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All the best Nordstrom Anniversary Sale shoe deals that are still kicking

Move over, Prime Day 2025, this rival event is packed with designer deals and summer staples. Amazon Prime Day might be grabbing the spotlight, but Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is quietly running one of the hottest sales of the season. Nordstrom began in 1901 as a Seattle shoe store called Wallin & Nordstrom, founded by Swedish immigrant John W. Nordstrom and local shoemaker Carl F. Wallin. Known for quality footwear and exceptional service, it quickly grew into a trusted name in retail. By the 1960s, the company expanded into clothing and became the iconic fashion destination it is today. If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to refresh your footwear lineup, this is it. Currently, Nordstrom is offering major markdowns on designer shoes across every category, from everyday sneakers and comfortable slides to statement heels and elevated workwear staples. We’re talking up to 38% off shoe brands like Veronica Beard, New Balance, and more. Plus, 70% other categories! If you’re chasing down a summer wedding look or just want comfy-chic styles for everyday errands, these deals are built to last and fly fast. Ahead, we’ve rounded up the best shoes on sale at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale deals right now. Your closet (and your feet) will thank you. Women’s Shoes | Men’s Shoes Women’s Shoes Steve Madden Ira Pointed Toe Mule Norstrom True to size with a sleek pointy toe and bold buckle, this Steve Madden mule adds just the right edge to any everyday outfit. New Balance 550 Basketball Sneaker Nordstrom Chunky Grandpa sneakers are in and the New Balance 550s fit the part. These off-court sneakers emit vintage vibes with clean original details and three classic shades. Reviewers recommend sizing up for optimal comfort. Marc Fischer Nollie Pointed Toe Pump Nordstrom Step up your style game with a pump that means business by day and turns heads by night, complete with a modern Mary Jane strap, sharp pointed toe, and walkable flared block heel. Dolce Vita Alisen Mesh Mary Jane Flat Nordstrom Slip into something comfortable, light, and airy with this trendy Dolce Vita ballet flat with three buckles to custom-tighten to fit your feet. Plus, it comes in three different shades. TOMS Diana Mule Sandal Bring a little sunshine to every step with this effortlessly cool canvas wedge, complete with braided jute accents, a cushy footbed, and a lightweight sole made for all-day strolls. Veronica Beard Lisbeth Slingback Pointed Toe Pump Make an entrance in this sleek suede slingback, where a sculptural asymmetric strap and tapered heel add just the right amount of edge to your polished look. LK Bennet Audrey Pointed Toe Kitten Heel Pump Nordstrom Channel effortless sophistication with this timeless kitten-heel pump, crafted in luxe leather with a sleek, softly pointed toe that elevates everything from workwear to weekend plans. PAIGE Wren Slingback Pump Nordstrom Slip into subtle ’90s nostalgia with this chic d’Orsay pump, featuring a squared toe, slim slingback strap, and flared heel that brings retro polish to modern-day looks. Ted Baker Mabel Ankle Strap Pump Get into your warm-weather wardrobe with this feminine block-heel sandal, finished with a charming bow, pearly detail, and ankle strap that balances grace and all-day comfort. Schutz Jules Ankle Strap Sandal  Nordstrom Step into effortless elegance with these block-heel sandals, featuring a chic square toe accented by a delicate bow and pearly bead, plus an adjustable ankle strap for a perfect fit all day long. OluKai Ohana Flip Flop OlaKai Customers recommend ordering your usual whole size. If you’re between sizes, simply go down to the next size for the perfect fit. Men’s Shoes OluKai Ohana Flip Flop Nordstrom Enjoy effortless comfort and easy care with these classic beach-ready flip-flops, featuring a cushioned anatomic footbed and machine-washable design for all-day wear. Benton Leather Cap Toe Boot Nordstrom Slash those dollar signs off a pair of formal boots built to last a lifetime. The grounded contours and grippy lugs make these cap-toes an exquisitely durable all-around shoe for all your more sophisticated occasions. Cole Haan Carnegie Cap Toe Derbys Nordstrom Cole Haan’s Carnegie Cap Toe Derbys combine timeless sophistication with modern comfort. Crafted from polished leather, these dress shoes feature sleek cap toe styling and lightweight cushioning for day-long wear. Perfect for business or formal occasions, they deliver elegant design with the dependable craftsmanship the brand is known for. Johnston and Murphy XC Flex Connelly Wingtip Boot Step into timeless style and all-day comfort with these brogued wingtip boots, crafted from hand-finished full-grain leather and featuring a flexible sole, memory-foam footbed, and cozy sheepskin lining. Veja V-90 Leather Sneaker  Nordstrom True to size and responsibly made, this low-cut leather sneaker blends casual comfort with eco-conscious design thanks to breathable perforations and recycled materials. Magnanni Malta Derby Nordstrom Made in Spain with impeccable hand-finished details, this boardroom-ready derby features a burnished toe, water-resistant leather, and a cushioned insole. Just order a half size down for the perfect fit. Nordstrom Anniversary Sale FAQs, answered by shopping pros When is Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2025? This year’s annual sale runs online and in-person beginning with early access on Tuesday, July 8 for Nordy Club members, and will be available to the general public Saturday, July 12 through Sunday, August 3. When can I access the sale? Nordy Club members should check their status, as they may be able to access the sale early, based on the tiers below: Icon status: July 8 Ambassador status: July 9 Influencer status: July 10 Everyone else: July 12 What’s on sale, and is it worth shopping? Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale is a great time to score major discounts on luxury labels, baby gear, beauty sets and much more. This event has something for everyone: keep an eye out for some of our favorite brands like Kiehl’s, Le Creuset, Nuna and Hunter. This year’s sale will see 65 new brand names featured in the catalog, including Rothy’s, G.H. Bass, Alice + Olivia, Florence by Mills, WonderFold and many more. Why Trust Post Wanted by the New York

