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If the controversial decision to let DaBaby perform didn’t put a stop to Boosie Badazz’s Boosie Bash, apparently a hurricane won’t either. The rapper’s Saturday Baton Rouge show at A.W. Mumford Stadium is still happing as planned, Boosie shared on Instagram Saturday, despite Hurricane Ida making its way to Louisiana and expecting to hit land on […]
At least 22 people have been killed after record-breaking rainfall caused extreme flooding throughout Middle Tennessee, AP reports. The staggering death toll belongs entirely to Humphreys County, which saw up to 17 inches of rain in less than 24 hours on Saturday, breaking the state’s single-day record by more than three inches. Meteorologists said the parts of Middle […]
A flash flood has devastated Central Tennessee, leading to the deaths of at least 10 and about 40 other missing people on Saturday. Rob Edwards, the Humphreys County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy, told the New York Times that there were “power outages all over the area.” He continued, “Complicating issues is the loss of all […]
Earlier this week, meteorological officials for the United Arab Emirates shared video of considerable downpour in Ras al Khaimah, the northernmost part of the country. The rainfall was the result of a method deployed by the UAE where rainstorms are created by using drones to zap clouds with electricity, The Washington Post reports. With temperatures reaching upwards of 115 degrees […]
A 13-year-old boy in Marissa, Illinois survived being sucked a half-mile down a storm drain during a flood that took place in the state this past weekend. “It was raining, and we were just out here playing — I was going to grab a ball and went underneath,” said the teen, Sebastian Calderon, according to WGN. “When I first […]
A lightning strike in Jaipur, a city in northern India, killed 11 people at a tourist spot on Sunday, in addition to causing injuries to many others, the Washington Post reports. Reuters reports that in total, 18 people died from similar strikes in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan on Sunday. The most startling report comes from CBS News, which says 76 people died […]
North America just experienced one of the hottest Junes in recorded history. According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, last month’s temperatures in the region were 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the average from 1991-2020, with some areas surpassing 110 degrees. The data also confirmed that 2021 marked the 12th consecutive year in which North America recorded […]
A massive iceberg broke away from Antarctica on Friday, CNN reports. A 490 square mile block of ice— bigger than New York City—broke free from the Brunt Ice Shelf near a British scientific outpost. According to a statement from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the ice was separated through a process called “calving.” Calving can be caused by crevasses […]
On Valentine’s Day, delivery driver Chelsea Timmons found herself stranded in Austin amid the brutal winter storm that left a good chunk of Texas without power. Fortunately for her, the driveway she was stuck in belonged to a generous couple, who invited her to stay for several days while they waited for the storm to […]
Four board members of Texas’ widely criticized power grid operator announced their decision to resign on Tuesday. These resignations follow outrage against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas for its handling of last week’s deadly winter storms that resulted in more than 4 million Texans losing power. According to the Associated Press, chairwoman Sally Talberg, vice chairman Peter Cramton, Terry […]
