Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.1 earthquake hits Tobago, Trinidad-Tobago.
5.0 earthquake hits the Philippine Islands.
Storms and Floods
Tropical Storms – Roundup of Tropical Storms:
In the Southern Hemisphere: Tropical cyclone 08s (Batsirai), located approximately 637 nm east-north-east of Port Louis, Mauritius, is tracking west-northwestward at 09 knots.
NewsBytes:
USA – A nor’easter with hurricane-force wind gusts battered much of the East Coast on Saturday, flinging heavy snow that made travel treacherous or impossible, flooding coastlines, and threatening to leave bitter cold in its wake. The storm thrashed parts of 10 states, with blizzard warnings that stretched from Virginia to Maine. Philadelphia and New York saw plenty of wind and snow, but Boston was in the crosshairs. The city tied its record for biggest single-day snowfall, with 23.6 inches (60 centimeters), the National Weather Service said.
Disease
Covid-19
The countries with the 10 greatest number of Covid-19 cases:
Malaria – Nicaragua
Nicaragua closed the year 2021 with the second highest number of malaria cases in the last two decades. According to the Epidemiological Bulletin 46, through the last week of November 2021, there were 21,030 cases in the country.