News analysis 26/10/18

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-6322607/US-sends-aid-Pacific-islands-devastated-huge-typhoon.html

US sends aid to Pacific islands devastated by huge typhoon

An overturned car is shown at the airport after Super Typhoon Yutu hit the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Garapan, Saipan. Residents of the U.S. territory are preparing for months without electricity or running water after the islands were slammed with the strongest storm on Thursday to hit any part of the U.S. this year. (AP Photo/Dean Sensui)

The federal government sent supplies to a U.S. territory in the Pacific that was ravaged by a super typhoon as residents of the Northern Mariana Islands dug through crumbled houses, smashed cars and fallen utility poles two days after the deadly storm.

This is an example of hard news as there is a possibly deadly threat.





Eighth child dies at New Jersey center hit by viral outbreak


The outbreak of adenovirus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, New Jersey, was first reported by the New Jersey Department of Health on Tuesday with the deaths of six children with compromised immune systems. The seventh death was announced the next day.

This is an example of hard news as people died making it important for anybody in the community.

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