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Typhoon Mawar update today: May 2023 storm heads to Philippines … – The Independent

Eye of Super Typhoon Mawar swirls over Guam

After a rapid intensification, Typhoon Mawar has become the most powerful storm of 2023 globally, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC).

Mawar’s peak winds have surged to 175 mph, accompanied by gusts nearing 210 mph, the JWTC said, as it heads towards the Philippines.

In its latest update, the state weather agency of the Philippines said Mawar has “slightly intensified while moving westwards over the Philippines sea”. This comes after the agency yesterday issued a notification that the cyclone has regained its status of a “super typhoon”.

The typhoon has also surpassed the strength of any storm recorded in 2022, experts say.

Typhoon Mawar’s intensification came after a brief weakening as it passed by Guam on Wednesday, lashing the island with heavy rains and winds that uprooted trees and blew away roofs and cars.

According to the Guam Power Authority, nearly all of the island’s 52,000 homes and businesses experienced power outages, with only 1,000 retaining electricity.

There are no reports of loss of life but extensive damage was reported, alongside localised flooding, fallen debris, and downed power lines.

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Mawar ‘may further intensify’ says Philippines weather forecaster

The state weather agency of the Philippines said Mawar has “slightly intensified” while moving westwards over the Philippines sea”.

Mawar is moving westward at 20 kph and was last located 1,740 kilometres east of southeastern Luzon, PAGASA said in its latest update.

Weather forecaster Dan Villamil told CNN Philippines that Mawar is currently at 215 kph near the centre and gustiness of up to 265 kph.

However, its maximum sustained winds “may further intensify” to reach 220 kph, he noted.

This comes after the agency yesterday issued a notification that the cyclone has regained its status of a “super typhoon”.

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Likelihood of Mawar making landfall in China increasing

Jim Yang, a researcher at the China Meteorological Association indicated the likelihood that Typhoon Mawar makes landfall in China is increasing in a Twitter post.

“If it lands in Fujian, it will become the first typhoon in history to land in Fujian in May,” Jim Yang wrote.

Attached to the tweet was a photo of the predicted strike probability of Typhoon Mawar.

“If Mawar finally lands in Taiwan, it will become the first typhoon to land in Taiwan in May in 33 years.

In another post, the researcher said noting the increased intensity of Mawar: “What’s more difficult is that Mawar will maintain high intensity for 2 to 3 days.”

Stuti Mishra26 May 2023 07:00
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Typhoon Mawar becomes 2023′s most intense storm

After rapid intensification, Typhoon Mawar has become the most intense storm of 2023, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC).

Mawar’s peak winds have surged to 175 mph, accompanied by gusts nearing 210 mph, JWTC said.

The typhoon has also surpassed the strength of any storm recorded in 2022 and now stands equivalent to a category 5 super typhoon.

These unprecedented wind speeds have brought the typhoon into the ranks of the five most powerful typhoons ever documented in the month of May.

Stuti Mishra26 May 2023 06:13
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No deaths reported in Guam

No deaths or significant injuries were reported in Guam after super Typhoon Mawar hit the island on Wednesday and Thursday, Governor Lou Leon Guerrero told CNN.

Though the typhoon did leave much of the island damaged with many residents without power or clean water.

As the storm hit Guam, its strength was equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic with sustained winds of 140 miles per hour and gusts of up to 165 miles per hour.

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Super Typhoon equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane

Ariana Baio26 May 2023 05:00
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Typhoon Mawar path

Typhoon Mawar has made landing on the US territory of Guam, leaving extreme damage and power outages behind.

Andrea Blanco and Ariana Baio report:

Ariana Baio26 May 2023 04:00
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Parts of Guam without clean water

Parts of Guam are without clean water as of Thursday after Typhoon Mawar damaged water wells, pump stations and water treatment plants on parts of the island, according to reports.

The Guam Waterworks Authority asked residents to boil water due to possible bacterial contamination in the water until further notice.

Islandwide, resident are reporting water outages according to a report from the Guam Pacific Daily News. Specifically affected areas include Tamuning, Nimitz Hill, Agat, Santa Rita, Yona, Talofofo, Cross Island Road, Talofofo and Inarajan.