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Tyson Beckford makes bold fetish confession as he lusts after Octavia Spencer

Tyson Beckford didn’t hold back when fetishes came up on “Watch What Happens Live” this weekend. When host Andy Cohen asked the model, 54, on Sunday whether he “would date someone with a foot fetish,” Beckford declared, “Oh, hell yeah!” He then confessed, “I’ve got a foot fetish.” Tyson Beckford made a foot fetish confession on “Watch What Happens Live” Sunday. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen/Youtube Fellow guest Octavia Spencer warned the actor not to “look at [her] feet.” Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen/Youtube In fact, the actor told fellow guest Octavia Spencer that he had “already checked out [her] shoes” and admired the “good shade” of polish on her toes. “Don’t look at my feet,” Spencer, 55, insisted. Beckford replied, “I did. I did. I was like, ‘Ooh!’ … Can I touch them? Let me touch them.” The “Kings Court” star, however, “already” had done so — and complimented her “good shade” of nail polish. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen/Youtube He gave the affirmative when host Andy Cohen asked whether he “like[d]” the actress’ feet. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen/Youtube Stay one step ahead with all the exclusive tea on your favorite reality TV stars! Sign up for Virtual Reali-Tea with Danny and Evan, our must-read newsletter! Thank for signing up! The model went on to give the affirmative when Cohen, 57, inquired about whether Beckford “like[d] Octavia’s feet.” The Bravo executive joked that Spencer was going to “be glad [she] came” after the “Ma” star quipped she was “getting hot” from the conversation. “The door is always open,” Spencer then told Beckford as they all laughed. “Can I touch them?” Beckford jokingly asked. “Let me touch them.” Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen/Youtube Beckford is currently competing for love on Season 1 of Bravo’s “Kings Court.” Derek White/Bravo Social media users raved over the exchange via Instagram. “Tyson! I love that man!” one fan gushed, while another pointed out how Spencer was “just giggling” the whole time. Elsewhere in the interview, the Emmy nominee offered Beckford dating advice and claimed that “the jealous ones take care of you.” He co-stars alongside athletes athletes Thaddeus “Titus O’Neil” Bullard and Carlos Boozer. Derek White/Bravo Beckford has previously been in relationships with actress Paige Butcher, model Shanina Shaik and more stars. Derek White/Bravo Beckford, notably, is competing for love on Season 1 of “Kings Court” alongside athletes Thaddeus “Titus O’Neil” Bullard and Carlos Boozer. His relationship history includes model Shanina Shaik, actress Paige Butcher and stylist April Roomet, with whom he co-parents son Jordan. Spencer, for her part, has not gone public with any romances in recent years. Read More

