There were crashes on an Air India flight that was headed to London
Air India on Thursday said 242 passengers and crew were onboard its Boeing 737 MAX 9 that crashed in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Thursday after taking off from Bengaluru. The passenger plane was carrying over 200 people. As many as 30 people have been reported killed in the crash, including four foreigners. The plane had taken off from Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The Senate floor has been occupied with Booker’s anti-Trump speech for 16 hours
Senator Cory Booker broke Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech by a senator with his speech lasting over 25 hours on Tuesday. Thurmond had said, “I’ve been hearing from people all over my state and indeed all over the nation calling uponFolks in Congress to do more, to do things that recognise the urgency, the crisis of the moment.”
A small medical plane crashes in Philadelphia, killing 7 and injuring 19
A plane crash in the US’ Philadelphia killed at least one person and left several others injured on Saturday, officials said. The plane was carrying six people to a hospital in Mexico’s El Paso. “I am sorry to see the plane go down,” Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said. The injured have been taken to three hospitals in Philadelphia, officials added.
High winds threaten to cause a new fire in Southern California
The Los Angeles Fire broke out on Monday night in a massive fire that had been reported to have burned 56 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. It is the fourth big fire in Los Angeles County over the past week. Over 20 people have died due to the fires in the past week, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s office.
A new fire breaks out in Southern California
A new fire broke out in Southern California on Monday night, adding to the string of fires there in the past week that have left more than 20 people dead and hundreds of thousands under evacuation orders. The Cal Fire reported that the auto fire had burned 56 acres by Tuesday morning. Mandatory evacuateances in connection with the fire are in place.
The winter storm has wreaked havoc in the US, stranding cars, canceling flights and no power
As much as 34,000 people have lost power in Arkansas after 15 inches of snow fell across southwest Arkansas amid a winter storm. Entergy Arkansas, the state’s largest electricity provider, said that power should be restored by Saturday afternoon. The NBA postponed the game between the Houston Rockets and Atlanta Hawks scheduled to take place at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
The firefighters battling the LA fires made some progress, but harsh winds are threatening gains
A fire in California, US has claimed the lives of three people and injured at least six others, including a firefighter, after it began on Tuesday. The fire has blackened over 30,700 acres in Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The death toll has risen to 20 after the third fire, dubbed the Eaton fire, was reported on Thursday.
The FBI says that the suspect in the New Orleans truck attack acted alone
At least 14 people died and over 50 were injured when a pickup truck rammed into a crowd on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street in the early hours of Wednesday. Police said the driver of the truck was identified as 18-year-old Mohamed Jabbar of Houston, US. He was shot dead by police who came to his home after he crashed the truck.
France is rushing to Mayotte to aid the survivors ofCyclone Chido
At least 11 people have died after Cyclone Chido caused devastation in Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, France’s Interior Ministry said on Sunday. Mayotte prefectFranois-Xavier Bieuville said that the death toll could be in the thousands. French authorities said that more than 800 more personnel are expected to arrive in the coming days as rescuers comb through the devastation.
People who have been displaced by the war fear Hezbollah might be hiding among them
Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed at least 18 people, including eight women and four children, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. A strike on a building east of Lebanon killed at least six people. Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 46 people in Gaza so far, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.