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What are the rare “gigantic jets” recently spotted in the Himalayas?

<ul class="summary-list"><li>An Austrian Airlines plane flew through a thunderstorm on Sunday. </li><li>The plane was pelted by hail, shattering its windscreen and tearing off its nose.</li></ul>An Austrian Airlines plane traveling from Spain to Austria was left severely damaged after flying through a thunderstorm on Sunday."We confirm that on Sunday's flight OS434 from Palma de Mallorca to Vienna, an Airbus A320 aircraft was damaged by hail," the airline said in a statement to BI."The aircraft encountered a thunderstorm cell during approach to Vienna, which according to the cockpit crew, was not visible on the weather radar," Austrian Airlines said, adding that pilots had made a mayday emergency call during the flight.According to the airline, the plane's two front cockpit windows, nose, and some paneling were damaged by the hail. All 173 passengers and six crew members were unharmed and made a safe landing in Vienna.Photos going around <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/exithamster/status/1799869949130740197">social media</a> detail the extent of the plane's damage. Besides having a large portion of its nose peeled off, the aircraft's front cockpit windows appeared to be shattered as well.One of the flight's passengers, Emmeley Oakley, told <a target="_blank" href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/hailstorm-causes-major-damage-nose-cockpit-windows-austrian/story?id=110970221">ABC News</a> that the plane ran into "a cloud of hail and thunderstorm" when it was "about 20 minutes from landing.""We could definitely feel the hail coming down on the plane, and it was quite loud and super rocky for a minute," Oakley said. "It wasn't until we exited that we saw the nose was missing! The pilots really did an excellent job keeping things as smooth and safe as they could."Austrian Airlines told BI that their technical team has been "tasked with assessing the specific damage to the aircraft.""The safety of our passengers and crews is the top priority for Austrian Airlines," it added. The incident comes after <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/turbulence-incident-flight-attendant-breaks-back-turkish-airlines-singapore-airlines-2024-5">several flights were hit by severe turbulence</a> last month.On May 20, a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/honeymooning-couple-endured-60-seconds-of-hell-aboard-sq321-flight-2024-5">Singapore Airlines flight that was traveling from London to Singapore</a> was flying over the south of Myanmar when turbulence sent the plane <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/singapore-airlines-flight-turbulence-death-investigation-report-details-2024-5">plunging 178 feet in four seconds</a>.A 73-year-old passenger died of a suspected heart attack, and dozens of passengers were left injured in the incident.A <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/qatar-airways-flight-to-dublin-ireland-hit-turbulence-12-injured-2024-5">Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Dublin</a> encountered a similar problem just days later, on May 26. Six passengers and six crew members sustained injuries when the plane ran into turbulence while flying over Turkey.June 11, 6:45 a.m. — This story has been updated with a statement from Austrian Airlines.

An Austrian Airlines plane had its windscreen shattered and nose cone torn off after flying through a thunderstorm 

