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On Monday evening, a ferocious thunderstorm tracked from eastern Montgomery County into the District, unleashing torrential rains and violent downbursts of wind.... Hail was also reported in a few areas. Support our journalism.... While Capital Weather Gang had predicted widely scattered storms, which could be locally heavy, their intensity exceeded expectations....

Luckily, the walker’s companion was able to call 999 and report the incident.... David Kerr, the senior coastal operations officer, said: “ It was a close call – he was struggling to hold on, and it was a long way to fall.... The teams knew they had to get to him and quickly....

Equity and fixed income valuations at the start of this year were very high. But investors’ skittishness in recent weeks may have reached extreme levels. Look at the two-year yield’s reaction to the January inflation data and hawkish comments from St.... The Fed will choose to let inflation run higher rather than let asset prices melt down and lead to financial instability, ” he said.So far this year the SP 500’s total returns are down 8% and Treasuries returns are down 3.5%.... — ReutersJamie

It has evolved into a cluster of several storms that will push southeast through St.... Scroll down below for the general thunderstorm outlook through the afternoon. Advertisement 1: 25 p.m.— Severe storm in Alexandria racing into southern Prince George’s CountyJust since 1 p.m., a severe storm erupted near Alexandria unleashing strong winds and hail.... It’s currently between the southwest portion of the District and Camp Springs, Md., zipping to the southeast at 25 mph toward Andrews Air For

Open this photo in gallery Firefighter Garrett Suza, with the Chiloquin Forest Service, mops up a hot spot of the Bootleg Fire on July 14, 2021, near Sprague River, Ore. Nathan Howard/ The Associated PressDry, unstable and windy conditions will keep fuelling a massive wildfire in southern Oregon, forecasters said, as the largely uncontained blaze grows by miles each day. The Bootleg Fire was just one of numerous wildfires burning across the U.S. West. Crews had to flee the fire lines of the Oreg

NEW YORK: Global equities fell further on Thursday, unable to sustain a late rally on Wall Street, as investors dumped stocks on fears of sluggish growth and bought safe-haven assets such as government debt and the Swiss franc. Supply chain woes continued to fuel inflation and growth concerns as Cisco Systems Inc CSCO.O warned of persistent component shortages, knocking its shares down 13.7%.... 3, and MSCI's index has fallen the same since peaking on Jan.... The Japanese yen strengthened 0.35

An active weather pattern will bring daily chances of strong to severe thunderstorms in the central and eastern United States, with chances of strong winds, hail and even a few tornadoes accompanying the heftier storm cells.... This includes Louisville; Indianapolis; Columbus, Ohio; and Charleston, W.Va.... That band of storms will march east through the evening, reaching the Mid-Atlantic during the overnight....

COVID precautions have turned many parts of our world into a giant salad bar, with plastic barriers separating sales clerks from shoppers, dividing customers at nail salons and shielding students from their classmates. Intuition tells us a plastic shield would be protective against germs.... “ Everybody’s aerosols are going to be trapped and stuck there and building up, and they will end up spreading beyond your own desk.”[ Don't miss] 9 restaurants, bars and boats to catch weekend’s Blue Angel

Nothing can be ruled out at this stage." The sheer speed of the plane's descent, as shown on data put together byFlight Radar 24, suggests to Gethin that something sudden happened at 29, 000 feet." This doesn't sound like an escalating issue that the crew were battling with".... But in the real world, they can get overwhelmed or disorientated by sudden events." This is known as the startle effect, and it is every hard to train for that." Even experienced pilots can be caught off guard and that'