Day: July 9, 2024
Hurricane Beryl hammers Texas coast with flooding, winds
seriously.,” says Houston mayor By AFP July 09, 2024 HOUSTON: Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday in the southern US state of Texas, killing at least two people and causing millions to lose power amid dangerous winds and flooding, as some coastal areas remained under evacuation orders. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Beryl hit the town of Matagorda as a Category 1 hurricane, and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm in the hours following impact. Farther inland, rain and wind lashed Houston, home to 2.3 million people, as…
PM seeks cabinet nod for relief to protected power consumers
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is likely to announce relief for electricity consumers, which would positively impact more than 50 percent of the domestic consumers with a hope that it will allay public anger after an upward revision of the power tariff. The Prime Minister has issued orders to seek approval of a summary from the cabinet on an emergency basis. The government will provide a subsidy of about Rs50 billion under the decision, which would be for three months, from July to September. The News has learnt that the…