“It is actually a funny thing with high jump, if you jump too high over the bar you will actually hit it off with your feet so I was like none of that, not showing off, just do your job, be humble, be strong and get back out there for the end,” Olyslagers said.
The final will be in an unusual morning time slot in Birmingham on Saturday starting at 10.17am locally (7.17pm in Melbourne).
“It’s very strange for major in a final, but I’m not mad about it. We had a morning end at the world indoors and I train in the mornings every day. I’m a morning person, so I can wake up and be prepped and ready to go whatever time it is,” Patterson said.
In the 1500m Stewart McSweyn was a late withdrawal with a flu, but Australia’s Ollie Hoare was superb in winning his heat and making the final in what will be one of the strongest fields in any event or race at the Commonwealth Games.
Hoare beat reigning world champion and the Olympic silver medalist Timothy Cheruiyot from Kenya in his heat, running the quickest time of the day in 3:37:57.
“Honestly I didn’t know what to expect, that field is extremely tough,” Hoare said.
The 1500m in Birmingham will have the three men who ran second, third and fourth at the Olympics, and Jake Wightman who just won the world championship gold in the US.
And of that quality field Hoare qualified quicker than any of them in what was a hard heat with runners knowing only the first five in each heat and then the next two quickest runners would advance.
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Meanwhile, dual world champion Kelsey-Lee Barber is still testing positive to COVID and has felt unwell but has insisted she will be on the start line to back up her recent world championship with a Commonwealth gold.
The Commonwealth Games Authority and Australian team have cleared Barber to be able to compete in Sunday’s event despite the positive tests.
“I haven’t quite been symptom free but definitely not as sick as a lot of people you hear about I definitely feel pretty normal now but I was not quite right,” Barber said late this week from the team village where she is being kept away from other athletes.
“In the last couple of days I have been feeling better. I am still testing positive.”
“I have not been bed ridden but I have not been quite right. I have been able to train and everyone has done everything they can to help but I have had to manage it, coming from Eugene and being jet-lagged and getting COVID I just had to be careful. I’ve just been trying to listen to my body.
“I will be on the start line.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon rejected a request from the District of Columbia seeking National Guard assistance in what the largest has called a “growing humanitarian crisis” prompted by thousands of migrants being bused to the city from two southern states.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin declined to provide Guard personnel and the use of the DC Armory to assist with the reception of migrants into the city, according to US defense officials. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Friday that the district may send an amended, “more specific” request, adding that she believes this is the first time a DC request for the National Guard has been denied.
One official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a decision not yet made public, said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s food and shelter program has provided funding for the problem, and has indicated those funds are sufficient at this point.
Bowser, the largest Democratic district’s, formally asked the White House last month for an open-ended deployment of 150 National Guard members per day as well as a “suitable federal location” for a mass housing and processing center, mentioning the DC Armory as a logical candidate.
During the spring, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, both Republicans, announced plans to send busloads of migrants to Washington, DC, in response to President Joe Biden’s decision to lift a pandemic-era emergency health order that restricted migrant entry numbers. On Friday, Abbott said the first group of migrants from his state had now been bused to New York as well.
As of mid-July, about 5,200 migrants had been bused from Texas to DC since April. As of Aug. 3, more than 1,300 had been sent from Arizona since May. The governors call the practice a voluntary free ride – paid for by state taxpayers — that gets migrants closer to family or support networks.
But Bowser last month dismissed that characterization, saying that the asylum-seekers are being “tricked,” as many don’t get close enough to their final destinations and some are ditched at Union Station near the US Capitol and the White House. Often they arrive with no resources and no clue what to do next.
On Friday, Bowser told reporters that the Pentagon appears to be concerned “about the open-ended nature of our request.” and that a more specific one would help.
“We want to continue to work with the Department of Defense so that they understand our operational needs and to assure that political considerations are not a part of their decision,” Bowser said, adding that she believes the “crisis” will only worsen. “We need the National Guard. If we were a state, I would have already done it.”
