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California s coast has been hit with a series of relentless atmospheric rivers that are being called ARkStorm 2.0. The monthlong series of hits have pummeled the coast triggering flood watches and evacuations. Schools and roadways had to be closed across the state as torrential rain and flooding that was widespread caused fast rising water levels that threatened mudslides and landslides. The Associated Press reported that the search for a 5-year-old swept away by floodwaters in California s Central Coast had to be called off. The death toll from the storms had risen to at least 14 by Monday. Experts say climate change has had a hand in the weather pattern, and it is feared that more ofthese extreme storms could lead to a megaflood, as one study published in Science Advances reported. Atmospheric rivers can carry more moisture than before now, according to a 69-year-long catalog of monitoring them as they make land-fall, accor stanley cup ding to a paperpublished in Advancing Earth and Space Science.Over 16 inches of rain had fallen in the Santa Barbara mountains, and around 7.12 stanley kubek inches fell on Los Angeles County this stanley cup week. The National Weather Service NWS issued flood watches for around 90% of California putting over 34 million people in the state under the threat of watches. Swdp NOAA, NASA agree that July 2023 was the hottest month on record
School district spreadsheets reveal the realities of what schools are dealing with on a daily basis while trying to educate students in the classroom during a pandemic.The reports, provided to us by four school districts through a public records request, are daily logs these stanley mug districts submit t stanley cup o Floridas Department of Education. The logs detail confirmed cases of COVID-19 on campus. According to the state, the daily logs are submitted to the state voluntarily. Everyday is a challenge, explains Dylan Tedders, Assistant Superintendent of Okeechobee County Schools. Tedders said the logs help ensure districts are taking a more strategic approach to outbreaks and not conducting widespread closi stanley termosky ngs of schools. Prior to the start of school this year, Florida Education Commission Richard Corcoran said during a phone conference that he wanted districts to be more surgical in their approach to dealing with positive cases on campus and not sweeping. The Okeechobee County school district is small, with a population of about 6,400 and just 10 schools. But the districts daily logs show small isnt immune to virus challenges.The reports reveal how in several cases, staff members tested for the virus but didnt share it with their schools until days later when their results were positive. That creates challenges, said Tedders.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Fla. students, teachers who test positive for COVID-19 while quarantined may not be included in school countIn another case, a student tested posit |
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