violence into russia, but the video of this speech, which mentioned friday s date, was, in fact, created on wednesday, according to its metadata. a similar speech from the neighboring separatist area luhansk had the same timing issue. so, unless the same technical fault occurred both times, both leaders seem to know midweek how bad things would get by friday. making the call for civilians to flee a lot less spontaneous. then an explosion hit the city of donetsk, but the blast fed a narrative of violence mounting around the separatists. then there is the mass exodus of civilians from separatist areas, planned for hundreds of thousands, but so far, a lot less. pictures on russian state tv.
janeiro. hundreds more have been displaced by flooding. more rain hit the area saturday, hindering rescue operations. rainfall on tuesday afternoon alone was more than the historical average for the entire month of february. the united kingdom and parts of northwest europe are beginning to recover in the wake of storm eunice. it was a little bit disconcerting, because our apartment was swaying. like, my workstation, my screens were moving in the wind, even though everything was closed. the deadly system tracked in from the central atlantic, pummeling ireland and the british isles on friday and moving across europe even now. experts call it one of the worst in decades with record-breaking hurricane-strength gusts. and now, parts of the u.s. are dealing with heavy winter weather this weekend. in the northeast, snow squall warnings were in effect in several states as an arctic front brought intense snow and winds, mocking out power to tens of thousands of homes can