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☆ 2023 Hurricane Season Ends, Marked by Storms That ‘Really Rapidly Intensified’
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( William B. Davis | Judson Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

During the Atlantic hurricane season, 20 storms formed, seven of which reached hurricane strength, meaning sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour. Storms that experienced rapid intensification Rapid intensification Atlantic storms Extremely rapid intensification Lee 150 m.p.h. wind speed Hilary Lidia 100 50 0 4 0 6 8 2 10 12 14 16 Days since start of storm Atlantic storms Rapid intensification Extremely rapid intensification Lee 150 m.p.h. Despite its strength, the slightly cooler waters near Mexico’s Baja Peninsula would rapidly weaken Hilary to a tropical storm. The background graphic shows the storm moving from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane before making landfall on Oct. 25.

Persons: El Niño, ” James P, ”, Kossin, Otis, Hilary Lidia 100, Philip Klotzbach, Klotzbach, Hurricanes Lee, Idalia, Hilary, Hurricane Hilary, “, Eric Blake Organizations: Canada New York United States Houston, Canada New York United States, Houston, Canada New York United, Canada New York United States Los, PACIFIC, ATLANTIC, Eastern, OCEAN United, OCEAN United States Los, OCEAN United States Los Angeles Houston mexico Mexico City, Atlantic, University of Wisconsin, El, Pacific, National, Colorado State University, East, Hurricanes, Hurricane, U.S, National Hurricane Center Locations: Canada, Canada New York United States Houston Miami mexico Cuba Mexico, Houston Miami mexico Cuba Mexico, Canada New York United States, PACIFIC OCEAN, Miami mexico Cuba Mexico, Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, OCEAN United States, OCEAN United States Los Angeles Houston mexico Mexico, Eastern, North America, Pacific, Madison, Florida, United States, Florida’s Big Bend, Cuba, Caribbean, Cancun, Gulf, Mexico, Bend, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida , Georgia, North Carolina, California, Peninsula, Baja California, Southern California, Death, Acapulco

☆ A protester self-immolates outside the Israeli Consulate in Atlanta.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Colbi Edmonds | More About Colbi Edmonds | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A protester self-immolated on Friday afternoon outside of the Israeli Consulate building in Atlanta, in what the police described as “likely an extreme act of political protest.”A security guard tried to intervene but was unsuccessful, officials said. “Our prayers are with the security officer who was injured while trying to prevent this tragic act.”The self-immolation occurred outside a building in the Midtown area of Atlanta that houses the consulate and several other offices. “It appears to have been focused outside the building. I’m not aware of an attempt to enter the building,” Chief Schierbaum said, adding: “I have met with the consul general. All the residents of this building are safe.”The Atlanta F.B.I.

Persons: Roderick M, Smith, Darin Schierbaum, ” Anat Sultan, Dadon, ”, “, I’m, Schierbaum Organizations: Consulate, Grady Memorial Hospital, Palestinian, Southeastern Locations: Atlanta, Grady, Israel, Southeastern United States, Midtown

☆ Phillips 66's refining operations come under activist radar
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REFINERIES:WOOD RIVER, Roxana, Illinois, refining capacity: 356,000 barrels per day (bpd)Largest Phillips 66 refinery by operating capacity. LOS ANGELES: Carson and Wilmington, California, capacity: 139,000 bpdTwo sites linked by pipeline, producing California Air Resources Board-grade gasoline and fuel-grade petroleum coke. *SAN FRANCISCO: Santa Maria, Wilmington, California and Rodeo, Rodeo, California, capacity: 120,200 bpdPhillips 66's San Francisco operations consisted of two sites: Santa Maria refinery in Wilmington, California and Rodeo refinery in Rodeo, California. INTERNATIONAL REFINERIES:HUMBER, North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, total throughput: 245,000 bpdProduces transportation fuels, petrochemical feedstocks, home heating oil and petroleum coke. MiRO, Karlsruhe, Germany, total throughput: 61,000 bpdProduces transportation fuels, petrochemical feedstocks, home heating oil, bitumen, and petroleum coke.