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A low-flying helicopter sparked a mating frenzy at a crocodile farm in Australia.</li><li>It's currently courtship season for saltwater crocs on the continent. </li></ul>You might expect the whirring blades of a helicopter to spark concern or annoyance from animals in the vicinity. But for the reptilian residents of a crocodile farm, a low-flying chopper seemed to signal mating season. "All of the big males got up and roared and bellowed up at the sky, and then after the helicopters left they mated like mad," John Lever, owner of the Koorana Crocodile Farm in Queensland, Australia, <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-01/croc-sex-frenzy-rockhampton-chinook-helicopter-aphrodisiac/102914902" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told ABC</a>.It's not quite clear what about the Chinook helicopter excited the crocs, but experts suspect the animals may have mistaken it for a thunderstorm. That's right, thunderstorms really get crocs riled up.<h2>Crocodilian courtship</h2>October and November are spring months for Australia and are typical <a href="https://environment.des.qld.gov.au/wildlife/animals/living-with/crocodiles/about-crocodiles/estuarine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mating periods</a> for the country's saltwater crocodiles. It's also the rainy season, when <a href="https://www.acs.gov.au/pages/severe-thunderstorms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thunderstorms</a> are common for parts of the continent. "Usually, mating is a seasonal thing because [crocodiles] want to coincide with the best time to lay their eggs in a burrow or nest," herpetologist Mark O'Shea from the University of Wolverhampton told <a href="https://www.livescience.com/animals/alligators-crocodiles/they-mated-like-mad-low-flying-helicopter-sparks-massive-crocodile-orgy-in-australia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Live Science</a>. Mating during the stormy season means that when females lay their eggs weeks later, the weather is usually less severe so their eggs will have a lower risk of drowning in a flood.So the timing seemed right, and the sound and vibrations from the chopper may have mimicked a thunderstorm signaling to the male crocs that it was go time. The motion of the Chinook's blades may have also caused changes in the barometric pressure similar to a storm. Or, another theory, is that the crocodiles may have mistaken the helicopter's roar for the bellows and splashing tails of other males, O'Shea said. Whatever the cause, the next step will be for the female crocodiles to make nests for their eggs. Using soil and rotting vegetation, they create mounds where dozens of eggs incubate. Over the course of about three months, the mothers then <a href="https://www.insider.com/cambodian-farmer-killed-40-crocodiles-2023-5">aggressively protect</a> their eggs. Lever's farm has about 3,000 of the reptiles, which he raises for their meat and leather and as a tourist attraction.

A helicopter sparked a massive crocodile mating sex frenzy when they probably mistook the sound for a giant thunderstorm

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Heading inside is the best way to keep yourself safe from thunderstorms. </li><li>But while at home, you should avoid showering, doing laundry, or using the sink during a storm.</li></ul>When thunder roars, go indoors, the <a href="https://www.weather.gov/dlh/lightningsafety#:~:text=This%20is%20the%20best%20advice,covered%20decks%2C%20or%20picnic%20shelters." target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Weather Service motto goes</a>. It's simple enough to remember. But did you know that might not be the end of the story?Instead, the motto might need to be extended to — when thunder roars, go indoors, but don't suds your body or wash your clothes.Though unlikely, there is a chance that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/lightning-megaflash-over-us-south-is-longest-ever-recorded-2022-2">if lightning strikes</a> your <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/what-does-homeowners-insurance-cover">home</a>, it can travel through your pipes and electrocute you, Aaron Treadway, the NWS's Severe Weather Program Coordinator, told Insider.So you should avoid anything that involves water and metal like showering, washing your hands, or doing laundry while it's storming outside. This can happen because metal and water are very good <a href="https://www.weather.gov/iln/lightningsafetyweek">conductors</a> of electricity<a href="https://www.weather.gov/iln/lightningsafetyweek#:~:text=Therefore%2C%20do%20not%20wash%20your,in%20the%20basement%20or%20garage" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>. So if your home gets struck, the charge from the lightning may travel into your home and come into contact with you if you're using metal appliances or plumbing.It can also travel through wiring, like corded landline phones, Treadway said. Luckily, though, those have largely gone out of fashion in American homes. <h2>What if you get struck by lightning in your home?</h2><div type="image" title="A picture shows Falcon Heavy on its launchpad. A bolt of lightning hits both its dfelctor tower and the rocket." height="1132" width="1509" msid="102399989" hostid="261"></div>If that were to happen, your injuries probably wouldn't be as severe as getting struck <a href="https://www.insider.com/survivor-of-lightning-strike-near-white-house-holes-body-washpo-2023-6">directly by lightning</a>, Treadway said. But, he furthered, you'd still be at risk for injury. When a human is electrocuted, the electricity first <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-people-struck-by-lightning-chances-2018-5">hijacks your nervous system</a>, sending tidal waves through your body's delicately balanced electrochemical signaling. It can then lead to further complications like <a href="https://www.insider.com/lightning-struck-college-student-on-her-first-day-of-class-2022-8">heart attack</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-to-expect-when-you-survive-lightning-2016-4">burns</a>, depending on the severity of the strike, Treadway said.Though he can't say for certain what extent the damage would be, Treadway said the danger is enough that you shouldn't chance using your plumbing. "It would still definitely be enough to cause injury and potentially, you know, more serious injuries or fatalities. So that's why we tell people to avoid, you know, again, baths, showers, doing dishes, stuff like that during thunderstorms," he said. Treadway said its difficult to say know how common this phenomenon is because the NWS doesn't track injuries caused by lightning. But they do <a href="https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-victims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">track fatalities.</a> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-victims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NWS's dataset</a> goes back as far as 2006. It shows that there has only been one <a href="https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-fatalities06" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lightning-related death in the home</a> in the 16 years of records. This person was using a landline, not plumbing. <h2>How to stay safe in your home during a thunderstorm</h2>There are things you can do to slightly mitigate your risk, like having plastic piping or installing a lightning rod, but even with these precautions, it's just best to stay dry indoors during a thunderstorm, Treadway said. Even with this in mind, being inside is the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/9-injured-at-pennsylvania-swim-club-after-lightning-strike-2019-8">safest place you can be during a storm</a>, he said with finality."We really want to stress that when thunder roars go indoors, because being in that sturdy home or in a car is much much safer than being outside," he said.