A coalition of local charitable groups has been working to feed and shelter the migrants, aided by a $1 million grant from FEMA. But organizers have been warned that both their resources and personnel were nearing exhaustion.
“This reliance on NGOs is not working and is unsustainable — they are overwhelmed and underfunded,” Bowser said in her letter. She has repeatedly stated that the influence is stressing her government’s ability to care for its own homeless residents and now requires a federal response.
Bowser sharply criticized Abbott and Ducey, accusing them of “cruel political gamesmanship” and saying the pair had “decided to use desperate people to score political points.”
Explaining his decision to add New York City as a destination, Abbott said that Biden’s “refusal to acknowledge the crisis caused by his open border policies” forced Texas to “take unprecedented action to keep our communities safe.”
He said the migrants are being dropped off at the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
“In addition to Washington, DC, New York City is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city,” Abbott said.
In response, Fabien Levy, spokesman for Adams, tweeted that Abbott’s “continued use of human beings as political pawns is disgusting. NYC will continue to welcome asylum seekers w/ open arms, as we have always done, but we still need support from DC.”
As mayor of DC, Bowsesr does not have the authority to personally order a National Guard deployment, an issue that has become emotionally charged in recent years as a symbol of the district’s entrenched status as less than a state.
Her limited authority played a role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. When it became clear that Capitol Police were overmatched by the crowds, Bowser couldn’t immediately deploy the district guard. Instead, crucial time was lost while the request was considered inside the Pentagon, and protesters rampaged through the building.
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Associated Press writer Ashraf Khalil in Washington, DC, Karen Matthews in New York City and Bob Christie in Phoenix contributed to this report.
The WellCare Today Samsung Galaxy 4 LTE Smartwatch With HealthAssist (starting at $199, plus a monthly subscription) is more than a stylish smartwatch. In addition to connecting you with an emergency response agent when you fail or otherwise need help, it takes ECG readings, monitors your blood oxygen level and heart rate, and tracks your daily activities. It also offers numerous caregiver features including medicine and appointment reminders, messaging, and hands-free two-way calling. A Remote Patient Monitoring feature even sends your real-time health data directly to your doctor. All these features, in conjunction with the watch’s Wi-Fi connectivity and GPS location tracking, make it our new Editors’ Choice winner for mobile medical alert systems.
A Stylish and Durable Design
The Editors’ Choice-winning Samsung Galaxy Watch4 is the basis of the system, but the real star here is WellCare Today’s HealthAssist software (more on this later). You still get all of the Wear OS and Samsung app functionality as you do with the regular Watch4, but the HealthAssist software transforms it into a capable medical alert system.
The watch is available in several styles and sizes. WellCare Today offers 40mm ($199) and 44mm ($229) standard models in black, silver, or rose gold, as well as 42mm ($299) and 46mm ($329) variations of the Classic model (with a rotating bezel) in black or silver .
WellCare Today sent us the black version of the standard 44mm watch. Our test model measures approximately 1.7 inches by 0.4 inches (WD), weighs about 1.1 ounces, and comes with a smooth lightweight rubber wrist strap. Despite its stylish looks, this watch is pretty rugged: It meets the MIL-STD-810G standard for durability and sports an IP68 weather resistance rating. It also adheres to the 5ATM waterproof spec, which means it can last for up to 10 minutes at depths of up to 164 feet. The 1.4-inch AMOLED display has a 480-by-480-pixel resolution and features a protective Corning Gorilla Glass cover.
A 1.18GHz Exynos W920 Dual Core processor powers the watch, which comes with 1.5GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. It has Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, and Wi-Fi radios, along with built-in fall detection, location tracking, and hands-free two-way talk (AT&T provides cellular service for the latter) features. The bottom of the watch houses a multifunction health sensor that can take an ECG; record your blood oxygen levels and your body composition (body fat, skeletal muscle, body water, body mass index); perform a stress test; and measure your heart rate. The watch also has a step counter and provides Sleep Insight readings based on your activity and blood oxygen levels while you are asleep. Temperature and blood pressure readings are on the horizon pending FDA approval.
