Sep 182022

What Happened on September 18, 2022

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Historical Events

Hurricane Fiona makes landfall near Punta Tocon on Puerto Rico's southwest coast as a Category 1 storm with 85km winds causing catastrophic flooding [1]
Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Taiwan’s southeastern coast, north of Taitung[1]

Toronto Film Festival

Steven Spielberg's film "The Fabelmans" wins The People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival

Typhoon Nanmadol, one of the biggest to ever strike Japan, makes landfall on Kyushu island, with winds of 180 km/h (112mph), forcing four million people to evacuate[1]

Covid Pandemic is Over

US PresidentJoe Biden says “we still have a problem with Covid” and “We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over.” in a CBS TV interview[1]