Ida’s destructive wake

Hurricane Ida brings flooding far up the coast; India is cracking down on dissent in Kashmir.

Hurricane Ida's remnants continue on a devastating path; India is cracking down on dissent in Kashmir.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum. We're taking a break over Labor Day weekend; the newsletter will resume on Tuesday.  TOP NEWS Storm flooding reaches up the coast     Brandon Bell/Getty Image The remnants of Hurricane Ida hit the New York City metropolitan area last night, causing severe flooding and prompting the governors of both New York and New Jersey to declare states of emergency. [USA Today / John Bacon and Christal Hayes] New Jersey received up to 6 inches of rain, thunderstorms, flash flooding, and even tornadoes in the northwestern part of the state. More than 35,000 residents lost power. [The Asbury Park Press / Joshua Chung and Erik Larsen] In New York, nearly every subway line stopped service because of flooding, and roads were closed except for emergency vehicles. [CNN / Jennifer Gray, Brandon Miller, and Taylor Ward] While some transit stations have returned to offering service, over a dozen lines remain at least partially suspended. [The New York Times] Across the two states, at least 14 hurricane-related deaths have been reported. Manhattan's Central Park reported a record 3.15 inches of rain in one hour on Wednesday evening. [Axios / Julia Sclafani and Rebecca Falconer] Meanwhile, the city of New Orleans remains under curfew as hundreds of thousands of people are without power and water. In addition, affected areas in Louisiana and Mississippi are now under heat advisories. [BBC News] All eight of the transmission lines that service New Orleans were knocked down in the storm. Nearly 40,000 workers are trying to restore power, but officials warn that parts of New Orleans may be powerless for a month. [Intelligencer] Hurricane Ida is just one of a number of extreme weather events over the last few weeks, including flooding in Tennessee, wildfires in Lake Tahoe, and Hurricane Henri in the Northeast. [The Guardian / Helen Sullivan] Crackdown in Kashmir after separatist leader's death Indian authorities shut down Internet service and patrolled the streets of the country's Kashmir region after the death of 91-year-old Kashmir separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani on Wednesday. [The New York Times / Sameer Yasir] Geelani had been under house arrest for the last 12 years over his role in leading protests calling for Kashmir's separation from India. [Reuters] In response, India deployed forces across Srinagar, where Geelani lived, and shut down the roads leading to his house. Tensions over the region were reignited in 2019 after the Indian government revoked the region's autonomy. [Reuters] The Indian government refused to allow a mass funeral for Geelani. Three clashes have occurred thus far in Srinagar, with young people throwing stones and shouting Kashmiri freedom slogans at military forces being met with tear gas. [The Associated Press / Aijaz Hussain] Cutting off internet access is a common move by the Indian government to seek to quell protests before they start. [The Washington Post / Gerry Shih] MISCELLANEOUS In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court officially declined to grant an emergency order that would have blocked Texas's restrictive new abortion law, saying that they had questions about the law's constitutionality but that the order request was not sufficiently persuasive. [The Hill / John Kruzel and Colin Meyn] The Romanian coalition government is on the brink of coming apart after a party in the coalition filed a motion of no confidence against the prime minister. [Politico / Matei Rosca] WhatsApp has been fined $267 million by Ireland's Data Protection Commission over a security breach that broke the EU's data privacy rules by sharing user information with other companies owned by Facebook. [The Associated Press / Kelvin Chan] In a battle between two Americans at the US Open, Sloane Stephens bested Coco Gauff in straight sets. [The New York Times / Christopher Clarey] VERBATIM "Presented with an application to enjoin a flagrantly unconstitutional law engineered to prohibit women from exercising their constitutional rights and evade judicial scrutiny, a majority of Justices have opted to bury their heads in the sand." [Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissenting to the Court's majority opinion allowing Texas to ban abortions after six weeks] LISTEN TO THIS     Several years after US diplomats in Cuba claimed they were attacked by an invisible weapon, similar incidents continue to be reported around the world. Scientists haven't been able to determine a definitive cause, but the possibilities point toward something just as mysterious as the illness itself: the inner workings of the human brain. [Spotify] Read more from Vox You can buy stuff online, but getting it is another story   How the US created a disaster in Afghanistan   Texas' voting bill inspired Democrats to flee. Here's what made it into law.   The complicated case for digital driver's licenses   The authors of Madwoman in the Attic are still mad     This email was sent to edwardlorilla1986.paxforex@blogger.com. Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe. If you value Vox's unique explanatory journalism, support our work with a one-time or recurring contribution.   View our Privacy Notice and our Terms of Service.   Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Floor 11, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2021. All rights reserved.