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What is the polar vortex and how could its early disruption impact the US this winter?A disruption of the polar vortex is occurring earlier than usual this year, leading to potential changes in winter weather. Meteorologists ...- Built from 1837 to 1842, New York's Croton Aqueduct carried water 41 miles on gravity alone, dropping 13 inches a mile; it supplied the city for 113 yearsSince the launch of the Croton Aqueduct in 1842, the landscape of clean water access has evolved significantly, tackling severe health cris...
- In 1991, the Soviets abandoned anthrax island, a bioweapon facility which still has over 90% chance of killing people decades after its creationVozrozhdeniye Island served as a Soviet biological weapons testing site for decades. Weaponized anthrax spores left behind remain a dangero...
- March 12 in world history: Gandhi’s Salt March, Nazi annexation of Austria and other major global eventsMarch 12th marked pivotal moments in history, including Mahatma Gandhi's Salt March in 1930, Germany's annexation of Austria in 1938, and t...
- March 11 in world history: From Japan’s tsunami, COVID-19 pandemic declaration to other global eventsMarch 11 marks a day of significant global events. In 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Japan faced a massive earthquake and tsun...
- Why gas price in USA suddenly rising? Natural gas jumps over 12% as Arctic cold supercharges heating demandU.S. natural gas prices jumped nearly 13% as an Arctic freeze slammed demand, storage levels stayed tight, and LNG exports surged. Weak win...
- White Christmas 2025: Which US cities could wake up to snow on Christmas morningWhite Christmas: Dreaming of a white Christmas? Snow chances are shrinking across the US, with just 18% of the Lower 48 states currently sn...
- US Weather Alert: Coldest Veterans Day in decades to grip nation; Here’s how cold it will get next week | Lowest temperature detailsThe advancing Arctic air mass is set to send temperatures plummeting across the Midwest, Northeast, and Deep South, reaching as far as nort...
- Cool Air outbreak set to grip U.S. this weekend: Will your city wake up to frost?US weather shift: This weekend reflects the volatility of August weather in North America, an abrupt collision of early-autumn chill in one...
- Major winter storms, brutal wind chills to wallop two-third of US. Which regions will be hit? All you need to knowUS Winter storm: The National Weather Service says a major winter storm is forecast to produce heavy snow and significant ice starting in t...
- Storms, tornadoes slam US South, killing at least 7 peopleNationwide, there were 33 separate tornado reports Thursday from the National Weather Service as of Thursday evening, with a handful of tor...
- Beijing tourist sites empty in Covid-stalked public holidayMillions across the country -- particularly in economic engine Shanghai -- have been pushed to stay at home for weeks, as the lockdowns hav...
- Covid will be like common cold in the next few years, mostly affecting unvaccinated childrenBecause Covid severity is lower among children, the overall burden from the disease may decline.
- Kerala: Covid-Warrior KK Shailaja dropped as CPM changes all ministersShilaja’s exclusion made many compare it with the CPM leadership’s infamous putting down of KR Gowri and Susheela Gopalan, arguably the mos...
- UNICEF gearing up for 'mammoth operation' to deliver COVID-19 vaccines globallyMore than 350 logistics partners, including air freight operators, shipping lines and global logistics associations participated in the vir...
- Studies indicate COVID-19 immunity stays from 5 months to a year"However, our suggestion is that even if a person has recovered from COVID19 then also social distancing, wearing face masks and hand sanit...
- First into the virus slump, China is proving the fastest outAn industry-powered rebound is pushing the Asian nation out of the historic first-quarter slump and toward the prospect of being the only m...
- India’s 600,000 strong army of virus-hunting women goes on a two-day strikeAfter months of harassment, underpayment and lack of protection from infection, about 600,000 of the country’s one million Accredited Socia...
- What the coronavirus end game will look likeAttempts to contain this infection in existing hot spots in Asia and Europe appear to be failing.
- Adults only catch flu about twice a decade: StudyResearchers found that while children get flu on average every other year, flu infections become less frequent as people progress through c...
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