Small earthquake gives Bay Area a jolt

"A small earthquake gave East Bay residents a quick jolt early Sunday morning. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 2.6." SFG

Long-duration M2.7 solar flare launches Earth-directed CME, impact expected late on September 1

"The event began at 19:11 UTC, peaked at 20:02 UTC, and ended at 20:41 UTC. The eruption originated from Active Region 4199 (Beta), located near the center of the solar disk.
An asymmetric full halo CME was first observed in LASCO C3 imagery at approximately 20:30 UTC on August 30. Impact analysis suggest Earth-arrival after 20:00 UTC on September 1." W

Severe flooding in Punjab kills 24, inundates 1 000 villages and damages 60 000 ha of farmland

"Severe flooding affecting Punjab has claimed 24 lives impacting over 1 000 villages and destroying vast areas of farmland. The floods continue to ravage the state.
A total of 11 330 persons have been evacuated to safer locations from flood-affected areas through combined efforts of the Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Border Security Force (BSF), and district authorities.
The flooding has been driven by swollen Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi rivers, along with seasonal rivulets, following heavy rainfall in their catchment areas in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
Worst-affected villages are located in Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Fazilka, Kapurthala, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur, and Amritsar districts." W

182 combat engagements on frontline over past day

"Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 182 combat clashes with Russian forces along the frontline.
Ukrainian aviation, missile troops, and artillery struck two clusters of enemy personnel and equipment, one command post, and two ammunition depots.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, 14 enemy attacks were repelled; Russia conducted 17 airstrikes, dropping 43 guided aerial bombs, and 194 artillery strikes, including two with MLRS.

In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, 11 Russian attacks were stopped near Vovchansk, Hlyboke, Kamianka, and toward Novovasylivka.
In the Kupiansk sector, Ukrainian force repelled nine enemy attacks near Petropavlivka and Kupiansk.
In the Lyman sector, Russian forces conducted 30 attacks aimed at breaching Ukrainian defenses near Novyi Myr, Kolodiazi, Dibrova, Hrekivka, Karpivka, and toward Druzheliubivka, Shandryholove, Dronivka.
In the Siversk sector, Ukrainian forces stopped seven attacks near Serebrianka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the Russians launched seven attacks near Stupochky and toward Podilske.
In the Toretsk sector, 10 Russian attacks were reported near Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, Katerynivka, and Poltavka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the Ukrainian defenders halted 50 enemy assaults near the settlements of Shakhove, Sukhetske, Nikanorivka, Volodymyrivka, Novoeconomichne, Myroliubivka, Chervonyi Lyman, Promin, Lysivka, Zvirove, Rodynske, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoukrainka, and toward Pokrovsk and Zolotyi Kolodiaz.
In the Novopavlivka sector, 26 clashes occurred near Oleksandrohrad, Maliivka, Shevchenko, Zelene Pole, Filia, Yalta, toward Novoselivka and Komyshuvakha.
In the Orikhiv sector, Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian positions five times near Kamianske." Ukrin