NEW YORK (AP) — Efforts to vaccinate Americans against COVID-19 have been stymied by a series of winter storms and outages that have hobbled transportation hubs and highways in parts of the country not used to extreme cold weather.
The White House said Friday that winter storms have caused a backlog of 6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, about three days worth of shipments, but they expect to clear the backlog within a week.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change nudges global temperatures ever higher.
According to new data from the Rhodium Group analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures and changing rainfall will drive agriculture and temperate climates northward, while sea level rise will consume coastlines and dangerous levels of humidity will swamp the Mississippi River valley.
The National Hurricane Center is warning that Hurricane Laura could bring "unsurvivable" storm surge to parts of the US Gulf Coast
"Unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves will cause catastrophic damage from Sea Rim State Park, Texas, to Intracoastal City, Louisiana, including Calcasieu and Sabine Lakes," the center said in its 11 a.m. ET update.
And it's not just people on the gulf who should be preparing: The latest advisory said the surge could "penetrate up to 30 miles inland from the immediate coastline.
"Only a few hours remain to protect life and property and all actions should be rushed to completion," the center urged.
Here's a look at the latest forecast path: .... (See full article.)
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