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Tropical storm watch issued for Florida Keys as Laura and Marco march toward the Gulf of Mexico Hurricane

Tropical storm watch issued for Florida Keys as Laura and Marco march toward the Gulf of Mexico

Before weakening inland on Thursday afternoon, Laura slammed ashore on the coast of Louisiana before dawn Thursday as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, with life-threatening storm surge, inland flooding and damaging winds. Now a tropical depression, Laura was bringing heavy rains over parts of Arkansas, the National Hurricane Center said…
bubmag
August 23, 2020
Tropical Storm Laura prompts watches in Florida Keys, will likely follow Marco to Louisiana Hurricane

Tropical Storm Laura prompts watches in Florida Keys, will likely follow Marco to Louisiana

No longer the menacing, major hurricane it was Thursday morning, Tropical Depression Laura on Saturday was reduced scattering rain across eastern portions of the Mid-Atlantic states. On Saturday morning, the Weather Prediction Center issued its last update on Laura, forecasting 1-2 inches across the mid-Atlantic region, from Virginia to New…
bubmag
August 23, 2020
TikTok Says It Will Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Order Demanding It Be Sold in U.S. TikTok

TikTok Says It Will Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Order Demanding It Be Sold in U.S.

TikTok says it will file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration over his executive order demanding ByteDance — TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company — sell or spin off its U.S. operations within 90 days. “Even though we strongly disagree with the Administration’s concerns, for nearly a year we have sought…
bubmag
August 23, 2020
PM Modi Chairs Meeting On Indian Toy Manufacturing, Highlights Artisanal Toys Global Reach Narendra Modi

PM Modi Chairs Meeting On Indian Toy Manufacturing, Highlights Artisanal Toys Global Reach

Last Updated: 23rd August, 2020 02:20 IST PM Narendra Modi held a senior cabinet meeting on Sat to discuss several ways of boosting manufacturing as well as the global imprint of Indian toys. In a bid to strengthen India’s self-reliance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with senior ministers of…
bubmag
August 22, 2020
The Democratic Convention: Not Virtual Reality—But Virtually Unreal. Virtual Reality

The Democratic Convention: Not Virtual Reality—But Virtually Unreal.

Like so much of what we’ve experienced during this coronavirus pandemic, the Democratic National Convention is not so much virtual reality as it is virtually unreal. Amid the mind-boggling public health measures, during which lockdown authoritarians have kept the liquor stores open and the gyms closed, and have looked the…
bubmag
August 22, 2020
'Melting faster and faster': Greenland lost 1 million tonnes of ice for each minute of 2019 Greenland

'Melting faster and faster': Greenland lost 1 million tonnes of ice for each minute of 2019

The Greenland Ice Sheet is one of the largest potential contributors to global mean sea level rise if global warming continues to increase: Getty ImagesHigh temperatures saw Greenland lose enough ice to cover the US state of California in more than four feet of water in 2019 alone, a study…
bubmag
August 22, 2020