Guam Waterworks Authority General Manager, Miguel Bordallo, said there is no estimate for when service will be restored

“Reduced production capacity is unable to keep up with the demand, and therefore cannot rebuild reservoir levels,” Mr Bordallo told Guam Pacific Daily News.

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Residents left with power cut and flood damage

Guam successfully weathered the strongest storm in years as Typhoon Mawar swept across the Western Pacific Island last night.

Mawar made landfall at local time 9pm but the island was battered by heavy rains and powerful winds of up to 240 kph for hours yesterday, that uprooted trees, blew away roofs, and brought the US territory to a standstill.

According to the Guam Power Authority, nearly all of the island’s 52,000 homes and businesses experienced power outages, with only 1,000 retaining electricity.

Despite the intense conditions, the island managed to avoid significant damage.

There are no reports of unusual incidents in hospital emergency rooms, and the overall impact included moderate damages such as localised flooding, fallen debris, and downed power lines.

Ariana Baio26 May 2023 02:00
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Identical twin meteorologists guide Guam through Typhoon Mawar

As typhoon Mawar aimed its fury at Guam, residents facing terrifying winds and crashing waves from the strongest storm to hit the US Pacific territory in decades had identical twin meteorologists to keep them informed — and to provide the outside world with a glimpse of the chaos unfolding on the remote island.

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What is the difference between a typhoon and a hurricane?

Typhoons and hurricanes are from the same weather phenomenon known as a tropical cyclone, but the difference in names can sometimes confuse people.

If the storm is in the North Atlantic, central North Pacific or eastern North Pacific, it is called a hurricane.

If the storm occurs in the Northwest Pacific it is called a typhoon.

But in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean, generally, it is called a tropical cyclone.

Ariana Baio26 May 2023 00:00

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Stock market today: Wall Street slips as stocks slump worldwide – YourCentralValley.com

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street slipped as stocks slumped worldwide Wednesday on worries about the strength of the global economy and inflation.

The S&P 500 fell 25.69, or 0.6%, to 4,179.83. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 134.51, or 0.4%, to 32,908.27, and the Nasdaq composite lost 82.14, or 0.6%, to 12,935.29.

Stock markets in Asia fell even more following discouraging data on manufacturing from China. The world’s second-largest economy has not been rebounding as strongly as many investors had hoped. That raises worries when economies around the world are contending with still-high inflation and much higher interest rates than a year earlier.

Wall Street has been able to weather such concerns pretty well recently, largely because of gains for a handful of tech companies and others getting swept up in the buzz around AI. The S&P 500 managed to close out May with a modest gain.

But some of the air seeped out of those big winners on Wednesday. Nvidia, whose chips are helping to power the surge into AI, dropped 5.7% for its first fall since it gave a monster forecast last week for upcoming sales.

Worries are also rising for the larger U.S. economy, which has slowed under the weight of much higher interest rates. The Federal Reserve has raised rates at a furious pace since early last year in hopes of getting inflation under control. But high rates work by hurting the economy and hitting prices for investments.

“We see this as a race for weakness between inflation and economic activity,” said Tony Roth, chief investment officer at Wilmington Trust.

Either inflation needs to break lower to return to the Fed’s target, which would allow it to go easier on interest rates, or the economy will fall into recession. Roth said both the economy and inflation have remained strong for longer than he expected: “It’s a very slow race to the bottom.”

A report released Wednesday morning bolstered expectations for the Federal Reserve to hike rates at least one more time. It showed employers advertised more job openings than expected, the latest signal of a job market that’s remained remarkably resilient.

While that’s good news for workers and for the economy, it also gives the Fed more leeway to keep rates high. A strong job market could keep upward pressure on workers’ wages, which Wall Street fears could keep inflation high.

“The increase in job openings is the worst news the Fed could have because that just puts more pressure on wages,” Roth said.

But stocks pared their losses in the afternoon after a Fed official hinted the central bank may hold rates steady at its next meeting in two weeks.

“Indeed, skipping a rate hike at a coming meeting would allow the Committee to see more data before making decisions about the extent of additional policy firming,” Fed Gov. Philip Jefferson said in a speech. But he said the Fed could still raise rates again at a later meeting.