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‘Lilo And Stitch’ Comes to Digital, But When Will ‘Lilo and Stitch’ 2025 Be Streaming on Disney+?

By Anna Menta Published July 21, 2025, 11:00 a.m. ET Even though millennials claimed they never wanted a live-action Lilo and Stitch movie, a lot of people went to see the new Lilo and Stitch in theaters. It seems safe to assume that even more people will be watching the 2025 Lilo and Stitch movie at home, now that the remake is coming to digital platforms to buy and rent tomorrow. Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On), with a screenplay written by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes, this new Lilo and Stitch movie is a remake of the 2002 animated film of the same name. Newcomer Maia Kealoha stars as Lilo, while the original Stitch voice actor, Chris Sanders, will once again lend his vocal talents to voice this CGI version of the blue alien. Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Hannah Waddingham, Billy Magnussen, Zach Galifianakis, and Courtney B. Vance, also star in the film. Other original voice actors also appear in the film, including Tia Carrere (Nani in the animated film, Mrs. Kekoa in the live-action), Amy Hill (Mrs. Hasagawa in the animated film, and a new character in the live-action), and Jason Scott Lee (David in the animated film, a lūʻau manager in the live-action). Lilo and Stitch 2025 cleaned up at the box office, raking in over $1 billion worldwide. But before you give Disney even more money by dropping $30 to watch this remake at home, you should know that we expect to see Lilo and Stitch 2025 streaming on Disney+ before the end of the summer. Read on to learn more about what we know about the Lilo and Stitch 2025 movie Disney+ release date. Photo: Disney Where to watch the 2025 Lilo and Stitch movie on streaming: Beginning on Tuesday, July 22 at 12 a.m. Eastern Time (which is also July 21 at 9 p.m. Pacific Time), Lilo and Stitch 2025 will be available to buy digitally on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, and more. The price may vary depending on which platform you use to purchase the film, but on Amazon Prime the movie costs $29.99 to buy, and $24.99 to rent. Lilo and Stitch will also be released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on August 26. The digital and DVD release will come with bloopers, deleted scenes, making-of featurettes and more. (Bonus features may vary, depending on which service or product you use to purchase the film.) Lilo and Stitch 2025 is not yet streaming on any subscription streaming services, but because it is a Disney movie, we do expect to see Lilo and Stitch streaming on Disney+ soon. Disney+ offers a number of subscription options, so you can find the one that works for you. With ads, a subscription costs $9.99/month; without ads, it’s $15.99/month or $159.99/year. There are also Disney+ bundles with Hulu, Max, and ESPN+, so you can subscribe to up to three services at once and save over 40% every month. The bundles are available in a few different configurations, starting at $10.99/month for Disney+ and Hulu with ads, and going up to $29.99/month for Disney+, Hulu, and Max ad-free. When will the Lilo and Stitch 2025 movie be streaming on Disney Plus? Lilo and Stitch 2025 will likely stream on Disney+ in the next month or so, because it is a Disney movie. All the new Disney theatrical movies end up streaming on Disney+, often about three to six months after opening in theaters. Another recent Disney movie, Snow White 2025, was released on premium video-on-demand about two months after opening in theaters, and began streaming on Disney+ about three months after opening in theaters. If Lilo and Stitch follows a similar release strategy, you may see Lilo and Stitch streaming on Disney+ around late August 2025. That said, the Lilo and Stitch 2025 movie Disney+ release date has not yet officially been announced. This is all guesswork, so take it with a grain of salt. For now, if you want to watch Lilo and Stitch 2025 at home, you can buy a digital copy of the movie. And in the meantime, you can stream the original Lilo and Stitch animated movie on Disney+. Read More

