Heavy rainfall in the south of the US state of California has killed at least thirteen people. Streets of the coastal village of Montecito, north of Los Angeles, were buried by mudslides and debris, reports the Los Angeles Times. Another twenty-five people were injured.
The new Santa Montefiore, the British who with her romantic feel good stories regularly gets the international bestseller lists, she does not have to be. 'I am not that ambitious,' says Charlotte de Monchy (38). Nevertheless, the author is well on her way to becoming one of the most popular chicklit authors in the Netherlands. 'I believe in long-lasting love and friendships.'
A Venezuelan is arrested in the Dominican Republic on suspicion of involvement in the murder of two Dutch people last year. The police in the Caribbean state reports that the arrested suspect Carlos José Gascon is called González.
The director of the museums in the Vatican is annoyed by the often rude behavior of visitors. 'People stick chewing gum under wooden benches from the seventeenth century,' says director and art historian Barbara Jatta. 'The cleaners find everything every day, for example half-empty water bottles. Such a cultureless behavior, you wonder how it is possible. '
The infamous commando unit of the police in Rio de Janeiro (BOPE) has propagated the Christmas message in a special way. An armed Santa wanted the residents of the Brazilian metropolis a 'Merry Christmas.' In addition to a white beard and red suit, the disguised agent also wore a bulletproof vest and an automatic rifle.
NORAD is normally responsible for the defense of North American airspace against missile attacks, but today and tomorrow this American air force unit has a- perhaps even more important- task in: following Santa.
The 7-year-old Crystal from the American state of Texas has written an emotional letter to Santa. She does not want presents but rather a blanket or some food. 'Because at home I only have one blanket and that is not warm enough.'
Climate reforestation is becoming increasingly important in the fight against climate change. 'Rainforest can also re-emerge,' said German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks during the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF). All possible seeds are still present in the deeper soil layers. 'If you finally stop mining and return the burnt-out land to nature, the old vegetation will return.'
Police in Citrus Heights, California, had to say Wednesday to a criminal who had studied the tactics of Santa Claus too much. The 32-year-old burglar wanted to break into a company by descending into a chimney. The burglar got stuck and he had to call emergency number 911.
Due to the ongoing forest fires in California, part of the city of Santa Barbara is now also under threat. The California authorities ordered Saturday for new evacuations of this area, writes the LA Times. Residents of the hilly region around Montecito and Summerland, where many rich people live, are advised to seek a safe haven as soon as possible.
For the time being, the end of the fires that plague California is not yet in sight. Strong wind stirred the fire on Saturday in many places. It is now about the third fire in the history of the American state.
The vast nature fire in California has demanded a second life. Fire brigade commander Ken Pimlott announced Thursday that one of his employees died during work. He did not make any statements about the circumstances.
A wish list for Christmas was flown to Austria from the Alps to Italy over a distance of about 400 kilometers. The epistle with the gift man of 2-year-old Emma- 'a sled'- landed in the grass between two basins of a water purification plant in Schio, near Vicenza.
California pulls out all the stops to fight the relentless fires in the state. In the meantime, more than 5,800 firefighters from several states are active. They suffer a lot from the strong wind.
In the American Santa Ana a man was arrested who was begging for money for petrol. That was no reason for the police to arrest him. The fact that he drove a very expensive Ferrari and nevertheless was begging anyway.
It is still colder than I thought on the icy planet Pluto. The mercury stays stuck at 203 degrees below zero. Previously, scientists thought it was a little 173 degrees. This is evidenced by measurements of the American space probe New Horizons, which flew next to Pluto in 2015.
The former US President George H.W. Bush (93) has apologized after an actor accused him of assault. A Bush representative told the British newspaper Daily Mail that it was a 'attempted humor', and # x27; \u0026 # x27;
A 52-year-old Spanish tourist was killed deadly on Thursday by a piece of stone crumbling down from the famous Santa Croce Basilica in Florence. The fracture was probably part of an ornament of the god house where among others Galileo and Michelangelo had a grave.
The California fire department seems to be slowing down the tremendous natural fires north of San Francisco. The fire has already killed 40 people in the past week and hundreds of people are still missing.
The number of deaths caused by natural fires in the wine-growing region north of San Francisco in the US state of California has risen to 38.
The death toll due to persistent natural fires in California has risen to seventeen. Certainly 2000 houses and businesses were flammed according to the authorities. About 20,000 people had to flee before the fire.
The death toll of the forest fires in California has risen to fifteen. Thousands of people are unsuccessful on Tuesday, the city of Santa Rosa has been hit hard and the assistance goes awry because there are no vans.
Quickly catching natural fires in northern California cause many residents to flee. The fires threaten, among other things, the well-known wine regions around Napa and Sonoma Vally. Hundreds of firemen are in a row to prevent thousands of homes from entering flames. The governor of the state, Jerry Brown, declared the state of emergency on Monday.
Tom Petty died at the age of 66. He has been taken to the hospital of the respiratory system. His neighbors decided to do that because no brain activity was observed.
On the island of Gran Canaria rages a big fire. More than four hundred people have to flee their house. Over 2000 hectares would already have been in flames.
The path that Hurricane Irma followed along the north coast of Cuba remained full of devastation. The water in the Gulf of Mexico was swept up and washed far into the streets of the capital of Havana. Along hundreds of miles of seawater sea water penetrated the country.
The Belgian Torhout is on its head since residents have noticed blue crosses on their mailboxes. 'We just did not barricade the door,' said resident Martine Lambert, who can sleep slowly again: the mystery has been solved.
VIDEO- King Felipe and his wife Letizia put a heart under the belt on Saturday the victims of the attack in Barcelona. The Spanish royal couple visited the two hospitals where the most injured were nursed.
A 35-year-old French singer, Barbara Weldens, died in South France during a performance. In the meantime, there was a wednesday evening in a church building in the town of Gourdon in the context of the music festival Léo Ferré. She suddenly collapsed. According to the French news site Europe1, she would have been electrocuted.
A cat hater disappears sixteen years behind the bars for killing and sexually abusing 21 cats, reporting US media. The perpetrator, Robert Farmer, 26, began two years ago in Santa Clara with his series of atrocities. Most animals were abducted near a park and then found dead dead.