The watch uses a rechargeable 361mAh battery that can last up to 40 hours between charges, but as with the Medical Guardian MGMove Smartwatch (starting at $199.95), you should charge the watch every day with the included magnetic charger to be safe.
The right side of the watch has two buttons: Press and hold both simultaneously to power up the watch. When you press and hold the top button you can just say, “Call for help,” to initiate a call to 911 or an emergency response center depending on your preference (this is preprogrammed before shipping). Pressing this button twice automatically dials the number. The bottom button wakes up the watch and doubles as a back button for navigating the menus.
WellCare Today Subscription Features and Watch Interface
The two available subscription levels are comparable with those for the Medical Guardian MGMove Smartwatch ($39.95 per month) and the LifeStation Sidekick Smart ($43.95 per month), but neither of these other watches offers fall detection.
A HealthAssist Gold subscription costs $34.95 per month and includes one-press calls to a caregiver, one-press calls to 911 or an emergency call center, medication reminders, Managing Medication Adherence (the watch alerts a caregiver if you don’t take your meds ), blood oxygen monitoring, blood pressure monitoring (again, pending FDA approval), fall detection, and ECG tracking. For $44.95 per month, a Platinum subscription gives everything above as well as Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM). With RPM, the watch sends data such as ECG, blood oxygen, blood pressure, and stress readings to a participating physician or caregiver so they can monitor your health in real time. This allows doctors and caregivers to intervene quickly when the data suggests an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, or any other medical issue. Along with the subscription fee, you must pay a one-time $30 cellular activation fee and a $25 shipping fee.
Despite its robust feature set, the watch is very easy to use. When you turn it on or press a button, you see a classic watch dial with hour, minute, and second hands. Tap the amber circle on the left to automatically place a call to your caregiver, or tap the green circle on the right to initiate a test call to make sure everything is working correctly. When the watch detects a fail, it automatically places a call to 911 or the emergency call center if you remain motionless. At this point, agents can pinpoint your location and dispatch help if you do not respond. If there is no emergency, press the red X to cancel the call.
Swipe the watch face to the left to see your blood oxygen, ECG, heart rate, body composition, and stress measurements. Keep swiping left to access the step counter and Sleep Insights screens, as well as to reach a FAQ screen; connect with HealthAssist customer service; and view health data including reminder notifications and daily activity. The Special Functions screen lets you refresh data (send data to the servers); check battery life; view Wi-Fi and cellular signal strength; and send diagnostic information to HealthAssist.
Back at the dial face, swipe down to access Wi-Fi, NFC, and Bluetooth settings; set the display brightness; enable sound and vibration modes for calls and notifications; set ringtones; and change the font size. Swipe up from the bottom of the dial to access Samsung apps that let you view call history, configure settings, access a compass, check the weather, set timers, use the calculator, and lots more. You can technically connect the watch to your Samsung phone, but we don’t recommend it, because doing so deletes the HealthAssist app and all of its data.
Users and caregivers can use the HealthAssist Web Companion app to enter medical information; create medicine and appointment reminders; track your location; monitor emergency call events; and more. The software is available only on the web (there’s no mobile companion app), but it’s very easy to use and offers a wealth of information.
When you first log in, you see a dashboard with several large green buttons: Medication, Reminder Messages, Instrument Messages, Personal Health Record, Message Inbox, and Device Location. Tap the Medication button to enter medication names, dosages, and schedules. Here, you can also view medication histories, select pharmacies, add reminders, and see if the scheduled medication dosage is complete. Use the Reminder Message button to add one-time or recurring reminders for things like doctor appointments. Instrument Messages tell you when to take an ECG test or check your blood oxygen level. The Personal Health Record button lets you enter information such as your primary care physician, insurance carrier, and important medical history. The Message Inbox lets you see previous reminders (with time stamps). Finally, the Device Location button opens a map that shows your real-time location.
