It could also be time to layer up, readers — almost 60 million folks within the US are below winter climate alerts in the present day. You can keep forward of the storm by checking NCS’s weather alert tracker for the most recent advisories, watches and warnings.
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Severe winter climate is unleashing journey chaos throughout the US, inflicting widespread flight delays and street accidents. The storm is anticipated to strengthen rapidly into a bomb cyclone because it tracks up the East Coast in the present day. Air journey was hit particularly onerous on Monday, with Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport reporting essentially the most disruptions. Over 1,500 flights had been delayed and greater than 300 had been canceled. Road circumstances are additionally deteriorating in a number of states. Police in Missouri acquired numerous calls about accidents amid heavy snow and slick roads. Farther east, round a quarter-inch of ice may glaze components of North Carolina, West Virginia and Virginia within the coming hours.
Crashes pile up as winter storm hits Missouri highways
The Department of Homeland Security is making ready to deploy 250 brokers in Louisiana this month as a part of an immigration operation referred to as “Swamp Sweep.” The deployment comes after two National Guard members had been shot in Washington, DC, final week, prompting President Donald Trump and administration officers to heighten their anti-immigration rhetoric. On Monday, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem mentioned that she is recommending a “full travel ban” on “every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.” When requested which international locations could be included within the potential ban, DHS mentioned in an e mail, “We will be announcing the list soon.”
President Trump and prime nationwide safety officers huddled on the White House on Monday to talk about next steps on Venezuela, because the administration faces scrutiny a couple of controversial resolution in September to strike an alleged drug boat within the Caribbean twice. The US army was conscious that survivors remained earlier than conducting what is named a “double-tap strike” that killed them within the second blow, sources instructed NCS. Some lawmakers have urged it could possibly be a “war crime” and have referred to as on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to testify before Congress concerning the follow-up strike.
More than 1,200 folks have been killed by flooding and landslides attributable to heavy rainfall in parts of Asia. The cyclone-fueled downpours have battered Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia in current days. Sri Lanka was struck by a separate storm, leaving some areas submerged and creating essentially the most troublesome rescue operation the nation has ever seen, in accordance to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Hundreds extra are nonetheless lacking as crews work to airlift sufferers and fly crucial provides, together with oxygen tanks, to submerged areas.
The US didn’t commemorate World AIDS Day this week, a break from many years of precedent. The commemoration — held each December 1 since 1988 — was withdrawn this yr by the Trump administration after citing a necessity to “modernize” its approach to countering infectious illnesses. The day is meant to increase consciousness of efforts to combat HIV/AIDS and bear in mind the lives misplaced to the illness. Separately, a senior FDA official just lately mentioned the company will change its vaccine approval process, alleging that Covid-19 photographs precipitated 10 youngster deaths. The official didn’t present particulars on the deaths however mentioned vaccines will want extra proof of security earlier than they are often marketed.
US particular envoy Steve Witkoff is anticipated to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the present day following high-level talks between the US and Ukrainian officers over the weekend. Follow here for live updates.
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The nationwide common for common gasoline has dropped below $3 a gallon for the primary time since 2021, in accordance to AAA.
The warehouse membership operator sued the US authorities amid the continued tariff saga. Here’s a pattern of the lawsuit’s key details. Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs are preventing to maintain Netflix from releasing a docuseries concerning the embattled music mogul.
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs are preventing to maintain Netflix from releasing a docuseries concerning the embattled music mogul.
The son of the infamous Mexican drug kingpin pleaded guilty Monday to US drug trafficking fees.
Norway is constructing the world’s longest, deepest undersea street tunnel. See photos here.
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North Korea’s capital described as fashionable ‘Pyonghattan’
NCS’s Will Ripley talks to an American traveler who skilled the flamboyant eating places, futuristic skyscrapers and fashionable know-how in North Korea’s capital catering to the elite population of the city.