Dozens of tornadoes have just struck the Central US in a massive storm that knocked out power to over 30,000 homes and businesses on Wednesday and early Thursday. The hardest-hit states were Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, with one destructive EF3 tornado killing three people as it raged through the town of Cole, Oklahoma. The storm is now moving farther east, with the tornado, flooding, and hail threat expected to move to parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and Missouri.
On another note, the new SpaceX rocket, Starship, just attempted its first launch this morning, exploding in a ball of fire in the sky. The massive rocket stands at over 390 feet (119 meters) tall and weighs over 5,000 tons. Nearby spectators of the launch reported that they felt the ground shaking like crazy, calling it "thunderous" and "earth-rattling." However, even though it exploded just a minute after launch, Elon Musk still thinks that it achieved expectations. Earlier this week, he even stated, "Just don't blow up the pad," showing how he had very low expectations for the first test of the supersized rocket.
Lastly, we end on a sad note, as we inform you about the recent stampede in Yemen, which killed 78 people. A Ramadan charity event in an alleyway of the city was handing out about 10 dollars to anyone who came along to celebrate Ramadan, and people started to come in masses to get the money. Unfortunately, in the stampede, 78 people were killed, and dozens more were injured after the crush of people started falling on each other, and people were suffocated under the mass of people. A similar event also happened in Seoul, South Korea in October of 2022, which was much more deadly. In that crowd crush, over 150 people died and over 200 others were injured.
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