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slash kid news good morning and welcome to kid news i'm tory today is tuesday august 12th

2025 and we begin with the storm door opening to what could become the first hurricane of the

2025 season. A system known as Aaron is currently spinning off the western coast of Africa,

marching west across the Atlantic with winds of 45 miles per hour. According to CNN, there's

plenty of fuel for Aaron to tap into. That's because sea surface

temperatures are much warmer than normal. Not quite as warm as the record levels of 2023 and

24, but still warm enough to give it a jolt of energy. Several models show Aaron ramping up to a

category three hurricane with winds topping 110 miles an hour by this weekend.

But forecasters say it's still too soon to know what impact, if any, it'll have on the U.S.

Believe it or not, connecting to the Internet used to sound like this.

Yeah. connecting to the internet used to sound like this. It was called dial-up.

You actually had to use a phone line to access the web

and then patiently wait out a series of high-pitched beeps, static, and screeches to

hopefully get connected. Many of your parents won't be

shocked that it's ending. They'll be shocked that it's still in use. But not for much longer,

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