Persons: Bing Guan, refiner Phillips, Phillips, Santa, Santa Maria, Shariq Khan, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Phillips, Los, Los Angeles Refinery, REUTERS, Investment Management, Energy, Exports, California Air Resources, INTERNATIONAL, MiRO, . Energy, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles, Carson , California, U.S, Wood, Borger, Roxana , Illinois, Midcontinent, BORGER, Borger , Texas, West Texas, New Mexico , Colorado, SWEENY, Old Ocean , Texas, United States, America, LAKE CHARLES, Westlake , Louisiana, Europe, Linden , New Jersey, York, Bayway, East Coast . PONCA CITY, Ponca City , Oklahoma, ANGELES, Carson, Wilmington , California, California, California , Nevada, Arizona, FERNDALE, Ferndale , Washington, BILLINGS, Billings , Montana, Montana , Wyoming , Idaho , Utah, Colorado, Washington, Santa Maria, Rodeo , California, Francisco, HUMBER, North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, Karlsruhe, Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria, San Francisco, Bengaluru

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. (AP) — A customer has filed a lawsuit against the fast casual chain Chopt over a salad that she says contained a piece of the manager's finger. The manager went to the hospital but the contaminated arugula was served to customers including Cozzi, the lawsuit says. Westchester County health department records show that Chopt was fined $900. An email seeking comment was sent to Chopt Creative Salad Co., a chain with more than 70 locations across the eastern United States. Cozzi's attorney said Tuesday that she does not want to comment further.

Persons: Allison Cozzi, Chopt, Cozzi Locations: KISCO, Greenwich , Connecticut, Mount Kisco , New York, Westchester County, United States

☆ Help! Our Trip to Orlando Was Ruined and We Want Our Money Back.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Seth Kugel | More About Seth Kugel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The trip included three domestic flights over five days on Frontier Airlines: Philadelphia to Orlando, Orlando to Atlanta, and Atlanta back to Philadelphia. The total cost for four people on three flights was an affordable $939.75, including a $99.99 “Discount Den” membership on Frontier. We were given a QR code at the Philadelphia airport to file for a refund, which we did for all three flights. Since Frontier does not operate in India, the credit and vouchers are useless. Yet it turns out the email was trying to inform you that a refund was coming.

Persons: Hari, Jennifer de la Cruz Organizations: Universal Studios, Frontier Airlines, Frontier, Universal, Transportation Locations: India, United States, Orlando, Fla, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Hari, Bangalore

Heavy rain and snow that could snarl morning travel in parts of the Eastern United States on Wednesday were expected to end by the afternoon and give way to a placid Thanksgiving for much of the nation, forecasters said. A storm that began late Monday and continued overnight Tuesday was expected to leave up to three inches of rain in some areas from the Gulf Coast through the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast. Snowfall of up to six inches was possible in parts of New Hampshire and northern Maine, according to the National Weather Service, which would create what the forecasters called a “white Thanksgiving.”

Persons: ” Organizations: Eastern, National Weather Service Locations: Eastern United States, Gulf, New Hampshire, Maine

A business owner with companies near where a Norfolk Southern train derailed and caught fire in February has sued the railroad for $500 million, saying most of his eastern Ohio companies have remained closed and he hasn't been able to reach a financial settlement with the railroad. It comes amid government lawsuits against Norfolk Southern and a class action case on behalf of residents who have complained about the derailment's impact on East Palestine, Ohio. Before the derailment spilled chemicals on his property, Wang's companies employed close to 50 people and had plans to expand. Wang's lawsuit blames the derailment on Norfolk Southern having cut its workforce in recent years and its decision to rely more on longer, heavier trains. Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern is one of the nation's largest railroads and operates roughly 20,000 miles of track in the eastern United States.

Persons: hasn't, Edwin Wang, Wang can’t, Thomas Crosson, Wang Organizations: Norfolk Southern, EPA, Railroad, Transportation, Norfolk Locations: Norfolk Southern, Ohio, East Palestine , Ohio, Pennsylvania, Palestine, Norfolk, Atlanta, United States

☆ A milk carton shortage has the industry scrambling. Here’s what’s going on
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Julia Galliker learned out of the blue that there was a problem with milk carton supplies. For Galliker, executive vice president of the Pennsylvania-based Galliker Dairy Company, that’s a big problem. The little milk cartons go not only to schools, but to other institutions like nursing homes and correctional facilities. “Like other milk carton producers across the industry, Pactiv Evergreen continues to face significantly higher than projected demand,” a company spokesperson said in a statement. “So there’s really not been any replacement for school milk cartons.”