Simple Setup, Responsive Performance
Preparing the HealthAssist watch for first use is easy. Simply plug in the charger and place the watch on the magnetic charging disc for around 30 minutes to ensure it is fully charged. At this point, you or a caregiver can log in to the HealthAssist web portal and enter medication reminders, doctor and insurance information, and emergency contact information. It’s also a good idea to press the green circle on the watch face to test the watch before you venture out.
The watch worked well in our tests. An average response time (the time it takes for the watch to connect us to a live agent after we press the button) of 26 seconds was identical to that of the Medical Guardian MGMove watch. For comparison, the LifeStation Sidekick Smart and Kanega Watch respectively took 28 and 46 seconds on average.
As with every medical alert device we’ve tested, the emergency response agents were helpful and polite. Two-way audio was also clean and adequately loud. I compared the step counter readings with that of a Fitbit Inspire 2 and they were nearly identical. Device Location tracking was accurate, too.
Comprehensive Wrist-Based Health Monitoring
The WellCare Today Samsung Galaxy 4 LTE Smartwatch With HealthAssist is an excellent alternative to a mobile medical alert device that you attach to your belt or wear around your neck. Granted, you have to shell out $199 for the watch and up to another $45 per month for a subscription, but that’s pretty much in line with what you pay for other medical alert watches. In its favor, the WellCare Today watch includes fall detection, offers web-based location tracking, and reports real-time health data to physicians and caregivers. All this earns the WellCare Today Samsung Galaxy 4 LTE Smartwatch With HealthAssist our Editors’ Choice award for medical alert devices.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office vowed Friday to send even more busloads of border-crossers to the Big Apple — as the Lone Star State continues to grapple with the ongoing migrant crisis.
The Republican governor said the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan would be a drop-off spot going forward after the first busload from the border arrived in the city Friday morning.
“Over 50 migrants were bused to New York City this morning from the southern border in Texas,” Abbott’s office said in a statement.
“This is now a drop-off location for our ongoing seeking strategy.”
Abbott has already dispatched dozens of buses — filled with more than 6,100 migrants — to Washington DC since April.
He vowed to continue to charter buses to both New York and the nation’s capital as his state struggles to deal with the unprecedented number of migrants illegally crossing the US-Mexico border.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talks with Fox News’ Jesse Waters on border issues.foxnewsMigrants plead for hospitality after arriving at the Port Authority Bus Terminal.foxnews
“Because of President Biden’s continued refusal to acknowledge the crisis caused by his open border policies, the State of Texas has had to take unprecedented action to keep our communities safe,” Abbott said in announcing the arrival of the bus at Port Authority Gate 14.
“In addition to Washington, DC, New York City is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city.
“I hope he follows through on his promise of welcoming all migrants with open arms so that our overrun and overwhelmed border towns can find relief.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to send more migrant buses to the Big Apple.foxnews
Adams, who has already warned that NYC’s homeless shelters are being overrun by migrants, turned down Abbott’s invitation to visit the border earlier this week to see the “dire situation” firsthand.
Abbott told Fox News’ Jesse Watters Thursday night that he wished Adams and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser would reconsider his offer.
“They do need to realize the magnitude of the chaos created by Biden’s open-border policies,” Abbott said.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott hopes Mayor Eric Adams will accommodate the migrants.foxnewsTexas Gov. Greg Abbott previously invited Mayor Eric Adams to visit the US-Mexico border.Chris Rusanowsky/ZUMA Press Wire
“They’re up in arms about a few thousand people coming into their communities over the past few months? Listen, in any one sector in the state of Texas, we have more than 5,000 people coming across [the border] in that sector every single day.”
“We’re full in the state of Texas,” Abbott added. “Our communities are overrun, and I started busing people to Washington DC, when local officials could not handle the number of people that had come across our border.”
Following months of rumors that Australian talent Barcode was seeking a move to a North American team, the Aussie debuted for G2 Esports in the HCS NA Super this weekend. Taking the fourth spot on the roster, one that has already been inhabited by three different players in the past six months, Barcode made a statement with a standout performance that saw G2 take down Spacestation Gaming 3-0 in their first match of pool play.
While all three games in the best-of-five series were a closer call than the final series score may suggest, G2 can be encouraged by the lineup’s immediate potential and ability to close out tight games. Barcode was a major factor in putting that potential on display, topping G2’s stat screen in games one and two.
The Australian was the only member of G2 who could keep up with the slaying output of Spacestation’s Ace and Suppressed in Capture The Flag in game one. With seven more kills to his name than his closest teammate, for a total of 26, Barcode’s performance proved essential in a game that went to overtime and only concluded with G2 taking a narrow 2-1 victory. This was despite Ace and Suppressed both finishing the match with 13 and 10.7 KDA’s, respectively—a worrying sign that Spacestation’s objective play requires some major improvements.
Barcode also secured a triple kill in Slayer on Streets in game two, topping his team yet again with 15 kills overall in the match. Spacestation’s struggles in the series were only exacerbated when they faltered in the face of a small lead in their favor toward the end of the game. A two-kill advantage for Spacestation with 10 kills to go culminated in a 50-42 win for G2, which proved to be a momentum swing that Spacestation failed to recover from in the third and final game.
Here are the final results for Pool D’s match between G2 Esports and Spacestation Gaming:
Capture The Flag on Catalyst: 2-1 G2
Slayer on Streets: 50-42 G2
Oddball on Recharge: 2-0 G2
Barcode left his Australian organization, The Chiefs Esports Club, after a six-month period of total dominance in the region at the beginning of halo-infinite‘s competitive season. While Barcode and G2 wo n’t enjoy the same kind of record in the face of the heightened competition in North America, it’s clear those greater heights and greater rewards are far more of a home for Barcode’s talents than his home region ever was .
G2 will continue at the HCS NA Super this weekend as they aim to top Pool D and stake a claim at the top of North America with its refreshed roster.
McLaren is believed to have signed Piastri initially on a reserve driver deal for 2023, one that it intends to upgrade to a race seat, assuming that a plan for Ricciardo’s early exit is eventually agreed.
Ricciardo has a signed McLaren contract for next season as part of the original three-year deal that he signed in early 2020, while still at Renault.
Ricciardo and the team will now have to agree to a settlement involving a substantial pay-off in order for him to walk away at the end of this season.
He is understood to have no interest in moving sideways into the team’s Formula E programme, and is determined to find another seat in F1.
The Woking-based team is confident that it can hang on to Piastri despite Alpine’s claim that it has a valid contract with the youngster for 2023.
The Enstone team made an announcement to that effect on Tuesday that was subsequently challenged by Piastri on social media.
It’s believed that Piastri’s ability to walk away from Alpine is based on a claim that his 2023 deal with the team was never properly signed. The 31st July date – widely believed to be related to an option the team had on him – is understood to have no special relevance.
The dispute looks set to go to the Contract Recognition Board, although there is also some question of whether Alpine actually lodged a contract with the CRB that covered 2023.
Oscar Piastri, Reserve Driver, Alpine F1 Team
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It has emerged that McLaren began to explore the possibility of hiring Piastri several weeks ago as it looked for possible replacements for Ricciardo.
McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl is close to Piastri’s manager Mark Webber, having worked with him with Porsche in the World Endurance Championship.
At that time Piastri looked set to go to Williams on a loan deal that would see him return to Alpine in 2024 or 2025.
However, after McLaren showed an interest, it emerged that Piastri could be a free agent for 2023 after all, and with the Woking outfit seen as a step up from Williams, negotiations became more serious.
Ricciardo meanwhile is clearly high on the list of possible replacements for Fernando Alonso at Alpine, although he upset the Renault top management when he agreed his McLaren move, and that hurdle will have to be overcome.
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Haas could also be an option if as expected Mick Schumacher leaves, although in theory Ferrari has a claim on who takes the seat.
Sometimes pay-off deals like the one Ricciardo is set to receive can be impacted by the driver concerned subsequently finding a seat elsewhere. When Kimi Raikkonen was dropped by Ferrari at the end of 2009 he spent two years out of F1 in part so he could retain the full amount.
