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Jeanette Sabto, popularly known as Gina, was born in Cairo on November 3, 1938 and apparently again on November 8. When she arrived in Australia in 1957, the immigration officials misread the 3 as an 8 and it was easier to have two birthdays than succeed in changing official federal records. |
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By BEN FOX and ALBA TOBELLA Associated Press. MOCOA, Colombia (AP) - People were caught off guard when a devastating flash flood surged through a small city in southern Colombia, but not everyone was surprised. Government agencies, land use experts, and environmental organizations had said for years that Mocoa could face dangerous flooding. |
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A man stands over boulders at a destroyed neighborhood in Mocoa, Colombia, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Colombian authorities said at least 273 people were killed when rivers surrounding Mocoa overflowed and sent a wall of water and debris surging through the city over the weekend. |
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Government agencies, land use experts, and environmental organizations had said for years that Mocoa could face dangerous flooding. Many who lived in the most vulnerable areas were aware of the warnings, even if they didn't heed them. And yet the city continued to spread into the floodplains west of downtown. |
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MOCOA, Colombia People were caught off guard when a devastating flash flood surged through a small city in southern Colombia, but not everyone was surprised. Government agencies, land use experts, and environmental organizations had said for years that Mocoa could face dangerous flooding. |
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Jeanette Sabto, popularly known as Gina, was born in Cairo on November 3, 1938 and apparently again on November 8. When she arrived in Australia in 1957, the immigration officials misread the 3 as an 8 and it was easier to have two birthdays than succeed in changing official federal records. |
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MOCOA, Colombia (AP) " People were caught off guard when a devastating flash flood surged through a small city in southern Colombia, but not everyone was surprised. Government agencies, land use experts, and environmental organizations had said for years that Mocoa could face dangerous flooding. |
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MOCOA, Colombia (AP) - People were caught off guard when a devastating flash flood surged through a small city in southern Colombia, but not everyone was surprised. Government agencies, land use experts, and environmental organizations had said for years that Mocoa could face dangerous flooding. |
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The pilot of a plane that crashed into the front yard of a house in Cobb County reported steering and autopilot problems, according to a preliminary report.
Robert George Westlake, 78, of Atlanta, was killed March 24 when the Cessna Citation I aircraft built in 1976 went down in the 100 block of Vistawood Drive in Marietta, officials said. |
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Neighborhoods rich and poor may look a bit crowded Saturday as more than 4,000 volunteers fan out across the city to bring alive the Transform Dallas unity project. The Dallas Leadership Foundation, nonprofits, businesses, and faith groups of all denominations will mobilize their members and clients in a citywide community service day. |
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A man accused of impersonating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Northern Virginia plans to go to trial. Itai Ozderman, 35, who worked in information technology at The Washington Post, appeared in court Monday on an indictment charging him with a felony and two misdemeanors related to officer impersonation. |
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