The governor of California said that the fires could prove to be the costliest disaster in US history
The US President Donald Trump on Sunday blamed California’s Governor Gavin Newsom for the state’s wildfires, saying he’d blocked an infusion of water to Southern California. At least 16 people have died and over 12,000 buildings have been destroyed amid the wildfires. Trump claimed he had blocked an infusion of water to Southern California over concerns about how it would affect a threatened fish species.
What do researchers think of the fact-checking on Facebook?
Facebook’s fact-checking platform Meta has added a ‘False: Verified by Animal Poltico’ label to posts after they are rated as “false” by third party fact-checkers. Meta said the move was to counter fact checkers’ political bias and censorship. Facebook had created the Third Party Fact-Checkers programme to address misinformation on its platforms.
The winter storm has wreaked havoc in the US, stranding cars, canceling flights and no power
As much as 34,000 people have lost power in Arkansas after 15 inches of snow fell across southwest Arkansas amid a winter storm. Entergy Arkansas, the state’s largest electricity provider, said that power should be restored by Saturday afternoon. The NBA postponed the game between the Houston Rockets and Atlanta Hawks scheduled to take place at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
There are conversations about the moment
Former US President Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked the US Supreme Court to stay the sentencing of him on charges of lying to the FBI amid the Russia investigation. They said a stay was necessary to prevent “grave injustice and harm” to the federal government. Trump was convicted of eight counts of lying to the FBI between February and May 2020.
Global Warming is harming the world’s water cycle
The United Nations Environment Program has estimated the amount of money that’s missing for climate change adaptation and said that 2024 was the warmest year on record for nearly four billion people in over 100 countries. Air temperatures over the Earth were 2.2C warmer than they were at the start of the Industrial Revolution, it added.
The year was the hottest on record
According to the NOAA, the global temperature in July 2023 was 1.55C higher than the 1981 to 1982 average temperature. However, Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist with the organisation Berkeley Earth, said, “When it started getting weird was around June and July of the summer.” He added, “When it started getting weird was around June and July of the summer.”
The firefighters battling the LA fires made some progress, but harsh winds are threatening gains
A fire in California, US has claimed the lives of three people and injured at least six others, including a firefighter, after it began on Tuesday. The fire has blackened over 30,700 acres in Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The death toll has risen to 20 after the third fire, dubbed the Eaton fire, was reported on Thursday.
The LA fires are affecting the tide in ways that it has not before
The number of people evacuated due to the wildfires in California, US has been increased to over 1 lakh, while the death toll has risen to six. Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their houses as the wildfires crossed the border into the state on Tuesday. Over 3 lakh acres of land have been charred so far.
Donald Trump is set for sentencing for his New York felony conviction
US President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to stay proceedings in the New York trial court, saying that they didn’t want the presidency and the federal government to be in harm’s way. Trump had been found guilty of filing fake documents to conceal payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, who claimed she had an affair with Trump.
The tide might be turned against the LA Fires
Wildfires in the US’ Los Angeles and Ventura counties have forced the evacuation of over 1 lakh people since Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said on Thursday. The wildfires, fueled by Santa Ana winds, were caused by a combination of long-standing drought and strong winds that blow from the high desert ofNevada and Utah into Southern California.