Rural America is facing higher coronavirus death rates than major US cities largely due to age

Rural America is seeing higher death rates from the novel coronavirus than its urban counterparts because of an aging population, a new report suggests. The research examined the impact of age on the potential death rate in each US county. A demographer found that more than half of the country’s rural counties would have significantly … Read more

Energy use in the US drops to lowest point in 16 YEARS due to coronavirus shutdowns

Energy use in the US drops to the lowest point in 16 YEARS as coronavirus shutdowns cause industrial and retail sector power consumption to fall Edison Electric Institute predicts a three percent drop in power consumption The biggest driver of the declines are retail and factory closures Residential power consumption is also declining as milder … Read more

FCO advises Britons against all non-essential global travel ‘indefinitely’ due to coronavirus crisis

Britons are advised against all non-essential foreign travel ‘INDEFINITELY’, but Which? warns it will cause confusion and may leave holidaymakers out of pocket The FCO says travellers may be unable to return home if they leave the UK Which? says the advice will cause a ‘huge amount of confusion’  for travellers It adds without an … Read more

Tornadoes left 1 million homes and businesses destroyed as people are put in hotels due to COVID-19

Deadly tornadoes that ripped through the South this weekend destroyed 1 million homes and businesses from Texas to the Carolinas, as those left homeless in some cases were moved into hotels because opening shelters was too risky because of the coronavirus outbreak. The storms which struck on Easter Sunday left at least 31 dead and … Read more

How to claim money back on a trip cut short due to coronavirus

How to claim money back on a trip cut short due to coronavirus and advice on a future walking holiday in the Alps: The Holiday Guru solves traveller queries By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 11:07 BST, 11 April 2020 | Updated: 11:08 BST, 13 April 2020 The Holiday Guru is always on call to answer … Read more