Hurricane Asani effects at Malpe Beach: Water sports, Malpe Island closed, hanging bridge damaged
Udupi: As a result of Hurricane Asani in the Bay of Bengal, the tides at Malpe Beach saw an unusual rise that have left the newly constructed hanging bridge at the beach damaged.
The bridge that was inaugurated four days ago, was closed for public along with all other water sports, following the unusually high tidal movements on Sunday evening.
The tides reportedly turned more aggressive in the night and has left the new bridge damaged. Damages parts of the bridge were seen floating in the sea on Monday morning.
Malpe Beach in-charge Sudesh Shetty however said, the repair work of the beach was underway and all the water sports activities and entry into the beach and ship ride to St. Mary's Island will remain closed till Tuesday to avoid any possible mishap.
Shetty further urged people to not spread false news regarding the hanging bridge and added that no untoward incident was reported at the bridge and the damage was solely because of the high tides due to the Hurricane.
"False information is being shared about the safety of the bridge claiming that people fell off the bridge during the hurricane effects. Those reports are untrue. We have closed the bridge for now, and will inform people when we resume entry for public, when the hurricane effects subside," Shetty said.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
