى تجاري، بحسب المصدر نفسه.
وغالبا ما تشهد الغابات في غرب الولايات المتحدة حرائق خلال أشهر الصيف الحارة وتتأجج بفعل الرياح.
والشهر الماضي أجبر حريق ضخم وُصف بأنه الأكبر في تاريخ لوس أنجليس، المئات على إخلاء منازلهم.
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It’s snowing in Florida’s capital Tallahassee for the first time in three decades
JANUARY 03, 2018 10:30 AM
TALLAHASSEE
Florida’s capital woke up to snow and sleet on Wednesday, the first significant accumulation of frozen precipitation since 1989.
At 8:05 a.m. the National Weather Service in Tallahassee declared: “Snow has reached Tallahassee. Precip will end quickly from the west over the next 30-60 minutes.”
Tallahassee awoke to snow and sleet, the first significant frozen precipitation in nearly 30 years.
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22 injured in Abu Dhabi #pileup
Fog led to 44 vehicles involved in a #crash on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Road
Tue 06 Feb 2018 03:17 PM
Twenty-two people were injured following a massive crash in Abu #Dhabi, caused by heavy fog on the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Road.
A total of 44 vehicles were involved in the smash, which occurred after the Kizad Bridge area, in the direction of Abu Dhabi around 8am this morning.
Abu #Dhabi Police said that two people were seriously injured as a result of the accident, while a further two people were moderately injured.
The authorities said speeding and failing to leave sufficient space between vehicles were the main causes of the accident.
Separately, three people were injured in two others accidents in the direction of Al Ain - one a #collision between five vehicles and the other a six-vehicle accident.
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California wild fire: Santa Barbara 'a ghost town' as Thomas blaze moves closer
Mandatory evacuations around Montecito and Summerland came as winds roared with gusts of up to 60mph
Associated Press
Sunday 17 December 2017 01.36 EST
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Santa Barbara has turned into a “ghost town” after residents piled into cars and fled on Saturday, as surging winds drove one of the biggest fires in California’s history toward the city and the nearby wealthy enclave of Montecito.
The mandatory evacuations around Montecito and neighbouring Summerland came as winds that had eased a day earlier roared back at around 30mph (48kph), with gusts to about 60mph. Firefighters sprayed water on to hot spots sparked by wind-blown embers. Firefighters also drove to the historic San Ysidro Ranch in yellow fire trucks as heavy smoke rose from the coastal hills, blotting out the blue skies.
A portion of Santa Barbara was under mandatory evacuation. At the city’s zoo, workers began putting some animals into crates and kennels, to ready them for possible evacuation.
In downtown Santa Barbara, Maya Schoop-Rutten, owner of Chocolate Maya, said she saw through the window of her chocolate shop smoke suddenly appear after strong winds blew through.
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