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Emma Roth
Emma Roth
North Carolina’s other high-purity quartz mine is “gradually restarting.”

The Quartz Corp CEO Thomas Guillaume said the company’s assets have been “largely preserved” after Hurricane Helene brought devasting flooding and power outages to the area.

Sibelco, another quartz mining company crucial to the chip-making process, resumed operations earlier this month.

Justine Calma
Justine Calma
The San Diego Zoo has a new giant panda camera.

The live camera shows four-year-old female Xin Bao and five-year-old male Yun Chuan. Xin Bao can be “easily recognized by her large, round face and big ears” and Yun Chuan has a recognizable “long, slightly pointed nose,” according to the zoo.

A closeup of a panda’s face looking into a camera.
Screenshot: San Diego Zoo
Justine Calma
Justine Calma
Hurricane Milton knocked out power for millions of people.

Power outages affect more than 3.3 million customers in Florida, out of the 11.5 million customers tracked by poweroutage.us (which collects data from utilities). Milton made landfall as an “extremely dangerous category 3 hurricane” Wednesday night.

Correction: It is 11.5 million customers, not 11.5.

Justine Calma
Justine Calma
Hurricane Milton hits tonight, and it’s past the point of evacuation. Creators are still there.

We might not hear from them for a while if Milton knocks out power and communicates like Hurricane Helene did. “Life-threatening” hurricane-force winds and flash floods are on the way, the National Hurricane Center warns.