2024-04-12 01:52:04
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2024-04-12 01:40:21
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The National Weather Service had over a dozen counties under flash flood warnings at 8 p.m. Thursday with heavy rain continuing to move in from the south.
There were a number of severe thunderstorm warnings that were filled with lots of thunder and lightning and heavy rain.
Flash flood warnings stretched through the center of the state Thursday evening. (NWS)
A Flash Flood warning is in effect until 11:30 p.m. Thursday for parts of Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge, Kanawha, Lincoln, Ritchie, Roane, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Putnam, Tyler, Washington, Wirt and Wood counties. The flash flood warning is considered to be dangerous and life-threatening.
Emergency management crews have reported several water rescues have been made. The NWS said between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain had fallen as of Thursday night.
High water was reported on a section of the interstate near the state capitol in Charleston. There were flooding warnings also issued for central West Virginia counties and the state’s northern panhandle.
The National Weather Service previously placed 39 West Virginia counties under a tornado watch until 9 p.m. Thursday but meteorologists said the heavy rain cut down on the wind threat.
The counties under the tornado watch include: Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mingo, Monongalia, Nicholas, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Ritchie, Roane, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt and Wood counties.
West Virginia set a one day tornado record in the April 2 storm event.
The National Weather has confirmed 10 tornadoes from that day.
There has been little severe weather in the state as of 4:30 p.m. Thursday. There was a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Mingo and Logan counties for until 4:15 p.m.
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2024-04-11 22:30:40
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The campaign banners that were hung during the election period were left as trash.
Since most of them are incinerated, they are naturally bad for the environment. Although the government has come up with a recycling plan, there are many voices calling for reducing the use of banners in the first place.
Reporter Jeong Han-sol covered the story.
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District office employees began removing the banner early.
The process of lowering the banner using equipment, folding it, and loading it onto the truck is repeated numerous times.
A total of 60 banners were collected over a period of 3 hours starting at 7 a.m., weighing approximately 1 ton.
Most of the banners collected this way are sent to incinerators.
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″I understand that it is more difficult to recycle election banners, especially since they contain photos (of the candidates’ faces) and sensitive text.″
Banner waste produced following elections is always a problem.
During the 21st general election in 2020, 1,740 tons of banners were produced, during the 20th presidential election in 2022, 1,111 tons, and during the simultaneous nationwide local elections, 1,557 tons of banners were produced.
More than 1,000 tons are produced every time a national election is held.
However, the recycling rate drops significantly.
During the 2022 local elections, 2.6 million banners were collected, but the recycling rate was only 24.8%.
(Source: Ministry of Environment)
Banners are generally made of plastic synthetic resins such as polyester, but they do not decompose easily when buried in the ground, and when incinerated, harmful substances are emitted and have a negative impact on the environment.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and the Ministry of Environment proposed a measure to provide 1.5 billion won to each local government for banner recycling project expenses.
However, there is criticism that it is difficult to view it as an effective measure.
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″If you say it is a recycled product that is made meaningfully and well and is of good quality, it is not. They say they won’t take it even if it’s given out for free. Why does the local government spend money and taxes on that… It’s just another form of trash.″
Experts pointed out that “it is more effective to reduce the use of banners during election periods than to encourage recycling,” and that “relevant laws need to be revised for this purpose.”
This is Jeong Hansol from MBC News.
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2024-04-11 23:09:08
This content was published on 11 April 2024 – 23:52
By Parisa Hafezi and Jonathan Landay
Dubai/Washington (Reuters) – Iranian sources said that Tehran conveyed to Washington that it will respond to the Israeli attack on its embassy in Syria in a manner aimed at avoiding a major escalation and that it will not rush, at a time when Iran is pressing to achieve demands that include establishing a truce in Gaza.
The sources said that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian conveyed Iran’s message to Washington during a visit on Sunday to the Sultanate of Oman, which often mediates between Tehran and Washington.
A White House spokesman declined to comment on any messages from Iran, but said that the United States conveyed to Iran that it did not participate in the attack on the embassy.
It has not yet been possible to obtain a comment from the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Omani government has not yet responded to questions sent via email during the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
A source familiar with American intelligence information said that he had no knowledge of the message transmitted through the Sultanate of Oman, and stated that Iran “was very clear” that its response to the attack on its embassy compound in Damascus would be “disciplined” and “non-escalatory” and included plans “to use proxies in the region to launch A number of attacks on Israel.”
Diplomatic messages indicate Iran’s cautious approach as it calculates how to respond to the April 1 attack in a way that deters Israel from further such actions but avoids a military escalation into which the United States might be drawn.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Israel “must be punished, and will be punished,” and that what happened was an attack on Iranian territory. Israel did not confirm its responsibility for the attack, but the US Department of Defense (the Pentagon) said that Israel was responsible.
The attack, which killed a senior Iranian general, represents a major escalation in the violence that has spread in the region since the start of the Gaza war. Tehran has carefully avoided any direct role in the regional fallout, but has supported groups that have launched attacks from Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon.
Iran-backed Shiite factions have not attacked US forces in Syria and Iraq since early February.
One Iranian source did not rule out the possibility that members of the Iranian-backed resistance axis would attack Israel at any moment, an option that analysts pointed to as one possible means of response.
The sources said that Amir Abdullahian indicated during his meetings in Amman that Tehran was ready to reduce the escalation on the condition that demands were met, including a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, which Israel ruled out in its effort to crush the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).
The sources said that Iran is also seeking to revive talks on its controversial nuclear program. These talks stopped regarding two years ago following the two sides exchanged accusations of making unreasonable demands.
The sources added that Tehran also requested guarantees that the United States would not intervene if Iran carried out a “controlled attack” on Israel, a demand that the United States rejected in its response via Amman.
The source familiar with American intelligence information said that Iranian retaliatory strikes would be “non-escalatory” towards the United States because the Iranians “do not want the United States to interfere,” and that Iran will not direct its factions in Syria and Iraq to target American forces in those countries.
The source added that the strikes directed by Iran once morest Israel will likely prompt Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to respond.
US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Iran is threatening to launch a “major attack in Israel,” and that he told Netanyahu that “there is no doubt regarding our commitment to Israel’s security once morest these threats from Iran and its proxies.”
Israel said it would respond to any attack from Iran.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a blog post on the X platform in Persian and Hebrew yesterday, Wednesday, “If Iran attacks from its territory, Israel will respond and attack inside Iran.”
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