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Pilot makes ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid collision with B-52 bomber

Skip to Main Content Travel “This is not normal at all,” the pilot of SkyWest Flight 3788 told passengers, according to a recording of his inflight message posted on social media. A U.S. Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota is being refueled in this December 2020 photo provided by the Air Force. Roslyn Ward / AP By Alex Horton, Washington Post updated on July 21, 2025 | 9:45 AM 2 minutes to read Share Share Send this article to your social connections. A passenger jet landing in North Dakota performed a “go-around” to avoid colliding with an Air Force B-52, according to the commercial pilot’s comments posted to social media and the airline involved in the incident. SkyWest Flight 3788, acting as a Delta connection between Minneapolis to Minot, North Dakota, was cleared by the tower for landing on Friday, the airline said in a statement. But the pilot “performed a go-around when another aircraft became visible in their flight path,” said SkyWest, which is investigating the incident. Air Force officials did not provide details of the incident, but they did say that a hulking B-52 bomber was performing a flyover at the North Dakota State Fair, which took place in Minot, home to a commercial airport and an Air Force base. The commercial pilot explained to his passengers that the B-52 appeared to be on a converging course, according to a video posted to Instagram and verified by Storyful. He apologized for making an “aggressive maneuver” to avoid a midair collision, adding that “nobody told us” about the other aircraft. Flight tracking data reviewed by The Washington Post showed the flight on descent make a sharp right turn near the airport, then climb in altitude as it circled around to land. Flight tracking data showed the B-52 performing ellipses in the area around the same time. “This is not normal at all,” the pilot said. “Long story short, it was not fun, but I do apologize for it.” The passengers applauded once his announcement finished. The Air Force did not immediately respond to questions about the location and altitude of the B-52 during the incident and whether the base had coordinated its flyover with the airport. “We are aware of the recent reporting regarding commercial and Air Force aircraft operating in airspace around Minot International Airport. We are currently looking into the matter,” the service said in a statement. Monica Green, the passenger who recorded the pilot speaking, told NBC News that the incident left her shaken. “I just remember the plane going, like, sideways … and just looking straight out the window and just seeing grass, like you weren’t seeing the skyline anymore,” she said. An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a passenger jet in January near Reagan National Airport, killing all 67 people aboard both aircraft. That disaster prompted lawmakers and federal agencies to review coordination between military and civilian aircraft operating in the same airspace. Most Popular Read More

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Man dies after heavy weight-training chain around neck pulls him into MRI machine

