Cyclone Dumazile was a strong tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian
Ocean that affected Madagascar and Réunion in early March 2018.
Dumazile originated from a low-pressure area that formed near Agaléga
on 27 February. It became a tropical disturbance on 2 March, and was
named the next day after attaining tropical storm status. Dumazile
reached its peak intensity on 5 March, with 10-minute sustained winds
of 165 km/h (105 mph), 1-minute sustained winds of 205 km/h
(125 mph), and a central atmospheric pressure of 945 hPa
(27.91 inHg). As it tracked southeastwards, Dumazile weakened steadily
over the next couple of days due to wind shear, and became a post-
tropical cyclone on 7 March before completely dissipating on 10 March.
Dumazile dropped torrential rainfall in Réunion and
Madagascar—reaching 1,600 mm (63 in) in Salazie and 210 mm
(8.3 in) in northeastern Madagascar—causing widespread flooding and
damaging crops and infrastructure. Two deaths were caused by Dumazile,
both in Madagascar.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Dumazile>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1859:
The Great Slave Auction, the largest single sale of slaves in
U.S. history, with more than 400 people sold, began in Georgia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Slave_Auction>
1919:
Communist, revolutionary-socialist, and syndicalist delegates
met in Moscow to establish the Communist International.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Congress_of_the_Comintern>
1962:
Led by General Ne Win, the Burmese military seized power in a
coup d'état.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_Burmese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
1978:
As a cosmonaut on Soyuz 28, Czechoslovak military pilot
Vladimír Remek became the first person from outside the Soviet Union or
the United States to go into space.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr_Remek>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
recuse:
1. (transitive)
2. To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment,
etc.).
3. (reflexive, law) Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare
(oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or
potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
4. (chiefly Canada, US, law) To object to (a judge, juror, or
prosecutor) participating in a court case due to an actual or potential
conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
5. (obsolete)
6. To refuse (to do something).
7. (rare) To dismiss (an appeal).
8. (intransitive, law) Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare
oneself disqualified from trying a court case due to an actual or
potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recuse>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to
learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.
--Dr. Seuss
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss>