southern
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“The interesting thing about last year is that it was the southern half of the state that was significantly drier,” said Cal Fire Director Joe Tyler at a wildfire season outlook briefing last month.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026
A month later, the Resolution and another ship, the Adventure, set sail under Cook’s command to the southern oceans in search of a hitherto unknown continent, fancifully known as Terra Australis Incognita.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
A gale-force storm was coming, so the skipper set course downwind for the tiny port of Sandhamn in southern Sweden, where the group sheltered for four nights, according to German investigators.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
His 10-acre farm in Kandukur is on the Deccan Plateau, which covers a large part of southern and central India.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Almost the entire southern continent is covered by ice.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
