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.

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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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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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