However, it’s understood that given the sums involved required to satisfy Ricciardo’s original deal, one scenario is that even if he lands a drive elsewhere he may end up still being paid by McLaren not to race for the team in 2023.
Aussie star Michelle Jenneke has run the fastest time of her life to thunder into the final of the 100m hurdles at the Commonwealth Games.
The 29-year-old was looking absolutely shredded as she stood on the starter’s blocks before her heat and it turns out there is no secret behind the physical shape she is in which has her running the best times in her entire career. She told Channel 7 after the race she is in “the shape of my life”.
Jenneke finished second in Heat 3 at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham and moves into the final with the second-quickest overall time, behind only world record holder Tobi Amusan of Nigeria.
Jenneke’s time of 12.63 will not count as a new personal best because the time was wind-assisted.
However, the form is undeniably there.
Her run on Friday night (AEST) would suggest she is a red-hot medal chance, but she is toning down expectations for the final on Sunday night where five of the eight runners were also in the final of the World Championships in Oregon last month .
“This is a very strong field,” she said.
“It’s a very strong field here. I don’t know if I’ll quite be good enough for a medal, but hopefully I can run a personal best and we’ll see where that puts me.”
It is clear she deserves her place alongside the fastest runners in the world.
“Even when I was young at my first world champs I was never really intimidated by anyone,” she said.
“I feel like for me, when I go out there I’m just trying to put my best foot forward and they’re doing the same thing and if they beat me, they beat me. As long as I’m doing my best then that’s all I really care about.
“I’m not too worried about what the other athletes do, except for using them to try and get faster time.”
She said her peak physical condition is simply the result of finally being able to have a stretch without injuries where she could get in an extended training block.
“I haven’t really changed things. It’s just one of those things where I’ve been able to string together some training where I haven’t been injured,” she said.
“So I’ve actually been able to get every session done. When you do that things seem to come together. That’s really all it is. Nothing too special.”
Jenneke ran a career-saving personal best time of 12.66 at the World Championships.
Jenneke’s time wasn’t even enough for her to sneak into the final as Amusan obliterated her personal best time by almost 0.3 seconds to set the new world record at 12.12.
Jenneke’s time in Oregon made her the second-quickest women’s 100m hurdler Australia has ever produced, behind only Sally Pearson.
Jenneke famously went viral with her trademark pre-race shake at the 2012 World Junior Championships and it ultimately led to her being one of the highest-profile stars of the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Jenneke was once a household name who attracted global attention — and major endorsement deals from some of the world’s biggest companies. She was sponsored by Coca-Cola at the Rio Games and her face was plastered across billboards in the Brazilian city.
But she copped fierce criticism for a disappointing showing at those Games, finishing a kilometer in her 100m hurdles heat.
Australian track and field coach at the time, Craig Hilliard, accused Jenneke of arriving in Rio out of shape and questioned whether distractions away from the track contributed to her lackluster showing. Athletics Australia then cut her funding from her.
She rebounded for a strong performance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast and narrowly missed out on a bronze medal.
Four injury-riddled years later and Jenneke is doing plenty to make Australia fall in love with her again.
Thunderstorms pounded a section of the Sierra Nevada east of Lake Tahoe, stretching from Reno to California’s Alpine County, this week, delivering heavy rain, flooding roadways and triggering mudslides, the National Weather Service said.
“We typically see a push of monsoon moisture each summer, and it varies from year to year, how long the surge is and how strong it is,” said Wendell Hohmann, a forecaster with the weather service’s Reno office. “This year kind of came late. We were pretty dry up to mid-July and then finally a door opened to allow it in.
The thunderstorms hit as monsoonal moisture from the desert Southwest climbed northward into California and Nevada.
