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An opening is seen in the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX on January 7, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. A door-sized section near the rear of the plane blew off 10 minutes after Flight ...
2024–25 Australian bushfire season. Residents of the Grampians region of Victoria, Australia, evacuate due to bushfires, with more than 41,000 hectares (100,000 acres) already burnt by the bushfires. 2024 Lobitos oil spill
On 30 June 2024, i24NEWS launched a Hebrew language channel. [15] [16] A 2024 report from the Israeli bureau of statistics showed that i24NEWS English was the most watched English language news channel in the middle east, with peak broadcasts reaching 400,000 viewers.
2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Five Israeli soldiers are killed and seven others are injured in gun battles with Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. Assassination of Hashem Safieddine. Hezbollah confirms that Hossein Ali Hazimeh, head of its intelligence headquarters, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 3.
2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Tropical Storm Helene forms in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to become a major hurricane before making landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast on September 26. (National Hurricane Center) 2024 Pacific hurricane season. Three people are killed in flooding caused by remnants of Hurricane John in Mexico.
For 2024, the Nasdaq surged 28.6%, while the bellwether S&P 500 notched a 23.3% gain, marking the index's best two-year run since 1997-1998. The blue-chip Dow posted a 12.9% advance for the year.
4 December 2024 al-Mawasi attack. Two Israeli Air Force strikes on an evacuation zone in Al-Mawasi in the southern Gaza Strip kill at least 20 refugees due to explosions and a subsequent fire that destroyed several refugee shelters. Israeli incursions in the West Bank (2023–present) Israeli settler violence, Legality of Israeli settlements
2024 Kenya floods. Widespread flooding occurs in Nairobi, Kenya, with tens of thousands of people affected. Law and crime. National Security Act, 2024. Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. US President Joe Biden signs the PAFACA Act into law.