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***[[Hurricane Sally]] strengthens into a [[Category 2 hurricane]]. The storm has forced evacuations and left more than 150,000 people without electricity. It is now expected to make landfall near southeastern [[Mississippi]] and the [[Florida Panhandle]]. [https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/16/weather/hurricane-sally-wednesday/index.html (CNN)] |
***[[Hurricane Sally]] strengthens into a [[Category 2 hurricane]]. The storm has forced evacuations and left more than 150,000 people without electricity. It is now expected to make landfall near southeastern [[Mississippi]] and the [[Florida Panhandle]]. [https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/16/weather/hurricane-sally-wednesday/index.html (CNN)] |
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***[[Hurricane Sally]] makes landfall in [[Gulf Shores, Alabama]] at 5:45 am ET as a [[Category 2 hurricane]]. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/16/hurricane-sally-tracker-updates-landfall-alabama-florida-rain/5814379002/ (USA Today)] |
***[[Hurricane Sally]] makes landfall in [[Gulf Shores, Alabama]] at 5:45 am ET as a [[Category 2 hurricane]]. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/16/hurricane-sally-tracker-updates-landfall-alabama-florida-rain/5814379002/ (USA Today)] |
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***Part of a bridge in [[Pensacola, Florida]] collapses due to the 30 inches of rain. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/16/hurricane-sally-tracker-updates-landfall-alabama-florida-rain/5814379002/ (USA Today)] |
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Revision as of 18:47, 16 September 2020
September 16, 2020 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- September 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- A bomb kills two people and injures 12 others in Kalafgan District, Takhar Province. (TOLOnews)
- A member of the Afghan National Directorate of Security was shot dead and his driver was injured in Kabul, Afghanistan. (TOLOnews)
- September 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two men are injured during a rocket attack in Ashdod, Israel. In response, the Israel Defense Forces strike Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Sally
- Hurricane Sally strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane. The storm has forced evacuations and left more than 150,000 people without electricity. It is now expected to make landfall near southeastern Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle. (CNN)
- Hurricane Sally makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama at 5:45 am ET as a Category 2 hurricane. (USA Today)
- Part of a bridge in Pensacola, Florida collapses due to the 30 inches of rain. (USA Today)
- Hurricane Sally
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia
- COVID-19 pandemic in India
- India's cases top 5 million to become the second country in the world after the United States to record that many cases. (Al Jazeera)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- Indonesia reports 3,963 new cases in the past 24 hours, which takes the nationwide total at 228,993, a new all-time high since the pandemic began in the country. (detikNews)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- Venezuelan protests, Crisis in Venezuela
- A United Nations Human Rights Council fact-finding mission formally accuses the Venezuelan government of crimes against humanity, including cases of killings, torture, violence against political opposition and disappearances since 2014. President Nicolás Maduro and other senior Venezuelan officials are among those implicated in the charges. (BBC)
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces plans to repeal the Dublin Regulation and reform the migration policy of the European Union, which von der Leyen says will be presented on September 23. (AFP via France 24)
Law and crime
- Rwandan humanitarian and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Paul Rusesabagina, the subject of the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda, faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted of the crimes with which he is charged, according to the prosecution. Rusesabagina had called for armed resistance against the government of Paul Kagame on YouTube. Rusesabagina, however, declined to respond to the charges. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Yoshihide Suga is elected Prime Minister of Japan, following the resignation of his predecessor Shinzo Abe over health concerns. (BBC)
- Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley announces that the Caribbean island will become a republic next year before its 55th anniversary of independence from the United Kingdom in November 2021, replacing Elizabeth II as head of state with a Barbadian. Governor-General Sandra Mason says "the time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind." (Sky News)
Science and technology
- A United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure report blames a "horrific culmination of a series of faulty technical assumptions by Boeing’s engineers, a lack of transparency on the part of Boeing’s management, and grossly insufficient oversight" by the Federal Aviation Administration for two deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes. (Reuters)
Sports
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
- 2020–21 NCAA Division I FBS football season
- The Big Ten Conference announces its 2020 football season will begin on October 24 with an eight-game schedule, reversing its previous decision to cancel the season. (Associated Press via WJRT-TV)
- 2020–21 NCAA Division I FBS football season