Tropical Storm Zelda was the last tropical cyclone of the 1991 Pacific typhoon season. The area of low pressure that became Zelda formed near the International Date Line, and became a tropical depression on November 27, 1991. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) reported that it had reached tropical storm intensity near the Marshall Islands on November 28. According to the JTWC, the storm strengthened to 65 knots (120 km/h; 75 mph), equivalent to a Category 1 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, on November 29, and reached a peak of 80 kn (150 km/h; 90 mph). According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, it had a barometric pressure of 975 hectopascals (28.8 inHg). Zelda weakened into a tropical storm on December 2, and then a tropical depression two days later. It caused significant damage in the Marshall Islands, but no deaths or injuries were reported. Later in December, U.S. president George H. W. Bush declared the storm to be a major disaster, allowing the FEMA to assist.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1852:
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte established the Second French Empire, declaring himself Emperor of the French as Napoleon III. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_III
1942:
Manhattan Project scientists led by Enrico Fermi initiated the first self-sustaining chain reaction in the experimental nuclear reactor Chicago Pile-1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Pile-1
1989:
The Malayan Communist Party and the Malaysian government signed a peace accord to end a 21-year communist insurgency. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_insurgency_in_Malaysia_%281968%E2%80%931989%29
2001:
Less than two months after disclosing accounting violations, the Texas-based energy firm Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, evaporating nearly $11 billion in shareholder wealth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron_scandal
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
baby duck syndrome: (computing, humorous) The tendency of computer users to think the system (software or usage paradigm) they originally started using is better than others. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/baby_duck_syndrome
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