Typhoon Rusa, the 10th typhoon of the 2002 Pacific typhoon season, was
the most powerful to strike South Korea in 43 years. It developed on
August 22 from the monsoon trough in the northwestern Pacific Ocean,
then moved to the northwest, intensifying into a powerful typhoon. On
August 26, the storm moved across the Amami Islands of Japan, causing
two fatalities. Across Japan, the typhoon dropped torrential rainfall
peaking at 902 mm (35.5 in) in Tokushima Prefecture. After weakening
slightly, Rusa made landfall on Goheung, South Korea with winds of
140 km/h (85 mph). It weakened while moving through the country,
dropping heavy rainfall that peaked at 897.5 mm (35.33 in) in
Gangneung. A 24 hour total of 880 mm (35 in) in the city broke the
record for the highest daily precipitation in the country. Over
17,000 houses were damaged, and large areas of crop fields were
flooded. In South Korea, Rusa killed at least 233 people. The typhoon
also dropped heavy rainfall in neighboring North Korea, leaving
26,000 people homeless and killing three. Rusa also destroyed large
areas of crops in the country already affected by ongoing famine
conditions.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Rusa>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1879:
Anglo-Zulu War: Zulu forces of King Cetshwayo fought to a
decisive victory at the Battle of Isandlwana.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana>
1957:
New York City police arrested George Metesky, better known as
the "Mad Bomber", for planting over 30 bombs over 16 years throughout
the city.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Metesky>
1971:
The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important
documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations,
was issued.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations>
1984:
Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh computer during Super
Bowl XVIII with its groundbreaking "1984" television commercial.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(advertisement)>
2006:
Aymaran Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia,
the country's first democratically elected, fully Amerindian leader.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
enthesis:
(anatomy) The point at which a tendon, ligament, or muscle inserts into
a bone.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enthesis>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not
known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to be commanded must be
obeyed; and that which in contemplation is as the cause is in operation
as the rule.
--Francis Bacon
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon>