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At least one person has died after remnants of Tropical Storm Barry battered New York with torrential rain, lightning and gusty winds leaving streets flooded and water gushing through subway stations on Wednesday. A Connecticut man died after a tree was struckโฆ
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Video shows the moment a man in well dressed man in a suit gets piggyback ride from a woman to avoid wet shoes as torrential rain floods the subway in New Jersey. ๐ฆ ๐ #lol
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Horrible road accident in India. One dead. ๐ฑ
These are the remarkable unearthed photographs which reveal the little-known history of one of the world's most celebrated sculptures. The images show the unmistakeable head of the Statue of Liberty on display in Paris, France as well as her disembodied arm and lofty torch exhibited in Philadelphia and Madison Square Park, Manhattan. ๐ฝ #history
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Chinese state media reports that an explosion has occurred at a gas factory in central China. State broadcaster CCTV reported that the blast took place in Sanmenxia, Henan province, at around 5:50 pm. Windows were shattered within 1.9 miles of the blast, and some doors inside buildings were toppled. No further details were reported, and the possibility of casualties was unclear. ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฑ
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#Meanwhile in Mexico ... ๐ #losers
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(WARNING 21+) Police are investigating a contract murder that happened yesterday in Karachi, Pakistan. ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ปโโ๏ธ #shooting
Iran 'confiscates' British tanker with 23 crew on board 'for failing to respect maritime rules' in major escalation of tensions in the Gulf - as fears mount for SECOND 'diverted' vessel. Iran has seized a British-registered oil tanker with 23 crew in the Strait of Hormuz.
A second British-owned vessel is also feared to have been captured by Iranian forces.The Stena Impero was passing through the bottle neck into the Persian Gulf when it turned dramatically to the north at 4pm, UK time. The vessel was surrounded by heavily-armed small craft and a helicopter and ordered to turn north. A second oil tanker, the British-operated, Liberian-flagged Mesdar, turned sharply north towards Iran's coast around the same time the Stena Impero was seized. Iranian authorities have yet to comment on the Mesdar, but marine tracking data showed it turning dramatically off course and towards the Iranian coast. ๐ข
A second British-owned vessel is also feared to have been captured by Iranian forces.The Stena Impero was passing through the bottle neck into the Persian Gulf when it turned dramatically to the north at 4pm, UK time. The vessel was surrounded by heavily-armed small craft and a helicopter and ordered to turn north. A second oil tanker, the British-operated, Liberian-flagged Mesdar, turned sharply north towards Iran's coast around the same time the Stena Impero was seized. Iranian authorities have yet to comment on the Mesdar, but marine tracking data showed it turning dramatically off course and towards the Iranian coast. ๐ข
Trump and Melania host Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, and sons of Neil Armstrong at the White House on eve of 50th anniversary of Moon landing. Buzz Aldrin, the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 11, and Michael Collins, who served as command module pilot, were both listed as attending an Oval Office photo-op that the White House opened to the press at the last minute on Friday. Aldrin brought his companion, Anca Faur, while Collins brought two daughters and grandchildren. Neil Armstrong, the former Korean War aviator and Navy test pilot who commanded the mission, died in 2012. He was represented by two sons, Eric Armstrong and Marc Armstrong. ๐ฟ
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WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT! Footage shared on social media showed a Nissan 350z hurtling past a black Toyota and smashing into youngsters in the central reservation of the A602 in Stevenage, UK. The driver of the Nissan, which was allegedly going 70mph, has been confirmed as 22-year-old Julian Castano, of Essex, while the driver of the Toyota has been named as Dominic Brown, who was visiting the event from St Albans. ๐ฑ
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Residents of a Chinese city were horrified to see a man walking his pet alligator in broad daylight on a public square. The beast, said to be about 6.5 feet long, was spotted roaming the pavement without any protective measures before climbing into a cage. No one was hurt in the incident and the alligator's owner has been fined by police.๐ #lol
More than 200 million people in the eastern and central US are bracing for an extremely toasty weekend. A heatwave is threatening to bring temperatures as high as 110 Fahrenheit from Friday through the weekend. 'Friday is going to be bad. Saturday is going to be really, really bad,' New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a video posted on social media on Thursday. 'Take it seriously,' he warned. Extreme heat and humidity was predicted to grip the urban corridor from Washington to Philadelphia and New York beginning on Friday, with overnight temperatures no cooler than 80F, said meteorologist Jim Hayes of the National Weather Service (NWS). Detroit and Chicago are expected to reach 108F and DC may hit a high of 111F. Cleveland is predicted to see 92F, while a high of 96F expected in Kentucky. ๐