Saturday, August 19, 2023

Raging wildfire on Spanish island of Tenerife drives 26,000 from their homes

Flames seen on horizon near La Laguna on Spanish island of Tenerife

Thousands more people were evacuated from their homes on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Saturday as a wildfire in the north remained out of control, though the flames have so far avoided major tourist areas.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/spain-tenerife-wildfire-evacuation-1.6941620?cmp=rss

Hurricane Hilary threatens 'catastrophic' flooding in Mexico and California

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Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico's Baja California on Saturday amid warnings of "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding" for the peninsula and for the southwestern United States, where it is forecast to make land as a tropical storm on Sunday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/storm-hilary-mexico-california-1.6941522?cmp=rss

5 dead, 37 injured after Russian missile hits central square in Chernihiv, Ukrainian ministry says

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Five people were killed and 37 wounded when a Russian missile struck a central square in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, Ukraine's Interior Ministry said on Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-chernihiv-missile-1.6941499?cmp=rss

Friday, August 18, 2023

Man with Winnipeg ties identified as homicide victim in 1997 cold case, but Florida police still seek answers

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Cold case detectives in Florida say a homicide victim found floating near a beach in the Sunshine State more than two decades ago was a Canadian man with ties to Winnipeg, a discovery made thanks to DNA technology, and police hope the information leads to answers about who killed him.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/robert-mcphail-florida-winnipeg-murder-cold-case-1.6941155?cmp=rss

Hurricane Hilary hurtles toward Mexico and prompts a tropical storm watch in California

Aug. 18, 2023 satellite image of Hurricane Hilary

Category 4 Hurricane Hilary hurtled toward Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Friday, a U.S. government agency said, as it issued a tropical storm watch for California and warned of life-threatening and possibly catastrophic floods.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-hilary-mexico-california-1.6941258?cmp=rss