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She blamed the corrosion on the water piped in from the area's longtime drinking water source: the Mississippi River. As in New Orleans, drinking water in the parish is drawn from the river. Parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin — all part of the vast Mississippi River basin, which touches 31 states — are experiencing extreme drought conditions. New Orleans officials also were working on a plan to build an emergency pipeline. This is the fifth year the Corps has built an underwater structure to slow the salt water flow.

Persons: Monique, Byron Marinovich, ”, Belle Chasse, “ We've, Keith Hinkley, “, —, Stephen Murphy, Cynthia Lee Sheng, Murphy, ” ___ Smith, Mary Katherine Wildeman, Camille Fassett Organizations: ORLEANS, ”, U.S . Geological Survey, Wisconsin —, Tulane University’s School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine, Management, U.S . Army Corps of Engineers, Corps, NOAA’s Center, Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Associated Press Locations: Mississippi, Plaquemines Parish, New Orleans, Gulf of Mexico, Port Sulphur, Pointe, Plaisance, Marinovich, Belle, ”, Midwest, Vicksburg , Mississippi, U.S, Kansas , Nebraska , Missouri , Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, Orleans, Louisiana, Jefferson Parish, Plaquemines, Jefferson, United States, Tampa Bay , Florida, Gulf Coast, Buras , Louisiana, Hartford , Connecticut, Seattle

Storms, floods, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and 2021, according to a United Nations report. But while catastrophes intensify, the world has yet to recognize climate migrants and find formal ways of protecting them. Nearly a third, or 43 million of the 134 million times that people were uprooted from their homes due to extreme weather from 2016-21 included children. Floods displaced children more than 19 million times in places like India and China. Many are enduring “overlapping crises” — where risks from climate extremes are compounded by conflict, fragile institutions and poverty, Healy said.

Persons: Shukri Mohamed Ibrahim, Ibrahim, That’s, ” Ibrahim, ”, Laura Healy, Healy, Kumar, ” Kumar, Meera Devi, Shiv Kumar, hasn’t, Mimi Vu, “, we’re, ” Healy, ___ Ghosal, Fassett, Omar Faruk, Piyush, Teresa de Miguel Organizations: United, UNICEF, Monitoring, AP Locations: United Nations, Somalia, Mogadishu, Philippines, India, China, U.S, Canada, Geneva, Horn, Africa, Caribbean, New Delhi, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Hanoi, Seattle, New York

☆ Read the pitch deck Glystn, which helps creators simplify community management with AI, used to raise $4 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Glystn, an AI-driven community management tool for creators and businesses, is launching publicly. Glystn, an AI-driven platform that aims to facilitate community management and engagement for creators across social-media platforms, is launching publicly. "Creators now have an array of publishing platforms, monetization platforms, and community platforms," Fassett said. By aggregating data from different platforms, Glystn allows creators to analyze information and trends from their audience in one place. We want to see creator communities that are large, vibrant, and for creators to really grow using the tool."

Persons: Hannah Grey, Cofounders Ethan Fassett, Michael Rowehl, Fassett, Glystn, Steve Mould, AJ Rafael Organizations: Eniac Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Perfect Ventures, YouTube, Media, Fox Sports

☆ The pitch deck AI-driven community management tool Glystn used to raise $4 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

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