Hurricane Rosa brought widespread flooding to northwestern Mexico and
the Southwestern United States in late September 2018, leading to one
death in Mexico and two in the U.S. state of Arizona. Rosa originated
from an Atlantic tropical wave that crossed the West African coast on
September 6. The wave proceeded westward across the Atlantic,
traversing Central America before entering the Gulf of Tehuantepec on
September 22. It became a tropical storm three days later. Rosa entered
a period of rapid intensification on the 27th, peaking as a Category 4
hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) a day
later. It thereafter weakened, making landfall in Baja California as a
tropical depression on October 2, and split apart by the following day.
There were tropical storm watches and warnings along the coast of Baja
California, but the impact of Rosa was relatively minor, due to the
weakness of the storm by the time it made landfall. (This article is
part of a featured topic: 2018 Pacific hurricane season.).
Read more:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/2018_Pacific_hurricane_season>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1846:
English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the
largest moon of Neptune.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_%28moon%29>
1933:
In the first proven act of sabotage in the history of
commercial aviation, a Boeing 247 operated by United Airlines exploded
in mid-air near Chesterton, Indiana, killing all seven people aboard.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_United_Airlines_Boeing_247_mid-air_explosion>
1943:
World War II: The Kenpeitai, the military police arm of the
Imperial Japanese Army, arrested and tortured fifty-seven civilians and
civilian internees on suspicion of their involvement in a raid on
Singapore Harbour during Operation Jaywick.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Tenth_incident>
1967:
The Outer Space Treaty, a treaty that forms the basis of
international space law, entered into force.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nide:
(archaic) A nest of pheasants.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nide>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel
Peace Prize for 2021 to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts
to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for
democracy and lasting peace. Ms Ressa and Mr Muratov are receiving the
Peace Prize for their courageous fight for freedom of expression in the
Philippines and Russia. At the same time, they are representatives of
all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world in which
democracy and freedom of the press face increasingly adverse conditions.
--Norwegian Nobel Committee
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Norwegian_Nobel_Committee>
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