U.S. Covid cases
The U.S. has reported 70,000 daily new Covid-19 cases on average over the past week, Hopkins data shows. While far below the country s winter peak of about 250,000 new cases per day, that figure is in line with case counts reported during the nation s second wave over the summer, which at the time were record highs.
Michigan is seeing nearly 7,400 average daily new cases, nearing the state s record level of more than 8,300 per day recorded in December. On Friday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asked high schools to temporarily halt in-person learning and asked residents to restrict activities. The governor also requested that schools voluntarily suspend sports games and that residents avoid in-person dining for two weeks in an effort to slow the spread.
The research shows just how far Houston’s flooding problems go.
April 12, 2021, 1:23 PM
An abundance of sea life inhabits the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Researchers found pollution from flood runoff reached the marine sanctuary.
Flooding from major storms like Hurricane Harvey polluted coral reefs more than 100 miles offshore, according to a new study by researchers at local universities, including Rice and Texas A&M. Those are not the reefs that we typically would think are in danger of being affected by floodwaters from the land, said Rice University researcher Adrienne Correa. It was a big surprise.
Recreational divers were the first to notice that something was wrong a few months after Houston s 2016 Tax Day Flood, during which 240 billion gallons of rainwater fell on Harris County, Correa said.