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Another warning sign that a country is heading into autocracy is weaponized government.

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Meantime, in and around Washington, D.C., the National Weather Service issued severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings amid a cluster of storms that shook the area just before midnight.

There was a lack of water in the water reservoirs and hydrants, a limited pre-deployment of fire trucks in the area despite the early warnings.

"Frankenstein," which Mary Shelley wrote when she was just 19, is often taken as a cautionary tale, a warning against the hubris of bringing something to life, a Promethean sin like stealing fire from the gods.

In 2015, the COP21 summit agreed to limit global warming to 1.5°C, but since then research shows temperatures exceeding that, leading to warnings of catastrophic damage to Earth's life support systems.