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15 August 2022
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Northeastern farmers face new challenges with severe drought (10)
By Associated Press August 15, 2022
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Vermont farmer Brian Kemp is used to seeing the
pastures at Mountain Meadows Farm grow slower in the hot, late summer, but
this year the grass is at a standstill.
That's "very nerve-wracking" when you're grazing 600 to 700 cattle, said
Kemp, who manages an organic beef farm in Sudbury.
4.5-magnitude earthquake rocks parts of Ilocos (3)
Published August 15, 2022, 6:53 PM
by Ellalyn De Vera-Ruiz
(PHIVOLCS)
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has
recorded a 4.5-magnitude earthquake in Ilocos Norte Monday afternoon, Aug.
15.
Phivolcs said the quake struck 10 kilometers (km) southeast of the
municipality of Carasi in the province of Ilocos Norte at 4:19 p.m.
The earthquake was felt at Intensity IV (moderately strong) in Carasi,
WHO renames two monkeypox variants to avoid geographic references (2)
by Julia Mueller - 08/14/22 12:18 PM ET
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Saturday that it renamed
variants of the virus monkeypox as it looks to counter concerns about the
original naming conventions.
"Newly identified viruses, related diseases & virus variants are given
names to avoid causing offence to any cultural, social, national, regional,
professional, or ethnic groups, & minimize the negative impact on trade,
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