nothing but old rumors. well, you may have been tackling your holiday shopping last december 18th, that is when unbeknownst to nearly all of us a giant space rock exploded 16 miles above the earth with ten times the energy of the atomic bomb. snas calls them fireballs. it was the second most powerful in 30 years. scientists only just noticed it because the shooting star exploded over the strait which is remote. and this is not the kind of bracket bust espn had in mind. the network is apologizing after it accidently aired brackets for the ncaa women s basketball tournament hours before the scheduled release. you can see them on the right side of the screen midday monday. espn says in the midst of our preparation, the bracket was mistakenly posted on espnu. we deeply regret the error and extend our apology to the ncaa and the women s basketball community.
18th, a giant space rock exploded 16 miles above the earth. it had ten times the centering of the heiroshima atomic bomb. nasa calls it fireballs. it was the second most powerful in 30 years. na nasa s planetary defense officer says fireballs this powerful only happen a few times this century. and this is not the kind of bracket bust espn had in mind. the network apologizing after it accidently aired brackets for the women s basketball tournament hours before the scheduled release. you can see them on the right side of the screen midday monday. espn says in the midst of our preparation the bracket was mistakenly posted on espn democrat accept
the ncaa women s basketball tournament hours before their scheduled release. you can see them on the right side of the screen midday monday. espn says in the midst of our preparation, the bracket was mistakenly posted on espnu. we deeply regret the error and extend our apology to the ncaa and the women s basketball community. the ncaa also addressed the leak, we regret the network s mistake and are working with our partners at espn to prevent similar errors in future years. the ncaa women s tournament begins monday, top seeds baylor, mississippi state, notre dame and louisville. and for the first time since 2006, uconn is not a number one seed. starts friday? monday? we re talking about the women s. you re worried about the men s tournament because your bracket has to be filled out by thursday morning. got it. all right. march madness in full effect. draft kings looking to make a profit from legal tournament betting. cnn business has the details next. sugar. kind of like how you
that region. let s move to another part of the world, another major story we re following, hurricane ophelia, churning across the atlantic and it is equivalent to a category 3 hurricane, 185 kilometer per hour sustained winds, the storm has picked up speed as it travels in the general northeasterly direction. it will weaken, but extra tropical, fancy meteorologist cal term saying it is going to lose its tropical characteristics but pack a punch when it makes landfall monday and into the day on tuesday. for ireland, and into wales as well as parts of the rest of the uk. let s time this out for you. across the iberian peninsula, portugal and extreme northwestern spain, later today, tropical storm force winds. fast-forward into monday morning, we ll feel the outer effects of hurricane ophelia into southern ireland, into wales as well as scotland and into england. and midday monday, and the overnight period into tuesday morning, that s when the brunt of the storm will make its
in the beach. these waves here, offshore buoys checking in with 18 footers. as far as the wind it s right at my back from the northeast. around 30 miles an hour, gusting at times as much as 50. look at that wave come in and hit that barrier of sand. you can feel the force of the water and feel it running in. the highest tide of this entire event since late last week is occurring right now. after this the tides will slowly back off. here s the reason we ve had so many issues. persistence. with a tropical storm or hurricane it will go by, you have strong winds for a day. but this is day nine out of the past 12. we had five days last week and this is day four tomorrow winds will back off north of here but the virginia/north carolina coast will get battered through midday monday.