UP govt bans heaters and blowers to ensure fire safety at Mahakumbh 2025
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on Monday, when a total solar eclipse sweeps across the United States for the first time in 99 years, people gathering in Charleston, South Carolina, will be the last on the continent to experience it.
They are ready.
Historic Charleston, with its cobblestone streets and elegant antebellum mansions, was a-bustle on Sunday in full pre-eclipse mode.
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Its restaurants were packed and downtown parking was at a premium as excited locals and tourists strolled cheerfully along the seafront Battery promenade.
“It has been crazy since Friday night,” said bar owner Chaz Wendell.
“This is probably going to be our busiest weekend all year.”
Weather predictions for today were iffy — with clouds and scattered thunderstorms predicted through the hours when the eclipse is due, from the moment when the moon first obscures a small arc of the sun, to totality, and through the end of the whole cosmic viewing experience.
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