The Sterling Report | The Birds Knew First | Aug 14, 2026

Record rain turns Tokyo’s Narita airport into a shelter for seven thousand travelers. Serbia’s drought drops the Danube low enough to raise sunken Nazi warships from 1944. In Panama, seabirds fly north ahead of a strong El Niño — before the forecasters call it. At home: nineteen million eggs recalled at the FDA’s highest level, a record stingray surge off Southern California, and retail sales falling as the American shopper pulls back. Then the calves at Chili’s, Count Binface’s run for Parliament, an eighteen-year-old who found nine million in gold and gave it back, and the nine-year-old who built a museum. Art Sterling, weekdays.