Hurricane Lowellâs core neared Kauai County under a Hurricane Warning, Chancellor Merz said Saxony-Anhaltâs AfD win shook his party âto its very foundations,â and NTSB investigators walked the Miami Amazon cargo overrun that killed five. Ten stories as of Monday evening, September 7.
1. Kauai / Hawaii. Category 3 Hurricane Lowell was centered about 230 miles southwest of Lihue at 2 p.m. HST Monday with 110 mph winds, moving north-northeast near 18 mph, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center said in Intermediate Advisory 47A. A Hurricane Warning covers Kauai County (Kauai and Niihau) and PapahÄnaumokuÄkea from Nihoa to French Frigate Shoals; a Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Oahu. The core is forecast to pass near or just west of Niihau tonight into early Tuesday, with hurricane conditions expected in Kauai County beginning Monday afternoon or evening, 6â10 inches of rain on Kauai (locally up to 16), 2â4 feet of storm surge in Kauai County, and flash-flood and mudslide risk.
2. Magdeburg / Saxony-Anhalt. A day after the far-right Alternative for Germany took about 43.8% in Saxony-Anhalt â 39 of 83 seats, three short of a majority â Chancellor Friedrich Merz told his CDU board the result shook the party âto its very foundationsâ but again ruled out cooperating with the AfD, Reuters reported, citing Bild. An Infratest dimap poll for ARD found 87% of voters in the state unhappy with Merzâs government. French officials called the outcome a worrying signal for Europeâs broader populist wave. The new Landtag must convene by October 6; mainstream parties kept their firewall against coalition with the AfD.
3. Strait of Hormuz / Persian Gulf. Iranâs Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei said Tehran will announce a new restricted zone in coming days from the U.S. Navy blockade line toward Hormuz and into the Gulf, with any ship entering placed on Iranâs sanctions list, Al Jazeera and Reuters reported. Rezaei also said IranâOman corridor maps should be signed soon. On Monday, oil prices rose on the weekend shipping strikes; Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned that U.S. oil and gas companies in the region were âexposedâ; and UAE officials said they were building alternative export routes. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said strait transits were averaging more than 9 million barrels a day.
4. Kfar Rumman / southern Lebanon. Israeli air strikes overnight killed at least 12 people in and around Kfar Rumman, including two children, four women, and a paramedic, Lebanonâs health ministry told the BBC and Reuters. One strike destroyed a residential building; a second hit a vehicle carrying medics. The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure and fighters transferring weapons after drone attacks on troops, and said claims that uninvolved people were harmed were under review. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called the attacks a dangerous escalation jeopardizing Juneâs U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
5. Miami. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said Monday the five people killed when an Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 overran a Miami runway Sunday were in a cleaning-company van carrying seven people and an SUV struck outside airport property; the jet traveled about 1,300 feet past the paved surface through fencing and vehicles in what she called âutter devastation,â the Associated Press reported. Flight data and cockpit voice recorders were recovered for review in Washington, with more detail expected Tuesday. Two of four runways remained closed Monday, and the airport logged dozens of additional cancellations.
6. Jakarta / Anak Krakatau. Indonesiaâs Geological Agency said Monday that Anak Krakatauâs continuous eruption episode had ended early Sunday but the volcano remains at Level III (Siaga) with high seismicity and a 3 km exclusion zone, while ash from the weekend still disrupted aviation into Monday, including SingaporeâJakarta cancellations, BBC and Indonesiaâs Geological Agency (ESDM) reported. Authorities said further eruptions remain possible; there was no tsunami warning.
7. Fogo Island / Cape Verde. At least 25 people, many of them schoolchildren and teenagers, were killed when a bus plunged about 30 meters into a ravine on a mountain road late Saturday, Reuters reported. The outing was a privately arranged trip; the driver was among the dead. President José Maria Neves called it a great catastrophe, and the government ordered national mourning while a prime ministerial delegation traveled to the island.
8. Viacha / Bolivia. Boliviaâs Defense Ministry held the death toll from Fridayâs twin blasts at an army explosives facility in Viacha at six, with about 11 people still missing and dozens injured earlier, AFP reported. Officials say the site stored confiscated fireworks, grenades, and TNT-based explosives; search work continues under high explosive risk.
9. Canberra / Honiara. Australia and Solomon Islands have reached an in-principle agreement on a new bilateral treaty, with talks described as substantively concluded and a possible signing in coming weeks, ABC News reported. A verified message from Australiaâs high commissioner outlined more than A$980 million in additional funding tied to the deal, including support for free education and security requests.
10. Ottawa / Washington. Canadaâs dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs on about C$27.6 billion of U.S. goods remain set for 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, September 8 â hours away as of Monday evening Pacific â covering steel, dairy, appliances, pulp and paper, and electronics at 15â50 percent rates, per the Department of Finance. Trade talks have been frozen since late August. Goods already in transit when the surtaxes take effect are exempt.
Coming up. Tuesday 8 September â 81st session of the U.N. General Assembly opens, New York; Canadian counter-tariffs take effect. Wednesday 9âThursday 10 September â ECB Governing Council rate decision. Saturday 12âSunday 13 September â BRICS summit, New Delhi. Sunday 13 September â Sweden general election. Tuesday 15âWednesday 16 September â Federal Open Market Committee, with projections. The standing calendar is at The Watch.
Sources: Central Pacific Hurricane Center / NHC; Reuters; Al Jazeera; BBC; AP; AFP; ABC News (Australia); Canada Department of Finance; BBC; Indonesian Geological Agency (ESDM).