Skip to Main Content National News The man, 61, had entered an MRI room while a scan was underway Wednesday afternoon at Nassau Open MRI in New York. Keith Srakocic / AP, File By Associated Press updated on July 21, 2025 | 9:35 AM 2 minutes to read Share Share Send this article to your social connections. WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — A man who was pulled into an MRI machine in New York after he walked into the room wearing a large weight-training chain around his neck has died, according to police and his wife, who told a local television outlet that he waved goodbye before his body went limp. The man, 61, had entered an MRI room while a scan was underway Wednesday afternoon at Nassau Open MRI. The machine’s strong magnetic force drew him in by the metallic chain around his neck, according to a release from the Nassau County Police Department. He died Thursday afternoon, but a police officer who answered the phone at the Nassau County police precinct where the MRI facility is located said the department had not yet been given permission to release the name Saturday. Adrienne Jones-McAllister told News 12 Long Island in a recorded interview that she was undergoing an MRI on her knee when she asked the technician to get her husband, Keith McAllister, to help her get off the table. She said she called out to him. She told News 12 that the technician summoned into the room her husband, who was wearing a 20-pound chain that he uses for weight training, an object they’d had a casual conversation about during a previous visit with comments like: “Ooooooh, that’s a big chain!” When he got close to her, she said, “at that instant, the machine switched him around, pulled him in and he hit the MRI.” “I said: ‘Could you turn off the machine, call 911, do something, Turn this damn thing off!’” she recalled, as tears ran down her face. “He went limp in my arms.” She said the technician helped her try to pull her husband off the machine but it was impossible. “He waved goodbye to me and then his whole body went limp,” Jones-McAllister told the TV outlet. Jones-McAllister told News 12 that McAllister suffered heart attacks after he was freed from the MRI machine. A person who answered the phone at Nassau Open MRI on Long Island declined to comment Friday. The phone number went unanswered on Saturday. It wasn’t the first New York death to result from an MRI machine. In 2001, 6-year-old Michael Colombini of Croton-on-Hudson was killed at the Westchester Medical Center when an oxygen tank flew into the chamber, drawn in by the MRI’s 10-ton electromagnet. In 2010, records filed in Westchester County revealed that the family settled a lawsuit for $2.9 million. MRI machines “employ a strong magnetic field” that “exerts very powerful forces on objects of iron, some steels, and other magnetizable objects,” according to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, which says the units are “strong enough to fling a wheelchair across the room.” Most Popular Read More

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Trump threatens to hold up stadium deal if Washington Commanders don’t switch back to Redskins

Skip to Main Content Politics President Donald Trump also said Sunday that he wants Cleveland’s baseball team to revert to its former name, the Indians, saying there was a “big clamoring for this” as well. Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels looks to throw the ball during the NFC Championship game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in Philadelphia. Daniel Kucin Jr. / AP, File By JOE REEDY and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Associated Press updated on July 21, 2025 | 9:01 AM 3 minutes to read Share Share Send this article to your social connections. CLEVELAND (AP) — President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal for Washington’s NFL team if it does not restore its old name of the Redskins, which was considered offensive to Native Americans. Trump also said Sunday that he wants Cleveland’s baseball team to revert to its former name, the Indians, saying there was a “big clamoring for this” as well. The Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians have had their current names since the 2022 seasons and both have said they have no plans to change them back. Trump said the Washington football team would be “much more valuable” if it restored its old name. “I may put a restriction on them that if they don’t change the name back to the original ‘Washington Redskins,’ and get rid of the ridiculous moniker, ‘Washington Commanders,’ I won’t make a deal for them to build a Stadium in Washington,” Trump said on his social media site. His latest interest in changing the name reflects his broader effort to roll back changes that followed a national debate on cultural sensitivity and racial justice. The team announced it would drop the Redskins name and the Indian head logo in 2020 during a broader reckoning with systemic racism and police brutality. The Commanders and the District of Columbia government announced a deal earlier this year to build a new home for the football team at the site the old RFK Stadium, the place the franchise called home for more than three decades. Trump’s ability to hold up the deal remains to be seen. President Joe Biden signed a bill in January that transferred the land from the federal government to the District of Columbia. The provision was part of a short-term spending bill passed by Congress in December. While D.C. residents elect a mayor, a city council and commissioners to run day-to-day operations, Congress maintains control of the city’s budget. Josh Harris, whose group bought the Commanders from former owner Dan Snyder in 2023, said earlier this year the name was here to stay. Not long after taking over, Harris quieted speculation about going back to Redskins, saying that would not happen. The team did not immediately respond to a request for comment following Trump’s statement. The Washington team started in Boston as the Redskins in 1933 before moving to the nation’s capital four years later. The Cleveland Guardians’ president of baseball operations, Chris Antonetti, indicated before Sunday’s game against the Athletics that there weren’t any plans to revisit the name change. “We understand there are different perspectives on the decision we made a few years ago, but obviously it’s a decision we made. We’ve got the opportunity to build a brand as the Guardians over the last four years and are excited about the future that’s in front of us,” he said. Cleveland announced in December 2020 it would drop Indians. It announced the switch to Guardians in July 2021. In 2018, the team phased out “Chief Wahoo” as its primary logo. The name changes had their share of supporters and critics as part of the national discussions about logos and names considered racist. Trump posted Sunday afternoon that “The Owner of the Cleveland Baseball Team, Matt Dolan, who is very political, has lost three Elections in a row because of that ridiculous name change. What he doesn’t understand is that if he changed the name back to the Cleveland Indians, he might actually win an Election. Indians are being treated very unfairly. MAKE INDIANS GREAT AGAIN (MIGA)!” Matt Dolan, the son of the late Larry Dolan, no longer has a role with the Guardians. He ran the team’s charity endeavors until 2016. Matt Dolan was a candidate in the Ohio U.S. Senate elections in 2022 and ’24, but lost. Washington and Cleveland share another thing in common. David Blitzer is a member of Harris’ ownership group with the Commanders and holds a minority stake in the Guardians. Gomez Licon reported from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Most Popular Read More

