HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Residents in the Houston area are experiencing power outages as severe storms and heavy rain swept through southeast Texas on Tuesday. An Weather Alert Day was in effect on Tuesday evening, with a Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for southeast Texas until 6 p.m. At 9:11 p.m., CenterPoint Energy’s outage tracker reported that 76,478 customers were affected by the current storms and previous severe weather events over the past few weeks. Currently, 3,428 customers are experiencing outages, and 942 customers had their power restored within the last 24 hours. CenterPoint Energy released the following statement: “CenterPoint Energy…
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MAGNOLIA, Texas (KTRK) — A 16-year-old tragically lost his life after being trapped under a collapsed structure during severe storms in Magnolia on Tuesday, authorities reported. Captain Bryan Perry of the Magnolia Fire Department stated that they received a call about the collapse around 1 p.m., coinciding with the arrival of the storm and its strong winds. Firefighters responded to a newly constructed subdivision on Willow Heights Lane near FM 1488, where they found two collapsed structures and a third one damaged. Upon their arrival, they were informed that someone was trapped in the rubble. “Another part of the building…
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LAHORE: With the Paris Olympics just around the corner, Pakistan’s fastest female sprinter Faiqa Riaz is facing a crucial dilemma in her training. Despite receiving a wild card entry, Faiqa is currently training in Islamabad without her coach Fayyaz Ahmad, whom she credits for her success. “The time is running short, and I need my coach, Sir Fayyaz, on an immediate basis to continue the old schedule of training,” Faiqa told Dawn in an exclusive interview on Monday. “He has been coaching me for the last two years and has made a specific training programme,” she added. Faiqa, who claimed the title of Pakistan’s…
PARIS: Rafael Nadal’s illustrious French Open career came to a likely end with his first ever defeat in the opening round by Alexander Zverev on Monday, after Iga Swiatek made a winning start in her bid for a fourth title. Nadal matched world number four Zverev for long periods on a packed Court Philippe Chatrier, but slipped to a 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 loss as he was beaten for just the fourth time in 116 matches at the tournament. This year’s event was expected to be the 14-time champion’s farewell to Roland Garros, but he had since insisted he could not confirm…
CARDIFF: To go into the T20 World Cup with their confidence sky high, Pakistan will need to ensure they end up on the winning side in the third Twenty20 International against England on Tuesday. After their 23-run defeat in the preceding game on Saturday — which followed the abandonment of the opening fixture of the series due to rain — a victory at Sophia Gardens will keep the four-match series, and Pakistan’s chances to win it alive. Applying finishing touches to their preparation for the showpiece, set to be held in the United States and the Caribbean from June 2, Babar Azam…
Skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will look to end India’s global title drought as the star duo step out for what is likely to be their final World Cup appearance. Rohit, 37, and Kohli, 35, have long been the twin torchbearers for the hopes of their cricket-mad nation, which last saw a major title triumph in the 2013 Champions Trophy. India made the final of last year’s ODI World Cup at home but lost to Australia in front of a crestfallen packed house at the world’s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad. The T20 World Cup, starting June 1 in the West Indies…
England captain Jos Buttler will miss their third T20 International against Pakistan for the birth of his third child, the team said ahead of Tuesday’s match in Cardiff. Buttler has returned home to be with his wife after leading England to a 23-run win at Edgbaston on Saturday, which gave them a 1-0 lead in the four-match series following the washout of the first game in Leeds. “Jos Buttler is set to miss our third IT20 match vs Pakistan as his wife Louise is expecting the birth of their third child,” England Cricket said in a statement. All-rounder Moeen Ali…
KARACHI: Pakistani shares experienced selling pressure on Monday as uncertainty surrounding the upcoming budgetary measures caused the benchmark KSE 100 index to turn red despite an initially positive start amid low volume. Ahsan Mehanti of Arif Habib Corporation said the market turned bearish on reports that the huge Rs12.5 trillion proposed tax collection target for FY25 would impact industrial earnings. He added that market sentiments were also negatively affected by over-leveraging and uncertainty regarding the outcome of negotiations to repay dues to Chinese IPPs. Topline Securities Ltd said investors opted to trim their positions, causing the market to settle below 76,000…
PESHAWAR: Opposition members in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday rejected the provincial government’s budget for the next fiscal year as “unrealistic, based on presumptions, and without resource allocations.” During the session chaired by Speaker Babar Saleem Swati, the opposition members said it was a political stunt on part of the provincial government to present its budget before the federal government announced its financial plans for 2024–25. They insisted that the province depended on the centre’s funding for 92 per cent of its expenditure. “Preempting the federal budget is nothing but a political stunt on part of the KP government,” Leader of…
