Severe weather has been pummeling the southeastern US lately, with over 45 million people in the storms' path. Ten reported tornadoes also struck Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, but only Kansas, Oklahoma, and the Texas Panhandle are still under threat. Over 135,000 people were left without power yesterday, and over 76,000 people are still in outages as the storms continue. Also, the Midwestern US is receiving a new round of wildfire smoke from Canada, as fires rage in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. Orange skies are expected soon in states such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota.
On another note about Canada, a massive crash recently killed 15 people in the province of Manitoba when a truck hit a bus that was carrying senior citizens on a highway just west of Winnipeg. 10 others have been hospitalized, after ambulances on the ground and air were immediately dispatched when they saw the crash. However, officials say that they are still investigating to find more details about the mass casualty incident.
Lastly, Cyclone Biparjoy has just made landfall in western Gujarat, India, with winds of over 70 mph and severe rain with it. The storm has been brewing in the Arabian Sea for quite some time, having formed on June 6, and reached winds of over 120 mph at its peak. The cyclone made landfall between the towns of Narayan Sarovar and Naliya, and over 170,000 people have been evacuated as severe rain and winds hit eastern Pakistan and western Gujarat. Trees have been uprooted and power lines are down across the area, but the storm has now slowed down and weakened as it passes through the other western Indian state of Rajasthan. (Fun Fact: 'Biparjoy' means 'disaster' in Bengali.)
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