In this bulletin, at least 33 dead, after devastating storms in the United States, a cool change on the way after heatwave conditions in much of southeast Australia. And in motor racing, Jack Draper stuns world-number-three Carlos Alcaraz in the Indian Wells semi-final.
Key Points
- Deadly tornadoes hit United States
- Cool change forecast for southeast states of Australia
- Jack Draper scores upset win at Indian Wells semi-final
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TRANSCRIPT
A cool change is on the way after heatwave conditions in much of southeast Australia over the weekend.
Areas from South Australia and Victoria were approaching 40 degrees Celsius on Saturday, with New South Wales bearing the brunt of the heat today.
Temperatures across the state were 12 degrees above average, with most of the state hitting the mid to high 30s and up to 40 degrees in the west.
Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales were subject to an extreme fire danger warning on Sunday.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster, Jonathan Howe, said the cool change that hit the southern-most states this morning has created potentially dangerous wind gusts.
"We are expecting to see showers, cold winds and also thunderstorms. We may see some moderate to heavy falls about the eastern parts of Victoria this afternoon and we may see some heavy falls about the New South Wales south coast tonight."
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A devastating storm system has killed at least 32 people as violent tornadoes rip through parts of the United States, wiping out schools and residential areas.
The number of fatalities has increased after the Kansas Highway Patrol reported eight people died in a highway pileup caused by a dust storm in Sherman County on Friday.
In Mississippi, Governor Tate Reeves announced six people died in three counties and three more people were missing.
There were 29 injuries across the state, he added in a night-time post on the social platform X.
Missouri recorded more fatalities than any other state, as authorities say tornadoes killed at least 12 people overnight.
Missouri resident, Dakota Henderson, says he found five bodies.
"After everything blew over, we come down here and this is my uncle Mike's and my aunt Stacey's house. She was trapped in that bedroom, only room standing left of this house. She was trapped in it. We got her out the window, got her up to the earth home that's up the road. And we, we were helping other people. We found a few bodies that was out in the field, a few deceased people. But it was it was a rough night."
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Politicians are being urged to speed up an Australian-first machete ban, after another man has been killed by the weapon in Melbourne.
The Victorian government will move laws in state parliament this week to ban the sale and possession of machetes from September 1, to combat their rising use.
The proposed ban came too late for a 24-year-old man, who was stabbed to death on Friday night by a machete-wielding group near the Marriott Waters Shopping Centre in Melbourne's southeast.
The victim was in a car park when he was ambushed by up to 10 men, with some carrying machetes.
He was rushed to hospital, where he later died.
The victim was the fourth person to perish in a machete-related murder in Victoria over the past six months.
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A Peruvian fisherman has returned home to his family after spending 95 days lost in the Pacific Ocean, eating cockroaches, birds and sea turtles to survive.
Maximo Napa had set off for a fishing trip from Marcona, a town on the southern Peruvian coast, on December 7.
He packed food for a two-week trip but ten days in, stormy weather threw his boat off course, and he ended up adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
His family launched a search, but Peru's maritime patrols were unable to locate him until last Wednesday, when an Ecuadorian fishing patrol discovered him almost 1,100 kilometres off the country's coast, heavily dehydrated and in critical condition.
Mr Napa says he held onto his faith and his family in order to survive.
"I’m thankful to God for giving me another chance. I was with Him; I did not want to die. It was 95 days. I ate roaches, birds, the last thing I ate was turtles. I didn’t want to die. My mother, my mother is alive, and I said I didn’t want to die because of my mother. I have a two-month-old granddaughter, I held on to her.”
In tennis, number-13-seed, Jack Draper, has stunned world-number-three Carlos Alcaraz in a 6-1, 0-6, 6-4 win in their Indian Wells semi-final in California.
Draper has now qualified for his first A-T-P 1000-level final after the upset over Alcaraz, who had won the past two Indian Wells titles.
He says it's an incredible feeling and he's now foxed on his final match-up with Holger Rune tomorrow.
"To beat Carlos on this court is an incredible feeling for me and my team and everyone that's close to me so, just grateful for the opportunity to be healthy, to be able to compete at this level and to have another chance to go for it tomorrow."
The victory also will elevate Draper into the top 10 for the first time of his career, with the Brit expected to move up to number eight.
Meanwhile, the Formula One Grand Prix is underway at Albert Park in Melbourne, with wet weather impacting visibility.
Aussie hopeful, Jack Doohan crashed out within minutes of the starting gun, hitting a wall before turn 6.
It's a rough start to the opening race of the season.
