Monday, August 10, 2020 GoLocalProv News Team Larger + view RI ranks 9th highest for cumulative COVID-19 cases per 100,000 children A new study finds at least 97,000 children were recently infected with the coronavirus in the United States. And, the numbers of Rhode Island are particularly concerning. The percentage …
Read More »Severe storms possible as cold front sets to Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Meteorologist Jake Dunne says a cold front is moving through Kansas and that it is exiting the hot and humid conditions we maintained over the weekend. Before that happens, however, South-Central Kansas still has one day of heat and humidity to go. Elevations in the mid …
Read More »Derecho with winds of 100 mph moving across the Midwest
A very dangerous derecho is moving from Iowa to northern Illinois, toward Chicago, prompting the SPC to issue a PDS thunderstorm via 7 a.m. central time Monday. “PDS-serious thunderstorms are rare, and reserved for only the strongest thunderstorms,” said CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller. “Wind gusts are expected to reach 100 …
Read More »A devastating typhoon that hit Taiwan caused by a space of earthquakes, new study programs
The Hotel Chin shuai is located on August 9, 2009. In Typhoon Morakot in Chihpen, in Taitung province Taitung, in southeastern Taiwan, collapses in flood water. New research connects typhoon landings to a series of small earthquakes that follow. (STR / AFP via Getty Images) Typhoon Morakot brought extensive floods …
Read More »Canadian ice shelf larger than Manhattan crashes into the sea
This large ice sheet then drifted into the Arctic Sea, breaking further into two large pieces. This whole calf event – the scientific term for breaking ice cubes of glaciers – was captured by the Copernicus Sentinel satellite. The piece that broke off was about 80 square kilometers – larger …
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