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Homes damaged, roofs torn off as tornado tears through West Coast town

February 6, 2023 by www.stuff.co.nz Leave a Comment

A “short, sharp, bloody hard” Waitangi Day tornado has damaged at least four houses in a West Coast town.

Emergency services have been called to help residents on Monday at about 1am in Cobden, near Greymouth.

Lindsay Thomas heard a quick gust of wind coming around midnight. When he went outside his property, he found “carnage everywhere”.

“A trampoline went over the house, past my truck and ended up a block away from where we are,” he said.

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Thomas has been relocating from Christchurch in the past three weeks to his holiday home in Cobden.

The community had been supportive nonetheless, offering materials to fix the house that has been hit by the small tornado.

“There were about 18 guys here and all up and down the roof, screwing things down and fixing things up for us. Yeah, they are bloody good actually,” Thomas said.

The roof of the house was damaged, and the barbecue took off from the deck overnight.

Now that fire and police had helped “make things watertight”, Thomas had to deal with the insurance company.

Fire and Emergency spokesperson Alex Norris, who was at the scene earlier on Monday, said a roof had been lifted off a house and windows had blown in on at least four properties.

No-one was injured.

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Tornados were uncommon in the area, but it was similar to what local fire crews had dealt with before, he said.

Fire crews from Cobden and Greymouth attended the scene just after midnight and were there just before 2am in the morning.

Norris said repair services and builders would have to come and assess the damage to windows and roofs.

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Significant rainfall is on the way for Westland on Sunday and MetService have issued an Orange warning for heavy rain.

Grey District Council mayor Tania Gibson said Waitangi Day celebrations were cancelled in Greymouth because of the wild weather.

“One house in particular that was the worst hit lost the roof. I have been talking to that resident this morning, she said.

“He seemed wrapped around in help from the community and he has gone to his parents down the road. He is getting what he needs and got help from the fire service and the council,” Gibson said.

A weather warning in the area has since been lifted.

Firefighters were securing windows with plywood and roofs with tarpaulin.

While on the phone to police, a person reported their neighbour’s roof had come off, a police spokesperson said.

Police also found a roof at a school partially lifted, they said.

The tornado comes after heavy rain caused slips and flooding in Tasman district and the West Coast on Sunday.

State Highway 6 in Westland was initially closed from Ross to Haast on Sunday afternoon because of slips and fallen trees. One lane has reopened with a 30kph speed restriction in place.

SH6 from Ross to Hokitika had surface flooding, but was opened with caution.

Power was lost to some areas of South Westland due to a fallen tree at Lake Mapourika. The Westpower website said areas in Franz Joseph and Fox Glacier South were affected.

West Coast Emergency Management advised on their website that cellphone tower batteries would run out overnight.

“This will mean that there will be no cellphone coverage or Internet in the affected areas of South Westland until power is restored,” it said.

Westpower said all power was restored by 4.35pm Monday.

Motorists were encouraged to visit the Waka Kotahi Journey Planner website before they travel for updates.

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US weather forecast: Storm, potential tornadoes to hit Texas, flood warnings in Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana

February 6, 2023 by economictimes.indiatimes.com Leave a Comment

Synopsis

Weather forecast for several regions of the US such as Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana are not so sunny.

A storm is brewing and potentially severe thunderstorms are forming in Texas on Monday. This comes after ice storm killed seven people and froze roads, according to a report.

The storm will strengthen in Texas on Monday night and early Tuesday. This will bring severe thunderstorms and rains in the region, according to AccuWeather .

Thunderstorms will commence on Tuesday morning on Texas state’s eastern part and will gradually intensify into severe thunderstorms. There will be severe weather in cities like Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Waco, and Tyler , as per the AccuWeather report.

Amarnath Yatra suspended due to bad weather

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Yatra temporarily suspended

The Amarnath Yatra has been temporarily suspended on both routes – Pahalgam as well as Baltal- due to bad weather as rains lashed the Kashmir Valley. No pilgrim was allowed to proceed on Thursday.

Rain predicted along route

Officials said the Amarnath yatra will resume after the weather improves. It’s raining in the area, and the Meteorological (MeT) office has forecast light to moderate rain along both the Yatra routes.

Two routes to the cave shrine

There are two routes to reach the Amarnath cave temple. Those using the shorter Baltal route have to trek 14 kms to reach the cave shrine. Those using the longer traditional Pahalgam route have to trek 48 kms for four days to reach. shrine.

Tragedy on July 8

Earlier, the yatra was stopped for three days following a cloudburst on July 8 which left 16 people dead and over 30 missing. It resumed via the Pahalgam route on Monday and through the Baltal route on Tuesday.

