- Strong storms with tornadoes and hail killed at least two people in the central US, injuring others, destroying homes and leaving thousands without power. The National Weather Service began issuing tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings Wednesday evening in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa, with forecasters warning people to find shelter.
- The world could reach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fueled by climate change and the anticipated return of El Niño weather phenomenon, climate scientists say. Climate models suggest that after three years of La Niña weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean, which generally lowers global temperatures slightly, the world will experience a return to El Niño, the warmer counterpart, later this year.
- Meta Platforms Inc. carried out Wednesday another round of drop cuts, this time hitting engineers and adjacent tech teams, as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg further moved to streamline the business, in a bid to make 2023 a year of efficiency.
