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Jul 16, 2024 | weather.com | Ron Brackett |Jonathan Belles

By Ron Brackett and Jonathan Belles4 days agoThis story originally appeared in the Morning Brief email newsletter. Sign up here to get more stories like this and weekday weather updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. On a hot summer day, you’ll often hear someone talk about how humid it is. But humidity doesn’t tell the whole story. How muggy a day feels also involves the dew point, the temperature to which the air must be cooled, at constant pressure, to be completely saturated.

Sep 9, 2023 | msn.com | Ron Brackett

Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. At least 820 people were killed late Friday night when a magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook Morocco for several seconds. The earthquake struck at 11:11 p.m. local time (6:11 p.m. EDT) about 43 miles south of Marrakech, the capital of Morocco. As of late Saturday morning, Morocco's Interior Ministry said nearly 700 others were injured, according to the Associated Press.

Sep 9, 2023 | msn.com | Ron Brackett

Mesothelioma in the United States: Where are people at highest risk of developing this deadly cancer? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, killing an estimated 605,213 people in 2021 alone. While lung, colon, and breast cancer are the most common, they are far from the deadliest forms of the disease.

Sep 8, 2023 | weather.com | Ron Brackett

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the Moroccan capital of Marrakech late Friday night. The death toll was nearing 300 early Saturday. Buildings lie in ruin. Hundreds of people were killed late Friday night when a magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook Morocco for several seconds. The earthquake struck at 11:11 p.m. local time (6:11 p.m. EDT) about 43 miles south of Marrakech, the capital of Morocco.

Jun 21, 2023 | msn.com | Ron Brackett

The vessel that went missing Sunday in the North Atlantic while exploring the Titanic's wreckage is a submersible not a submarine, and there is a key difference. The Titan, with five people on board, remained missing Tuesday even as an international search and rescue effort was underway. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explains the difference. A submarine has enough power to leave port and come back to port under its own power. But a submersible has more limited power and range.