Can you shower during a thunderstorm? It's not a great idea; not even to do laundry &mdash; here's why

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Spotify will cut white-noise podcasts from its Ambassador Ads program, according to a Bloomberg report.</li><li>White-noise creators can make $18,000 a month curating nature sounds for background listening.</li></ul>Spotify is pulling the plug on some ads for white noise. The music streaming juggernaut is cutting out white-noise podcasters from its lucrative Ambassador Ads program, which pays podcasts to read ads on air, starting in October, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-01/spotify-to-limit-white-noise-podcasters-money-making-options?leadSource=uverify%20wall&amp;sref=ExbtjcSG&amp;in_source=embedded-checkout-banner#xj4y7vzkg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to a report from Bloomberg</a>. The streaming company is also requiring other podcasters to have 1,000 unique Spotify listeners, up from 100, over the past 60 days, to be eligible for the advertising program, Bloomberg says.It has been a tough year for streamers, as<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-layoff-employees-jobs-reduce-costs-daniel-ek-2023-1"> the company laid off 600 employee</a>s in January. An anonymous source told Bloomberg that because white-noise listeners play shows in the background, the Ambassador Ads, which are part of Spotify's marketing budget, was not money well spent. White-noise podcasts feature loops of calming sounds, ranging from thunderstorms and bird calls to pure static noise. Listeners use the episodes as peaceful background music for sleep, meditation, or study. Providing the odd niche has proven lucrative. One creator, who quit his previous job to make white-noise shows full-time, broke down for Bloomberg reporter Ashley Carman last year that he was paid out $12.25 per 1,000 listens. Based on his podcast's popularity, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-01/how-to-make-money-on-spotify-a-white-noise-podcast-could-bring-you-big-bucks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">that added up to $18,375 a month</a>. For Spotify, though, not all streams are created equal. By the company's own estimates, Spotify could save $38 million annually steering listeners away from white noise and toward more lucrative programming for the company, according to an <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-17/white-noise-podcasters-are-costing-spotify-38-million-a-year?sref=ExbtjcSG" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> internal memo obtained by Bloomberg</a> earlier this month. A Spotify spokesperson told Bloomberg the plan "did not come to fruition."

Spotify to cut certain ads for white-noise creators, who can make $18,000 a month curating hours of thunderstorms or bird sounds

