Central Tennessee inundated with rain, ‘catastrophic’ flooding
Hurley said some parts of the western middle of Tennessee received 8 to 10 inches of rain, some even more, all within an eight-hour span, starting at midnight. Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys and Houston counties fared the worst, suffering catastrophic flooding, she said. Source
As covid-19 surges in Mississippi, some people are ingesting an
Recently, reports of ivermectin use among unvaccinated people have sprung up in states besides Mississippi. The family of Phil Valentine, a conservative radio host in Tennessee who was unvaccinated and using ivermectin, was “elated” to hear his listeners are getting vaccinated after he was infected with the virus; Valentine died Saturday, according to the Associated…
At least 16 dead, dozens missing after ‘catastrophic’ flooding in
As of TEMA’s last update Saturday night, 3,500 customers lacked power in Humphreys County, and several hundreds lacked electricity in surrounding counties. Waverly, home to several thousand people, was reporting “disruptions with their water treatment facilities,” according to TEMA, and residents were advised to boil their water for drinking. Source
Live updates: Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in Rhode Island
Increasingly, however, heavy rain will be the most significant hazard. Already, it has caused serious flooding in New York City and parts of central and northern New Jersey, which may worsen into Sunday afternoon. Later Sunday into Monday, the risk of heavy rain and flooding may focus over the Poconos, Catskills, western Connecticut, western Massachusetts…
Northeasterners scramble to hunker down as Tropical Storm Henri nears
On the eastern side of Long Island, Raffaele Franzese was planning to wrap up a frenetic day working at a local supermarket, then head home to his three-bedroom ranch in Shirley, N.Y. His cars were full of gas, he has plenty of water, and the kitchen was stocked with nonperishables. He wasn’t worried, he said.…
Don Everly, half of singing duo who influenced generations of
Isaac Donald Everly was born Feb. 1, 1937, in Brownie, a town in Kentucky’s coal mining region. His father, Ike, a miner turned itinerant guitarist, sang with his wife, Margaret. The family eventually settled in Iowa, where the boys began performing on their father’s radio show, billed as “Little Donnie” and “Baby Boy Phil.” Source
Malala: I Survived the Taliban
In the past two decades, millions of Afghan women and girls received an education. Now the future they were promised is dangerously close to slipping away. The Taliban — who until losing power 20 years ago barred nearly all girls and women from attending school and doled out harsh punishment to those who defied them…
Racial Inequities Persist in Health Care Despite Expanded Insurance
In Dr. Johnston’s hometown, St. Louis, as in other cities, fewer health care providers and specialists are found in low-income and minority neighborhoods, which is a function of structural racism and a legacy of residential segregation, Dr. Johnston said.“It’s not a question of insurance — it has more to do with the supply side,” he…
Tiny Love Stories: ‘Every Relationship Has Its Hiccups, Yet…’
Thanks, I Needed ThatMy sister is younger than I am — fiercer and more mercurial, too. She lives in a city 200 miles north of mine. We text regularly but still miss and mystify each other. One night this June, home together for the first time in six months, our parents asleep, she whispered my…
How to Fight the Poison of Environmental Racism
NASHVILLE — Something wonderful happened in Memphis last month: Community organizers in the city managed to stop a crude-oil pipeline from running beneath the historic neighborhood of Boxtown as well as several other predominantly Black communities along its projected 45-mile route.The Byhalia Connection pipeline was to be a joint venture by Plains All American Pipeline…