Tropical Storm Nicole was a short-lived and unusually asymmetric
tropical cyclone that caused extensive flooding in Jamaica during the
2010 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the last of a record eight
tropical storms to form in September. Originating from a broad monsoonal
low, Nicole became a tropical depression over the northwestern Caribbean
Sea on September 28. As it tracked northeastward, its wind circulation
was poorly defined, and most of its strongest thundershowers were well
removed from the center. In Jamaica, the storm triggered widespread
power outages affecting more than 288,000 residences. Precipitation of
up to 37.42 inches (950 mm) caused disastrous flooding in several
parishes, severely damaging or destroying 528 houses. The island's
farmland suffered from extensive water pollution. Nicole wrought an
estimated US$245.4 million in damage throughout Jamaica, and there were
sixteen fatalities.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Nicole_%282010%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1886:
During a peaceful labor rally in Chicago, an unknown assailant
threw a bomb into a crowd of police, which resulted in the deaths of
seven police officers and at least four bystanders.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair>
1979:
Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom, following the defeat of James Callaghan's incumbent
Labour government in the previous day's general election.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher>
2015:
The Parliament of Malta moved from the Grandmaster's Palace to
the purpose-built Parliament House.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_House_%28Malta%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
walking carpet:
(slang, derogatory or humorous) An exceptionally hairy person.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/walking_carpet>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Science has taught to me … to be careful how I adopt a view
which jumps with my preconceptions, and to require stronger evidence for
such belief than for one to which I was previously hostile. My business
is to teach my aspirations to conform themselves to fact, not to try and
make facts harmonise with my aspirations.
--T. H. Huxley
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/T._H._Huxley>