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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 18 February 2020
U.K. grapples with severe floods, storm death toll rises to 3

By DANICA KIRKA and JAN the search for a 55-year-
M. OLSEN old woman who had been
Associated Press missing near Tenbury in
LONDON (AP) — Britain is- Worcestershire since Sun-
sued severe flood warn- day.
ings Monday, advising of A man pulled from the wa-
life-threatening danger af- ter in the same incident
ter Storm Dennis dumped was airlifted to a hospital,
weeks' worth of rain in where he remains in stable
some places. A woman condition, police said.
was found dead after be- The weather system
ing swept away by the brought winds of more
floodwaters, the storm's than 145 kph (90 mph)
third confirmed victim. and up to 150 millimeters
To the east, Dennis' gale- (6 inches) of rain to Britain
force winds also left nine over the weekend. And the
people injured in Germany tumult is not over.
as their vehicles crashed "We expect disruptive
into broken trees litter- weather into the middle
ing roads and train tracks. of this week bringing a sig-
Flooding and power out- nificant flood risk for the
ages were reported else- West Midlands, and there
where in northern Europe. are flood warnings in place A member of the public is rescued after flooding in Nantgarw, Wales, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020.
By Monday evening, Brit- across much of England,'' Associated Press
ain's Environment Agency said Toby Willison, Execu-
issued seven severe flood tive Director of Operations nesses and disrupted travel said. "All you could hear events are becoming more
warnings in the central at Britain's Environment across Britain. Some told was the water running. I've extreme, but we've done
English counties of Here- Agency. stories of fleeing for their never seen anything like it. I everything that we can do
fordshire, Staffordshire and Forecasters said river levels lives. was very frightened." with a significant sum of
Worcestershire . Another in parts of northern Eng- Jeanette Cox, 68 and her Britain's environment sec- money," Environment Sec-
200 lower-level flood warn- land had yet to reach their daughter Rachel woke retary said climate change retary George Eustice said.
ings were also in place, peak. In the northern Eng- up to the sound of water was making extreme In Germany, at least nine
meaning that flooding was land city of York, authorities in their home in the Welsh weather events more com- people were injured in
expected. were piling up more than village of Nantgarw, near mon. But Prime Minister weather-related car acci-
Some 480 flood warnings 4,000 sandbags as the Rov- Cardiff, about at 4 am. Boris Johnson's Conserva- dents as high winds brought
and alerts were issued er Ouse continued to rise. Sunday. Cox said the only tive government denied it trees down onto roads and
across England on Mon- It's expected to peak on object that survived down- was unprepared for such train tracks.
day, the highest number on Tuesday. stairs was her wedding day storms. A commuter train with 67
record, the agency said. Other residents in Wales photograph that she had "We'll never be able to pro- passengers also crashed
The storm's confirmed and western England were kept on a windowsill. Her tect every single household, into a fallen tree in the
death toll rose to three as cleaning up Monday after husband Bill died from can- just because of the nature western German city of
West Mercia Police said a the storm flooded roads, cer in 2009. of climate change and the Dortmund, but nobody was
body had been found in railways, homes and busi- "It was pitch black,'' she fact that these weather injured. q

U.S. House speaker Pelosi

warns allies against using Huawei

BRUSSELS (AP) — No NATO to turn to over to Chinese of lack of privacy."
ally should succumb to interests, even though they U.S. President Donald
the temptation of letting can deliver such technol- Trump's administration has
Chinese tech giant Hua- ogy cheaper, thanks to the also raised national security
wei into their next-genera- fact that the company re- concerns about Huawei,
tion cellular networks, U.S. lied on Western know-how the world's largest telecom-
House Speaker Nancy Pe- to build its systems. munications equipment
losi said Monday at Allied "While some people say manufacturer, and is ag-
headquarters, turning U.S. that its cheaper to do Hua- gressively lobbying Western
opposition to Huawei into a wei — well yeah — it's a allies to bar the company
bipartisan effort. People's Liberation Army from their wireless, high- Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, center, speaks dur-
ing a media conference after a meeting at NATO headquarters
Pelosi said the invasion of initiative using reversed speed networks. in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 17, 2020.
privacy that would result engineering from Western Trump administration of- Associated Press
from having Huawei inte- technology," Pelosi, the se- ficials, including Cabinet
grated into Europe's 5G nior Democratic lawmaker, secretaries, say Huawei generation cellular net- networks.
communication networks told reporters in Brussels. can give the Chinese gov- works, but countries are Pelosi warned allies not to
would be "like having the "So, of course it's going to ernment backdoor access shying away from banning cave in to Chinese pressure
state police, the Chinese be cheaper to put on the to data, allegations that it altogether. Britain, nota- to take Huawei.
state police, right in your market. And if it's cheaper, the company rejects. bly, announced last month "You cannot sell the pri-
pocket." then they get the market The U.S. has been trying that it would allow Huawei vacy of the people of your
She insisted such technol- share and then they (Chi- to have European nations to participate in certain country down the river," Pe-
ogy was far too sensitive na) bring in their autocracy ban the gear from next- non-sensitive areas of its losi said.q