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Philippines Earthquake Death Toll Rises | Evacuation Under Way | Deadly Quake LIVE

wiredgorilla — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:48:38 +0000

A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines early on Monday, prompting tsunami warnings and emergency alerts. The quake hit near General Santos City on Mindanao island at a depth of 10 kilometres, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. Power outages were reported in some areas, while residents were advised to move to higher ground as a precaution. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center warned that tsunami waves of up to three metres could affect parts of the Philippine coastline. There were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties as authorities assessed the situation.

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Kristi Noem leaves hot mess in her wake at DHS

wiredgorilla — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:19:42 +0000

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will reportedly leave behind a major mass of pending contracts when she exits the agency, according to Axios, the result of a system she paradoxically implemented to cut down on “waste.”

President Donald Trump announced last week that he would be removing Noem from her position at DHS at the end of March, amid reports that he was furious with her for claiming he had signed off on a controversial $220 million ad campaign. Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin was nominated to replace her, while she will be moved to a role within the “Shield of the Americas” defense program.

In a report from Wednesday morning, Axios revealed that Noem will be leaving behind “dozens of pending contracts on her desk” by the time she leaves DHS. This pile-up resulted from her demand as secretary that all contracts valued at $100,000 or more be personally reviewed and approved by her. Even before her pending departure, this new system had caused major delays and disruptions for contractors and vendors.

“The impact of Noem’s policy can be seen in delayed DHS payments to vendors, causing disruptions now being compounded by the shutdown,” Axios explained. “Dozens of ICE facilities currently holding detainees have contract extensions waiting for Noem’s signature and are awaiting payments, two sources familiar with the agreements told Axios. An agreement with Camp East Montana, an immigration facility in Texas that ICE data indicate held almost 3,000 people a day in mid-February, expired at the end of February.”

“From everything that I’ve heard, it’s still a giant s—— show up there,” an anonymous source with knowledge of the situation told Axios. “

Beyond just the contracts, this demand for personal approval has caused an overall delay in DHS’s ability to pursue Trump’s key goals, including his mass deportation promises and his much-desired southern border wall. The allocation of disaster relief by FEMA has also been slowed down considerably, leaving some concerned about the government’s ability to respond to natural disasters.

“The ramifications of her tenure are going to be felt for years and years and years and years,” the same source added. “We’re not really going to know exactly how bad it is until we have a major hurricane that unfortunately impacts someplace in the United States.”

“There’s a mountain of backed-up contracts and invoices on her desk that the new guy will just have to deal with,” another anonymous source said.

Corey Lewandowski, Noem’s “special government employee” and de facto chief of staff, defended her system and claimed that it saved the department $15 billion, though he declined to confirm whether or not he would recommend that Mullin continue approving contracts in the same manner.

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Glacier collapse buries most of Swiss village

Editor — Wed, 28 May 2025 18:06:38 +0000

The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley.

Although the village had been evacuated some days ago because of fears the Birch glacier was disintegrating, one person has been reported missing, and many homes have been completely flattened.

Blatten’s mayor, Matthias Bellwald, said “the unimaginable has happened” but promised the village still had a future.

Local authorities have requested support from the Swiss army’s disaster relief unit and members of the Swiss government are on their way to the scene.

The disaster that has befallen Blatten is the worst nightmare for communities across the Alps.

The village’s 300 inhabitants had to leave their homes on 19 May after geologists monitoring the area warned that the glacier appeared unstable. Now many of them may never be able to return.

Appearing to fight back tears, Bellwald said: “We have lost our village, but not our heart. We will support each other and console each other. After a long night, it will be morning again.”

The Swiss government has already promised funding to make sure residents can stay, if not in the village itself, at least in the locality.

However, Raphaël Mayoraz, head of the regional office for Natural Hazards, warned that further evacuations in the areas close to Blatten might be necessary.

Climate change is causing the glaciers – frozen rivers of ice – to melt faster and faster, and the permafrost, often described as the glue that holds the high mountains together, is also thawing.

Drone footage showed a large section of the Birch glacier collapsing at about 15:30 (14:30 BST) on Wednesday. The avalanche of mud that swept over Blatten sounded like a deafening roar, as it swept down into the valley leaving an enormous cloud of dust.

Glaciologists monitoring the thaw have warned for years that some alpine towns and villages could be at risk, and Blatten is not even the first to be evacuated.

In eastern Switzerland, residents of the village of Brienz were evacuated two years ago because the mountainside above them was crumbling.

Since then, they have only been permitted to return for short periods.

In 2017, eight hikers were killed, and many homes destroyed, when the biggest landslide in over a century came down close to the village of Bondo.

The most recent report into the condition of Switzerland’s glaciers suggested they could all be gone within a century, if global temperatures could not be kept within a rise of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, agreed ten years ago by almost 200 countries under the Paris climate accord.

Many climate scientists suggest that target has already been missed, meaning the glacier thaw will continue to accelerate, increasing the risk of flooding and landslides, and threatening more communities like Blatten.

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