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Terra’s LUNA Tumbles Below $10 Amid Catastrophic Sell-Off
Alex Dovbnya Terra’s LUNA has slumped into single-digit territory after a massive sell-off Terra’s LUNA plunged below the $10 mark at 5:06 a.m. UTC on the Binance exchange, hitting an intraday low of $9.61. Image by tradingview.com The embattled cryptocurrency is now down a staggering 87% within a week. It is now sitting below Litecoin …
Hurricane Eta expected to intensify and bring catastrophic conditions to Central America
Sustained winds from Eta grew to 75 mph early Monday morning. The storm is moving west towards Central America at 12 mph, according to an updated advisory from the NHC issued early Monday. Eta is forecast to make landfall in Nicaragua late Monday into Tuesday as a possible Category 2 hurricane, with winds around 100 …
Drumright reports service updates after ‘catastrophic water break’ early this morning | State and Regional News
Drumright residents on city water woke up Wednesday to no water pressure after a “catastrophic water break” was reported. The issue reportedly began around 6:15 a.m. with a break at the base of the city’s water tower, according to the post. A second water line break was reported near the Free Will Baptist Church, affecting …
Wildlife in ‘catastrophic decline’ due to human destruction, scientists warn
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Wildlife is under pressure from habitat loss, including deforestation Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than 50 years, according to a major report by the conservation group WWF. The report says this “catastrophic decline” shows no sign of slowing. And it warns that nature is …
Hurricane Laura bringing “catastrophic storm surge” to parts of Louisiana
“Extremely dangerous” Hurricane Laura made landfall overnight near Cameron, Louisiana, bringing “catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding” to portions of the state, the National Hurricane Center said early Thursday. The storm had intensified rapidly into a Category 4 hurricane before slamming into the Gulf Coast near the Louisiana-Texas border. Several hours after it …
Ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse linked to catastrophic Beirut explosion
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab said that 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate, which is typically used as an agricultural fertilizer, had been stored for six years at a port warehouse without safety measures, “endangering the safety of citizens,” according to a statement. Initial reports in state media blamed the blast on a major fire …
‘Catastrophic’ Wildfires Continue To Rage Across Australia : NPR
Rural Fire Service officers protect property from the Green Wattle Creek Fire along the Old Hume Highway near the town of Tahmoor in New South Wales. Dean Lewins/AP hide caption toggle caption Dean Lewins/AP Rural Fire Service officers protect property from the Green Wattle Creek Fire along the Old Hume Highway near the town of …
PITTSBURGH WATER MAIN BREAK: Over 30 boroughs, parts of the city affected by ‘catastrophic’ water main break
0 Over 30 boroughs, parts of the city affected by ‘catastrophic’ water main break PITTSBURGH – A massive water main break Friday morning flooded a Pittsburgh road, closed schools and had crews with swift water rescue gear pulling people from homes. East Agnew Avenue in the area of Becks Run Road in the city’s Carrick neighborhood …
Confronting catastrophic disasters with 21st century technologies
The unfolding tragedy in the Bahamas demonstrates that the 21st century will be marked by increasingly frequent, often catastrophic disasters of unprecedented scope and scale. Yet again, the unprecedented challenges of disaster management are being met with mostly conventional, labor-intensive, costly, and often inadequately slow response efforts. These 21st-century threats, particularly those that affect livelihood, …
‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Dorian pounds north Bahamas
“Catastrophic” Category 5 Hurricane Dorian inched across the northern Bahamas early Monday, lashing the archipelago with 200 mph wind gusts and flooding the low-lying islands with a storm surge of up to 23 feet above normal. Parts of Grand Bahama Island were being “lashed incessantly” by destructive hurricane-force winds, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said …
