Heavy rains caused flooding in parts of Sulaimani. Several houses in the Kanakawa neighbourhood had flooded, damaging personal property and several other homes were evacuated. civil defence teams are still ready to respond and help civilians on the streets. Flooding also hit several neighbourhoods in Erbil and eight civil defence teams have prepared to respond to any case in the city.

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 makes an emergency landing in Orlando over ‘engine problem’. The crew of Southwest Airlines in  737 MAX aircraft, declared an emergency after the aircraft experienced a reported engine problem while departing from Orlando International Airport. The aircraft landed safely and no passengers were aboard the aircraft, which was being ferried to Victorville, Calif., for storage.

World number one Novak Djokovic suffered surprise as he was beaten by Roberto Bautista in the Miami Open fourth round. a six-time champion in Miami lost to Bautista also at the Qatar Open in January. The Serb also went out in the third round of Indian Wells last week when he was beaten by the Spanish