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Weather is often a go-to conversation filler or ice-breaker. When people don't know what else to say, they gripe about the heat or the cold or the rain or the snow. But severe weather is far more than an inconvenience, and it can be a matter of life or death. Take thunderstorms. There are roughly 100,000 thunderstorms every year in the United States, and 1 in 10 is considered severe. They cause flash floods, spark fires, and create hail, killing more people each year than do tornadoes, lightning, or hurricanes. Severe weather is growing more intense as well. Flash floods tear through dry waterbeds, city streets, and sewer drains at breakneck speed. But in developed urban areas, rain falls on impervious surfaces like sidewalks, parking lots, and driveways. Without land to absorb it, the water inundates roadways, culverts, and underpasses. Hail storms are expected to become more dangerous as the planet keeps overheating. Researchers predict climate change will mean fewer days of … [Read more...] about These Counties Have the Most Severe Weather in Every State

Among Democrats, it was an article of faith that the election of Joe Biden would trigger resounding cheers throughout the world and expressions of profound gratitude that America was resuming its historic role as leader of the free world. It didn’t happen. Although America’s allies and enemies shed few tears over the electoral demise of Donald Trump Donald Trump Trump announces new tranche of endorsements DeSantis, Pence tied in 2024 Republican poll Lawmakers demand changes after National Guard troops at Capitol sickened from tainted food MORE , it is abundantly clear that there are deeper explanations for the fact that the world today is looking at America through very different eyes — a reappraisal that dramatically accelerated during the stunning events that characterized the United States’s “annus horribilis” of 2020. Evidence of this remarkable attitudinal change is found in the recent survey by the European Council on Foreign Relations of public … [Read more...] about Biden’s ‘America is Back’ pledge leaves the world unimpressed

PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. exports to China reach historic US$203.9 billion in 2011 Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: The U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) yesterday released its annual report on U.S. State Exports to China for 2011, showing that it surpassed US200 billion for the first time in history. The announcement puts China as the third-largest export market for the United States, ranking only behind neighbors Canada and Mexico with whom the United States has a regional free-trade agreement. USCBC Vice President Erin Ennis underlined that exports to China are “vital to America’s economic health and create good jobs for American workers.” Between 2000 and 2011, total U.S. exports to China rose 542 percent, from US26.2bn in 2000 to a record-breaking US203.9bn in 2011. The figures released yesterday also show that U.S. exports to China recovered faster after the recession than exports to … [Read more...] about Phuket Gazette: ASEAN business news