Gucci through the dust after 'blackface-sweater'
florence February 7, 2019 06:16The Italian fashion brand Gucci has gone through the dust for the design of a ladies' jersey, which critics say is much like the racist blackface caricature.
The Italian fashion brand Gucci has gone through the dust for the design of a ladies' jersey, which critics say is much like the racist blackface caricature.
Both crew members of the French jet fighter who crashed Wednesday in the Jura mountains, not far from the Swiss border, have been killed. That has Secretary of Defense Florence Parly...
The emergency services in the American state of North Carolina have found hundreds of dead fish on a motorway. The road flooded when Hurricane Florence drew across the state, reports American media.
'I am completely devastated.' Dannie Whitford swallows, and falls silent. He does not know it anymore. Storm Florence has made his home uninhabitable.
It is scaring in New Bern. Residents of the little town in North Carolina who return from their hiding places see the damage of Florence with displeasure. The hurricane has kept a good hold- and the danger has not yet passed.
'When I go out, the girls are around me, pleading to take them to Europe. I refuse. I am afraid to die, 'says 42-year-old Patience, who smuggled Nigerian girls to Europe for almost twenty years.
US President Donald Trump has pledged full support to the states of North and South Carolina inflicted by Hurricane Florence. 'We will be 100 percent,' said Trump on Wednesday in a short speech after his arrival in North Carolina with a view to post-storm reconstruction.
The test of a new American warning system, a kind of NL-Alert, has been postponed. Americans would actually receive a text message from President Donald Trump next Thursday, but have to wait until October 3. The delay is related to the relief work around the tropical storm Florence, the authorities say.
The death toll due to hurricane Florence on the American east coast rose to at least 23. Most of the victims fell in the state of North Carolina, where the coastal town of Wilmington was cut off from the outside world by the high water. The flooding can last for weeks.
Hurricane Florence has been watered down to a tropical depression, but the danger has not yet receded for the inhabitants of the American states of North and South Carolina. The wind is still blowing and there is a lot of rain. The death toll of the storm is now at thirteen, including a mother with her child.
A reporter from The Weather Channel gets the scorn of thousands of social media users. His TV report from hurricane Florence went viral because he somewhat diminished the power of the storm. While the reporter pretends he can stay on his feet with difficulty, two men walk quietly in the background.
The death toll due to hurricane Florence on the American east coast has risen to at least eleven. By the hurricane and by 'epic amounts of rain \u0026 quot; large parts of the southeastern coast of the US are flooded.
Because of the hurricane of Florence, large parts of the southeastern coast of the US have come under water. Chuck Watson, a disaster expert from a research institute in Georgia, said the damage could amount to about $ 20 billion (more than EUR 17 billion).
Rain, rain and more rain. Florence has brought more than a meter of rain on some places on the American east coast and it is still plentiful. At least seven people were killed, US media reported.
While the tropical storm of Florence is scouring the southeast of the United States, a small army of drones is ready to help quickly absorb and even repair the damage.
The number of deaths from hurricane Florence in the states of North and South Carolina in the United States has risen to five. There may be more, local media reports. Florence has meanwhile been watered down to a tropical storm.
While hurricane Florence is operating along the American East Coast, an even heavier tropical storm is currently flying over the Philippines. Typhoon Mangkhut is especially a threat to Luzon, the northernmost island in the Philippines where the capital Manila is located.
Hurricane Florence leaves a trail of vandalism in the United States. Because of the storm, trees are blown away and streets run under water. In the city of New Bern, according to CNN, at least two hundred people were saved who had been in trouble because of high water.
The diminished, but still dangerous, whirlwind Florence goes ashore in the American state of North Carolina. The severe weather associated with the hurricane has caused flooding and other nuisance for some time. In more than 300,000 households in North Carolina the power has already failed, reported local media.
Certainly 88,000 households in the American state of North Carolina are without power because of Hurricane Florence. The hurricane has not yet landed, which probably happens Friday morning.
While the whole of America holds his heart for Friday, the video images of the damage that hurricane Florence is already causing in the US speak volumes. North Carolina is plagued by flooding.
The American emergency response service FEMA has asked the EU for satellite images of hurricane Florence. That request has been granted. Current images that the European Copernicus system has made of the American East Coast are made available by the European Coordination Center for Disaster Relief, so that Washington can map out the situation better.
Hurricane Florence has further weakened on the way to the American coast. It is now a storm in the second category, reports the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami. Nevertheless, heavy rainfall and possible flooding are still taken into account.
The National Hurricane Center has scaled heavy hurricane Florence to category 3 on Wednesday. However, the danger that is particularly threatening for the coastal areas in South and North Carolina remains unchanged. Houses with huge waves and enormous amounts of rain are expected.
For Americans living on the east coast, the countdown has started. Another day and a half and then Florence comes ashore. A very heavy hurricane, meteorologists warn. ' He could even become the heaviest category '', says Johnny Willemse of Weeronline.
Not the wind, but extreme rainfall is the biggest danger of hurricane Florence, warn US authorities. Because the hurricane does not move quickly over land, extreme rain can fall. In some places in North Carolina the National Hurricane Center expects up to 60 centimeters of precipitation.
The US federal government is ready for the arrival of hurricane Florence. 'We're done like never before,' said President Donald Trump after consulting with the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Response Service FEMA. ' He is going to be a big one \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27 ;, he referred to the hurricane. ' He is very big and very wet \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27 ;.
The US capital Washington DC is preparing for the arrival of hurricane Florence. In the city the state of emergency has been proclaimed, following the nearby states of Virginia and Maryland, according to the Washington Post newspaper.
More than one and a half million people on the American East Coast have been ordered to leave due to the arrival of Hurricane Florence. The super storm is the toughest to threaten the area in three decades. Florence is currently a hurricane of the fourth category with wind speeds of up to 210 kilometers per hour.
Hurricane Florence is not only accompanied by the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of Americans, NATO is also bothered by it. The transfer of the command from the alliance headquarters to a French air force general in Norfolk in the US state of Virginia has been moved and brought forward due to the expected heavy gusts of wind.