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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Chances of afternoon and early evening showers and thunderstorms increase through the week as a moist and unsettled weather pattern returns over our region. Temperatures continue to be near seasonal normals.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers after 5am. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Friday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then isolated showers between 10pm and midnight. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A slight chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Friday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then isolated showers between 10pm and midnight. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Friday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Isolated showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Isolated showers before midnight. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Friday
A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed Aug 24 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. East of The Windward Islands:
Shower and thunderstorm activity remains disorganized associated with a broad trough of low pressure located several hundred miles east-southeast of the Windward Islands. Environmental conditions could become more conducive for slow development of this system in several days while it is forecast to move across the Windward Islands and into the southeastern Caribbean Sea.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa in a day or two. Environmental conditions could support some slow development of this system late this week or over the weekend while it moves westward at 10 to 15 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - August 23, 2022
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
No smoke fields will be crossing Macon County today, no map was produced.
Air quality is in theextreme upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in theextreme upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range 8.4 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (8.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 24th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1983
Lowest Temperature 43°F in Highlands in 1930
Greatest Rainfall 2.50 inches in Highlands in 1961
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of August
Data available from 1873 to 2022
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
Monthly Averages
Warmest Weather Station 79.7°F Wilmington, New Hanover County
Coldest Weather Station 59.6°F Mount Mitchell, Yancey County
Wettest Weather Station 7.74 in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County
Driest Weather Station 3.12 in Lexington, Davidson County
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
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Local and State News
• Maple Street to be Closed August 24th and 25th to Northbound (Downhill) Traffic During Sidewalk Construction [Macon Media]
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson writes his memoir and sits down with WXII 12 News. (2nd story) | WXII-TV (Greensboro, NC)
COVID-19 Fireside Chat & Tele-town Hall | NCDHHS
• Top NC senator prefers abortion limits after 1st trimester [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• 'We are well on track': NC continues to see electric vehicle growth [WTVD-TV (Raleigh, NC)E]
• 'Pricing data I've seen is that health care costs too much in WNC,' AG Stein says [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Fall color: Will WNC have a brilliant leaf season? Experts give their forecast. [Asheville Citizen Times]
• 2022 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Tour from North Carolina to Washington, D.C. Nov. 5-18 [Macon Media]
State Budget Details
• NC Budget Table of Contents [Google Drive (PDF)]
• NC House Bill 103: 2022 Appropriations Act [Google Drive (PDF)]
• Joint Conference Committee Report on the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2022 [Google Drive (PDF)]
• House Bill 103 Information and Voting History [NC General Assembly Website]
• Raises for state employees, preparations for recession, in proposed state budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
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Special Section: Russo-Ukrainian War Updates
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 23 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 23rd]
Did Ukraine target Daria Dugina? | Funker 530
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 181 [Al Jazeera]
• Russia planning strikes on Ukraine civilian infrastructure soon: US intelligence [WION]
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (Day 148-158)
1/ Ukrainian TVD, Day 159-172. The first half of August has seen an emerging shift in the strategic initiative moving decidedly away from the Russia to that of Ukraine. With fall fast approaching the next several weeks may prove as critical as the early days of the war. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/VNNpW6pynB
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) August 17, 2022
• People are paying to have personal messages painted on Ukrainian artillery shells. [New York Times]
• U.S. to announce $3 billion in new military aid for Ukraine - official [Reuters]
• Zelenskyy vows 'powerful response' if Russia attacks Kyiv during Ukraine's Independence Day [CBC News]
• Six months since Russia invaded Ukraine: What’s next? [Al Jazeera]
• Russia-Ukraine updates: Germany to send €500 million in new weapons [DW News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Russian troops make signficant advance in Ukraine – Moscow [Russia Today]
• Germany no longer able to supply arms from its warehouses to Ukraine [Pravda ]
• Ex-mayor of Yekaterinburg detained for discrediting Russian army [TASS Russian News Agency]
The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
• The Lachlan Murdoch letters [Crikey]
More than 700 pages of classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago | CBS News
• Agency identified 700-plus pages of classified records at Trump's home [SOURCE]
• ‘Incredibly Damning’: Ex-FBI General Counsel Declares Mar-a-Lago Classified Docs Reveal a ‘Substantial Criminal Case’ Against Trump [MEDIAITE]
• Mexican Journalist Killed Hours After Publishing Story About Local Officials' Involvement in Disappearance of 43 Students in 2014 [International Business Times]
• Two men convicted in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer [CBS News (video)E]
• Amid housing crises vacation towns limit short-term rentals [AP News]
• US business activity falls at its fastest rate since May 2020 [CNN]
• We’re in a ‘housing recession,’ experts say. Here’s what that means for homeowners, sellers and buyers [CNBC]
• Spain: Gunman euthanised before he can stand trial [BBC News]
• Artemis I is go for launch to the moon and back, NASA says [CNN]
Washington Today (8-23-22): Russia, U.S. spar over Ukrainian nuclear power plant safety | C-SPAN
Meet The Press Election Night Special | NBC News
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Primary election winners projected in New York and Florida | CBS News
Global National: Aug. 22, 2022 | Afghan aid worker with Canadian charity killed amid Taliban rule
Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 22
PBS NewsHour Full Episode August 22nd, 2022
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 5:10pm CEST, 23 August 2022, there have been 594,367,247 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,451,016 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 17 August 2022, a total of 12,409,086,286 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:10pm CEST, 23 August 2022, there have been 92,364,032 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,029,936 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 12 August 2022, a total of 598,074,864 vaccine doses have been administered.
