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Severe weatherNational Weather Service · 7:15 PM ET

44 severe weather alerts are active nationwide. The most urgent: a Flash Flood Warning for Mohave, AZ.

44active alerts, extreme and severe tier
Flood Watch17
Storm Warning12
Flood Warning6
Winter Storm Watch3
Coastal Flood Warning2
EarthquakesUSGS · 7:14 PM ET

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Balleny Islands region, the strongest of the day.

M5.1 Balleny Islands region
M4.633 km NE of Mazo Cruz, Perutoday
M4.5236 km ESE of Zyryanka, Russiatoday
M4.67 km NE of Tago, Philippinestoday
M4.568 km ENE of Kuji, Japantoday
Flying today? Delay programs are running at Phoenix, Boston, and Las Vegas.FAA · 7:15 PM ET

3 of the 30 core airports FAA tracks are disrupted

PHXGround delayTHUNDERSTORMSavg 40 minutes
BOSDelaysWindup to 45 minutes
LASDelaysThunderstormsup to 29 minutes
LAXClosureAirport closurereopens May 28 at 16:00 UTC.
SANClosureAirport closurereopens Jan 01 at 08:00 UTC.
A SpaceX rocket launches in 5 hours from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, the first of 4 liftoffs in the next four days.The Space Devs · 6:46 PM ET
T-5hFalcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
T-5hT-3dT-3dT-3d
T-3dElectron | The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9)Rocket Lab · Unknown Pad, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandTBC
T-3dKinetica 2 | SpaceSail Polar Group TBD?CAS Space · Launch Area 140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaGo
T-3dFalcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAGo
T-4dMir | Demo FlightAgency for Defense Development · ADD Offshore launch platform, Sea LaunchTBC
Space weather is quiet: no storms on any NOAA scale.NOAA SWPC · 6:22 PM ET
G0Geomagnetic stormsnone
R0Radio blackoutsnone
S0Solar radiationnone

NOAA's scales run 0 to 5. A G1 storm is the mildest level that pushes aurora toward the northern United States; satellites and power grids are unaffected.

Washington published 119 new rules and notices, including "Further Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Motor Vehicles".Federal Register · 6:22 PM ET
Patrick Stewart was what readers looked up most yesterday.Wikimedia · 3:16 PM ET
Animals holds the top of the Netflix film chart for a second week with 31 million views.Netflix Top 10 · week of Oct 18

Films

1Animals30.8M views · week 2 in the top 10
2Doing Life7.3M views · week 3 in the top 10
3Ice Age: Collision Course6.3M views · week 5 in the top 10

TV

1Below: Limited Series21.2M views · week 2 in the top 10
2East of Eden: Limited Series6.2M views · week 3 in the top 10
3Instadocs: AI Gone Wild5.1M views · week 1 in the top 10

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