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16 people are dead and dozens of others are injured after Storm Ciarán lashed England and France, bringing gusts of over 100 mph and waves of over 70 feet. Heavy rain became an issue as soon as it entered the area, quickly inundating towns and cities. Bridges were washed away, ground floors of buildings were engulfed in water, and cars were submerged in the flooding, and the winds also caused a problem. Roofs were blown off homes and furniture was swept away, and all of these factors contributed to knocking out power for over 1.2 million people. A reported tornado also hit the island of Jersey, which was heavily affected by the massive waves. Officials say that the death toll is still expected to rise, and another storm, Debi, is on its way with winds of 100 mph and more heavy rain.
On another note, the death toll in the deadly 6.4 magnitude earthquake in western Nepal has risen to 157, but it is expected to rise. Hundreds of people are injured and entire villages have been destroyed, and all of the people killed were in two districts closest to the epicenter- Jajarkot and Rukum West. Communications are still out for most of the region, which is why the impact could be much greater than expected. Tremors were felt in Kathmandu, the capital, as well as the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi-NCR, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh. This is the strongest earthquake to hit Nepal since 2015, when a 7.8 magnitude quake killed over 9,000 people and caused over $6 billion in damages after destroying over 1 million homes.
Fact of the Day: No positive integer before 1,000 contains the letter A.
Quote of the Day: Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day. (Alice Morse Earle)
Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Parse (verb)- To parse something is to study it by looking closely at its parts. In grammar and linguistics, parse means "to divide (a sentence) into grammatical parts and identify the parts and their relations to each other."
In a Sentence: The lawyer meticulously parsed the wording of the final contract to be sure that her client would get all that he was asking for.
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