Video shows debris flows near Markleeville. A flash flood emergency has been issued for parts of Alpine County. Read more >> https://t.co/GWtrdnMjQx pic.twitter.com/uZ7OEO6zCl
A gauge in Alpine County’s Markleeville, 30 miles southeast of South Lake Tahoe, recorded 2.49 inches of rain in 90 minutes on Wednesday. “It was 2.2 inches in 60 minutes — that’s how intense it was,” Hohmann said. On Thursday, Monitor Pass measured 0.8 inches of rain on Thursday, he said.
Debris flows crossed over Hot Springs Road, piling large boulders onto the road, Grover Hot Springs State Park employees and the California Highway Patrol said on Wednesday.
Highway 89 in the Markleeville area of Alpine County is closed due to severe flooding, Caltrans said.
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The Tamarack Fire burned through the Markleeville area in 2021, and on Wednesday the weather service issued a flash flood emergency for the burn scar, followed by a flash flood warning Thursday.
“This is a particularly dangerous situation! Seek higher ground now,” the weather service said Wednesday.
Highway 89 from Turtle Rock to Markleeville is closed with no estimated time of reopening mud and debris flows that washed out part of the road, officials said. State Route 4 to Turtle Rock Park is also closed due to a mudslide.
The Tahoe area wasn’t hit with heavy rain, but Hohmann said thunderstorms are possible Friday.
***UPDATE*** Flash flood warning for the Tamarack burn scar EXTENDED until 5:45 PM PDT. Thunderstorms continue to produce heavy rainfall over the burn area. Please continue to avoid this area. #CAwx#NVwxpic.twitter.com/xwjlZyvFor
The Reno Airport reported 1.22 inches of rainfall from a strong thunderstorm between 7:45 pm and 8:45 pm Wednesday, the weather service said. This is more rain than the airport has seen in the past seven months.
“Before Wednesday, the airport had seen only 0.74 inches from Jan. 1 all the way to Tuesday,” Hohmann said.
The official airport gauge recorded another 0.24 inch on Thursday, though Hohmann said another gauge at the south end of the runway had an inch of rain.
The weather service issued several flash flood watches for the Reno area Wednesday and Thursday, and the Reno Fire Department on Wednesday said some it rescued some drivers from flooded roadways Wednesday.
More thunderstorms are in the forecast for the Reno area Friday, and the flash flood watch remains in effect.
A monsoon refers to a seasonal reversal of wind patterns over a region. The summer monsoon is associated with an increase in thunderstorm activity; in North America, winds pull moisture from the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico and transport it into the Southwest US
The summer monsoon is a typical weather pattern that is most pronounced in the interior Southwest states of Arizona and New Mexico. Sometimes the moisture pushes northward into California, the weather service said.
When monsoon moisture flows into Northern California, lightning is usually more common in the Sierra Nevada than along the coast due to the mountains’ lack of a marine layer and its topography. The air mass is forced to lift, intensifying the thunderstorms, the weather service said.
Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy has pleaded for Brandon Smith’s hip-drop tackle to not be judged with the “hysteria” of the week in mind, after the Storm forward was reported in his side’s win over the Titans on Friday night.
Smith was reported for performing a hip-drop tackle on Titans captain Tino Fa’asuamaleaui in the 29th minute of the Storm’s 32-14 win in Melbourne.
The Storm’s second win in succession was not only soured by Smith being reported but gun halfback Jahrome Hughes suffering a suspected shoulder subluxation. The New Zealand international didn’t feature in the second half and will undergo scans.
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Brandon Smith was reported for executing a hip-drop tackle on Tino Fa’asuamaleaui, leading to a plea to officials from Craig Bellamy. (FoxLeague)
Smith was reported in his first game back from a three-match suspension for calling a referee a “cheating bastard”.
NRL media has been dominated by hip-drop controversy this week, after Broncos lock Patrick Carrigan was hit with a four-match ban for an ugly move on Wests Tigers playmaker Jackson Hastings.
Bellamy begged for officials to not be influenced by the fallout of the Carrigan tackle in assessing the Smith incident.
“I just hope it gets judged on the tackle and not some of the hysteria that has been going on this week. That’s all we’d ask,” Bellamy said in his post-game press conference.
