Tropical Tracker: Iota keeps record-breaking category 5 streak alive, season slowing down?
ORLANDO, Fla. โ The 2020 hurricane season rages on with no signs of slowing down as we approach the official end in 11 days. Iota slammed into Nicaragua as a strong category 4 hurricane just two weeks after Eta, also a category 4 hurricane devastated the country. Iota continued the already record-breaking streak of consecutive seasons with at least one category 5 hurricane. With Iota becoming a category 5 hurricane, the record has been extended to five straight seasons with a category 5 storm. Hurricane season officially runs through Nov. 30, but the season could linger into December much like it did in 2005.
Russian constitution change ends hopes for same-sex marriage
Irina, right, and Anastasia Lagutenko play with their son, Dorian, at a playground in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 2, 2020. Their 2017 wedding wasnt legally recognized in Russia. Any hopes they could someday officially be married in their homeland vanished July 1 when voters approved a package of constitutional amendments, one of which stipulates that marriage in Russia is only between a man and a woman.
Good riddance! Hurricane season comes to an end
ORLANDO, Fla. โ One name will be remembered above all this hurricane season. Dorian wasnโt the only Category 5 hurricane of the 2019 season. Nestor, albeit a weak tropical storm, had the biggest impact on Central Florida this hurricane season. As of Nov 30 there have been 18 named-storms. While the season officially ends Nov 30, storms, even hurricanes can still develop in December.