At least 18 people perished after tornadoes ripped through parts of Texas and Oklahoma
At least five people were killed by tornadoes and severe weather in Kentucky in the US’ mid-latitude region on Sunday, authorities said. “It could’ve been much worse,” Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said. The White House said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was on the ground conducting damage assessments with state and local authorities.
Texas and Oklahoma residents are told to seek shelter after a tornado damaged homes
The death toll from tornadoes and severe thunderstorms that hit parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas on Saturday night and Sunday morning rose to at least 18. A tornado was confirmed near Valley View, moving east at 40 mph (64 kph) while a storm moved through Texas and Oklahoma. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for northern Denton County.
More than 670 people are thought to be killed in a New Britain, Australia, disaster
The International Organisation for Migration on Sunday increased the death toll from a landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670. Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of the UN migration agency’s mission in the South Pacific island nation, said that the revised death toll was due to calculations by the villagers and local officials.
There are a lot of weird answers in the search
Google has unveiled AI Overviews feature in its search engine that will help users know which Facebook Stories are related to their searched words. It will list all stories related to keywords users searched for in the past 24 hours. Google will start rolling out the AI Overviews feature to all users on its app and on Google Search within the next week.
The top UN court will rule Friday on the Israel offensive in Rafah
The International Court of Justice on Friday ordered Israel to halt its offensive in Gaza’s Rafah city, citing the “immense risk” to the population of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have sought refuge in the city. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that the country intended to press on with its offensive in Rafah, in a way that would abide by the court’s ruling.
The forecasters say the upcoming Atlantic storms will be ‘extraordinary’
US’ National Weather Service ( NOAA) has predicted that this year’s hurricane season would be the “most active on record”. “Big ones are fast”, NOAA Director Ken Graham said. “Between 1991 and 2020, there were an average of 14 named storms, 7.2 hurricanes and three major hurricanes per season. Those are big numbers,” Graham added.