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Northern <keyword id="11905554" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="italy" source="Orion">Italy</keyword> saw 29.2 inches of <keyword id="13195" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rain" source="Orion">rain</keyword> in 12 hours on Monday, the Washington Post reported.</li><li>It broke the European record for the most rainfall in a 12-hour period, a climatologist said.</li><li>Photos and videos show the extreme <keyword id="11919825" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="flooding" source="Orion">flooding</keyword> and destruction as a result of the storms.</li></ul>Nearly 30 inches of rain fell in just 12 hours in Italy on Monday, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/10/05/italy-record-rainfall-/">the Washington Post reported</a>.<keyword id="12257792" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="thunderstorms" source="Orion">Thunderstorms</keyword> dumped 29.2 inches of rain on Rossiglione in Italy's Genoa province, causing the greatest 12-hour rainfall in Europe on record, according to climatologist Maximiliano Herrera.Typically, the region gets about 50 inches of rain in an entire year, according to <a href="https://en.climate-data.org/europe/italy/liguria/genoa-1133/">Climate-Data.org</a>.Photos and videos show the extreme flooding and destruction these storms caused in Rossiglione:This <keyword id="12019615" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="extreme-weather" source="Orion">extreme weather</keyword> follows a summer full of similar events likely <a href="https://www.climatecentral.org/news/report-pouring-it-on-climate-change-intensifies-heavy-rain-events">exacerbated by climate change</a>, which can <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-52277-4">intensify the amount of rain that falls</a>. When <a href="https://www.insider.com/remnants-hurricane-ida-tear-through-northeast-storms-flooding-new-york-2021-9">Hurricane Ida</a> dumped 8 inches of rain on New York City in September, some areas saw more than <a href="https://theconversation.com/hurricane-ida-2-reasons-for-its-record-shattering-rainfall-in-nyc-and-the-northeast-long-after-the-winds-weakened-167252">3 inches per hour</a>.

Nearly 30 inches of rain fell in 12 hours in Italy on Monday, breaking a European record

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="146947" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Lightning">Lightning</keyword> struck a tree outside a <keyword id="567797" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</keyword> high school while students were taking a test.</li><li>A video of the incident shows a tree collapsing immediately after being struck by the lightning bolt.</li><li>The way in which the tree shattered is "unusual," a leading expert on tree biology told Insider.</li></ul>Students were preparing for their ACT Aspire test in a small Wisconsin town when they heard the deafening roar of thunder."Initially, the students and staff were startled by the event," Wautoma High School's principal, Jennifer Johnson, told Insider. "However, after realizing what had just happened, they were fascinated by the rare incident that occurred just feet from them."In the space of a few seconds, a lightning bolt struck a tree, and then it immediately crumbled.In footage captured on the school's security cameras and later shared by the US National <keyword id="6359992" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="weather">Weather</keyword> Service, a slowed-down version of the dramatic weather event can be seen with total clarity.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/detroit-high-school-teacher-buys-renovates-abandoned-home-2020-1">A high school teacher in Detroit bought a 'trashed' home in the city for $2,600 and got it into livable condition in less than 2 years. Here's how she did it.</a>Kim D. Coder, professor of tree biology at the University of Georgia, told Insider what is likely to have happened."The current enters near the treetop and generates a large explosive pressure on the tree," he said. "The tree shatters due to the explosive force of the current movement down the stem with large splinters and fractured wood throw around."This tree sustained a ground strike connection and internalized some of the energy causing massive fractures along the stem at different locations," he said.Its total obliteration was very "unusual," he added.

Dramatic video captures the moment lightning strikes and obliterates a tree outside a Wisconsin high school

<ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/lytton-british-columbia-engulfed-in-flames-following-temps-over-121-degrees-2021-7">Wildfires in western Canada</a> are producing <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/australia-bushfires-generate-pyrocumulonimbus-thunderstorm-clouds-2019-12?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">pyrocumulonimbus storm clouds</a>.</li><li>Dubbed the "fire-breathing dragon of <keyword id="49873" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="clouds">clouds</keyword>," these clouds can generate tornadoes and lightning that may cause more <keyword id="42704" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="fires">fires</keyword>.</li></ul>Record heat and growing <keyword id="394841" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="wildfires">wildfires</keyword> are creating firestorms that can generate their own lightning in the skies above British Columbia, Canada. As heat and smoke from large fires rise skyward, they can create firestorms comprised of what are known as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/australia-bushfires-generate-pyrocumulonimbus-thunderstorm-clouds-2019-12?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">pyrocumulonimbus clouds</a>. These thunderheads produce their own weather, including tornadoes in rare cases, which can then spark new fires. It's a vicious cycle.Temperatures in Lytton, 95 miles south of Vancouver, hit <a href="https://www.insider.com/lytton-british-columbia-engulfed-in-flames-following-temps-over-121-degrees-2021-7">121.2 degrees Fahrenheit</a> (50 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday - a new national record. The heat wave preceded a wildfire that prompted the town's mayor to issue an evacuation order for all 250 residents. As of Thursday morning, the 20,000-acre blaze had burned 90% of Lytton, <a href="https://www.citynews1130.com/2021/07/01/lytton-wildfire-wind-heat/">according to local outlet City News</a>. <div type="image" title="fire in lytton british columbia" height="1170" width="1768" msid="84052903" hostid="261"></div>The British Columbia wildfire service reported <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lytton-wildfire-british-columbia-evacuations/">two more fires</a> in the province on Wednesday.Dakota Smith, a meteorologist from Colorado's Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, <a href="https://twitter.com/weatherdak/status/1410429592213413889?s=20">reported seeing</a> "incredible &amp; massive storm-producing pyrocumulonimbus plumes" on satellite images above Lytton Wednesday.<h2>'Fire-breathing dragon of clouds'</h2>If you spot a bank of thick-looking thunderstorm clouds above wildfire smoke, those are almost always pyrocumulonimbus. Another name for these "fire clouds," according to NASA, is cumulonimbus flammagenitus - the second word is Latin for "created from flame."<div type="image" title="Pyrocumulonimbus satellite image" height="538" width="1076" msid="84052904" hostid="261"></div>In general, thunderstorms form when lots of warm, moist air from the ground rise into the sky. As it enters the lowest part of the atmosphere, that air cools, and then sinks closer to Earth - where it warms up again, and subsequently rises. That cycle of rising and falling air is known as convection, and births cumulonimbus, or thunder, clouds. But when that heat and moisture rise from a smoky wildfire rather than the ground, the convection creates pyrocumulonimbus clouds. <div type="image" title="fire" height="914" width="1200" msid="84052905" hostid="261"></div>These anvil-shaped clouds can generate rain like other thunderstorms. Often, though, they unleash powerful, blasts of air known as "downbursts," rather than water droplets. In pushing dry air back down toward the ground, these downbursts can scatter a blaze's embers and smoke across large distances. That fuels the flames that generated the storm in the first place. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/pyrocb.html">NASA describes</a> pyrocumulonimbus storms as the "fire-breathing dragon of clouds." They can also generate hundreds of lightning strokes, which in turn can spark more blazes.In September 2020, the Creek Fire in California created one of the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/californias-creek-fire-creates-its-own-pyrocumulonimbus-cloud">largest types of these clouds</a> ever seen in the US - It measured <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/The-fire-breathing-dragon-of-clouds-15557949.php#:~:text=The%20Creek%20Fire%20pyrocumulonimbus%20formed,is%20not%20expected%20until%20October.">175,893 acres</a>, or 275 square miles, in size (an area more than three times the size of Seattle).<div type="image" title="pyrocumulonimbus.2" height="1560" width="1536" msid="84052906" hostid="261"></div>Sometimes, if the convecting air in a pyrocumulonimbus cloud bank forms a swirling, circular column, the storm can morph into a "<a href="https://theconversation.com/turn-and-burn-the-strange-world-of-fire-tornadoes-11193">fire tornado</a>" - a twister of fire.This happened outside Canberra, Australia in 2003, after a bushfire burned for two weeks around the city. Fires can generate more than one firestorm. In February and March 2009, enormous bushfires burned 1,700 square miles of southeastern Australia, and generated three separate <a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017JD026577">pyrocumulonimbus storms</a> - some of which reached heights of 9 miles - in the skies above Victoria.<h2><keyword id="6361617" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="climate-change">Climate change</keyword> could play a role</h2><div type="image" title="pyrocumulonimbus clouds above australia 2019" height="3267" width="4356" msid="84052907" hostid="261"></div>Rising temperatures and drier air are associated with more frequent and more intense wildfires. And as wildfires increase in size and severity, fire-generated storms, too, are becoming more common.In 2002, Canada, the US, and Mexico saw about <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/pyrocb.html">17 such storms</a> in total. About two decades later, the average number of annual pyrocumulonimbus events had jumped to 25 in western North America alone, <a href="https://e360.yale.edu/features/fire-induced-storms-a-new-danger-from-the-rise-in-wildfires">Yale360 reported</a>. <div type="image" title="pyrocumulonimbus cloud" height="2634" width="3513" msid="84052908" hostid="261"></div>These storms can extend so high that they penetrate the stratosphere - a layer of the atmosphere that starts 31 miles up - and funnel smoke from the ground into the sky. It can stay up there for months or even years at a time.A <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-018-0039-3">2018 study</a> found that a large pyrocumulonimbus cloud sends so many smoke particles into the stratosphere that it's comparable to a mid-sized volcanic eruption.