Persons: Julia Galliker, there’s, Galliker, ”, she’s, “ There’s, “ It’s, ” Galliker, “, aren’t, —, Matt Herrick, it’s, ” Seth Teply Organizations: New, New York CNN, Galliker Dairy Company, Department, Agriculture, Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, CNN, Industry, International Dairy Foods Association, USDA, Springville, Griffith Institute Central School District, Tetra Pak, Tetra, “, American Dairy Association North Locations: New York, Pennsylvania, United States, Springville , New York, Everett , Washington, Tetra, Canada

☆ Birds in the Americas Will No Longer Be Named After People
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Katrina Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The American Ornithological Society, which is the organization responsible for standardizing English bird names across the Americas, announced on Wednesday that it would rename all species honoring people. The organization’s decision is a response to pressure from birders to redress the recognition of historical figures with racist or colonial pasts. The renaming process will aim for more descriptive names about the birds’ habitats or physical features and is part of a broader push in science for more welcoming, inclusive environments. “We’re really doing this to address some historic wrongs,” said Judith Scarl, the executive director of the American Ornithological Society. Dr. Scarl added that the change would help “engage even more people in enjoying and protecting and studying birds.”

Persons: James John Audubon, Winfield Scott, We’re, ”, Judith Scarl, Scarl Organizations: American Ornithological Society, U.S . Civil Locations: Americas, United States, Southwest, Mexico, birders

The results were hurt by the derailment costs, a drop in its fuel surcharge revenue and flat volume. Without the derailment costs, the railroad would have made $601 million, or $2.65 per share. The analysts surveyed by FactSet Research expected Norfolk Southern to report earnings per share of $2.64, on average. Norfolk Southern officials said their volume has improved over the past month to reach levels they haven't seen since the second quarter of 2022. Norfolk Southern is one of the nation's largest railroads operating in the Eastern United States.

Persons: Alan Shaw, “, That's, Edward Jones, Jeff Windau Organizations: Norfolk, Norfolk Southern, FactSet Research, Eastern Locations: OMAHA, Neb, East Palestine, Norfolk Southern, Ohio, Atlanta, Norfolk, Eastern United States

☆ Where This Summer Was Relentlessly Hot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Zach Levitt | Elena Shao | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Where This Summer Was Relentlessly Hot The planet just experienced its hottest months on record, and by a large margin, scientists said. Some areas, including northern Canada and some of Greenland, show temperatures more than 6 degrees Fahrenheit (3.3 degrees Celsius) above average. Phoenix, which is known for its extreme heat, shows temperatures more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 degrees Celsius) above average. The global map spins to South America, where average daily temperatures were higher than normal for much of the continent. Areas of Sudan and Ethiopia show temperatures greater than 6 degrees Fahrenheit (3.3 degrees Celsius) higher than normal.

Organizations: Phoenix, El, Democratic Locations: North America, Canada, Mexico, Greenland, United States, El Paso, Texas, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La, Chilean, America, Paraguay, Europe, Croatia, Switzerland, Marseille, France, Spain, Romania, Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, East, Ethiopia, China, Turpan, Mongolia

A new global assessment has found that 41% of amphibian species that scientists have studied are threatened with extinction, meaning they are either vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. “Amphibians are the world's most threatened animals,” said Duke University's Junjie Yao, a frog researcher who was not involved in the study. But a growing percentage of amphibian species are now also pushed to the brink by novel diseases and climate change, the study found. The study identified the greatest concentrations of threatened amphibian species in several biodiversity hotspots, including the Caribbean islands, the tropical Andes, Madagascar and Sri Lanka. Other locations with large numbers of threatened amphibians include Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, southern China and the southeastern United States.

Persons: ”, Duke University's Junjie Yao, Michael Ryan, Patricia Burrowes, Juan Manuel Guayasamin, Guayasamin Organizations: University of Texas, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Northern, University San Francisco, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Madrid, Quito, Ecuador, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Forest, China, United States

(AP) — Norfolk Southern's CEO pledged to continue working to improve safety after consultant the railroad hired following the fiery Ohio derailment recommended making sure that safety is truly a priority at all levels and continuing many efforts it has already begun. And that is exactly what we are doing.”A previous report from the Federal Railroad Administration said that Norfolk Southern had too often been content to do only the minimum required to ensure safety. Shaw said this report is just one of the initial steps to improve safety on the railroad and Atkins will continue to recommend improvements over the next couple years. The consultant recommended that the railroad continue to work with labor leaders to find additional ways to improve safety. While working to improve safety, Norfolk Southern also pledged to make improvements to more than 70 of its facilities across 22 states in the eastern United States as part of an effort to improve morale.

