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[Oriental Southerners]

Hurricane Maria Hits Mississippi


Biloxi, Mississippi: Hurricane Maria a category 3 storm hit the state of Mississippi and it's capital of Biloxi head on with winds over 77 mph and a storm surge of 15 feet. Damage along the coast is extensive including significant flooding into the financial and industrial districts of the capital city, The storm made landfall at approx. 8:30 PM Thursday night causing wide power outages about 8:45. Lightning also sparked fires in at least 3 homes and blew many others down. Several hotels along the beachfront also reported extensive damage with blown out windows and flood damage. In addition the Presidential Home and Congressional Building have also been severely damaged. President Jacobs gave a statement:

"We have survived another storm head on, my family and I are taking the same challenges as many of our citizens are now. The rebuilding will begin and we will continue to work and progress."

At least 50 deaths are to blame from the storm but more are to be expected. No mandatory evacuations were issued at the time as the storm was expected to stay at a low category 2 level grazing the lower coasts of Mississippi and Alabama. Damage estimates have not be issued yet.

Death Toll rises to 350, Damage $3.2 billion estimated



As Biloxi and the rest of the state recover from Hurricane Maria, estimates come out of the National Disaster Recovery Center expect damage to be in 3.2 billion and will still likely to rise. Extensive flooding along the coast and in the swamp lands are taking a heavy impact of economic loss and damaged. Over 200 homes are damaged or destroyed including a total loss to a mobile home park.

Besides the damage to the financial district, farms are reporting total crop loss resulting from the storm. "Just a loss. The house, the barn, two fields." Says local farmer Reiji Azuma. "We can only thank God we all survived."

The hurricane is also believed to have spawn a violent EF4 tornado that tore through South Arkansas killing 16 and injuring over 40. Damage is mostly to farms along the border and in the country side including a small town.

Weather reports also do not look good for the week as heavy rains are expected for the affected areas risking flooding. Congress is expected to resume session next week, assuming the building is deemed safe. If unsafe conditions are present, Atlanta will play host.

[New Mushroom Kingdom]

This Just in from The Mushroom News Service:
"Today,A massive new era began in Mushberg as the egarly awaited Mushroom Spire offically opened
for the first time,the spire itself will contain a shopping arcade plus offices and even a warp pipe system! and to mark the date,all products in the shopping arcade are half price,allthough we should note that warp pipes are still being constructed on some floors,and new pipes are coming online on others,so expect that warp pipes will not be on all floors,Yours Truly,Sid Mushmi Construction Corrospondent for MNS"

[United Districts of 1]

The UD civil war is coming to close. After a month of extreme amounts of fighting the rebel's have begun to break under the combined force of four separate nations come to assist the UD forces. Tragically the casulties are estimated to have reached 100,000 dead and 75,000 wounded the rebuilding efforts will start as soon as possible. A summit between the leaders of the allied nations will be held in the city of Porey any dignitaries are welcome to come.

[St Cairns]

IslandTV
We are interrupting this program to join an important news bullentien on IslandNEWS 24/7

''Good evening. My names Sally Jenson and I'm live here at the studio in St. Cairns City. Those of you who have just joined us, we have breaking news. St. Cairns officials have just announced that they are evacuating the Island of Westkey due to saftey reasons. It is feared that the freak waves that have been hitting the island due to heavy storms could cause flash flooding and could lead to deaths. Johnny Halifax is on Westkey, where the evacuation is taking place.''

Cuts to a man infront of a port, where ferrys are taking people to saftey.
''I'm here at Northland Port, here on westkey, where the evacuation is taken place. Now, these people are being evacuated by sea - a move which is criticised by some, as the waves are making the seas extremely rough. The nearest island to Westkey is Yllner Island, where those being transported by sea are being taken, the journey will take around 20 minutes, possibly 30 due to the rough seas. The waves arn't effecting the other islands as drastically, but, other than Westkey Island, those in the South-East province, thats Yllner Island, South Cairns Island and Jyr Island should be aware, and are being advised to stay away from the coast. A few voulenteers are staying on Westkey Island, and will be in constant communication with South Cairns Island, where a rapid response team is on stand-by.''

A man woulds over to the news reporter and whispers something in his ear, and walks away
''We are now having to leave the island, we have voulunteered to leave by boat, so, back to the studio''

Cuts back to the studio
''Thanks Johnny, now to Sarah Cardiff who is on Yllner Island, where schools, town halls and other places are being transformed into temporary shelter.