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A new era of floods has arrived. America isn’t prepared.

Skip to Main Content National News “We’re living in a climate that we’ve never seen, and it keeps throwing us curveballs.” Natalie Newman’s new home is filled with items she had to replace after Hurricane Helene swept away the apartment building where she lived. Jesse Barber / The Washington Post By Sarah Kaplan, Kevin Crowe, Naema Ahmed, Ben Noll, Washington Post July 21, 2025 | 8:46 AM 16 minutes to read Share Share Send this article to your social connections. Natalie Newman believed she had done everything she could to get ready for Helene. Before the hurricane carved a path of destruction across the Southeast in late September, she assumed it would be like other storms she’d experienced in five years of living in Asheville, North Carolina. So Newman took her usual precautions: packing a go-bag, stocking up on food, moving her car uphill from her apartment on the banks of the Swannanoa River. When Newman’s phone buzzed with a flash-flood warning the night before the storm hit, she skimmed the text: “This is a dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.” Then the artist returned to the painting she was working on. The river was still at least 20 feet below her second-story apartment, and she hadn’t received an evacuation order. If her home was no longer safe, Newman thought, surely officials would tell her to leave. But no order would come before the deadly floodwaters arrived at her door. The Swannanoa River alongside what remains of Newman’s apartment complex in Asheville on June 15. Jesse Barber / The Washington Post From last year’s disaster in Asheville to this month’s catastrophic floods in Central Texas, the world has entered a new era of rainfall supercharged by climate change, rendering existing response plans inadequate. A Washington Post analysis of atmospheric data found a record amount of moisture flowing in the skies over the past year and a half, largely due to rising global temperatures. With so much warm, moist air available as fuel, storms are increasingly able to move water vapor from the oceans to locations hundreds of miles from the coast, triggering flooding for which most inland communities are ill-prepared. “We’re living in a climate that we’ve never seen, and it keeps throwing us curveballs,” said Kathie Dello, North Carolina’s state climatologist. “How do you plan for the worst thing you’ve never seen?” To understand why inland regions are so vulnerable to heavy rainfall, The Post compared the response to Helene in western North Carolina with that of Florida’s Gulf Coast, where the storm hit first. The investigation, based on analysis of cellphone data and interviews with two dozen meteorologists, disaster experts and storm survivors, revealed how scant flood awareness and a lack of effective warnings led to far fewer evacuations in North Carolina’s mountainous western counties. Yet it was in these inland areas that Helene wrought its greatest human toll. At least 78 people in North Carolina died in Helene’s floodwaters, according to data from the National Hurricane Center – more than five times the number of people who drowned on the coast. The fact that many North Carolinians remained in harm’s way was not the fault of any one person or institution, The Post found. Instead, it resulted from a cascade of decisions all stemming from the mistaken assumption that hurricanes are mainly a coastal threat – an assumption that fails to account for the increasingly destructive power of torrential rain. As Helene bore down on the Gulf Coast, years of investment and experience equipped officials there to take decisive action, issuing mandatory evacuation orders to move people out of risk zones well before landfall. But most counties in western North Carolina – including Buncombe, where Asheville is located – lack the most basic tool: flood evacuation plans. The state’s official hurricane guide labels these areas as “host counties,” places to which coastal evacuees should