Wildfires and record temperatures in Canada are generating 'fire-breathing' pyrocumulonimbus thunderstorms

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A rare thunderstorm hit Las Vegas on Thursday night, triggering flash flood warnings.</li><li>Cars were seen powering through flooding near The Strat Hotel in downtown Vegas.</li></ul>A rare thunderstorm hit downtown Las Vegas on Thursday night, triggering flash flood warnings.Shocking videos circulated on social media, showing water pouring through the roofs of a casino and cars struggling through floodwaters near a downtown landmark.A video posted to Twitter showed what appeared to be cars traversing flooded roads near the Strat Hotel in downtown Las Vegas with difficulty:David Charns, a reporter at Las Vegas news outlet 8News Now, posted a clip on Twitter that showed streams of water flowing through a screen at the Circa Resort and Casino:Another Vegas-based Twitter page uploaded a video of what appeared to be a blacked-out light show canopy, that may have gone out because of the storm:The storm also prompted the City of Las Vegas to issue a flash flood warning. As many as 7,300 people had their power knocked out because of the storm, the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/weather/more-than-an-inch-of-rain-floods-several-las-vegas-valley-locations-2614211/">Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.</a>The Clark County regional flood control district's account also posted a warning on Thursday night."Water depths in Las Vegas Wash and Flamingo Wash near Nellis continue to rise," it <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/regionalflood/status/1552887553744785408?s=21&amp;t=SE6of68jC7gxHfVp28wwFw">wrote on Twitter</a>. "Stay away from flood channels and let them do their jobs tonight. #befloodsafe #wateralwayswins."A man in Vegas on vacation said he filmed this video of water streaming through the Linq Hotel's parking garage:Thursday was the second straight night of storms in Sin City, and the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/ero.php?opt=curr&amp;day=2">forecast</a> is showing <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/index.php#page=qpf">even more rain</a> is likely on Friday, too.Las Vegas is <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/driest-city.php">known to be one of the driest major cities in the US</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Las-Vegas-Nevada/Climate">has an arid climate all year round</a>.The city typically gets <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.weather.gov/vef/1991-2020Normals">4 inches of rain per year</a>, but the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/NWSVegas/status/1552898386864484352">National Weather Service Las Vegas said</a> some areas of the city saw over 1 inch of rain on Thursday.

Videos show water pouring into Las Vegas casinos as flash flooding follows a rare, heavy thunderstorm in one of the US's driest cities

