What the Guadalupe River Flooding Reveals About a Town’s Resilience
KERRVILLE, TX – The Guadalupe River has surged past major flood stage, forcing residents in low-lying areas to evacuate as the community prepares for significant inundation.
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What a CenturyLink Internet Outage Reveals About Lumen’s Financial Health
FACTRAGE – A significant broadband outage on June 19 that impacted tens of thousands of CenturyLink customers has put a new spotlight on the immense financial pressures facing its parent company, Lumen Technologies.
Why the Urban Heat Island Effect is a Story of a City’s Past
NATIONWIDE – As summer heat waves intensify across the country, they are exposing a critical, often invisible, vulnerability in American cities: the legacy of their own design. The way cities were built, whether a century ago or in the last decade, is now determining who is most at risk when temperatures soar, revealing how decisions of the past create the public health crises of the present.
Why Two Major US Highways Force Drivers Aboard Ferries
FACTRAGE – Two major American highways, US Route 9 and US Route 10, are uniquely interrupted by large bodies of water, requiring travelers to continue their journey by ferry.
CoreWeave Surges Amidst AI Infrastructure Boom
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Shares of CoreWeave (CRWV) have seen a significant rally recently, driven by strong quarterly results, increased investor confidence in AI infrastructure, and a substantial, oversubscribed debt offering. The company, an “AI neocloud” provider, is capitalizing on the surging demand for specialized computing power needed to fuel the artificial intelligence revolution.
Massive Blackout Hits Iberian Peninsula
Madrid, Spain – A widespread power outage plunged much of Spain and Portugal into darkness on Monday, April 28th, at approximately 12:30 PM CEST. The blackout significantly affected an estimated 60 million people across the Iberian Peninsula, with minor impacts felt in Andorra and parts of southwestern France.
Impact of the Blackout