congressional Democrats are not united in calling for Biden to pull out
US President Joe Biden has said that doctors have found “no indication of a serious condition” after he was tested for exhaustion following the presidential debate with ex-President Donald Trump. “The Lord Almighty could convince me to step back,” he added. Biden also said that he was sick prior to the debates with a “really bad cold”.
As it bears down on the Texas coast, the storm is forecast to gain hurricane strength
US officials have issued a warning for areas with the possibility of a category two hurricane landfall on Monday. Hurricane Beryl is predicted to make landfall in the Texas-Mexico border region as a Category 2 or 3 storm. The threat of flash floods and landslides is likely to be greatest in eastern Texas, along with life-threatening surf and rip currents, forecasters said.
Texas is bracing for a possible hit from a storm in the Gulf of Mexico
Hurricane Beryl hit the Caribbean island of Dominica on Thursday as a Category 3 storm with winds of up to 155 km/h. It is expected to make landfall in the Dominican Republic’s coast on Friday night. At least seven have died from the storm, while hundreds of people are stranded in Dominica due to flooding and power outages.
There is a lot of significance to President Biden’s interview today
US President Joe Biden has said that no one else could do his job as well as he is doing it or be a better candidate against Donald Trump. Speaking at a campaign rally in Wisconsin, Biden added, “If you are told reliably…from your allies…that they’re concerned you’re going to lose the House and Senate if you stay in, what will you do?”
Pezeshkian won the presidential election in Iran
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cast his vote in the presidential election on Friday, state TV reported. The election was held after the death of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was killed in a helicopter crash last week. Former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili leads with 9.4 million votes, while centrist Masoud Pezeshkian has around 10.4 million votes.
It made landfall in Mexico with its sights set on Texas
Hurricane Beryl killed at least four people in Barbados, the Grenadines and Grenada on Thursday. The hurricane’s maximum sustained winds were clocked at 115 mph, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The hurricane is expected to weaken before making landfall in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, on Saturday. Mexican authorities said they have evacuated some small coastal communities.
Why climate change makes hurricanes more dangerous
Hurricane Beryl, a Category 5 storm earlier this week, has strengthened to a Category 3 storm as it nears Mexico’s Tulum. The US Hurricane Center said that the storm’s centre is about 125 kilometres east-southeast of Tulum, Mexico, and is moving west-northwest at 16 mph (around 26kmph). It is expected to make a landfall in Yucatan Peninsula on Friday.
Climate change is making a storm like Beryl more dangerous
Haiti PM Dickon Mitchell said that there may be “more fatalities” in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. “The possibility that theremay be more fatalities remains a grim reality as movement is still highly restricted,” he added. Meanwhile, Jamaica PM Andrew Holness said that the country has banned all non-essential travel for the next 48 hours, to prevent any criminal activity.
Semantic decoding at single-cell resolution
Scientists have found that a neuron’s action potential activity changes in response to each word heard within one of the semantic domains. They found that an SI of 0 would mean there’s no difference in activity across any of the semantic domains and an SI of 1.0 would indicate that a neuron changed its action potential activity only when hearing words within one of the semantic domains.
The storm roars toward Jamaica after hitting the southeast Caribbean islands
Hurricane Beryl, the first Atlantic storm to reach Category 5 strength, is expected to hit Jamaica on Tuesday morning. National Hurricane Center director Michael Brennan said people should prepare for “multiple life-threatening” hazards from Beryl. He added that hurricane conditions are expected to reach the coast of Jamaica around midday and that strong winds starting in the morning will make outside preparations difficult.