From the Community: Flooding in Nebraska, drought in Africa and hate crimes
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Officials Monitoring Rising Floodwaters at Nebraska Nuclear Plants
Submitted by EthicalVegan
With floodwaters in the midwest rising, officials say that two Nebraska nuclear power plants have protected critical equipment from the floods.
The utility has set up a "flood rumor control" page to reassure the public that there has been no release of radioactivity from the plant. An electrical fire June 7 did knock out cooling to its spent fuel storage pool for about 90 minutes, but the coolant water did not reach a boiling point before backup pumps went into service, it said.
East Africa: Severe drought due to climate change killing animals and a way of life
Submitted by JanforGore
The increased frequency of droughts in East Africa is producing devastating consequences.
East Africans are no strangers to drought conditions. Traditionally, the rains here have failed around once a decade, giving communities time to build up emergency stocks and to restore the condition of their livestock on the good years. But for the past decade, droughts have been coming more regularly.
The people here reckon the rains fail one year in every two now; consecutive failings, like this one, have the potential to totally destroy the herds upon which they rely.
With their prime assets gone, they lose both their source of food, and their sole source of income. Their nomadic lifestyle prevents them from growing crops; the animals they graze are their only means to survive. Now it appears that climate change is robbing them of that livelihood.
6 NYC teens charged with murder as hate crime
Submitted by KB723
Six New York City teens have been charged with murder as a hate crime after the beating and stomping of an 18-year-old man they assumed was gay.
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Thursday the defendants were each charged in a 21-count indictment that includes second-degree murder as a hate crime. Brown said the charges were upgraded after new evidence from witnesses.
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