Live Q and A with Dr. Wilson, August 23rd, 2022
• What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic? [Wiley Online Library]
• Incubation Period of COVID-19 Caused by Unique SARS-CoV-2 Strains [Journal of the American Medical Association]
• The autonomic aspects of the post-COVID19 syndrome [Science Direct]
• Myocarditis risk significantly higher after COVID-19 infection vs. after a COVID-19 vaccine [American Heart Association]
• Wastewater viral loads can provide advance warning of COVID-19 outbreaks [Hokkaido University]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Intel's Gelsinger talks up 'systems foundry' era of trillion-transistor chips [The Register]
• Scanning students’ homes during remote testing is unconstitutional, judge says [ARS TECHNICA]
• Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies [CNN]
• Twitch will now let partners stream on YouTube and Facebook [The Verge]
• Electric cars have a big tire conundrum [Seattle Times]
• New Research Shows LSU Campus Mounds as the Oldest Known Man-made Structures in North America [Louisiana State University]
• Does turning the air conditioning off when you're not home actually save energy? Three engineers run the numbers [Tech Xplore]
• ETHERLED: Air-gapped systems leak data via network card LEDs [Bleeping Computer]
• The world’s largest solar park will produce 5 GW energy by 2030 [Interesting Engineering]
• Congress Admits UFOs Not ‘Man-Made,’ Says ‘Threats’ Increasing ‘Exponentially’ [Vice News]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
NASA Shares (Terrifying) Audio Clip Of What A Black Hole Sounds Like | TODAY
The Level1 Show August 23 2022: America's Most Dystopian Home Videos
Grow Plants With a Click - DTNS 4338 | Daily Tech News Show
Does Afghanistan have a future? | Caspian Report
How Supply-Chain Bottlenecks Shifted to East and Gulf Coast Ports | WSJ
The Wrath of Kan: A Soviet-Born Anthropologist on Stalin’s Gulag | Hoover Institution
Human Mars exploration with nuclear propulsion is inevitable! | Marcus House
SpaceX Starship Still Stuck in Repairs, Artemis Launches THIS WEEK, Blue Origin scraps landing ship | MAtt Lowne
Long March-2D launches Beijing-3B (BJ-3B)
Hot Chips 34: Day 2 Watch Along Party | TechTechPotato
Timelapse Booster 7 Lift, August 23, 2022. SpaceX Starbase Launch Site, Texas | Ocean Camera Space Corp
Building the MakerVerse - This is Only a Test 661 - 8/23/22 | Adam Savage's Tested
If A Writer Can't Answer This Question, They Don't Know What The Story Is About - Naomi Beaty | Film Courage
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2016) | Youtube Movie (limited time for free)
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Ukraine marks six months since Russian invasion | DW News
Ukraine Flag Day: Country marks 31 years of independence | Al Jazeera
Six months into Russian invasion, Ukraine marks Independence Day with resilience | FRANCE 24
Kyiv hosts forum on Crimea liberation, West warns Russia on new annexation plan | WION World News
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On This Day
August 23rd is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 130 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
367 – Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father.
394 – The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, is written.
410 – The Visigoths under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome.
1185 – Sack of Thessalonica by the Normans.
1200 – King John of England, signer of the first Magna Carta, marries Isabella of Angoulême in Angoulême Cathedral.
1215 – Pope Innocent III issues a bull declaring Magna Carta invalid.
1349 – Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.
1482 – The town and castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army.
1516 – The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Syria at the Battle of Marj Dabiq.
1561 – Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
1608 – The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
1643 – A Dutch fleet establishes a new colony in the ruins of Valdivia in southern Chile.
1662 – The Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
1682 – William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
1690 – Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown).
1743 – The War of the Hats: The Swedish army surrenders to the Russians in Helsinki, ending the war and starting Lesser Wrath.
1781 – American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
1789 – The first naval battle of the Svensksund began in the Gulf of Finland.
1812 – Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz.
1814 – British troops invade Washington, D.C. and during the Burning of Washington the White House, the Capitol and many other buildings are set ablaze.
1815 – The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.
1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
1820 – Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal.
1821 – The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
1857 – The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
1870 – The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
1898 – Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
1909 – Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
1911 – Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn in as the first President of Portugal.
1914 – World War I: German troops capture Namur.
1914 – World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
1929 – Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city.
1931 – Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
1933 – The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.
1936 – The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
1941 – The Holocaust: Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of seven officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier USS Enterprise is heavily damaged.
1944 – World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
1949 – The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
1950 – Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
1951 – United Air Lines Flight 615 crashes near Decoto, California, killing 50 people.
1954 – The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
1954 – Vice president João Café Filho takes office as president of Brazil, following the suicide of Getúlio Vargas.
1963 – Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
1967 – Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.
1970 – Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
1981 – Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
1989 – Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
1989 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
1991 – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1991 – Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
1992 – Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane, causing up to $25 billion (1992 USD) in damages.
1995 – Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
1998 – First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
2004 – Ninety passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers from Chechnya.
2006 – The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
2008 – Sixty-five passengers are killed when Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 crashes during an emergency landing at Manas International Airport in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
2008 – A Cessna 208 Caravan crashes in Cabañas, Zacapa, Guatemala, killing 11 people.
2010 – In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.
2010 – Henan Airlines Flight 8387 crashes at Yichun Lindu Airport in Yichun, Heilongjiang, China, killing 44 out of the 96 people on board.
2010 – Agni Air Flight 101 crashes near Shikharpur, Makwanpur, Nepal, killing all 14 people on board.
2016 – An earthquake strikes Central Italy with a magnitude of 6.2, with aftershocks felt as far as Rome and Florence. Around 300 people are killed.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, August 23, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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