Other, smaller portions of the economy have shown much more pain in the face of higher rates. A report on Wednesday morning suggested manufacturing in the Chicago region is contracting by much more than economists feared. .

The U.S. banking system has also come under pressure. The Fed-driven surge in rates means customers are pulling their deposits in hopes of making more in interest at money-market funds. Higher rates have also knocked down the values for bonds and other investments banks made when rates were low.

Bubbling behind all these worries is a still simmering drama in Washington about a potential default on the U.S. government’s debt.

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are trying to wrangle enough votes to pass a deal to allow the U.S. government to borrow more money. Without it, the U.S. government could run out of cash to pay its bills as soon as Monday.

On Wall Street, Advance Auto Parts plunged 35 after it reported much weaker profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. The retailer also said it expects pressures to continue through 2023, and it cut its full-year financial forecast and reduced its dividend.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise tumbled 7.1% after it reported weaker revenue for the latest quarter than expected.

Ford Motor fell 4.7% after CEO Jim Farley told the Bernstein Decisions Conference that electric cars will cost more to make than gas-powered vehicles until at least 2030.

In stock markets abroad, indexes tumbled 1.9% in Hong Kong, 1.5% in France and 1.5% in Germany.

In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 3.62% from 3.70% late Tuesday. It helps set rates for mortgages and other important loans that influence the housing and other markets.

The two-year yield, which moves more on expectations for Fed action, fell to 4.39% from 4.46%.

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AP Business Writers Joe McDonald, Matt Ott and Tom Krisher contributed.

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Russia-Ukraine war latest news: Putin’s forces claim they have … – The Independent

Moscow drone attack: Buildings damaged in wake of suspected strike

Russia’s defence ministry claimed on Wednesday that its forces had destroyed what it described as Ukraine’s “last warship” two days ago in the port of Odesa in a missile strike.

Ukraine’s navy declined to comment.

“The last warship of the Ukrainian navy, the Yuriy Olefirenko, was destroyed at a warship mooring in the port of Odesa,” defence ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a daily briefing on the war.

He said the vessel had been hit with “high-precision weapons” – a phrase he uses to mean missiles – on May 29, but gave no further details.

Oleh Chalyk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian navy, said he would not respond to any assertions made by Russia. The Ukrainian navy will not disclose any information about losses during the war, he added.

Earlier, Russia claimed that a Ukrainian drone sparked a fire at an oil refinery in southern Russia and shelling hit a Russian town close to the border for the third time in a week, damaging buildings and setting vehicles ablaze.

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Russia says it has destroyed Ukraine’s ‘last warship’

Russia’s defence ministry claimed on Wednesday that its forces had destroyed what it described as Ukraine’s “last warship” two days ago in the port of Odesa in a missile strike.

Ukraine’s navy declined to comment.

“The last warship of the Ukrainian navy, the Yuriy Olefirenko, was destroyed at a warship mooring in the port of Odesa,” defence ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a daily briefing on the war.

He said the vessel had been hit with “high-precision weapons” – a phrase he uses to mean missiles – on May 29, but gave no further details.

Oleh Chalyk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian navy, said he would not respond to any assertions made by Russia. The Ukrainian navy will not disclose any information about losses during the war, he added.

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Only 500 residents left in Bakhmut

There are only around 500 people left living in Bakhmut, according to the city’s mayor Oleksii Reva.

This is compared with the 70,000 people who lived in the eastern Ukrainian city before the war with Russia.

Bakhmut has been subjected to heavy fighting over the last year, with both Ukraine and Russia claiming they have control of the city.

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Bakhmut has been subjected to heavy fighting in the last year

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Bakhmut has been subjected to heavy fighting in the last year

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Dutch prime minister says EU should sanction Russians involved in child abductions

The EU is looking into broadening its sanctions against Russia so they target Russians involved in child abductions from Ukraine.

Dutch prime minsiter Mark Rutte said: “The 11th package of sanctions we are working on includes the option to go after those responsible for child abductions.”

