📖 🇺🇸 🌡 California just had its hottest and driest March ever recorded.

It was warmer than any April on record since 1895.

Warmer than the average May. And as dry as a typical July.

https://www.aol.com/news/march-record-warmest-dozens-us-161000745.html

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👨‍🌾 🇮🇷 🌡 From war to weather: A 'super El Niño' event poses fresh risks to global food costs

Meteorologists say an unusually powerful El Niño could take shape later this year, exacerbating global food security fears.

The prospect of a “super El Niño” event comes at a time when many have raised the alarm over surging fuel and fertilizer costs amid the Iran war.

"Food prices are being squeezed from both sides: by climate extremes disrupting production in major growing regions, and by a food system still hooked on fossil fuels and therefore exposed to spikes in gas, fertiliser, transport and packaging costs," Jaccarini told CNBC by email.

Roughly one-third of the world's seaborne fertilizer trade typically passes through the Strait of Hormuz, although shipping traffic has virtually ground to a halt since the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran on Feb. 28.

The price spikes for fuel and fertilizer come as the U.S. planting season begins in earnest, ramping up fears among U.S. farmers of elevated food prices and lower crop yields.

Asked about the prospect of a powerful El Niño event developing in the wake of the sprawling Middle East crisis, Heyl said: "If you get two negative factors like that combining then it could really be tough going."

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/el-nino-food-risks-iran-war-fertilizer-weather.html

✏️ 🇺🇸 🏛 Trump promises mass pardons for his staff before leaving office — WSJ

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: Hezbollah has released a video compilation of FPV drone attacks against Israeli tanks and troop carriers in Lebanon

During this war, Hezbollah has rapidly increased the use of FPV drones after their effectiveness was proven in Ukraine.

@Middle_East_SpectTor

👨‍🚀 🌎 🚀 Artemis II crew re-enters Earth's atmosphere.

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👨‍🚀 🌎 🚀 Splashdown in the Pacific— Artemis II crew has safely returned to Earth after their moon mission.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — The U.S. is continuing to build up forces in the Middle East ahead of this weekend’s renewed talks with Iran, with more fighter and attack aircraft already deployed and plans to send 1,500–2,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division, WSJ reports.

➡️ Additional naval and Marine forces are also moving into the region, including the USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group and the USS Boxer with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.