Links

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/super-typhoon-mangkhut-plows-towards-philippines-taiwan-threatening-damaging-winds-and-flooding-rain/70006031
Sept. 12, 2018
Typhoon Mangkhut is headed toward the Philippines, Taiwan, and China, currently Cat 5.


https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Latest tropical storm information for U.S.


https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/09/12/Documents-show-10M-moved-from-FEMA-to-ICE/9771536763788/
Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The Trump administration has taken about $10 million away from the Federal Emergency Management Administration and given it to immigration authorities, documents of the plan show.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/12/north-carolina-didnt-like-science-on-sea-levels-so-passed-a-law-against-it
Sept. 12, 2018
In 2012, the state now in the path of Hurricane Florence reacted to a prediction by its Coastal Resources Commission that sea levels could rise by 39in over the next century by passing a law that banned policies based on such forecasts.
But dire predictions alarmed coastal developers and their allies, who said they did not believe the rise in sea level would be as bad as the worst models predicted and said such forecasts could unnecessarily hurt property values and drive up insurance costs.
As a result, the state’s official policy, rather than adapting to the worst potential effects of climate change, has been to assume it simply won’t be that bad. Instead of forecasts, it has mandated predictions based on historical data on sea level rise.