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CNN 10: Cyclone in Myanmar, Meta fined by EU, Mars rover mission update, conservation efforts in Mauritius, earthquake simulator test

• Cyclone Mocha, a category storm with winds of up to 195 miles per hour, hit Myanmar, leaving more than 400 people dead and causing critical need for shelters, food, medicine, and healthcare services.
• European Union regulators fined Meta, the parent company of social media giants Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, a record-breaking $1.3 billion for transferring the personal data of Facebook's EU users to servers in the US.
• SpaceX successfully launched its Dragon freedom spacecraft with four crew members aboard, including former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who is now the first woman to command a private space flight, and stem cell researcher Rayyanah Barnawi, the first woman from Saudi Arabia to ever travel to space.
• NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is exploring sedimentary rocks on the top surface of Jezero Crater, where different depositional environments could capture the history of water in the crater, and the rover has encountered igneous rocks and sedimentary deposits.
• The diverse set of rocks collected by the rover could provide information about different types of potential habitable environments, including surface watery environments and igneous rocks where water flows underground, and could help prepare for human exploration in the future.
• Conservationists in Mauritius are working to restore the ebony forest, which is home to endemic species like the pink pigeon and the echo parakeet, and was historically depleted due to poaching, pollution, and logging.
• The ebony tree, coveted for its durable black hardwood, is closely linked to the history of Mauritius, where the Dutch colonized the island to exploit the ebony trees.
• The restoration initiatives involved weeding, planting, growing native plant species, and reintroducing locally extinct species, and the ebony forest park officially opened to the public in 2017.
• Engineers from the University of California, San Diego, built and tested the tallest full-scale building ever on an earthquake simulator, 10 stories high, and the building was damage-free in simulations of two of the strongest quakes in recent history, providing data to help design safer buildings and bridges.
• CNN 10 host Coy Wire gave a shout-out to teachers on Teacher Time Tuesday and encouraged students to appreciate and thank their teachers.
• Wire also announced a #yourwordwednesday where followers can put their unique vocabulary word in the comments section on his social media posts, and one fun word will be chosen to be worked into the next day's show.
• Clear Creek Amana Middle School in Tiffin, Iowa, and Mr. Wilmer received a special shout-out from Wire.