Cuts to a hall where people are running around preparing things
''As you can see, its chaos here, as people are running around trying to get things ready, for the first arrival of evacuees. The population of Westkey Island is 60,000, which shows just how large scale this evacuation is. While Yllner Island will be only receiving 6000, 10% of the population of Westkey, its going to be a struggle. Those who can afford it will be putting themselves up in hotels, and those with relatives or friends on the island have been advised to stay with them. This hall is going to be accomodating 200 people, a fraction of the evacuees arriving on the island. This is already feared to be the most expensive evacuation since the 2000 mainland flooding, which saw more than 500,000 people evacuated.
Sarah Cardiff, Sydrin Hall, Yllner.''

[The Dog Hold]

Dog Holdian Navy Solar-Powered Task Force Embarks on Maiden Voyage

The Solar-Powered Torpedo Logger Saare Hord at port in Talvhord before embarking.

This past week, a naval task force comprising two ships, the torpedo logger DHML Saare Hord and the guided-missile cruiser Põhjamaa embarked from Talvhord Harbor on their maiden voyage in the ocean. However, these are not your average warships- they are solar-powered. The Saare Hord, while the Põhjamaa is a hybrid of solar power and biofuel/flexfuel turbine. The Saare Hord was a purchase and modification of the Swiss vessel PlanetSolar, while the Põhjamaa is Holdian-made. The Põhjamaa is the first hybrid-powered warship in Holdian service, and perhaps one of the first cruisers in the world to run on solar power in any form. As stated by the captain of the DHML Põhjamaa, Edgar Urb, "This is one of the greenest warships in the world, but believe me this ship is not for 'hippies'. It has a spectrum of weapons to counter a wide range of threats." The powerful cruiser can carry multiple Penguin anti-ship missiles, Mk 46 surface torpedo tubes, SeaWolf missiles, "Blimp Killer" fragmenting SAMs, and other systems, including the Sea Giraffe radar. The ship also has small dispensers running along the sides that can fire fragmenting grenades with shards of glass to protect against small craft. As Urb stated, "If I were a pirate, and I wanted to pick a fight with the Põhjamaa, and those things come out and spray the glass all over the place, I do not want to be that pirate". The ships are conducting a long-range cruise and based on recent reports are currently heading into Haven. They are to pass through Haven waters, then go through Tarquinia, then head to Azhukali, then down through Wysteria before making a round over the top of Angolis, briefly cutting through Swilantis, and finally entering the waters off Eastern Europe and heading back to port in Talvhord.

OOC: A large part of the research for this article is thanks to my boyfriend.

[Chyeknovostan Republic]

CITIZENS OF DEMETOVSK OUTRAGED

Demetovsk,CHYEKNOVOSTAN- All was nice and peaceful in the city of Demetovsk till round 8PM when Chyekish residents to the huge trade center awoke to sounds of Artillery. For the next 3 hours shells of artillery and mortars fell down in downtown Demetovsk turning the city to panic. Sirens sounded out as repeated strikes bombarded the city. Finally around 11pm it stopped, horrified citizens continued to run for shelter in case of another attack.
Fire fighters and the Chyekish police have been working on calls all night.This unknown attack has stirred activity in Chyeknograd the nations capital, reports have shown that the suspects are from a terrorist group known as Vayabateli or Wolf fighters in english. Chyeknograd has quickly dispatched the 5th and 7th Divisions to find the threat.
"Attacks have happened before but not of this magnitude" said Captain Menvitov during a confrence in the Red Kazak Palace in Chyeknograd.
Up to 16 Buildings including several homes have been damaged or completely destroyed, The estimate total in damage for the city of Demetovsk is ranged into 68Million USD. The death toll so far has reached 954 people dead and 400 or more injured. These numbers are still rising as rescue workers are working around the clock to search for survivors in the rubble.

TEMELISHOVSK SQUARE IN DOWNTOWN DEMETOVSK..

