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A powerful earthquake struck southwestern Mexico at the beach resort of Acapulco which shook buildings damaging them while also causing falling debris and rock falls. The quake of magnitude 7.0 hit 11 miles northeast of Acapulco and shook the hillsides around the city, downing trees and pitching large boulders onto roads, causing power outages. Social media showed widespread damage near … Read More

Wheat farmers across the country are facing lower yields as 98% of the country’s wheat crop is in areas experiencing severe heat and drought. And the damage to the wheat crop isn’t just a concern to farmers but anyone who likes cakes, pastries, biscuits, ramen noodles, and a lot of other tasty stuff. In the Northern Plains, the US Department … Read More

Incredible extreme weather with record drought, heat, and fires is happening in the U.S., as for some unknown reason the jet stream is stopping and stalling over North America. The jet stream — the river of air in the heavens that moves out the heat and brings in the rain — is increasingly stopping over the U.S. to where it … Read More

The search for a red heifer has reached Texas where a cattle rancher claimed to have had five red heifers born in one year. And the Temple Institute of Israel sent him a crew to inspect the heifers at the ranch examining them according to strict halakhic criteria. The red heifer is crucial in Jewish purity laws. According to Biblical … Read More

A major 7.2-M earthquake reduced buildings to rubble and caused many fatalities in southwestern Haiti sending shock waves across the Caribbean, as people fled their homes for fear they might collapse. At least 227 people have died in the earthquake, according to Haiti’s Civil Protection Unit. The US Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami warning after the quake. The 7.2-magnitude … Read More

An earthquake of 7.0 magnitude has struck off the Alaska peninsula in the early hours of Saturday. The Alaskan earthquake struck at a depth of 10km and the shaking was felt in Chignik, Cold Bay, Kodiak, and Bethel just before 4am local time. No tsunami alert was issued, according to the US Tsunami Warning System. Just two weeks ago on … Read More

Earth sizzled in July and became the hottest month in 142 years of recordkeeping, according to U.S. weather officials. As extreme heat waves have struck the United States and Europe, beating the previous temperature records set in July 2016 and tied again in 2019 and 2020, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. The last seven Julys, from 2015 to … Read More

The Texas Governor is appealing for out-of-state help to come and fight another wave of COVID-19 across the state. The Governor has directed the Texas Department of State Health Services to use staffing agencies to find additional medical staff from beyond the state’s borders. As the delta wave of Covid has begun to overwhelm its present staffing resources. He also … Read More

Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital in Houston, Texas, confirmed it is so overwhelmed due to the spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations it has been forced to set up tents outside to treat the overflow of patients. The hospital reported its intensive care unit was at 100 percent capacity and 63 percent of those patients have COVID. Additionally, the hospital reported it doesn’t currently have … Read More

A new blaze has become the largest single fire in California’s recorded history, surpassing last year’s Creek Fire in the Central Valley. The Dixie Fire, named for the road where it started, grew overnight to an area of 725 square miles (1,875 square kilometers) and was just 21% contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Fueled … Read More