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4 days ago · Burt Freeman Bacharach ( / ˈbækəræk / BAK-ə-rak; May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music. [4] [5] [6] Starting in the 1950s, he composed hundreds of pop songs, many in ...
May 21, 2024 · The project will fully restore the electricity transmission and distribution system and enhance the capacity of the Anguilla Electricity Company Ltd. to improve the climate resilience of the electricity supply of Anguilla.
May 23, 2024 · Statistic 1 "Hurricane Irma was the longest-lasting powerful hurricane or typhoon ever recorded, worldwide, with winds of 185 mph sustained for 37 hours."
1 day ago · The 2023–2024 European windstorm season is the ninth and current season of the European windstorm naming in Europe. The new season's storm names were announced on 1 September 2023. Storms that occur up until 31 August 2024 will be included in this season. This was the fifth season where the Netherlands participated (through KNMI ), alongside ...
May 23, 2024 · The 1995 Atlantic hurricane season was a very active Atlantic hurricane season, and is considered to be the start of an ongoing era of high-activity tropical cyclone formation. The season produced twenty-one tropical cyclones, nineteen named storms, as well as eleven hurricanes and five major hurricanes. [nb 1] The season officially began on ...
3 days ago · The 2015 Pacific hurricane season is the second-most active Pacific hurricane season on record, with 26 named storms, only behind the 1992 season. A record-tying 16 of those storms became hurricanes, and a record 11 storms further intensified into major hurricanes throughout the season. [nb 1] The Central Pacific, the portion of the Northeast ...
3 days ago · Tropical cyclones are named for historical reasons and so as to avoid confusion when communicating with the public, as more than one tropical cyclone can exist at a time. Names are drawn in order from predetermined lists. They are usually assigned to tropical cyclones with one-, three-, or ten-minute windspeeds of at least 65 km/h (40 mph).
