Friday, August 18th, 2023

Morning Announcements

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News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 18 August 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: Starting with Hurricane Hilary, set to hit and potentially last through the weekend, flash flood watches cover southern California, Nevada, and Arizona. While uncertainties remain, some desert areas might experience a year's worth of rain in just days. Meanwhile, Hawaii's wildfire recovery continues with over a thousand missing and climbing death tolls. Lawsuits against Hawaii Electric liken it to California's PG&E cases. University of Pittsburgh study shows children near natural gas wells have higher lymphoma risk. The Department of the Interior allocates $150 million to bring electricity to Native American homes. In Texas, a woman threatens a judge overseeing the Trump case and faces custody. Home mortgage rates hit 7.09%, surging since 2002 due to Federal Reserve's inflation fight. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: Axios: Major Hurricane Hilary reaches Category 3 intensity Axios: Hawai'i braces for crushing wildfire death toll with estimated 1,300 missing AP News: A Pennsylvania study suggests links between fracking and asthma, lymphoma in children AP News: US launches program to provide electricity to more Native American homes AP News: Texas woman accused of threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump election case and a congresswoman NPR: Mortgage rates just hit their highest since 2002 Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Friday, August 18th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented
0:06.5	by Betcha's Media.
0:08.1	On your host, Sammy Sage, and The Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the
0:12.1	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.7	show there is, our government.
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0:43.6	Happy Friday, we are starting with the Scary Weather Report.
0:46.9	A storm that's known as Hurricane Hillary, no relation to the 2016 presidential candidate,
0:52.6	is forecast to hit this weekend and potentially last through early next week.
0:57.0	26 million people are under-flash flood watches in Southern California, Nevada, and Arizona.
1:02.7	And the National Weather Service says that some parts of the desert could achieve a year's
1:06.4	worth of rainfall over just two or three days, though there is still considerable uncertainty
1:11.3	over where and when the storm will hit, and with what severity.
1:15.2	A very useful forecast indeed.
1:21.2	Meanwhile in Hawaii, recovery efforts are continuing as over 1,000 people remain missing after
1:26.4	last weekend's historic wildfires, and officials warn that the death toll will continue to climb.
1:32.3	There's also the question of the cause of the fires.
1:35.0	At least three lawsuits have been filed against Hawaii's primary energy provider, Hawaii
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