The death toll in Louisiana and Texas rose to 14 on Friday after it was hit by Hurricane Laura. Hurricane Laura hit the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 storm with a wind force of 150 miles per hour. It is the worst storm to hit the state since 1856. According to the Associated Press, the death toll from the Category 4 hurricane in the United States was 14, with…
Hurricane Laura hit the Louisiana coast early Thursday morning in one of the worst storms to hit the state. Laura reached shore — in a marshy and particularly vulnerable to storm surge — around 1am and was classified as a Category 4 hurricane. “This is one of the strongest storms on this stretch of the coastline. Said David Roth, National Weather Service forecaster. «We are concerned that the storm surge…
Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura dealt a devastating blow to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, forcing thousands of coastal residents to evacuate. Marco, which escalated into a hurricane on Sunday, is projected to reach the coast off the Louisiana coast on Monday. Laura, who hit the Dominican Republic and Haiti earlier Sunday and killed at least 10 people, is tentatively set to escalate into a…
Forest fires have caused more than 10,000 lightning strikes across California. California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency after 367 fires hit the state, 23 of which are considered major. They were the result of hot weather and more than 10,000 lightning strikes in the past few days. This is the worst thunderstorm in the state in ten years. Fires have already destroyed 330 thousand acres of…
A reading of 54.4 Celsius (130F) was taken at the Furnace Creek weather station in the global California National Park at 3:41 pm on Sunday — and nearly broke a record 100 years ago. However, this figure is disputed by meteorological experts, who claim that the readings were inaccurate. Many believe that true record temperatures of 129F were previously recorded in Death Valley on June 30, 2013, and Kuwait and…
In Russia, “inbound tourism” does not currently exist. Vice-President of ATOR Alexander Kurnosov told «Profile» about it. He emphasized that he spoke about both business and excursion, and sports travel to Russia of foreign tourists. Kuronosov stressed that “this also applies to such traditionally attractive cities as Moscow and St. Petersburg. Even if there are some entry permits, there is no particular hope of increasing the influx of foreign tourists,…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny emerged from an artificial coma, in which he had been since his poisoning on August 20. According to doctors from the Berlin Charite Hospital, his condition has improved. According to doctors, now Navalny is gradually disconnected from the ventilator. In addition, he began to respond to external stimuli. Hospital officials also stressed in an official statement that it is «too early to assess the potential…
A school in Colorado suspended a 12-year-old African American boy from school for five days and sent police to his home after a teacher saw a child «brandish» a toy gun during an online class. The incident happened on the third day of school, August 27, when Isaiah Elliot, a seventh grader at Grand Mountain School in Colorado Springs, was in an online art class. His mother, Dani Elliot, told…
After a Pennsylvania man ran out of a pizzeria with a can of tips in hand, investigators had little to no effort in finding him. Before the theft, 22-year-old Nicholas M. Marks applied for a job at this very pizzeria — prudently leaving his name and contact information. One Pizza D'Oro employee told authorities that Marks came to the store on August 26 to apply, but at one point grabbed…
In the video from the Sierra National Forest in California, a vacationer, trapped in the epicenter of a forest fire, is surrounded by flames on all sides. He is just one of 207 people caught in a fire trap and taken to safety at the last minute by rescue services. The footage, taken by a man identified as Jeremy Remington, shows vans with cars on fire, as well as flames…
