Disaster officials in Nagaland, a mountain state in northeast India, bordering Myanmar, called for calm after social media erupted with claims the monster quake could hit the region today or tomorrow. The area has previously been hit by powerful earthquakes. According to the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), users […]
Daily Archives: August 29, 2017
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Not everyone needs a tablet that can be left in the dirt and rain or dropped onto a concrete pad. But if you do, Dell has one it would like to sell you. The Dell Latitude 7212 rugged extreme tablet picks up where its predecessor — the 7202 — left […]
HOUSTON — Houston-area infrastructure is proving to be no match for Harvey’s record rainfall, which overpowered a dam, a bridge and a levee within hours of one another. First came the Addicks Dam, a major dam in the nation’s fourth-largest city. It spilled over for the first time in history […]
The long-term warming of Earth almost certainly created conditions that packed more moisture into Hurricane Harvey, scientists say. But the aspect of the storm most punishing to Houston — its languid pace, while dropping all that water — is less clearly tied to climate change. The deluge is equal to […]
This week saw some pretty big event unfold in Game of Thrones Season 7. But while things heated up and then cooled down in Westeros, there were other events that caught fan attention. A reported retail listing appeared to tease a new gaming project being worked on by Bethesda. The […]
Are they there?NASA By Shannon Stirone Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is believed to be one of the most promising places to search for alien microbes, thanks to the presence of a subsurface ocean. Plumes of water thought to emerge from the surface would make it even easier to hunt for […]
In a warning to Spain, the president of Catalonia called for the creation of a separate army, should the Spanish region vote for independence in the upcoming controversial referendum. Carles Puigdemont, 54, said that the creation of an independent military force was “absolutely indispensable” for any future independent Catalonia. Mr […]
Angelino Alfano said he fears new policies agreed at a high-profile summit in Paris yesterday could become “bogged down” in EU red tape. In a swipe at the bloc he said: “I have always argued that, having closed the route through Turkey, Europe should have placed all its political and […]