Persons: Alan Shaw, Atkins, “, ” Shaw, ”, Shaw, he's Organizations: Norfolk, Atkins Nuclear, Federal Railroad Administration, Southern, Federal Railroad, Norfolk Southern Locations: OMAHA, Neb, East Palestine , Ohio, Pennsylvania, East Palestine, Norfolk Southern, United States

☆ Labor Day weekend forecast: Sizzling heat to impact two-thirds of US
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Labor Day weekend may mark the unofficial end to summer for many, but Mother Nature didn’t get the memo this year. July-like heat sends temperatures skyrocketingTemperatures 10 to 20 degrees above normal levels for September could break or tie close dozens of records as heat builds over Labor Day weekend and into Tuesday. By Sunday, sweltering heat will expand across much of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and even portions of the mid-Atlantic. On Labor Day Monday, conditions will feel more like July across nearly two-thirds of the US. Places like Los Angeles and San Francisco may have the best weather in the country for Labor Day weekend.

Persons: Nature didn’t, Idalia Organizations: CNN, Labor, Miami, Orlando, National Weather Service, Hurricane Franklin, Southwest, Rockies, Weather, Idaho and Locations: United States, Upper, Omaha , Nebraska, Sioux Falls , South Dakota, Lakes, Ohio Valley, Atlantic . Minneapolis, Philadelphia, East Coast, Chicago , Washington, New York City, Gulf Coast, Texas, Florida, Houston , New Orleans, Tampa, Alabama, South Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Arizona , Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Idaho and Wyoming, Northwest, California, Seattle, Portland, Portland –, Los Angeles, San Francisco

Hurricane Idalia intensified overnight and is now a Category 4 storm heading toward Florida’s Gulf Coast. The strongest part of the storm will be over Florida’s Big Bend, where the state’s long peninsula curves to meet its Panhandle. More than half of Florida’s western coastline is at risk of life-threatening storm surges, as rising ocean water floods towns. Tallahassee is preparing for outages that could last days, expecting its strongest storm in decades. That’s partly because of human-driven climate change, which appears to have contributed to record-breaking ocean temperatures off the Florida coast.

Persons: Idalia, You’re, Ron DeSantis, ”, Heath Davis, “ Organizations: Carolinas, ”, Florida National Guard, California . Locations: Florida’s Gulf, Big Bend, United States, West, Central Florida, Georgia, Florida, Tallahassee, Tampa, Naples, Fla, California, U.S

☆ For Migrating Birds, It’s the Flight of Their Lives
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Emily Anthes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

Simone NoronhaFor Migrating Birds, It’s the Flight of Their Lives Leer en españolAmerica’s birds are in trouble. If migrating birds lose their winter refuges, the consequences will ripple across the hemisphere. MissouriMissouri provides breeding habitats for many grassland bird species, which have been faring especially poorly in recent decades. “This is a classic Pacific Northwest to west Mexico species,” Mr. Jiang said. The birds breed at marshes and wetlands across the Western United States and Canada.

Persons: Simone Noronha, “, ”, Viviana Ruiz, Gutierrez, Jeremy Radachowsky, Ken Rosenberg, Deb Hahn, Hahn, Anna Lello, Smith, Sarah Kendrick, Nick Bayly, That’s, Andrew Stillman, Archie Jiang, Mr, Jiang, Dr, Stillman, Camila Gómez, ” Dr, Ruiz Organizations: Center, Avian, Cornell, of Ornithology, Wildlife Conservation Society, Partners, New, New York Metro Area, UNITED STATES, BERMUDA BAHAMAS MEXICO Maya, PERU Moderate, Forest, Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, Southern Wings, The, Central, Mesoamerican Alliance for People, Forests Initiative, Forests Initiative . Missouri, CANADA UNITED STATES, BERMUDA CUBA MEXICO VENEZUELA COSTA RICA BRAZIL, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, Missouri Department of Conservation, Colorado Colorado, CANADA, ARGENTINA CANADA Colo, U.S, Bird Conservancy, Rockies, , Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, UNITED STATES Calif, Western Locations: North America, United States, Canada, Costa Rican, Caribbean, U.S, eBird, New York, BERMUDA BAHAMAS MEXICO, BRAZIL, PERU, CHILE, ARGENTINA, PERU Moderate CHILE, Forest BRAZIL, CHILE ARGENTINA, Forest BRAZIL PERU, New York City, Bahamas, The New York, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Central America, Central American, Forests Initiative ., Forests Initiative . Missouri Missouri, South America, BERMUDA MEXICO VENEZUELA COSTA RICA, Missouri, BERMUDA MEXICO VENEZUELA COSTA RICA BRAZIL, BERMUDA CUBA MEXICO VENEZUELA COSTA RICA, BERMUDA CUBA MEXICO VENEZUELA COSTA RICA BRAZIL PERU, Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba, Central, South, SELVA, Colombia, Costa Rica, Plains, UNITED STATES MEXICO ECUADOR, Colorado, UNITED STATES Colo, MEXICO ECUADOR BRAZIL, Northern Mexico, Texas, California, West Coast, Alaska, Pacific, MEXICO, URUGUAY ARGENTINA Alaska, Salt, CHILE URUGUAY ARGENTINA Alaska, BRAZIL PERU BOLIVIA, URUGUAY ARGENTINA, Sierra Nevada, Chile, Western United States

