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Wildfire And Drought Risks Spike As California Enters Dry Season With Just 18% Snowpack California is entering its dry season with far less snow than usual, heightening drought concerns across the state, according to Bloomberg. Snowpack stands at just 18% of normal statewide, according to the Department of Water Resources. Conditions are especially severe in the Sierra Nevada: the northern region has only 6% of typical levels, while the central and southern areas are at 21% and 32%, respectively. The shortfall matters because California depends on winter snow — not year-round rainfall...

In Charts: Communist Cuba's Lights Dim Amid US Oil Blockade Authored by Sylvia Xu, Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Blackouts, shortages, fuel rationing, and empty streets now define daily life in Cuba. People wait to fill their water containers during a nationwide blackout in Havana on March 22, 2026. Cuban authorities scrambled on March 22 to restore power to the island after the second nationwide blackout in less than a week, as the grid struggles due to an aging infrastructure and a U.S. oil blockade. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty...

US Secretly Repositions Bulk Of Stealth Cruise Missiles For Iran War President Trump has set a Tuesday evening deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran facing severe consequences if it refuses. Trump’s messaging suggests the next phase of the conflict could shift toward strikes on power plants, bridges, and other critical infrastructure nationwide. New reporting from Bloomberg suggests that the Department of War shifted a large share of its JASSM-ERs, formerly the AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range, a long-range, conventional, air-launched stealth cruise missile fired from...