Storms in the early morning caused power outages across the Kansas City metro Wednesday. Crews are working to restore power around the area after thunderstorms with wind gusts as strong as 50 to 60 mph rolled through the area in the early hours. Evergy reported a peak of about 41,000 customers without power across its […]
Winds as high as 86 mph swept through the Topeka area between 1 and 2 a.m. Wednesday, leaving thousands of homes and businesses without electrical power. More than 11,800 Topeka-area customers of the Evergy electrical utility were without power shortly after 6 a.m., according to the power outage map website it maintains. By 7:15 a.m., […]
Weather officials are surveying storm damage and thousands are without power after a sudden, severe thunderstorm crossed Central Oklahoma on Tuesday night. In Oklahoma City, neighborhoods like Britton Road saw severe damage, KOCO reports, after wind gusts up to 80 mph blasted through, causing roof damage and downing power lines. About 30,000 customers are still […]
A weather “supercell” uprooted trees and utility poles, cutting electricity to about 43,000 customers in Bloomington late Tuesday afternoon. A Duke Energy spokeswoman urged people to remain cautious, especially during their commutes, as many roads have fallen trees, debris and power lines blocking them. “It’s really bad,” said Liz Irwin, a Bloomington-based government and community […]
Is it done yet? A state construction project that began in April shut down portions of the Rickenbacker Causeway — causing chaos and enraging thousands of motorist, some of whom were stranded for as long as five hours. The closures caused traffic mayhem and public outrage, as a deluge of Key Biscayne residents and those […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A line of strong storms swept through West Michigan Tuesday morning, leaving a path of damage and tens of thousands without power. There were reports of downed trees, hail, and damage across West Michigan, including damaged windows at the post office in downtown Grand Rapids and a large downed tree […]
SYDNEY — At large events all over the world, the scenes of extreme heat stress are starting to look familiar. Older men, shirts undone, lying down with their eyes closed. Aid tents packed with the unconscious. And lines of the faithful — whether they seek religion, music, ballot boxes or sport — sweating under slivers […]
Part of Kenya’s parliament building has been burned as thousands of protesters against a new finance Bill entered and legislators fled, in the most direct assault on the government in decades. Journalists saw at least three bodies outside the complex where police had opened fire. Protesters had demanded that legislators vote against the Bill imposing […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A days-long intense heatwave has disrupted normal life in Pakistan, especially in its largest city, Karachi, where doctors treated thousands of victims of heatstroke at various hospitals, health officials said Tuesday. Several people fell unconscious in the city and some of them later died, local media said. Temperatures soared as high […]
Part of Kenya’s parliament building is on fire as thousands of protesters against a new finance bill entered and legislators fled, in the most direct assault on the government in decades. Journalists saw at least three bodies outside the complex in the capital Nairobi, where police had opened fire. The protesters had demanded that legislators […]
Before Detroit’s fireworks display, styrofoam footballs sailed overhead while sweet sugar aromas from funnel cakes filled the air at Hart Plaza. Attendees flooded into downtown Detroit on Monday evening to catch a glimpse of the city’s annual fireworks. Detroit police officers directed traffic as cars crowded onto the city’s streets ahead of the fireworks show. […]
Former US Navy doctor turned Texas congressman Ronny Jacksoon may have broken campaign finance laws by using donor funds to cover thousands of dollars worth of bills at a swanky Texas club, according to the nonpartisan House Office of Congressional Ethics. The six-member House Ethics Committee, which is evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, voted […]