Amarnath Yatra 2022

The 43-day long Amarnath Yatra 2022 – to the cave shrine located at a height of 3888 metres in Lidder Valley, started on June 30. It will conclude on August 11 on Shravan Purnima coinciding with the Raksha Bandhan festival.

There will be severe thunderstorms, lightning and wind speed will hit up to 60 miles per hour, as per the USA Today report. AccuWeather in its forecast predicted that there could be a few tornadoes in Texas.

Storm will gradually move towards Alabama , Tennessee , Arkansas , and Louisiana . Flood warnings have been issued in these states, as per USA Today report.

On Sunday night, more than 32,000 houses and shops were without power in the eastern part of Texas after ice storm had hit the region last week. Apart from Texas, more than 13,000 houses and shops were without power in southern part of Arkansas.

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Ben Affleck becomes meme again thanks to his incredibly bored face at Grammys: ‘He’d rather be at the dentist’

February 6, 2023 by metro.co.uk Leave a Comment

Ben Affleck made headlines following his appearance at the Grammys on Sunday after his bored expression made him trend on social media once again.

The 50-year-old actor was accompanying his popstar wife Jennifer Lopez , 53, who donned a sheer blue dress adorned with plenty of sparkles ahead of her presenting gig for the best pop vocal album.

Despite an upbeat atmosphere at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the actor sat glum-faced next to A-list stars as they partied and bopped along to the musical performances.

There was one moment in particular that spurred on the countless mentions and memes appearing of the Gone Girl star on Twitter.

Standing stock still beside his glowing wife , the Hollywood A-lister didn’t move a muscle as he watched Stevie Wonder perform Higher Ground on stage.

Belting out one of his greatest hits, the legendary artist had most on their feet swaying and dancing to the music – however Ben wasn’t having any of it and it didn’t go unnoticed.

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‘Ben Affleck looks like he’d rather be at Dunkin’,’ one viewer tweeted in reference to the star’s famous passion for the food chain Dunkin’ Donuts .

The Oscar winner’s stony-faced behaviour was met with an outpouring of hilarious jibes online that kept flooding timelines as the show went on.

One penned: ‘Ben Affleck, blink if you’re okay,’ while another noted: ‘Ben Affleck looks like he’d rather be at the dentist.’

Grammys 2023 full winners list

Record of the year

About Damn Time — Lizzo

Album of the year

Harry’s House — Harry Styles

Song of the year

Just Like That — Bonnie Raitt

Best new artist

Samara Joy

Best music video

All Too Well: The Short Film — Taylor Swift

Best pop solo performance

Easy on Me — Adele

Best pop duo/group performance

Unholy — Sam Smith & Kim Petras

Best traditional pop vocal album

Higher — Michael Bublé

Best pop vocal album

Harry’s House — Harry Styles

Best dance/electronic recording

Break My Soul — Beyoncé

Best dance/electronic music album

Renaissance — Beyoncé

Best contemporary instrumental album

Empire Central — Snarky Puppy

Best rock performance

Broken Horses — Brandi Carlile

Best metal performance

Degradation Rules — Ozzy Osbourne feat. Tony Iommi

Best instrumental composition

Refuge — Geoffrey Keezer

Best arrangement, instrumental or a Capella

Scrapple from the Apple — John Beasley

Best arrangement, instruments and vocals

Songbird (Orchestral Version) — Vince Mendoza

Best rap performance

The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar

Best melodic rap performance

Wait For U — Future feat. Drake & Tems

Best rap song

The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar

Best rap album

Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers — Kendrick Lamar

Best Latin pop album

Pasieros — Rubén Blades & Boca Livre

Best música urbana album

Un Verano Sin Ti — Bad Bunny

Best Latin rock or alternative album

Motomami — Rosalía

Best regional Mexican music album (including Tejano)

Un Canto Por México – El Musical — Natalia Lafourcade

Best tropical Latin album

Pa’lla Voy — Marc Anthony

Best American roots performance

Stompin’ Ground — Aaron Neville with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Best Americana performance

Made Up Mind — Bonnie Raitt

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media

Encanto

Best score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and television)

Encanto — Germaine Franco

Best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök — Stephanie Economou

Best song written for visual media

We Don’t Talk About Bruno (From Encanto) — Lin-Manuel Miranda

Best comedy album

The Closer — Dave Chappelle

Best musical theatre album

Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) — Sara Bareilles, Brian d’Arcy James, Patina Miller & Phillipa Soo, principal vocalists; Rob Berman & Sean Patrick Flahaven, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer & lyricist) (2022 Broadway Cast)

