Tropical Storm Carlotta was a tropical cyclone that caused flooding in several states in southwestern and central Mexico. The system strengthened into a tropical storm on June 15, 2018. It reached peak intensity two days later with reported maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 997 millibars (29.44 inHg) when it was only 30 mi (50 km) south-southeast of Acapulco. Interaction with the land and wind shear weakened the storm to a tropical depression later in the day, and on June 19 the storm dissipated. Carlotta prompted the issuance of watches and warnings for the southern coast of Mexico. The storm caused three deaths, two in Aguascalientes and the other in Oaxaca. Flooding and landslides also occurred throughout the states of Aguascalientes, Guerrero, Michoacán, Oaxaca, and Puebla, as well as in the Yucatán Peninsula. Damage from the system was reported to be minor.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1865:

American Civil War: The Union Army captured Columbia, South Carolina, from the Confederacy, while a large fire of unknown origin destroyed much of the city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Columbia

1904:

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly (title character shown) premiered at La Scala in Milan to poor reviews, forcing him to revise the opera. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madama_Butterfly

1964:

Gabonese military officers overthrew President Léon M'ba, but France, honoring a 1960 treaty, would forcibly reinstate him two days later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Gabonese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

1974:

A U.S. Army soldier stole a Bell UH-1 helicopter and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_White_House_helicopter_incident

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

hobbyist: A person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hobbyist

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Political realism is aware of the moral significance of political action. It is also aware of the ineluctable tension between the moral command and the requirements of successful political action. And it is unwilling to gloss over and obliterate that tension and thus to obfuscate both the moral and the political issue by making it appear as though the stark facts of politics were morally more satisfying than they actually are, and the moral law less exacting than it actually is.   --Hans Morgenthau https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hans_Morgenthau