[United South-Africa]

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[New Lusitaniagrad]

Riots in the Colony of New Kentuckburg

Image taken from the ministry building

Today, Colonial Marines put down a riot in the Colony of New Kentuckburg outside of the Lusitanian Ministry of Colonial Affairs building. Violet protesters angry over Colonial Rule Bill and the power given to the Govoner-General who is appointed by the Lusitanian Goverment and may veto their (the colonists) legislature. At around 7:30am NKT rioters assembled in the capital city armed with bats, bricks, and some with hunting rifles. On several occasions rioters opened fire on the marines and they returened fire in self-defense. During the riots 3 Colonial Marines died, 13 Colonial marines were injured, 6 rioters died, and 23 rioters we injured. Govoner-General Klaus Newhart called in for another 4,000 marines be sent to the colony in case other riots come about.

Colinial Rule Bill

1st Amendment
The Colonial Rule Bill
In order to estabish a form of fair goverment in New Lusitaniagrad's colonies the following acts are to be put into effect.
1. A Unicameral Council is to be set up in the capital of the colony to deal with most of the colony's domestic affairs.
2. The council is to made up of 12 Representitives elected by the colonists and will act as the legislative branch of the colony.
3. A Govoner-General is to head the executive branch of the colony's goverment. He shall be appointed by the Minister of Colonial affairs for life or unless dismissed by the President of New Lusitaniagrad and must have been born in New Lusitaniagrad.
4. The Govoner-General shall have complete contoll over the defense forces in the colony.
5. The Colonial Defense Forces in the colony will be made up of citizens born in New Lusitaniagrad.
6. The Govoner-General shall have the power to veto all of the Council's decisions.
7. Colonists shall be allowed 4 senators per colony to represent them in the Lusitanian National Congress in matters relating to that colony's affairs.
8. Local judges shall be elected by the colonists to perform day to day matters.
9. The Colonial Supreme Court shall be staffed by 3 colonists from that colony and shall be the highest court in that land. However their rulings may be overturned by the Constitutional Court in New Lusitanagrad.

- Lusitanian Broadcasting Company

[New La Habana]

New La Habana Founded!

[Hydrenia]

A new national government, the Directorate, has been formed to replace the monarchy, which has been abolished. Prince Basil III has been "killed while resisting arrest", along with his entire Royal Guard (which was annihilated). The Royal Family has been stripped of Hydrenian citizenship and forced into exile.

A round of mass arrests has particularly targeted monks and priests of the new National Hydrenian Church, as well as the Patriarch. The Directorate has already outlawed the church and seized its property. This seems to confirm the theory that the coup, engineered by Colonel Philander of the Hydrenian Army, was at least partly directed at preventing the rise of a state-sponsored Christian church in the country.

Whether this is the revenge of Pagan or Secular army officers remains to be seen. It seems increasingly anti-Christian in its thrust, in any case.

Update: the Directorate has just formally banned "all forms and sects of the pernicious alien faith known as Christianity. The penalty for conversion to said faith is death." It has also officially proclaimed Hydrenia an "atheist state".

[Greater Tezdrian]

Viral Infection Protection Emergency Response Act

At 12:32 GTT, the Viral Infection Protection Emergency Response Act (VIPER Act) was passed by the Imperial Senate in response to reports from Ganjapolis and other members of the International Community, of a dangerous, highly infectious disease. Borders have been closed, and martial law has been declared under the authority of the PATRIOT Act. Public Transport has been shut down, and citizens have been ordered to remain in their homes. The virus has been tentatively identified as the Solanum virus. The Solanum Virus , is a little known reanimation virus. No one has of yet been identified as a carrier of said virus.

[Vitoriasa]

Angered senior runs man down with scooter.

Vitoriasa City
A 35 year old man is in hospital with a broken rib after an elderly woman in her late 60's run him down. Police say at about 5:30 local time, the man, who has requested not to be named, was walking his dog down Pacific Avenue when the woman ran her scooter over him. The cause of the incident has yet to be determined, though police speculate the woman was angered at the man for his dogs excessive barking.

[Hydrenia]

Elections have been called for a new Parliament, known only as the Presidium. It is to be composed of 600 deputies. One third (200) will be chosen by lottery, another third by Directorate appointment, and the final third by direct election according to proportional representation. The Presidium will only be able to ratify edicts issued by the Directorate into law, rather than initiate legislation itself. In essence, it will be a mixture of consultative and legislative entities (with the latter being practically a rubber-stamp function).

Colonel Philander has been formally installed as Director-General, or head of the Directorate. As such, he is now Head of State and Government in Hydrenia, as well as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

The new regime has reacted to some of the outrage over its outright prohibition of Christianity, by reducing it to a ban of only 3 Christian sects: the former state church, plus Roman Catholicism, and the Jehovah's Witnesses. All others will be allowed. Apparently, according to the Directorate, there were, "political questions of loyalty regarding those particular sects, in terms of their lack of patriotic virtue".

[Carbonne]

Largest Music Festival in Carbonne Planned for this Weekend

Carbonne is buzzing with anticipation as the most famous bands in the country are gathering for a three-day concert in the open fields surrounding Nantes. Immensely popular groups like The Thirteen Minstrels, Broken Spectacles, and Ivory Coast will be headlining, with numerous other independent artists performing shows nearly 24 hours a day.

"There will be multiple performances for each artist, so don't be discouraged if you can't make it to the first or even second showing," says festival organizer Elise Petit, "We think that people will enjoy the great diversity in music and perhaps even see their favorite bands more than once during the festival." She and the Nantes City Council are funding the project out of their own pockets and donations from music fans.

"Many of the bands have been very generous to play at no charge," she said happily, "Some have even donated to our funds so we could put on the show. Overall it's very encouraging to see an event like this coming together so flawlessly."

Single-day tickets will sell for 40 francs, and three-day passes for 120 francs. Possible attendance is estimated in the tens of thousands, mostly young people celebrating the end of their summer break. When asked to comment in this morning's radio press conference, President Jean Mitterrand called the concert "a wonderful celebration of the finest artistic talent Carbonne has to offer," going on to say that he thinks the concert will be a "great success and memorable event." He plans on dropping by sometime Saturday to see the festival for himself.

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Senior Reporter Edmond Bouvier, The Daily Telegram

[Sungai Pusat]

New La Habana Founded!

In complete news, the nation of New La Habana had been found from the ashes after its experimental neutron station exploded and killed almost all of its 13.5 billion people.

[Tryphalia]

Tryphalia has now declared war against the Godless, Socialist State of Hydrenia, which has deposed its lawful government and began persecuting people of Abrahamic faith (Christian in this case). The Military Junta has warned this "just and lawful war" may take a "considerable amount of time and cost much in manpower and treasure". In other words, it is expected to be a long and bloody total war.

[TurtleShroom]

GLORYLAND INCORRUPTIBLE REIMBURSEMENT HEADQUARTERS OBLITERATED IN TERRORIST STRIKE, OVER NINETY THOUSAND CREATURES KILLED!

{Story to come.}

[United Districts of 1]

BREAKING NEWS

UDNN

Today in the capital the new government was officially established. The leader presiding is Admiral Okuto Kawni who led loyalist forces to victory during the civil war. The new capital is located in the west district. The city of P'rotus with a population of one million now contains Freedom Hall the new national capital building. The Nade'v regime capital was destroyed by a nuclear blast during the civil war. The Admiral said the following "It's a time of new beginnings" and it certainly is.

[Hydrenia]

The former Hydrenian Autocephalic Patriarch, Andreas I, and several leading figures in his church have been formally convicted of "crimes against the people". The sentence imposed was originally death, but Colonel Philander commuted it to "exile for life" with the full blessing of the entire Directorate.

There are more trials to follow on charges of "crimes against the people". Essentially, it is meant to suggest persecution, corruption, extortion, and several other cruel practices, such as the improper confiscation of the property of pagan shrines, temples, and holy sites. The trial process so far has followed through at breakneck speed, since "the evidence is so clear and damning", says Chief Prosecutor Euclid.

Some 2,000 victims of religious persecution at the hands of the Christian state church that existed under the late Prince Basil have already testified to the effect of their being tortured and forced to confess various "sins". An estimated 6,000 additional witnesses are expected to testify soon against former Chief Inquisitor Gregory and other key members of the Grand Office of the Holy Inquisition.

[St Cairns]

Cairns Capital City Renamed

Today the news emerged that the capital city of St. Cairns is to be renamed. Previously St. Cairns City, many governemnt figures thought that the name was simply too long. There isn't much of a drastic change - the city is now known as 'Carins', which it was generally called before anyway. The move has been criticized by many, it has been called ''an unnesecary expense'', signs in and around the city (and much of the nation) are having to be changed, which is money some people simply don't have.

