Tropical Storm Cindy was a weak but unusually wet Atlantic tropical
cyclone that caused destructive floods and mudslides across Martinique
in August 1993. Cindy formed east of the island and became the annual
hurricane season's third named storm on August 14. After attaining
maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h), the storm began to weaken
from interaction with the high terrain of Hispaniola. It made landfall
in the Dominican Republic as a tropical depression on August 16,
dissipating the following day. Despite its poor cloud structure, Cindy
dropped torrential rain over portions of the northeastern Caribbean.
Martinique received up to 12 inches (305 mm) of rain in 24 hours,
affecting many northern villages and communes. Le Prêcheur in
particular was devastated by an extensive debris flow, which washed away
entire structures and wrought $2.7 million in damage. The disaster left
two people dead and hundreds homeless on the island. En route to
Hispaniola, Cindy affected the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with rough
surf and moderate rain. Heavy downpours and flooding killed two people
in the Dominican Republic, though the exact extent of the damage there
is unknown.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Cindy_(1993)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1531:
According to traditional Catholic accounts, the image of the
Blessed Virgin Mary miraculously appeared imprinted on Juan Diego's
tilma.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe>
1862:
American Civil War: The USS Cairo was sunk in the Yazoo River,
the first armored ship sunk by a naval mine.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cairo>
1901:
Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic radio
signal, from Poldhu Wireless Station in Cornwall, England, to Signal
Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi>
1935:
The Nazi Lebensborn programme, which was later mistakenly
believed to engage in coercive breeding, was established to provide
assistance to the wives of SS members and unmarried mothers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensborn>
1988:
Three trains collided (wreckage pictured) near Clapham Junction
railway station in London killing 35 people and injuring 500.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Junction_rail_crash>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tin anniversary:
The tenth anniversary (yearly recurrence) of an event, especially a
wedding.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tin_anniversary>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Our country is the world — our countrymen are all mankind.
--William Lloyd Garrison
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Lloyd_Garrison>