1 Florida pleads for help
Florida has four new cases of people likely infected with Zika through mosquito bites in Miami, Governor Rick Scott says, as he urges Congress to reconvene and approve additional money to combat the virus. The additional cases are all in a 2.5 sq km area in Miami-Dade County that includes Miami's Wynwood district, Scott said, bringing the total of locally transmitted cases in the state to 21. "Every day that passes that Congress and the president fail to come to an agreement hinders our national response to Zika," Scott said. "The federal Government must stop playing politics and Congress needs to immediately come back to session to resolve this."
2 Duke dies
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, the sixth Duke of Westminster and one of Britain's wealthiest landowners, has died at the age of 64. Grosvenor's family said he died at the Royal Preston Hospital in northwest England after becoming ill at his nearby Abbeystead Estate. The Duke's Grosvenor Estate owns 121ha in some of London's wealthiest areas. His ancestor, Sir Thomas Grosvenor, married heiress Mary Davies and acquired what was then marshland in 1677. Over the generations the family developed the land into two of London's most affluent neighbourhoods, Mayfair and Belgravia. The 2016 Sunday Times Rich List estimated the Duke's wealth at £9.35 billion.
3 Skydivers named
Authorities have released the name of the skydiving instructor killed over the weekend during a tandem jump in Northern California. The instructor, 25-year-old Yong Kwon, was found at the weekend with his hand on the lever for a backup parachute. Also killed was 18-year-old Tyler Turner. Turner made the jump with three friends who landed safely. Their bodies were found in a Lodi-area vineyard after someone reported that the skydivers hit the ground without an open parachute. It appeared the parachute did not deploy until after impact.
4 Streets like rivers
Streets looked like rivers and water swallowed cars as a major storm moved through Tucson, Arizona, and then north today. The storm caused heavy flooding and the closure of several streets. Tucson's tram, which travels around downtown and the university area, was out of service all morning because of floods. There didn't appear to be any fatalities as a result of the weather. In Phoenix, a dust storm engulfed parts of the metro area.