Survivors recount apocalyptic cyclone in Mayotte
Survivors describe a cyclone in Mayotte that damaged Mamoudzou and Grand Terre, with up to 31 confirmed deaths but feared higher total. Residents faced water scarcity, power outages, and hurried burials while French authorities deployed gendarmes, emergency shelters housing 8,800, and a navy aid ship as Macron plans a Mayotte visit.
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Ursids Meteor Shower Peaks Before Christmas Weekend
The Ursids, a sparse meteor shower from comet 8P/Turtle, peak Sunday a few days before Christmas with 5 to 10 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. Outbursts in 1945 and 1986 reached about 100 meteors hourly. predictions for this year remain uncertain. Moon will be 59 percent full, obscuring some meteors, viewing until December 26. The Quadrantids peak January 3.
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King’s College London
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