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The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 180th degree meridian east of the Greenwich Observatory. The zone includes the U.S. territory of Wake Island and is two hours ahead of Chamorro Time Zone , 17 hours ahead of North American Eastern Time Zone , 23 hours ahead of Samoa Time Zone , and 24 hours ahead of Howland and ...
[191] [11] In 1990, legislation in the U.S. Congress proposed including Wake Island within the boundaries of the U.S. territory of Guam. In response, Marshallese President Amata Kabua reasserted his nation's claim to Wake, declaring that Enen-kio was a site of great importance to the traditional rituals of the Marshall Islands. [192]
It is separated from Wake Island by a channel which, from World War II to the 21st century, was crossed by a wooden bridge. The bridge had burned down by 2003. In 1953 the bridge between Peale and Wake Island was rebuilt. [4] Wake is one of the most remote islands on the planet and is hundreds of miles from the nearest land.
Alaska's interior is well known for brutal cold and 54 years ago today its temperature plunged to America's all-time record low. The temperature hit minus 80 degrees at Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska ...
On Today's Date: Great Lakes Ice-Choked Winter 2013-14 was one of America's coldest this century. That left the Great Lakes more ice covered than all but one other time since the 1970s.
Typhoon Halola was the first significant threat to Wake Island since Hurricane Ioke in 2006, which caused tremendous damage and forced the closure of the island for three months. The Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness (TCCOR) level was raised to 3—indicating winds of 93 km/h (58 mph) or higher were possible within 48 hours—by 2:00 p.m ...
Later that day, the typhoon weakened to the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane for the final time, and on August 31 Ioke passed very near Wake Island with winds of about 155 mph (250 km/h). [ 13 ] By September 1, increased wind shear and drier air caused the eye of Ioke to become cloud-filled and elongated, [ 16 ] and by September 2 Ioke was ...
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