Small business owner, Chris Wyrn, who owned his own auto-repair shop, St. Cairns City Garage, is having to cough up money he simply can't afford for a new sign.
''I don't know why the change is nesecary, for hundreds of years it's been known as St. Cairns City and we have never had any problems. Now I have to spend hundreds of St. Cairns pounds to buy a new sign''

It is estimated £1000,000SCP will be spent on changing government signs, money the government simply cannot afford to waste.

[Ameri-England]

Faux 23 News at 9
Anchor Man: In other news, Nick M. Richardson has been resigned after sending federal agents into the Gate Water Hotel to arrest Neo-Nazi spies. The spies escaped, and the agents were beleived to be going through files in the building. We at Faux News are sad to say goodbye to President Richardson. Now for Freddy with sports..

Nick Richardson, former President of AmeriEngland

[Songnam]

In other news, there has been widespread worry about the way this country is heading. There are many views on how to fix the economic and civil problems, some argue that a full change is necessary. Many are worried of a coup.

[Licana]

Devastation in Griswall!


...A mass of highly cooridinated and destructive terrorist attacks have left the Licanan Capital Griswall, as well as several other cities in a state of chaos. The government would like to ensure the people that a quick end will be brought to these attacks, and those responsible will be punished. Prime Minister Harold Konan could not be reached for a comment. As of right now, no official death toll has been released, but it is thought that no less than six hundred people have died as of right now. If it were not for the aid of the Republic of Ferkas and the Republic of Espardica, though, it could have been even higher...

Picture to be displayed during speech, in the upper right hand corner

-Transcript from Channel 8, Licanan National News

[Eirenua]

Refugees Found a Nation
Courtesy of the Gauteng Gazette

Durban — Yesterday, at roughly 6:30 PM (South African Standard Time), a massive landmass emerged from beneath the waves of the Indian Ocean: a new continent in fact. Geologists are still mystified as to how this could have occurred at all, let alone how it could have occurred without so much as an earth tremor. Based on recent satellite images taken by the KwaZulu-Natal Geological Survey, it appears as though there has been an equal subduction of undersea crust in the Pacific Ocean: which would explain why no rise in sea level was experienced.

Meanwhile political developments have caught up with nature's machinations. Five million refugees from Azania have petitioned the KwaZulu-Natal government for aid in claiming the new continent, dubbed "Lemuria" after a mythological lost continent. These refugees are members of Azania's British, Irish and Indian minorities, who have fled in the wake of a recent spate of government endorsed ethnic cleansing in Azania. The government of KwaZulu-Natal has stated that it will allow the refugees to claim the land, and has requested that its allies help it in providing military protection for the new nation until it is up on its feet. It is widely believed that the KwaZulu-Natal government was only too happy to help, as the refugees have in recent months become a strain on the nation's already fragile economy. The governments of Mpumalanga and Gauteng, whose economies are in a better state than KwaZulu-Natal's, have pledged financial and developmental aid to the new nation. An interim government has been appointed for the new nation — and they have named their new nation "Eirenua". The refugees have for a long time called themselves "Eirenuans", derived from the Irish Gaelic word for "New Irelanders" — and the name is thus already popular. The interim government will follow the KwaZulu-Natal government's constitution and legal system until a constitutional assembly can be held to work out, with public participation of course, a new constitution for Eirenua.

What has been settled on, however, is a flag — depicting an albatross on a blue background with a while line near the bottom — and a motto: "From The Sea, Liberation".

[Fatatatutti]

The Council of Generals confirmed this week that celebrity General Marie-Louise Castro-Stalina has accepted command of the 99th Air Cavalry Brigade. While some military analysts are suggesting that the appointment marks a change in the focus of Fatatatutti's armed forces, a spokesman for the Generals declined to confirm or deny the rumours.

General Castro-Stalina was reached by telephone this afternoon and she had this to say:

This is a three-part mission. The first part is to organize the existing air-assault regiments into a cohesive brigade with standardized training and procedures. The second part is to develop and maintain relationships with regular infantry units with similar training and procedures, which can serve as feeders to provide trained and experienced recruits for the brigade. The third part is to develop relationships with other units with different training and procedures. If we're going to practice assault, we need to be assaulting people whose thinking is different from our own.

The General is expected to spend the next few weeks visiting the various units of the brigade to observe and participate in their maneuvers and to consult with their commanders. We will have more details as events unfold.

Kristy Yamaha-Hornburg reporting for Radio Fatatatutti News.