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Portal:Current events/2018 September 20

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;Arts and culture

;Disasters and accidents

  • Storm Bronagh
  • Bronagh, the second named storm of the 2018–19 European windstorm season, begins moving across Ireland and the United Kingdom. [http://www.itv.com/news/2018-09-20/storm-bronagh-set-to-bring-gusts-of-up-to-70mph-in-aftermath-of-ali/ (ITV)]
  • Heavy rainfall from Bronagh results in severe flash floods across northern England. Sheffield is the worst affected city, with dozens of vehicles becoming stranded in rising floodwaters during the evening rush hour. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45588463 (BBC)]
  • High winds from Bronagh arrive later in the day, gusting up to {{convert|97|kph|mph}} in parts of Wales. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45588463 (BBC)]
  • MV Nyerere sinking
  • At least 136 people are dead and more than 100 others are missing after a ferry capsizes in Lake Victoria, Tanzania. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45599042 (BBC)]
  • 2018 Naga, Cebu landslide
  • At least 25 people are killed and dozens are missing after a landslide unleashed by monsoon rains strikes Cebu, Philippines. [https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/09/21/1853425/22-dead-cebu-landslide-rescue-efforts-continue (Philippine Star)]
  • 2018 California wildfires
  • The United States Forest Service says that the Mendocino Complex Fire, largest wildfire on record in California, has been contained. [https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/09/19/states-largest-wildfire-ever-now-fully-contained/ (Mercury News)]
  • Eight people are killed in a head-on crash near Florence, Arizona, United States, after a car strikes an SUV. [https://www.abc15.com/news/region-central-southern-az/florence/dps-nine-killed-in-head-on-crash-near-florence (ABC15)]
  • Four children from a day-care centre are killed in a collision involving a train and an electric cargo bike in Oss, Netherlands. Another child and a woman are injured. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45586492 (BBC)]
  • A gas leak at the state archive in the city of Arezzo, Italy, kills two employees and injures one other. [http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2018/09/20/gas-leak-at-arezzo-archive-two-dead_fa08d971-7e0e-4a1d-9e05-4ab7100ff032.html (Ansa)]
  • More than 30 passengers receive treatment after pilots forget to turn on a switch regulating cabin pressure on Jet Airways flight 9W 697 from Mumbai to Jaipur. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45584300 (BBC)]

;International relations

;Law and crime

  • Aberdeen, Maryland shooting
  • Three people are killed and three others are injured in a shooting at a Rite Aid distribution center in Aberdeen, Maryland, USA. The suspected shooter then shoots and kills herself. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/20/us/maryland-shooting/index.html (CNN)]

;Politics and elections

;Science and technology

;Sports

  • 2018 NFL season
  • The Cleveland Browns win their first game in nearly two years after 635 days without a win. [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/20/cleveland-browns-new-york-jets-nfl-thursday-night-football (The Guardian)], [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/20/sports/cleveland-browns-win.html (The New York Times)]

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