Tropical Depression Nineteen-E was a weak tropical cyclone that caused flooding in northwestern Mexico and the United States during the 2018 Pacific hurricane season. By September 7, 2018, the storm had entered the northeastern Pacific Ocean, after crossing Central America. Despite disorganization and its close proximity to land, the meandering disturbance developed into a tropical depression in the Gulf of California on September 19, with peak maximum sustained winds reported as 35 mph (55 km/h). Although the storm quickly deteriorated after landfall, thirteen people were killed in Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and Sonora, and recorded agricultural losses exceeded US$40 million. Overall, the storm affected eleven Mexican states, with torrential rainfall and flooding in Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, and Sonora. Remnant moisture from Nineteen-E led to severe flooding in the U.S. states of Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, with damage estimates totalling about $250 million.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1869:
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (both pictured) founded the National Woman Suffrage Association, breaking away from the American Equal Rights Association which they had also previously founded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Woman_Suffrage_Association
1904:
Russo-Japanese War: After striking several mines off Port Arthur, the Japanese battleships Hatsuse and Yashima sank. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yashima
1948:
One day after the Israeli Declaration of Independence, Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invaded Israel to begin the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War
2004:
Arsenal became the first football team in England's top flight to finish a season undefeated since Preston North End did so in 1888–1889. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Arsenal_F.C._season
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
primigravida: (obstetrics, veterinary medicine) A woman or female animal who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/primigravida
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything. "You people with hearts," he said, "have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful. When Oz gives me a heart of course I needn't mind so much." --L. Frank Baum https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum