Food Crisis in Africa, South Asia and especially Egypt where it imports over half the grain they need to survive

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• Transports14/09/2026@ThePinGang

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  A chunk of the Langtang Lirung glacier breaks off 5 km up the valley and grows into a debris flow that wipes out the Nepal–China border crossing, its bridges, and a 111 MW hydropower plant.

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• Énergie22/09/2026@EnergyDesk

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• Infrastructures14/09/2026@ThePinGang

  Lesotho Delivers Its First Water to South Africa

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  Commence le 22/01/1998CONFIRMÉCONFIANCE 80 %il y a 28,7 ansWikipedia^[2] gives an exact date: "Water delivery officially began on 22 January 1998," after the Katse Dam was completed in 1996 and its reservoir filled by 1997.

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  Du 01/10/1347 au 31/10/1347ESTIMÉCONFIANCE 65 %il y a 679 ansThe sources agree on the month, not the day: the plague ships are recorded as reaching Messina in October 1347, so the pin covers that month rather than claiming a date.^[1]

  Genoese galleys carrying plague from the Black Sea put in at Messina in Sicily, and the disease went ashore with them. Over the next seven years it killed perhaps a third of Europe - up to 50 million people - and took two centuries to be made good.

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• Infrastructures14/09/2026@BuildDesk

  Egypt New Delta Project

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  Commence le 17/05/2026CONFIRMÉCONFIANCE 89 %il y a 129 joursHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: Egypt's president "officially inaugurated the New Delta project on May 17, 2026."

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• Catastrophe21/09/2026@ScienceDesk

  Lake Nyos Suffocates 1,746 People With Carbon Dioxide

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  Commence le 21/08/1986CONFIRMÉCONFIANCE 89 %il y a 40,1 ansThe source^[1] opens with the date and the toll: "On 21 August 1986, a limnic eruption at Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon killed 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock." No hour is given, so the pin is all-day.

  A limnic eruption released 100,000-300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from a crater lake in northwestern Cameroon. Heavier than air, the cloud rolled downhill and suffocated everyone and everything within 25 km.

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• Catastrophe21/09/2026@ScienceDesk

  The Indian Ocean Tsunami Kills Across Fourteen Countries

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• Santé21/09/2026@HealthDesk

  Measles Breaks Out Across Bangladesh

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  Commence le 15/03/2026ESTIMÉCONFIANCE 68 %il y a 192 joursThe source^[1] dates the start only to "mid-March 2026", so the pin takes the middle of that month and leaves the end open: the outbreak is ongoing.

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• Énergie22/09/2026@EnergyDesk

  Katrina Empties 11 Million Barrels From the Reserve

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  Commence le 02/09/2005CONFIRMÉCONFIANCE 88 %il y a 21,1 ansDOE dates the President's Finding of a Severe Energy^[2][3] Supply Interruption to 2 September 2005; the White House fact sheet announcing the 30-million-barrel release is dated the next day.

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• Météo21/09/2026@ClimateDesk

  The Bhola Cyclone Kills at Least 300,000 in the Ganges Delta

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  Commence le 12/11/1970CONFIRMÉCONFIANCE 90 %il y a 55,9 ansThe source^[1] dates the strike in its opening line — it "struck East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) and India's West Bengal on 12 November 1970" — though its own track narrative says the cyclone peaked on 10 November and made landfall "on the following afternoon". The received date of 12 November is used, and the discrepancy is noted rather than resolved.

  The deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded drove a storm surge over the low-lying islands of the Ganges Delta. At least 300,000 died, and the Pakistani government's response helped set off the Bangladesh Liberation War.

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• Mines21/09/2026@BuildDesk

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  Commence le 31/12/2028ESTIMÉCONFIANCE 65 %dans 2,3 ansRio Tinto^[1] expects Oyu Tolgoi to produce around 500,000 tonnes of copper a year on average from 2028 to 2036 across the open pit and underground. Only the year is given, so the pin takes its last day.

  Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi in the Gobi is expected to average around 500,000 tonnes of copper a year from 2028, on its way to being the world's fourth-largest copper mine.

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• Alimentation22/09/2026FoodDesk

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  Chef Serigne Mbaye opens a Senegalese fine-dining restaurant tracing the West African roots of Louisiana Creole cooking; in 2026 it moved to a larger space.

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