Statoil: Some employees have been evacuated as a precaution, although the Titan platform is not expected to be affected by the storm.

Norfolk Southern (NSC.N): is closely monitoring reports of possible work stoppages at multiple ports on the U.S. East Coast beginning Tuesday, October 1. Norfolk Southern Railway is taking steps to minimize potential operational impacts across the network, including at intermodal facilities.

Market news: The suspect involved in the second attempted assassination of Trump was ordered to be detained awaiting court trial.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm John continues to rapidly intensify and is expected to become a major hurricane, bringing destructive winds, dangerous storm surges, and life-threatening flash flooding in parts of southern Mexico.

Israeli military spokesman Hajari: Civil defense instructions have not changed.

Israeli military spokesman Hajari: The Israeli Air Force attacked about 1,300 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon today and is still continuing the attack. The targets mainly include cruise missiles with a range of hundreds of kilometers, heavy rockets with warheads weighing 1,000 kilograms, medium-range rockets with a range of up to 200 kilometers, short-range rockets and armed drones.

Reuters poll: 13 of 26 analysts expect the Colombian central bank to cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 10.25%, while the remaining 13 analysts expect the Colombian central bank to cut its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points to 10%.

Chevron (CVX.N): Evacuating non-essential personnel from all Gulf of Mexico platforms.

Shell shut down the Appomattox oil platform due to the storm.

U.S. government regulators say the Federal Aviation Administration urgently needs to take action to modernize its aging air traffic control system.

Israeli Defense Minister: Today is an important peak. We have destroyed tens of thousands of (Lebanese Hezbollah) rockets and precision munitions.

IDF: Haifa was hit by five rockets early this evening, no casualties reported.

IDF: The Israeli Air Force has struck more than 1,100 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon so far today.

IDF spokesman: At 19:42, after an alarm was sounded in the Haifa area, five rocket launches from Lebanon were detected and Israeli air defense fighters intercepted several launches.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of US$380.372 billion from 71 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

Market news: Documents show that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered funds to be allocated from the budget to support Russian video game developers.

Market news: The Kremlin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Ministry of Defense to decide by November 1 whether it is necessary to establish an innovation center for the comprehensive use of drones in Yakutia.

Shell (SHEL.N): There are currently no other impacts on production in the Gulf of Mexico.

According to the Times of Israel: New rocket sirens sounded in Haifa, Israel.

Sources: Italian broadband network operator Fibercop plans to lay off 1,300 employees through a voluntary early retirement program.