flee. Though the National Weather Service correctly predicted that the flooding would be deadly, the warnings from local authorities were not forceful or specific enough to sway residents who never imagined a hurricane could hurt them so far from the sea. Evacuation patterns reflected this preparedness gap: Cellphone data provided by researchers at Columbia University and analyzed by The Post shows a 36 percent spike in people leaving affected counties in Florida for areas beyond Helene’s path in the four days before the storm hit. In contrast, movement out of the hardest-hit North Carolina counties didn’t change much compared with a normal week. By the time Buncombe County made evacuation orders mandatory, deadly flash floods were already underway. This reconstruction of North Carolina’s scramble during Helene reveals parallels with Central Texas and holds lessons for other inland areas facing increasingly intense freshwater floods – an oft-overlooked hazard that now accounts for more than half of all tropical-cyclone-related deaths in the United States. Like western North Carolina, the Texas Hill Country is a landscape of winding rivers and steep terrain that can quickly funnel heavy rainfall into a raging torrent. Forecasters had predicted that remnants of Tropical Storm Barry could collide with another storm system to inundate the flood-prone region, but authorities did not call for evacuations in the hardest-hit area, and warnings didn’t reach many residents until it was too late for them to flee. Climate and weather experts say both disasters were exacerbated by Earth’s rapidly warming atmosphere. The Post’s atmospheric analysis shows that the roiling air mass that constituted Helene contained 42 percent more water vapor than any other observed in western North Carolina since 1940- fueling a storm that obliterated the region’s rainfall records. Another plume brought record levels of moisture to Texas during the July 4 floods. If Helene was a wake-up call, experts said, then Texas must be a screaming alarm – prompting more robust flood planning in communities across the country and new efforts to communicate a danger beyond

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Police say 9-year-old girl found dead in upstate New York, no signs of possible abduction as father reported

Skip to Main Content National News Melina Frattolin was reported missing from near Lake George in northeast New York late Saturday evening by her father, Luciano Frattolin. By The Associated Press updated on July 21, 2025 | 11:27 AM 1 minute to read Share Share Send this article to your social connections. LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) — A Canadian man who reported his 9-year-old daughter missing in New York has been arrested after she was found dead, authorities said Monday. Luciano Frattolin, the father of Melina Frattolin, was charged with second-degree murder and concealing of a corpse, New York State Police spokesman Robert McConnell said. State Police said Luciano Frattolin reported the girl missing and possibly abducted on Saturday, leading officials to issue an Amber Alert to enlist the public’s help in finding her. But authorities said over the weekend that there were inconsistencies in the father’s account, and that they concluded there was no evidence of an abduction. Authorities found the girl’s body on Sunday north of Lake George village, near state border with Vermont Frattolin, 45, did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent via LinkedIn, Instagram and his company website over the weekend. He described himself as a “loving father” on his Instagram profile, and on the website of a coffee company said to be founded by him, a post says that his daughter Melina is “the light of his life.” Police said Frattolin had no prior criminal or domestic violence history. Most Popular Read More

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Indian Army Agniveer Result News 2025 Live: Where, how to check results when out

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