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Tropical Storm 'Vance' Emerges And Here Come The Veep Jokes
HuffPost • • world
Key Points:
- Vice President JD Vance faced backlash after expressing disgust toward Republicans who objected to Vivek Ramaswamy’s attack ad against Dr. Amy Acton, involving Acton's estranged mother calling her a "liar."
- On the same day, the National Hurricane Center named a new tropical storm in the eastern Pacific "Vance," located about 520 miles south of Acapulco, Mexico, with no immediate threat to land.
- Accuweather.com warned that Tropical Storm Vance could intensify to a Category 3 hurricane, potentially bringing heavy rain, rough surf, and strong winds to Mexico’s Pacific coast.
- The coincidence of the storm sharing the vice president’s name sparked social media reactions, reminiscent of previous storms named after public figures, and included references to viral memes about Vance.
- Despite some political figures renaming landmarks recently, the naming of Tropical Storm Vance followed standard meteorological procedures, not political influence.
