Portal:Current events/2015 December 27

December 27, 2015 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
- Battle of Ramadi
  - The
    Islamic State militants as their forces retake an important government compound in Ramadi. (Reuters) (CNN)

Boko Haram insurgency
- Boko Haram militants attack the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers. At least 30 people are reportedly killed. (AP via The Washington Post)
- A twin suicide-bomb attack carried out by two female suicide bombers at a market in the town of
  Adamawa state, leaves over 25 people dead. (BBC)

Military intervention against ISIL

Tishrin Dam offensive
The
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces. (Rudaw)

2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season
- Storm Eva
  - Thousands of people are evacuated from their homes as flood waters continue to rise across large parts of northern England, with York particularly badly affected. (BBC)
2015–2016 El Niño event
- At least 11 people are killed as tornadoes strike Dallas, Texas, and five people die in a flash flood in Illinois. A total of 34 people have died in this week's smörgåsbord of storms that started Wednesday. Mark Wiley of the National Weather Service says this rare run of December tornado storms in the South and Midwest, and spring-like temperatures across much of the North and East, in part to a strong El Niño. (USA Today) (AP via The Greeneville Sun)
- Missouri governor Jay Nixon declares a state of emergency as widespread flash flooding continues to impact the midwestern state. (Fox2Now)

Sports

Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps will coach the sport at Arizona State University upon his presumed retirement following the 2016 Olympics. (NPR) (The Arizona Republic)