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Thousands of airline passengers across the US experienced flight disruptions this weekend.</li><li>Major US carriers canceled or delayed more than 10,000 <keyword id="6367662" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="flights" source="Orion">flights</keyword> total on Saturday and Sunday, according to FlightAware.</li></ul>Thousands of airline passengers across the US ran into trouble at the airport this weekend when major carriers experienced massive disruptions to their flight schedules.On Saturday, 6,049 flights traveling within, into, or out of the US were delayed, and 1,934 were canceled, according to flight-tracking website <a href="https://flightaware.com/live/cancelled/yesterday">FlightAware.</a> An additional 3,013 US flights were delayed and 1,517 canceled as of Sunday afternoon. The disruptions come amid the busy spring break <keyword id="11896628" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="travel" source="Orion">travel</keyword> period, and as air travel rebounds in response to relaxed COVID-19 restrictions.All told, more than 10,000 flights have been delayed or canceled this weekend. Many disruptions were due to inclement weather, including thunderstorms, in Florida, while others stemmed from technology issues. The affected carriers Saturday included major US <keyword id="11898285" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="airlines" source="Orion">airlines</keyword> like American, Southwest, United, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-deltas-new-2-billion-terminal-los-angeles-airport-lax-2022-4">Delta.</a> Southwest Airlines bore the brunt of the disruptions. On Saturday, 44% of its flights were delayed and 14% canceled."We have all hands on deck to get delayed customers and their bags onto available flights and we're sharing <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.southwest.com%2Fhtml%2Fadvisories%2Fswa_travel_advisory_2022321648931359055.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">additional guidance and wide flexibility</a> to self-serve travel changes," a company spokesperson said in a statement.Southwest <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/southwest-apologizes-customers-flight-cancellations-delays-2022-4">issued an apology</a> to customers on Saturday, saying the disruptions stemmed from "briefly pausing our service earlier this morning as we worked to resolve an intermittent technology issue, as well as ongoing weather challenges in Florida impacting multiple areas within our system."The company told Insider it issued 400 proactive cancelations on Sunday, which were put in place the day prior because aircrafts and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/14-year-veteran-flight-attendant-shares-wild-passenger-stories-2022-4">crews</a> were out of their planned positions owing to Saturday's disruptions.American Airlines saw 21% of its flight schedule delayed on Saturday and 12% canceled. An American Airlines spokesperson told Insider in a statement on Sunday that the company is "recovering from those disruptions." "Yesterday's weather in and around Florida and resulting ATC [air traffic control] initiatives impacted our operations with most northbound and southbound routes through and to Florida affected," the spokesperson said. At <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/united-cutting-17-routes-leaving-1-us-city-completely-list-2022-2">United Airlines,</a> 26% of Saturday's flights were delayed and 2% canceled."Our operation yesterday was impacted by weather, especially in Florida. We are working to get customers to their destinations as safely and quickly as possible," a United Airlines spokesperson said in a statement.Delta Airlines delayed 22% of its flights Saturday and canceled 8% of them. The company did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.Low-cost carriers like <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jetblue-american-airlines-southwest-pilots-sue-cdc-federal-mask-mandate-2022-3">JetBlue,</a> Frontier, and Spirit also experienced disruptions over the weekend.

Major US airlines delayed or canceled more than 10,000 flights this weekend, citing thunderstorms in Florida and technology issues

While day two of the first test between India and South Africa has been washed out, weather forecast at Centurion ground in Gauteng province of South Africa seems like the game is likely to resume today. However, data from The Weather Channel showed a 60% chance of rain, along with thunderstorms, on Thursday (December 30), which is the fifth and the final day of the test. <div type="image" title="twc" height="900" width="1200" msid="88535421" hostid="261"></div> Source: <a href="https://weather.com/en-IN/weather/tenday/l/3c852d2090a7d6a4f69bdbb44d465212e5519cc8c52fa09a93ec279905e9bd7d">The Weather Channel</a> If the game were to be washed out or truncated on Thursday as well, it would mean there are three innings to finish in less than three days of the Test. India is batting first with a score of 272 with the fall of three wickets, that of Mayank Agarwal (60), Virat Kohli (35) and Cheteshwar Pujara for a golden duck. <keyword id="6355454" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="kl-rahul" source="Orion">KL Rahul</keyword> is on the crease at the start of day three with an unbeaten 122 (his seventh Test century and the second one this year), along with Ajinkya Rahane at 40 not out. India’s batting prowess runs deep until Shardul Thakur and Ravichandran Ashwin, the in-form <keyword id="3142448" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rishabh-pant" source="Orion">Rishabh Pant</keyword>, who is yet to come in, is having his best year in Test cricket so far. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 468pt;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Rishabh Pant’s Test record </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2021 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Matches/Innings </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">12/19 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Total runs </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">736 (previous best year was 2018 with 537 runs) </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Fifties/Centuries </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">5/1 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Highest </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">101 (against England in Motera in March 2021) </td></tr></tbody></table>The South African bowling attack has been largely ineffective other than Lungi Ngidi who took al three wickets for the Proteas. 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