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Bahamas brace for bad weather as Tropical Storm Humberto nears area hit by Hurricane Dorian - latest path, track, forecast, updates - CBS News

Bahamians brace for another storm

Tropical Depression Nine strengthened into Tropical Storm Humberto near the Bahamas Friday night, the National Hurricane Center said. The Bahamian government issued a tropical storm warning for its northwestern islands — the same area devastated by Hurricane Dorian earlier this month.

As of 11 p.m. ET, the storm was about 130 miles east-southeast of Great Abaco Island and about 225 miles east-southeast of Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, the hurricane center said. Tropical Storm Humberto had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and was moving northwest at 6 mph.

A group organized by retired Navy Seals and the conservation group Sea Shepherd has been loading up supplies to send to remote islands that may be impacted by the approaching storm. When CBS News caught up with them, the group had four tons of essentials — food, water and generators — it had loaded onto a ship.

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Residents are doing whatever they can to prepare. With few boats intact, locals are shuttling them to the few dozen people who remain. "I mean, we really don't need another hurricane. As you can see, we don't need another one. But we just have to prepare," Sinetra Higgs told CBS News.

This image shows the trajectory of Tropical Storm Humberto on September 13, 2019. National Hurricane Center

Hurricane Dorian devastated the northern Bahamas. Entire neighborhoods were flattened, homes shredded, shipping containers and boats hurled inland. Some airports were submerged, while terminals were covered in debris.

Some residents remain frustrated at the government's response, especially with another storm on the way. Many residents said that the only assistance they've gotten came from foreigners — and that they're still living without cell service, power and running water.

The Bahamian government said it's coordinating relief efforts from Nassau. But since most of the field teams come from private foreign aid groups, that's all the residents in hard-hit communities see.

Errol Barnett contributed to this report.

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2019-09-14 12:26:00Z
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Saudi Arabia: major fire at world's largest oil refinery after drone attack - Guardian News

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2019-09-14 10:16:59Z
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Drones hit 2 Saudi Aramco oil facilities, causes fires - Al Jazeera English

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2019-09-14 09:36:20Z
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Drone Strikes Spark Fires at Saudi Oil Facilities - The Wall Street Journal

Smoke billowing after a fire at a Saudi Aramco factory in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, on... — Smoke billowing after a fire at a Saudi Aramco factory in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. Photo: Videos obtained by Reuters/Reuters

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Updated Sept. 14, 2019 4:20 am ET

Drone strikes caused fires that raged at two facilities of Saudi Arabia’s vast state oil company, the country’s interior ministry said, in what Yemen’s Houthi rebels described as one of their largest-ever operations inside the kingdom.

The strikes mark the latest in a series of attacks on the country’s petroleum assets in recent months, as tensions rise among Iran and its proxies like the Houthis, and the U.S. and partners like Saudi Arabia. The Houthis have also claimed credit for drone attacks on Saudi pipelines, tankers and other infrastructure during a four-year war.

On Saturday morning, Saudi officials were investigating attacks on Aramco’s facility at Abqaiq in the kingdom’s Eastern Province and another at the Hijra Khurais oil field, the interior ministry said in a tweet.

Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or the national firm better known as Aramco, describes the Abqaiq oil-processing facility as the largest crude-oil stabilization plant in the world. Khurais is the home of the country’s second-largest oil field.

Saudi officials with knowledge of the attack described a confusing, still unfolding set of circumstances. The officials said multiple drones attacked the facilities.

One Aramco executive said Aramco compounds, where workers live, had been evacuated.

The Saudi interior ministry said the fires were under control. Published images of the fire at the Abqaiq facility showed what appeared to be a huge blaze along with plumes of smoke.

The Saudi government didn’t say who was behind the attack. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

The Houthis took control of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, in 2014 during a civil war. Since then, a Saudi-led coalition has fought a war to unseat the Houthis and reinstate a government supported by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other regional powers.

Saudi Arabia and the U.S. say the Houthis are financed and armed by Iran, a charge that Tehran denies.

Drone and missiles launched by the Houthis have repeatedly struck inside Saudi Arabia in recent months, hitting airports and other civilian installations. At least one drone strike was launched from neighboring Iraq, according to U.S. officials.

Saudi and American officials have blamed Iran for targeting the kingdom’s oil infrastructure, including the use of mines to damage Saudi oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman in May.

Iran has denied striking Saudi targets or coordinating with Yemeni rebels to hit the kingdom’s oil equipment.

Disruptions in Saudi oil production could have ripple effects through the global economy, as the kingdom exports more crude petroleum than any other country.

Saudi officials have called for the international community to help protect its oil infrastructure.

Recently reimposed U.S. sanctions on Tehran have crippled its oil industry and sent its economy into a tailspin, raising fears of a broader conflict in the Middle East. The U.S. action came after President Trump pulled out of a 2015 international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, saying it didn’t go far enough to rein in Tehran’s regional ambitions.

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2019-09-14 08:20:00Z
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Drone Strikes Spark Fires at Saudi Oil Facilities - The Wall Street Journal

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Updated Sept. 14, 2019 3:03 am ET

Drone strikes caused fires at two facilities of Saudi Arabia’s vast state oil company early Saturday, the kingdom’s interior ministry said, marking the latest in a series of attacks on the country’s petroleum assets in recent months.

