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On 6 August 2020, the Lebanese Forces Party's executive chairman Samir Geagea was the first politician to visit Beirut and launched from there a relief committee, Ground-0, under the leadership of the former minister Dr. May Chidiac to support in rebuilding Beirut. In December 2020, the committee achieved repairing 709 houses, assisted 5300 ...
The August 2020 Midwest derecho was a powerful derecho affecting the Midwestern United States on August 10–11, 2020, primarily eastern Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. It caused high winds and spawned an outbreak of weak tornadoes. Some areas reported torrential rain and large hail. [2] [7] [1]
The August 2020 California lightning wildfires (also referred to as the August lightning siege or August wildfire siege) were a series of 650 wildfires that ignited across Northern California in mid-August 2020, due to a siege of dry lightning from rare, massive summer thunderstorms, which were caused by an unusual combination of very hot, dry air at the surface, dry fuels, and advection of ...
August 2020 was the eighth month of that leap year. The month, which began on a Saturday, ended on a Monday after 31 days. Portal:Current events. This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 2020.
On 18 August 2020, elements of the Malian Armed Forces began a mutiny, [4] [5] [6] and subsequently undertook a coup d'état. Soldiers on pick-up trucks stormed the Soundiata military base in the town of Kati, where gunfire was exchanged before weapons were distributed from the armory and senior officers arrested.
Canada has reported 424 new cases The highest daily case count since August 1 2020, bringing the total number to 118,985. [46] Malaysia has reported 25 new cases, bringing the total number to 9,063. 15 have recovered, bring the total number of recoveries to 8,728. The death tolls remains at 125.
Insurgents killed at least 8 Afghan soldiers and another 6 were wounded in Shahrak District, Ghor province. [20] 27 August. Bagram District, Parwan Province. 5. 4. An attack in Sayad village, Bagram district, Parwan province left 4 civilians and 1 Afghan soldier dead and another 3 civilians and 1 soldier were injured.
An August 19, 2020 satellite image of the wildfires burning in Northern California, covering a significant portion of California and nearby states. The 2020 California wildfire season, part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season, was a record-setting year for wildfires in California. Over the course of the year, 8,648 fires burned ...