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Emergency operations continue in Western Columbia, nearly a week after a powerful earthquake
“struck the region, crews are digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings searching”
for survivors. NPR's Karycon reports at least 294 people have been killed and hundreds of others are missing. Recovery crews are finding few possible signs of life under the rubble of collapsed buildings. In Kali, Columbia, the country's third largest city the fire chief told Reuters efforts to recover body should come to an end this weekend.
Heavy equipment will then be brought in to clear the debris. On Sunday, top-lat music stars, including Mark Anthony, Cheyenne and Luis Fonsier scheduled to hold a benefit concert from Miami to raise money for earthquake victims in Colombia, as well as those from the back to back quakes in Venezuela, June, that killed more than 6,000 people.
Promotors say online donations and ticket sales from the concert will help rebuild homes, schools, and communities. Karycon and PR News, Rio de Janeiro.
“Tuesday is the deadline for preservationists to respond to the Trump administration's”
emergency appeal to the Supreme Court over President Trump's $400 million White House
ballroom, the legal fight is also drawing new scrutiny to the expanding scoping cost of the project. And PR's Ron Elving says the ballroom is now only one part of a much larger overhaul. This project has entailed the destruction of a familiar part of the White House. He's playing for the sake of a ballroom, and now a new secure bunker and other uses.
It was to be paid for by private donors, no, that's a questionable proposition in itself. But now we've seen the total cost of White House improvements ballooned by hundreds of millions of dollars and approached a billion. And PR's Ron Elving reporting severe weather has broad devastating flooding across parts of the Midwest with repeated bouts of heavy rainfall expected to last through today.
And PR's Laura Sullivan reports.
The National Weather Service is predicting widespread storms this weekend through the Ohio
“Valley, Midwest, and the Central Appalachians.”
The rainfall will bring additional precipitation to already heavily saturated areas. Indiana and Ohio have been among the hardest hit states with rainfall totaling more than 11 inches in some areas. The White River in Anderson, Indiana, rose to a record 24.9 feet surpassing a flood mark that has stood since 1913.
Indiana Governor Mike Brown requested a presidential emergency declaration and declared a statewide disaster emergency, more flood warnings and flood watches have been issued across parts of Central Illinois and Central Indiana through Sunday night. Laura Sullivan and PR News. This is NPR News in Washington.
Hurricane Lala has skirted Hawaii's big island without making landfall, but the storm is still bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the region. Will Dorman from Hawaii Public Radio reports? Landslide mudslides as well rockfalls. Those are all part of it.
Saturation of ground is another concern flooding, flash flooding. A storm surgeon's near the coast, so there are many layers to this. That's Bill Dorman reporting. The actions of a quick-thinking air traffic controller are being credited with recognizing an error before it turned into a dangerous mistake, and PR's John Stone is reports it
comes as recent near misses have drawn scrutiny about air safety. Potential disaster was averted Friday when a Phoenix-based controller recognized that two American Airlines jets were both flying under the same designation, American 2482. One was arriving from Chicago while the other was departing from Phoenix. As their flight paths converged, he made clear which was which, identifying one American
2482 on the arrival and the other on the departure, ensuring they kept a safe distance. Traffic 1 o'clock in 10 miles is your company, same call sign, and credible or looking. Sound courtesy of ATC.com. The arriving pilot complimented the controller for his quick-thinking. The Federal Aviation Administration and the airlines say they will investigate how two planes
with the same name came so close. John Stone is NPR News. I'm Mr. Johnson and PR News in Washington. OK, so you're driving to work or you're on a walk or you're at the gym or whatever, and you just need to clear your head.
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