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Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu said that if the YSR Congress Party wins the GVMC elections, it will spell doom for the city. Speaking at various roadshows here as part of the TDP’s campaign, he urged people to see that YSRCP candidates are not elected. “Once they are elected this peaceful city would lose its peace,” he said. He said that if YSRCP is elected, the taxes of the GVMC will be increased exorbitantly, as the government intends to cover its deficit through the hike in taxes. “The government has already gone into a debt trap due to the vote bank schemes and now it will try to cover it up by increasing the taxes,” he said. Mr. Naidu said that TDP will fight till the end to see that the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) is not privatised. Appreciating former TDP MLA Palla Srinivasa Rao for taking up fast to protest against the privatisation of the plant, he said, “That is how a true leader reacts to an issue. But on the other hand, YSRCP … [Read more...] about YSRCP win will spell doom for city: Naidu

Living near the ocean is a dream for many people. But in recent years, the effects of climate change have made it a dicey proposition. Hurricanes have become more intense , leading to bigger storm surges and heavier rainfall that pound coastlines, erode beaches, and destroy homes. That storm threat has been compounded by so-called nuisance flooding that occurs during high tides, even during calm weather and clear skies. A new study shows that nuisance flooding is exacerbated by dredging and the construction of piers and jetties that were intended to make coastal living easier but are in fact redirecting the flow of incoming ocean water and making high tides higher than ever before. Published Friday in the journal Science Advances , the study compared high and low tide ranges measured during the past 70 years with an older database of historic tidal measurements made in the mid-1800s and recently found in stacks of old boxes stored in an annex of the National Archives in … [Read more...] about The Tide Is High–and Getting Higher

Bryan Townley was having a weekend away in Queenstown when he saw a news item about a Covid-19 cluster at the World Hereford Conference. “I thought oh heck – I was at that. This is starting to get serious. So we high-tailed it home, and I rang up and got some advice about what to do. “I wasn’t scared for myself, but it was a bit of a reality check that Covid was here – it bought it home to people because all of a sudden we had a business in Invercargill that had been in contact with it.’’ It’s likely Townley, who is the manager at the Ascot Park Hotel in Invercargill, and his 12 staff were the first in Southland to self-isolate after they provided catering services at the conference. They were 11 days into the 14-day incubation period, so didn’t have to self-isolate for a full 14 days. READ MORE: Number of positive Covid-19 cases in Queenstown 'not surprising' Coronavirus: Event company behind World Hereford Conference liquidated One in hospital as 11 new southern … [Read more...] about Townley still wary of virus a year after Hereford Conference Cluster

(CNN) A massive cold air outbreak over the central US in early February set hundreds of cold temperature records, stretching the power grid in Texas and leaving millions without power . Sound familiar? Be prepared for severe weather and tornadoes • Know where to find your daily local forecast • Set devices to receive storm and tornado warnings via Wireless Emergency Alerts • Bookmark and tune into NOAA Weather Radio and your local news stations The year was 2011, when a moderate La Niña weather pattern and an active jet stream generated the scenario that's almost identical to what we've experienced so far in 2021 . The weather events that followed 2011's extreme cold snap now have meteorologists concerned that the US could be in for above-normal tornado activity this spring . The past few months have seen the strongest La Niña signal since the winter of 2010-2011. So, the question is whether this spring continues to mirror that year, which … [Read more...] about La Niña could supercharge this year’s tornado season, just like it did to deadly effect in 2011