NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Residents across south Louisiana & coastal Mississippi can expect a welcomed return to rain chances the next few days! Unfortunately, this may hinder outdoor plans at times; and there is a low-end severe risk & flash flood threat. The Weather Prediction Center has increased the flood potential Friday to a Level […]
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AccuWeather tracking ‘potential tropical threat’ in Caribbean. Will Florida feel impact?
AccuWeather forecasters are tracking a “potential tropical threat” in the Caribbean days before the official start of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters are watching an area from the northern Caribbean into the southwestern Atlantic. There’s a 10 percent to 15 percent of the system developing into a tropical system next week. Even if it […]
After Columbia County case, here’s what to do if you think an Apple AirTag is tracking you
After a Grovetown woman discovered an Apple AirTag in her car, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office is providing more information on what locals should do if they suspect they are being tracked by an AirTag. The 39-year-old woman called the sheriff’s office on May 16 because she received a notification on her phone that there […]
Latvia and Finland ‘calmly’ tracking Russian maritime border plans
Latvia and Finland will maintain a calm and factually grounded response to Russia’s surprise legislative project to redefine its maritime borders in the Baltic Sea, leaders of the two countries said on Friday. “It is clear that Russia is looking for new ways for hybrid actions on both our EU and NATO borders. We must […]
EU Tracking ‘Spread of Disinformation’ on Slovak PM’s Shooting
(Bloomberg) — The European Commission said it’s “actively monitoring” the spread of fake news about Wednesday’s shooting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and warned it can slap Big Tech platforms with fines for failing to tackle disinformation. Most Read from Bloomberg The regulator “is equipped with wide-ranging investigatory and supervisory powers, including the power to […]
State announces new absentee ballot tracking system
May 14—If you’re voting absentee and wondering where your ballot is, you’re in luck. Mail-in voters statewide will be able to track the delivery and return status of their ballots with a new online system called Ballot Scout, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver announced in a news release Tuesday. Any voter can request an […]
Migration tracking group says 76 million people were displaced within their countries in 2023
GENEVA (AP) — Conflicts and natural disasters left a record nearly 76 million people displaced within their countries last year, with violence in Sudan, Congo and the Middle East driving two-thirds of new movement, a top migration monitoring group said Tuesday. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center report found that the number of internally displaced people, […]
Tracking the Tallahassee tornadoes’ havoc in maps, words and photos
Two tornadoes that tore through the urban core of Tallahassee on May 10 converged at the Capital City Country Club to continue their miles long march of destruction. That was among the discoveries after National Weather Service surveyors confirmed that a trio of twisters were behind what many are saying is the worst damage to […]
Katie Britt is back at it, pushing a bill to launch a pregnancy tracking federal database
Alabama Senator Katie Britt, who gained national attention after her controversial response to President Joe Biden’s state of the union, proposed a sweeping set of legislation, which would enable child support payments to begin during pregnancy and establish a national clearinghouse of pregnancy care providers, except those which provide abortion-related services. The “More Opportunities for Moms […]
Climate change makes tracking weather tricky, experts say
Extreme weather events like record-breaking heat waves and rainfall are a few of the many symptoms of climate change. National Weather Observers Day offers a look at how experts have adapted. “Climate change has made it trickier to better forecast and capture extreme weather events,” said Bill Murphey, state climatologist for Georgia Environmental Protection Division. […]