☆ Aldi to Buy 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket Stores
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Amanda Holpuch | More About Amanda Holpuch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The German supermarket chain Aldi is acquiring hundreds of Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores in the southeastern United States, the company announced on Wednesday. Aldi said the deal included about 400 grocery stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. Some of the locations will be converted into Aldi stores, while the others will remain operating under their current brands. Aldi, a discount retailer, opened its first stores in the United States in 1976. The chief executive of Aldi USA, Jason Hart, said in a statement that the company hoped to keep growing in the United States and that it aimed to add 120 new stores in the country this year.

Persons: Aldi, Jason Hart Organizations: Aldi, Dixie, Harveys, Aldi USA Locations: Winn, United States, Alabama , Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi

Communities from Tennessee to New York were clearing debris on Tuesday, a day after a wide-ranging storm system that tore through the Eastern United States killed at least two people, left more than a million homes and businesses without power and grounded hundreds of flights. Though power had largely been restored for many who were left in the dark on Monday, more than 240,000 customers were still without electricity as of Tuesday afternoon, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outages across the United States. By Tuesday afternoon, while dozens of flights across the Eastern U.S. had been delayed or canceled, airlines appeared to have largely recovered from the weather-related travel mess with far fewer delays and cancellations. The storm system continued pushing northeast on Tuesday, bringing heavy rain that prompted flash flood warnings in portions of New Hampshire and Maine.

Organizations: Eastern United Locations: Tennessee, New York, Eastern United States, United States, New Hampshire, Maine

☆ Severe Weather Expected in Eastern U.S., Forecasters Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Judson Jones | More About Judson Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A “complicated and active” storm system was sweeping across the Eastern United States on Monday, bringing the potential for multiple rounds of widespread thunderstorms that are capable of producing damaging winds, flash flooding, hail and tornadoes, forecasters said. Unsettled weather was expected to stretch from New York to Georgia, with the highest risk in the Mid-Atlantic.

Organizations: Eastern Locations: Eastern United States, New York, Georgia

A “complicated and active” storm system swept across the Eastern United States on Monday evening, delivering widespread thunderstorms that killed at least two people, grounded thousands of flights and left more than a million homes and businesses without power. The line of storms barreled through a stretch from Georgia to New York, downing power lines, sending trees crashing into homes and tearing roofs from buildings, according to preliminary reports from the National Weather Service. At least one tornado was confirmed, just after 5:30 p.m. in the village of McGraw, about 30 miles south of Syracuse, N.Y. In Florence, Ala., a 28-year-old man died after he was struck by lightning in a parking lot in the city, about 60 miles west of Huntsville, local police said. And in Anderson, S.C., a 15-year-old boy was killed when a large tree fell and struck him, according to local fire officials.

Organizations: Eastern, National Weather Service, Weather Service Locations: Eastern United States, Georgia, New York, McGraw, Syracuse, N.Y, Florence, Ala, Huntsville, Anderson, S.C

PinnedImage Thunderstorms were expected to affect a wide swath of the Eastern United States on Monday, forecasters said. Credit... NOAAA “complicated and active” storm system was sweeping across the Eastern United States on Monday evening, bringing widespread thunderstorms with damaging winds that caused nearly one million homes and businesses to lose power. Around 900,000 homes and businesses across the eastern United States had lost power as of 7 p.m., according to poweroutage.us. The National Weather Service said a couple of tornadoes, small hail and wind gusts up to 70 m.p.h. Ahead of the storms, the United States Office of Personnel Management said federal offices in Washington would close by 3 p.m. Lauren McCarthy and Livia Albeck-Ripka contributed reporting.

