World News Flashcards
Who won the debate — Vance or Walz? Oct. 2024
Forty-two percent of debate watchers said Vance won the debate, while 41% thought Walz emerged as the winner. Seventeen percent called the debate a tie.
So who won?
Pretty much a tie.
People are fearing _____ _____ in the 2024 election like how they did in the 2020 one.
Voter fraud.
In the 2024 election Harris wants to _________ climate change, trump want to ________ ___________ ___________.
Harris - prioritize
Trump - relax environmental regulations
Hurricane Milton before landfall is a Category 5 and is churning toward Florida’s Gulf Coast with winds as high as 180 mph (though it was forecast to be lower at landfall).
On the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a major hurricane means a Category 3 or higher. The scale includes __ categories based on the storm’s sustained wind speeds. It also estimates potential damage to property, ranging from “some damage” to “catastrophic.”
The highest is Category 5, which means a storm that has a sustained wind speed of 157 mph or higher.
5
____________ ________ came ashore Wednesday oct. 9 2024 in the evening as a Category 3 storm in Siesta Key, a barrier island of white sand beaches about 70 miles (110 kilometers) south of the Tampa Bay area.
While the Tampa Bay area, home to over 3.3 million people, was spared a direct hit, there was still flooding and damage.
By Thursday afternoon, Milton had moved off Florida’s east coast and became a post-tropical cyclone that no longer had hurricane-force winds.
Hurricane Milton
______ _______ joins former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the site of the first assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5. 2024.
Seemly to show his support to trump…
Elon Musk
17 October 2024
Israel says it has killed ________ leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza.
Hamas