Speaking in a joint conference at The Hague with Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki, he added: “That’s something we are working on. The other point of focus is sanction circumvention. Making it possible to go after the people responsible.”

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Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte spoke in a news conference about widening sanctions against Russia

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Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte spoke in a news conference about widening sanctions against Russia

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An Iraqi citizen fighting with Russia’s Wagner mercenary group was killed in Ukraine last month, Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Wednesday.

Abbas Abuthar Witwit, the first confirmed case of a Middle East native dying in the conflict, died on April 7, a day after arriving at a Wagner hospital in the Russian-controlled, eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, the RIA FAN news site earlier reported.

Much of the fighting for Bakhmut was done by convict fighters, recruited by Wagner from prisons on the promise of a pardon if they survived six months at the front in Ukraine.

Prigozhin told news agency Reuters that Witwit, who he recruited from prison, was wounded in Bakhmut before he died. Prigozhin previously said he had lost 20,000 of his men in the conflict as a whole.

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Witwit was injured while fighting in Bakhmut, Wagner chief says

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Witwit was injured while fighting in Bakhmut, Wagner chief says

Natalie Crockett31 May 2023 23:00
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Macron says war crimes trial may have to take back seat as Putin negotiations are priority

Emmanuel Macron says negotiations with Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine may have to take priority over war crimes charges against him.

The French President says it might not be possible to send Putin for a war crimes trial at The Hague because he is the only person the west can negotiate with to end the war.

Delivering a speech in which he tackled a wide range of issues at the EU leaders conference in Moldova, Macron said: “If in a few months to come we have a window for negotiations, the question will be arbitrage between a trial and a negotiation, and you have to negotiate with the leaders you have de facto, and I think negotiations will be a priority … You can put yourself in a position where you say: ‘I want you to go jail but you are the only one I can negotiate with’.”

But President Macron also said that evidence against Russia and its leaders should be gathered and assembled in the meantime.

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President Macron has shared some frank remarks about negotiations with Putin

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President Macron has shared some frank remarks about negotiations with Putin

Lucy Skoulding31 May 2023 22:00
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French President urges NATO to provide ‘Israel-like’ security to Ukraine

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has urged NATO to provide Ukraine with“tangible and credible” security as it continues to battle Russia.

Speaking at the GLOBSEC Bratislava Global Security Forum, President Macron said: “We have to build something between the security provided to Israel and full-fledged membership.”

He added that Ukraine needed to be helped with “all means possible” because it is “today protecting Europe”.

Lucy Skoulding31 May 2023 21:00
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Watch: Russian soldiers flee after tank struck by Ukrainian drone

Russian soldiers flee after tank struck by Ukrainian drone
Martha Mchardy31 May 2023 20:00
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Latest pictures from Russia

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A specialist inspects the damaged facade of a multi-storey apartment building after a reported drone attack in Moscow

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The aftermath of Ukrainian shelling in the border town of Shebekino, Belgorod region,

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Latest pictures from Ukraine

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Ukrainian troops near the front line city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region,

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Martha Mchardy31 May 2023 19:00
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ICYMI: New US aid package for Ukraine will total about $300 million and include munitions for drones

A U.S. military aid package for Ukraine that is expected to be announced this week will total up to $300 million and will include additional munitions for drones, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The drone ammunition comes after new attacks by unmanned aircraft targeted Moscow.

There has been no suggestion that U.S.-made drones or munitions were used in the recent attacks on Moscow, and U.S. officials have repeatedly said that Ukraine has agreed not to use any American-provided weapons for attacks on Russian soil. The Kremlin blamed Kyiv for Tuesday’s attack, but Ukrainian officials had no direct comment.

But the new aid package comes at a tense moment in the war. The latest drone attack on Moscow follows Russia’s seizure of the eastern Ukrainian city Bakhmut after a nine-month battle that killed tens of thousands of people. Ukraine is also showing signs that its long-awaited spring counteroffensive may already be underway.

