Monthly Archives: August 2020

How can derecho victims in the Midwest help

Midwest residents are still weighing in on the effects of a derecho that devastated the region last week, leveling corn and soybean fields, destroying homes and losing hundreds of thousands of people. Iowa was hit hardest by the series of storms that ravaged roughly a third of the state’s 31 …

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That … what if Lionel Messi leaves Barcelona?

The unthinkable seems to be happening closer than ever before. Lionel Messi is apparently full of Barcelona management and is considering switching clubs. It is hard to know who could supply him in the current economic circumstances, but it would also be difficult to keep the captain and icon of …

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China evacuates 100,000 if floods threaten the heritage site

Floodwaters reach the feet of the Leshan Giant Buddha after heavy rainfall, in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China August 18, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Floods in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China forced authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Tuesday, threatening a …

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