Authorities were investigating the strikes on Aramco’s facility at Abqaiq in the kingdom’s Eastern Province and another at the Hijra Khurais oil field, the interior ministry said in a tweet.

The ministry said the fires were under control.

Published images of the fire at the Abqaiq facility showed what appeared to be a huge blaze along with plumes of smoke.

Saudi officials with knowledge of the attack described a confusing, still-unfolding set of circumstances. The officials said multiple drones attacked the facilities.

One Aramco executive said company compounds, where workers live, had been evacuated.

The Saudi government didn’t say who was behind the attack, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Saudi Arabia’s oil pipelines, tankers, and other infrastructure have come under attack in recent months amid a broader regional crisis with neighboring Iran.

Drone and missiles launched by Iranian-allied rebels in Yemen have repeatedly struck inside Saudi Arabia in recent months, hitting airports and other civilian installations. At least one drone strike was launched from neighboring Iraq, according to U.S. officials.

Saudi and American officials have blamed Iran for targeting the kingdom’s oil infrastructure, including the use of mines to damage Saudi oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman in May.

Iran has denied striking Saudi targets or coordinating with Yemeni rebels to hit the kingdom’s oil equipment.

Disruptions in Saudi oil production could have ripple effects through the global economy, as the kingdom exports more crude petroleum than any other country.

Saudi officials have called for the international community to help protect its oil infrastructure.

—Summer Said contributed to this article.

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2019-09-14 06:42:00Z
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Tropical storm Humberto gets closer to the area devastated by a hurricane in northwestern Bahamas - CNN

The new storm system is expected to move "very near" those islands Saturday, bringing tropical-storm-force winds and heavy rainfall, the National Hurricane Center said. The Bahamas will likely see up to four inches of rain with some isolated areas getting up to six inches.

Humberto is not expected to produce significant storm surge in the northwestern Bahamas, the center said.

Regardless of wind strength, "there will be rain ... over (an) area that certainly doesn't need any rain," CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said.

A tropical storm warning was in effect for the northwestern Bahamas, excluding Andros Island, the center said.

Heavy rainfall and flash flooding could also affect parts of eastern Florida, Georgia and South Carolina this weekend and early next week. Coastal areas from central Florida to South Carolina will see up to four inches of rain.

The "chance of heavy rainfall affecting coastal North Carolina early next week continues to diminish," the center said.

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Humberto is expected to become a hurricane in two to three days as it gradually continues to strengthen, the hurricane center said.

Early Saturday, Humberto was churning at 40 mph and its high power winds extended 90 miles outward from its center.

Over the next few days, the storm will have a change in steering pattern that will cause it to slow down and turn northward off the east coast of Florida in 36 to 48 hours, according to the center.

"Since there is increasing confidence that the storm will remain well offshore of the coast of Florida, the tropical storm watch for that area has been discontinued," the center said.

Swells generated by the tropical storm are expected to increase and affect the coasts of central Florida to South Carolina through early next week. These swells could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions, the center said.

The storm comes at the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season -- which is usually in the weeks surrounding September 10, when weather conditions favor storms forming quickly.

Bahamas grappling with devastation

Meanwhile, hundreds are still missing in the aftermath of the powerful Category 5 hurricane that smashed into the Abacos Islands and Grand Bahama this month.

The death toll stands at 50 but is expected to rise as search and rescue crews sift through the flattened neighborhoods.

"We are a nation in mourning," Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said in a statement. "The grief is unbearable following the devastating impact of Hurricane Dorian, which has left behind death, destruction and despair on Grand Bahama and Abaco, our second and third most populous islands."

About 3,900 evacuees have been processed through south Florida by air and sea so far, officials said.

The number includes US citizens, legal residents, Bahamians and people from other countries who evacuated the islands after the storm hit.

CNN's Derek Van Dam contributed to this report.

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2019-09-14 05:36:00Z
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Jumat, 13 September 2019

Boris Johnson 'won't be deterred' from Brexit on 31 October - BBC News

Boris Johnson has said he "won't be deterred by anybody" from leaving the EU on 31 October.

The prime minister said he was "cautiously optimistic" of getting a Brexit deal, but the UK would leave by the deadline "whatever happens".

EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said he did not have "reasons to be optimistic" over getting a deal.

Mr Johnson will meet him and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday for talks.

The PM's comments come after Parliament passed a law forcing him to ask for an extension to Brexit.

Mr Johnson will have to write to the EU on 19 October to ask for an extra three months, unless he returns with a deal - then approved by MPs - or gets the Commons to back a no-deal Brexit.

But despite the new law, Mr Johnson said he would rather be "dead in a ditch" than ask for an extension.

MPs managed to pass the law before Parliament was suspended - or prorogued - in the early hours of Tuesday morning until 14 October.

Mr Johnson said the government had made the move so it could hold a Queen's Speech and put forward its new domestic policy agenda.

But opposition MPs claim it was to stop scrutiny in Parliament of his Brexit plans.

Earlier this week, a Scottish court ruled the prorogation was unlawful as it was motivated by an "improper purpose of stymieing Parliament".

The government is appealing against the decision and a ruling will be made by the Supreme Court in London on Tuesday.

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2019-09-13 13:15:49Z
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