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Idalia formed Sunday in the Caribbean, buffeting southeastern Mexico with wind and rain, as forecasters predicted it will strengthen to a hurricane before reaching Florida later in the week. The storm, which is not forecast to make landfall in Mexico, will travel across the Gulf of Mexico before reaching northwest Florida, the US National Hurricane Center said. Idalia will create «increasing risk of life-threatening storm surge and hurricane-force winds along portions of the west coast of Florida and the Florida Panhandle beginning as early as Tuesday,» the NHC warned. «There is considerable spread in the model intensity guidance, ranging from minimal to major hurricane status before landfall on the northeast Gulf coast,» the NHC added. The NHC predicted Idalia will have made landfall in Florida by 7:00 am (1100 GMT) Wednesday, in an image showing the storm's likely path. At 0300 GMT Monday, Idalia was swirling in the Caribbean, headed northeast with maximum sustained winds of 60 miles (95 kilometers) per hour, the NHC said. Storm surge and hurricane watches have been issued for parts of Florida's coast and scattered flash flooding can be expected, the NHC said. Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency in 33 counties in preparation for the storm's arrival. In the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, home to Cancun and other coastal tourist resorts, Idalia dumped rain and put a damper on one of the last weekends of summer vacations. Heavy rainfall is expected across parts of the eastern Yucatan in Mexico and western Cuba. A week ago, Hilary, which at one point rose to a Category 4 hurricane on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale, hit the state of Baja California on Mexico's Pacific coast as a tropical storm,

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(Reuters) — Tropical Storm Idalia has formed near the Yucatan Channel about 80 miles (130 km) east-northeast of Cozumel in Mexico and is heading toward Florida, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday.

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During Wednesday's first debate for the 2024 U.S. Republican presidential nomination, candidates aimed to shift attention away from non-participating former President Donald Trump. Nevertheless, much of the spotlight remained on political newcomer Vivek Ramaswamy.

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AFP. In a press conference, Jacksonville Sheriff TK Waters said, “He targeted a certain group of people and that's Black people. That's what he said he wanted to kill.

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Gulf of Mexico, raising the likelihood of affecting Florida in the upcoming week, according to meteorologists. The forthcoming named storm in the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be Idalia (pronounced as «ee-DAL-ya»). The National Hurricane Center has expressed agreement with the potential development of this system, attributing an 80 per cent probability to its formation. The prevailing environmental conditions seem favorable for the gradual evolution of this system over the forthcoming days. As it progresses generally northward across the northwestern Caribbean Sea and the eastern Gulf of Mexico, it is anticipated that a tropical depression will likely emerge either late this weekend or early the following week. Dolce mentioned that although the Gulf waters possess ample warmth to facilitate the formation of a depression or storm, the potential hindrance of wind shear needs to be considered. Wind shear, denoting variations in wind speed and direction with altitude, typically acts as an inhibiting factor for storm development. With Florida situated in the prospective trajectory of the impending storm, precautionary measures are being initiated. Governor Ron DeSantis' official schedule confirmed his communication with Kevin Guthrie, Director of the Division of Emergency Management, on Thursday. Subsequently, DeSantis shared an update on X (formerly known as Twitter), directing attention to the state's emergency management team's readiness for the possible tropical system's movement across the Yucatán Peninsula. He advised residents to stay vigilant and prepare for potential impacts in the early days of the forthcoming week, directing them to follow @FLSERT for updates.

insurance industry, resulting in the rise of new kinds of reinsurers—firms that backstop other insurers—relying on computer models to price extreme risks. But were the same storm to repeat this year, it might cause a far bigger disruption. That is because a combination of climate change, economic and population growth, and inflation of all kinds has challenged insurers’ grasp of what exactly “the worst" entails.

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college football season kicks off on Saturday, August 26 in Week 0. On this day Notre Dame will take on Navy in Ireland while Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams will meet San Jose State at the field of Southern California. It is called 0 week because not too many games are held this week. The season will kick off in full swing in the following weekend.

Fox News, Ramaswamy was the most Google-searched GOP candidate for the first Republican presidential debate on Wednesday and was followed by fellow Indian-American Haley. The entrepreneur-turned-politician was being hit hard by three of his top rivals – former New Jersey Governor Chris Christies, former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. "In Trump's absence, Ramaswamy drives the GOP debate," popular Axis reported on Thursday.

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Donald Trump's arrest: Former US President surrenders in Georgia elections case Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indicted Trump and 18 alleged co-conspirators on 14 August, alleging they violated Georgia’s racketeering law by joining a criminal enterprise to keep Trump in office after he lost the election. For the fist time, Trump’s mug shot was made public after he surrendered to the Atlanta jail.

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Trump was arrested at a Georgia jail Thursday on racketeering and conspiracy charges and released on $200,000 bond after having a historic mug shot taken. Trump, who is accused of colluding with 18 other defendants to overturn the 2020 election result in the southern state, spent less than 30 minutes inside Atlanta's Fulton County Jail before leaving in a motorcade for the airport. Like the other defendants in the case who have surrendered so far, the 77-year-old Trump had his mug shot taken during the booking process — a first for any serving or former US president. In the photograph released by the sheriff's office, he scowled at the camera while dressed in a dark blue suit, white shirt and red tie. Speaking to reporters after his arrest, Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said it was a «very sad day for America.» «What has taken place here is a travesty of justice,» he said.