Persons: Lauren McCarthy, Livia Albeck, Ripka Organizations: Eastern, NOAA, National Weather Service, Tornado, Environment Canada, New, United States, Management Locations: Eastern United States, New York, Georgia, Airports, McGraw, Syracuse, N.Y, Delaware , Maryland , New Jersey , New York , Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Canada, Ontario, Quebec, United States, poweroutage.us . Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania , Tennessee, New Jersey, New York City, Washington

☆ Airports ground flights across the Eastern U.S. because of the severe weather threat.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Jesus Jiménez | More About Jesus Jiménez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Airports across the Eastern United States grounded numerous flights because of the threat of severe weather on Monday afternoon, leading to dozens of flight delays and cancellations into the evening. The Federal Aviation Administration issued the temporary ground stops on Monday afternoon for a busy travel corridor linking major U.S. cities that included Baltimore/Washington International Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Reagan Washington National Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, Dulles International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport, as well as La Guardia Airport and Kennedy International Airport in New York. Dozens of flights were delayed or canceled at the airports where ground stops were in place, causing a ripple effect of delays across the country, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks flight information. said in a post on social media that it was “rerouting aircraft around the storms heading to the East Coast as much as possible.”

Organizations: Eastern, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington International Airport, Hartsfield, Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Reagan, Reagan Washington National Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, Dulles International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, La Guardia Airport, Kennedy International Locations: States, U.S, Baltimore, Reagan Washington, Philadelphia, New York, East

☆ Thousands of employees in the US Department of the Interior are using accounts that are easily hacked
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A report from the US Department of the Interior showed that 21% of employee accounts could be hacked. The report also noted that nearly 500 employees used "Password-1234" to protect their accounts. A report from the Department of the Interior reveals the most-used password among their employees last year was "Password-1234." "My sneaking suspicion is that Interior Department employees are no different from most Americans in how they use passwords, so if this problem exists in my department, it could exist across the federal government and in business offices and private homes nationwide," Greenblatt wrote. Greenblatt also noted that 99.99% of the 18,000 accounts that staff cracked met the Department's password complexity requirements — including "Password-1234."

Persons: Kathleen Sedney, Mark Lee Greenblatt, Greenblatt Organizations: US Department of, Washington Post, Department of, Integrity, Interior Department Locations: Washington, United States

☆ Dangerous US heat wave pushes eastward, capping globe's record July
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Mike BlakeCHICAGO, July 27 (Reuters) - An intensifying heat wave descended on the eastern United States on Thursday, prompting warnings about the dangers presented by the sweltering heat and humidity in the final days of a record-smashing July around the world. The nation's capital was expected to see the heat index, a measure of what the temperature feels like to the human body, reach 107 degrees F (41.7 C). The heat index could reach 103 degrees F (39.4 C) on Friday in the most populous U.S. city. June 2023 was the hottest on record in the United States, dating back to 1850. It also was the 47th consecutive June and the 532nd consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th-century average, according to the weather service.

Persons: Mike Blake CHICAGO, Muriel Bowser, Ashwin Vasan, Brendan O'Brien, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Cardiff State Beach, REUTERS, National Weather Service, Washington D.C, Washington, Twitter, Germany's Leipzig University, Union, U.S, Thomson Locations: Encinitas , California, U.S, United States, New York City, Washington, Philadelphia, York City, Greece, China, Phoenix , Arizona, Chicago

☆ Ocean temperatures around South Florida hit hot-tub levels
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Maria Cardona | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Citizen scientist from Mote Laboratories replants corals on Florida's Keys vulnerable reefs, in Key West, Florida, U.S., July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona/File PhotoKEY LARGO, Florida, July 25 (Reuters) - The surface ocean temperature in and around the Florida Keys soared to typical hot tub levels this week, amid recent warnings from global weather monitors about the dangerous impact of warming waters on ecosystems and extreme weather events. The WMO and NOAA say temperatures like those in South Florida can be deadly for marine life and threaten ocean ecosystems. He's also been seeing more dead fish in waters around Key Largo. Reporting by Maria Alejandro Cardona in Key Largo and Brad Brooks in Lubbock, Texas; editing by Donna BrysonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Maria Alejandra Cardona, Dustin Hansel, He's, Hansel, Maria Alejandro Cardona, Brad Brooks, Donna Bryson Organizations: Citizen, Mote Laboratories, REUTERS, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, National Data, United Nations, World Meteorological Organization, El Nino, WMO, Key Largo, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Key West , Florida, U.S, LARGO , Florida, Florida, Manatee, United States, South Florida, Key, Lubbock , Texas

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