“How many have there been? If there’s one in how many games since the last hip-drop…
“Pat Carrigan doesn’t go out on the field to try to break Jackson Hastings’ leg.
Brandon Smith bursts through the Titans’ defense. (Hamish Blair/NRL Imagery)
“At the end of the day they’re usually accidents. I understand if they are in the game they need to be out. I don’t think they’re a big issue in the game.
“Obviously with Jackson getting injured — I don’t think Pat went out there on purpose to do that.
“Like I say, I don’t see it as a real big issue in the game. I understand it can injure people, so we want to get it out of the game, without a doubt.
“We just hope (the Smith tackle), and I’m sure it will, gets judged on that… like I say, it’s been in the news a lot this week.”
Fa’asuamaleaui defended Smith in the Titans’ post-match press conference.
“Just an accident,” he said.
“I think he went low and then obviously slipped onto my ankle and gave me a bit of a stinger.
“It was all an accident.”
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Gold Coast coach Justin Holbrook believes the NRL is handling the hip-drop issue correctly.
“I don’t think they’re done deliberately, but they are dangerous,” Holbrook said.
“I think we’re doing the right thing. We’ve got to identify them and get them out of the game because we don’t want to see the injuries that are happening.
“No one’s running recklessly to do that, I don’t think.”
Melbourne’s win was inspired by Cameron Munster, who made a return to fullback for the injured Nick Meaney.
The Queensland State of Origin five-eighth piled up 20 points, including a hat-trick and four conversions.
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Multiple people were injured, including two police officers, after a car plowed through a parade celebrating Native American culture in New Mexico Thursday evening, police say.
The incident unfoldedat the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial Centennial Celebration, honoring Native American culture and heritage, New Mexico State Police said. The parade started at 7 pm according to the event website.
Jarring videos shared on social media showed the parade underway with dancers and performers in the street when the tan SUV appeared and people scrambled to run out of its path. Spectators were heard screaming and shouting “oh my God!” as they ran.
The vehicle appeared to speed through the parade route, not slowing down as attendees panicked and tried to flee the scene.
The City of Gallup, located about two hours west of Albuquerque, said in an incident alert at 8 pm local time, “Fortunately, no spectators or parade participants have been reported as struck by the vehicle.”
However, New Mexico State Police said multiple were injured in the ensuing chaos. A number of the injured was not released and they were treated at the scene, police said.
The City of Gallup said “the vehicle and its three occupants” were detained. Their names have not been released.
“There have been reports of shots fired but nothing has been confirmed at this time. Gallup Police are on the scene and an investigation is underway,” the alert said.
NBC News has reached out to New Mexico State Police for more details on the arrests.
The parade was part of an 11-day celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial.
“Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial is one of the oldest continuous recognitions of Native American culture and heritage and known for attracting an international audience,” a news release for the event said.
Kaelyn Bahe was at the parade and filmed the moment the SUV ran through the route, swerving along the road until it was out of sight.
“Everyone just took off their cars, I ran straight to mine,” she wrote on Facebook. “Please know I was super shocked and hella scared that I was asking everyone if they were okay.”
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez shared a live video saying, “We were in the path of the vehicle.”
“Thank God that folks that were around me, our team members, our council delegates, were not stuck by the vehicle. It turned the corner and from that point on I don’t know what happened, but before that, it came straight towards us, the vehicle,” he said.
Navajo Nation Council Speaker Seth Damon condemned the incident saying, “This was a traumatic and triggering event for many, especially our youth, elders, and our veterans who acted quickly.”
“The Navajo Nation stands with resilience against any acts of violence and sends prayers of protection to those affected,” Damon said, adding, “the perpetrators will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
The Thursday panic was the latest example of violence at community parades.
Last November, an SUV plowed through the Christmas Parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin fatally striking six and injuring dozens more. In Highland Park, Illinois, a Fourth of July parade turned deadly when a gunman opened fired, killing 7 people and wounding dozens of others.
Marlene Lenthang is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
