by Tyler Durden
Friday, Apr 30, 2021 - 02:48 PM
Residents in Texas and Oklahoma are recovering Friday after major hailstorms battered portions of the states late Wednesday, destroying homes and businesses and automobiles.
AccuWeather forecasters estimate the damage could be more than $3 billion because the devastating storms unleashed large amounts of hail in metro areas, such as Norman, Oklahoma, and San Antonio, and Fort Worth, Texas.
AccuWeather Senior Vice President and Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter estimates total damage and economic loss caused by Wednesday night s hailstorms are predicted to be about $3.5 billion. To put the economic toll of these storms into context, Porter continued, AccuWeather s estimate for Hurricane Isaias, a Category 1 storm that struck the Caribbean and moved up the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. in July and August of 2020, was $3 billion to $5 billion. It is yet another in a series of $1 billion-plus weather disasters.
Hardworking Derby magistrate left paralysed and fighting for life
Fundraising has started for city magistrate Sharon Sewell
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Sharon Sewell speaks at a Marketing Derby annual business event held at Derby Theatre. (Image: ACantrill-Jones)
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Fundraising has started for a Derby mum who has spent the past four months fighting for her life after suffering severe heart problems.
BBC News
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image copyrightPauline Latham
image captionBen Latham died in 2018 of an aortic dissection, hours after being misdiagnosed at a hospital
An MP has helped start a new charity to raise awareness about a serious condition that took her son s life.
Pauline Latham said Ben Latham died from an undiagnosed aortic dissection hours after leaving hospital in 2018.
The Mid Derbyshire member hopes The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust will raise awareness of the illness and prevent further deaths. Two thousand people a year die from it, more than on the roads, and they don t need to, she said.
Aortic dissection is caused when the aorta - the body s main artery - develops a partial tear, which can spread along the artery and cause a rupture, interrupting blood supply to vital organs.
Mandy responded: That’s because St Albans district is the complete package, we have so much to offer with assets including the Cathedral, our museums and markets, which will continue to attract footfall, once normal trading conditions return as they did when we reopened after the first lockdown in 2020. Several market traders told me that over the summer and autumn they were seeing an increase in both footfall and spend from residents who normally commuted to London but were now delighted to be able to spend their money locally.
Dave Worcester of The Lower Red Lion is optimistic: Residents who have been stuck at home have money they are itching to spend, and there will be plenty of places to spend that money when businesses can reopen, including our much-loved pubs.”