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Khaps hold mahapanchayat today amid wrestlers’ protest – Hindustan Times

Jun 01, 2023 12:18 AM IST

“A mahapanchayat’ will be held in Soram village on Thursday to discuss the ongoing protest by wrestlers.” said Tikait

Representatives of khaps or clan-based groups from outfits in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab Rajasthan and Delhi will meet in Muzaffarnagar on Thursday to discuss the ongoing protests by India’s top wrestlers against sexual harassment, senior community leaders said, the first signs of a new mobilisation to back the protracted stir.

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Naresh Tikait (ANI)

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Naresh Tikait said a mahapanchayat will be held in Muzaffarnagar’s Soram village on Thursday to discuss the protest by wrestlers against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over charges of intimidation and sexual harassment.

Tikait’s comments came a day after he convinced Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia, Rio Games bronze medallist Sakshi Malik, and double World Championship bronze medallist Vinesh Phogat — they have 45 senior international medals between them — to hold off on immersing their medals in the Ganga amid high drama in Haridwar.

“A mahapanchayat’ will be held in Soram village on Thursday to discuss the ongoing protest by wrestlers. Representatives of different khaps from UP, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Delhi will participate in it,” Tikait said.

. At least 50 khaps are likely to participate in the event, said a person aware of developments.

“The wrestlers took an emotional decision on Tuesday to immerse their medals and it was our duty to stop them. The khaps will meet on Thursday to discuss the future of protest. The struggle will still be led by the wrestlers and all khaps and farmer unions will support them to the hilt,” Chaudhary Surender Solanki, president of Palam 360 khap in Delhi, said.

Solanki will attend the congregation on Thursday while wrestlers will skip it. “The wrestlers won’t be part of this,” he added.

General secretary of Sarv Khap, Subhash Baliyan, said that the meeting would discuss the police action against protesting wrestlers.

Thursday’s meeting and another planned event later this week indicate that community leaders were considering throwing their weight behind the stir. The developments came a day after unprecedented scenes on the banks of the Ganga in Haridwar that saw wrestlers breaking down in a huddle played out on live television. Malik and Phogat sat clasping their box full of medals while their spouses, wrestlers Satyavrat Kadian and Somveer Rathee, comforted them. Punia, one of the most successful Indian sportsmen in history — he has one Olympic medal, four World Championship medals, and two Asian Games medals — also broke down as their supporters formed a human chain to shield them from the huge crowd that had assembled at the ghat on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra.

All three tweeted passionate statements expressing their hurt, especially after the protests took an ugly turn on Sunday when they were detained by police from Jantar Mantar.“We feel why did we even win medals at Olympics or World Championships. Did we win medals to be dragged on the streets and be declared criminals?” they wrote.

The wrestlers have demanded the arrest of Singh, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Gonda who has ruled Indian wrestling for 12 years, over allegations of sexual harassment of athletes, including at least one minor. Singh has denied the charges, hit back at the wrestlers, and even said that their medals are worth 15 each. Though he has been removed from WFI, which stands suspended, and two FIRs have been filed against him, the wrestlers have demanded that he be arrested immediately.

After sitting at Har Ki Paudi for 90 minutes on Monday evening, an intervention by Tikait led the wrestlers to hold off for now. Tikait, who took away the medals from the wrestlers and kept them in his custody, sought five days from the wrestlers to ensure their demands were met, though his strategy was not clear.

People aware of developments said that after leaving Har Ki Paudi around 7:30 pm on Tuesday, the wrestlers drove to Muzaffarnagar to meet BKU leaders. The wrestlers then drove back to Haridwar and spent the night there. “On Wednesday morning, they were still undecided whether to spend the next 4-5 days somewhere in Uttarakhand or go back to their villages. Ultimately, they decided on the second option,” said one of the persons cited above.

A second person in the know said that the wrestlers were advised by senior BKU leaders to go silent. Multiple calls to Punia and Malik went unanswered while Phogat’s number was switched off for the better part of the day.

The march to the new Parliament building on Sunday, when the wrestlers were manhandled, stopped and detained by police, coincided with Singh’s presence inside the House during the special proceedings while the wrestlers were camped at Jantar Mantar for 38 days demanding action. That sit-in at Jantar Mantar ended on May 28 when Delhi Police detained them and their supporters while they marched towards the new Parliament. The police also cleared the protest site and said they won’t allow wrestlers to return.

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