HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Mayor John Whitmire’s office reported that up to four individuals lost their lives as destructive storms swept through Houston and its surrounding areas on Thursday. City officials disclosed that one of the fatalities occurred on North Main Street and 610. ABC13’s Shannon Ryan was on the scene, where a tree had fallen onto a home. According to the city, two of the deaths resulted from fallen trees, while another was caused by a crane toppling over. During a late-night news briefing, Houston Mayor John Whitmire emphasized that power and traffic lights were out, advising against…
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A severe storm with damaging winds, triggering tornado alerts, swept through Houston and its surrounding areas late Thursday, leaving destruction in its wake. In west Harris County, cameras captured several downed transmission lines at West and Fry Road. “These are the strongest ones, the ones that carry the highest current, and it takes a lot of wind to topple something like this because they’re built to withstand high winds,” explained Chief Forecaster David Tillman during Thursday’s coverage update on the downed lines. Further in Katy, along Fry Road and FM-529, eyewitness photos depicted damage to a home’s backyard and a…
Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain in southeast Texas left nearly 1 million Houston-area residents without power, according to reports from CenterPoint Energy after the storms passed. The downtown building and system of CenterPoint Energy suffered significant damage as a result of the weather on Thursday. “While the severe weather has moved through our region, our crews are now able to assess the damage, and we can confirm that our system has sustained significant damage,” the power company stated. Questions arose about the precise number of affected customers. However, CenterPoint assured that restoration efforts had commenced and would intensify on Friday…
Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on new customisation features in a beta version for iOS. The instant messaging platform’s update tracker portal, WABetaInfo, has reported that WhatsApp for iOS would soon get the ability to customise the main colour palette of the app and also customise the chat bubble colour. WhatsApp started testing back in January a feature that allowed beta users to select the main colour scheme of the iOS app for WhatsApp from a range of five different colours. However, in a new beta version, the instant messaging app is testing a feature that allows users to customise…
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FRANCAVILLA: Jonathan Milan of Lidl-Trek outsprinted Tim Merlier to win stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday, his second stage win of this year’s race, with Tadej Pogacar maintaining his hold on the leader’s jersey. The 207km ride from Foiano di Val Fortore to Francavilla al Mare had a flat final 100km, meaning this was always likely to be a chance for the sprinters to claim a stage win, and Milan triumphed again, just as he did on stage four. “Last year after I won I was always up there in the sprints but I couldn’t win another one.…
KATHMANDU: Former Nepali cricket captain Sandeep Lamichhane had his conviction and eight-year sentence for rape quashed on appeal on Wednesday and was cleared to resume his sporting career despite the cloud cast by the case. Lamichhane was accused of raping a young woman in a Kathmandu hotel in 2022 but was freed on bail and returned to the team to compete in international tournaments while his lengthy trial dragged on. The 23-year-old was suspended by Nepal’s cricket association after his conviction late last year but remained at liberty after his sentencing to await the outcome of his appeal. “I am…
NEW DELHI: The newly-built Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, near New York, was launched on Wednesday with the sport’s world body “excited” to conquer new territories through the T20 World Cup in June. The 34,000-capacity stadium, with infrastructure from the Las Vegas Formula 1 circuit and drop-in pitches prepared in Florida, will host the hotly-anticipated India-Pakistan clash on June 9, among its eight scheduled World Cup games. The showpiece 20-over event will be co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States starting June 1 with New York, Florida and Dallas as venues. The International Cricket Council (ICC) remains happy…
DUBLIN: With the T20 World Cup in mind, Pakistan captain Babar Azam says that the team will continue to play with the same positive intent against England which the green-shirts displayed in the last two games of the Ireland series that ended on Tuesday. In a post-match conversation with the PCB YouTube channel in Dublin on Tuesday night, Babar said the team had improved on many areas of the game during the series, in batting as well as bowling. “We will carry the same momentum in the [forthcoming] T20 series against England,” Babar said. Pakistan bagged the three-match T20 series…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s volleyball team stretched their unbeaten run to four games as they thrashed Kyrgyzstan 3-0 (25-18, 27-25, 27-25) in the Central Asian Volleyball Championship here at the Liaquat Gymnasium of the Pakistan Sports Complex on Wednesday. With their fourth successive win in the tournament, the national team all but ensured their spot in the final. Pakistan claimed the first set rather comfortably but the visiting team’s aggressive showing in the following sets made the fixture a bit tricky. The national team reciprocated the visitors’ aggression and with brilliant teamwork and determination prevailed after a hard fought battle. Led by…