Best R&B performance

Hrs & Hrs — Muni Long

Best traditional R&B performance

Plastic Off the Sofa — Beyoncé

Best R&B song

Cuff It — Beyoncé

Best progressive R&B album

Gemini Rights — Steve Lacy

Best R&B album

Black Radio III — Robert Glasper

Best music film

Jazz Fest: a New Orleans Story — Various Artists

Best alternative music performance

Chaise Longue — Wet Leg

Best alternative music album

Wet Leg — Wet Leg

Best rock song

Broken Horses — Brandi Carlile

Best country solo performance

Live Forever — Willie Nelson

Best country duo/group performance

Never Wanted to Be That Girl — Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde

Best country song

‘Til You Can’t — Matt Rogers & Ben Stennis, songwriters (Cody Johnson)

Best country album

A Beautiful Time — Willie Nelson

Best new age, ambient, or chant Album

Mystic Mirror — White Sun

Best improvised jazz solo

Endangered Species — Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese, soloist

Best jazz vocal album

Linger Awhile — Samara Joy

Best jazz instrumental album

New Standards Vol. 1 — Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton, & Matthew Stevens

Best large jazz ensemble album

Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra — Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra

Best Latin jazz album

Fandango at the Wall in New York — Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra feat. the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective

Best gospel performance/song

Kingdom — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore, & Jacob Poole, songwriters

Best contemporary Christian music performance/song

Fear Is Not My Future — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Nicole Hannel, Jonathan Jay, Brandon Lake, & Hannah Shackelford, songwriters

Best gospel album

One Deluxe — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin

Best contemporary Christian music album

Breathe — Maverick City Music

Best roots gospel album

The Urban Hymnal — Tennessee State University Marching Band

Best American roots song

Just Like That — Bonnie Raitt

Best Americana album

In These Silent Days — Brandi Carlile

Best bluegrass album

Crooked Tree — Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway

Best traditional blues album

Get on Board — Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder

Best contemporary blues album

Brother Johnny — Edgar Winter

Best folk album

Revealer — Madison Cunningham

Best regional roots music album

Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — Ranky Tanky

Best reggae album

The Kalling — Kabaka Pyramid

Best global music performance

Bayethe — Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini, & Nomcebo Zikode

Best global music album

Sakura — Masa Takumi

Best children’s music album

The Movement — Alphabet Rockers

Best spoken word poetry album

The Poet Who Sat by the Door — J. Ivy

Best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording

Finding Me — Viola Davis

Best recording package

Beginningless Beginning — Chun-Tien Hsia & Qing-Yang Xiao, art directors (Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra)

Best boxed or special limited edition package

In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83 — Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson. & Dave Van Patten, art directors (The Grateful Dead)

Best album notes

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) — Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco)

Best historical album

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) — Cheryl Pawelski & Jeff Tweedy, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Wilco)

Songwriter of the year, non-classical

Tobias Jesso Jr.

Best engineered album, non-classical

Harry’s House — Jeremy Hatcher, Oli Jacobs, Nick Lobel, Mark “Spike” Stent & Sammy Witte, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Harry Styles)

Producer of the Year, non-classical

Jack Antonoff

Best remixed recording

About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix) — Purple Disco Machine, remixer (Lizzo)

Best immersive audio album

Divine Tides — Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej, & Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej)

Best engineered album, classical

Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique – The Making of the Orchestra — Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post, & Gary Rydstrom, engineers; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Edwin Outwater & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Producer of the year, classical

Judith Sherman

Best orchestral performance

Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman — Michael Repper, conductor (New York Youth Symphony)

Best opera recording

Blanchard: “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, & Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best choral performance

Born — Donald Nally, conductor (Dominic German, Maren Montalbano, Rebecca Myers, & James Reese; The Crossing)

Best chamber music/small ensemble performance

Shaw: Evergreen — Attacca Quartet

Best classical instrumental solo

Letters for the Future — Time for Three; Xian Zhang, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)

Best classical solo vocal album

Voice of Nature – The Anthropocene — Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist

Best classical compendium

An Adoption Story — Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers

Best contemporary classical composition

Puts: Contact — Kevin Puts, composer (Xian Zhang, Time for Three & the Philadelphia Orchestra)

Best rock album

Patient Number 9 by Ozzy Osbourne

‘Why does Ben Affleck always look like he’s 10 minutes away from crying during a much needed smoke break,’ was a fan’s response to watching the actor stand still beside his wife who appeared to be having a blast at the star-studded event.

It wasn’t the first time to Good Will Hunting actor was placed at the centre of a meme tornado on social media.

He caught the attention of eager Twitter users in 2016 during an interview he did with Henry Cavill to promote Batman V Superman.

The term ‘Sad Affleck’ spread like wildfire after fans mocked up a collection of memes to depict Ben’s sombre fans after being asked about the lacklustre reviews on his new film.

Adding to the list of times the star went viral, Ben also boasts a host of memes to his name that comment on a time he was spotted struggling to carry his beloved Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffees.

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