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6 PM ET: Memorial Day weekend forecast, missionaries killed, ‘Super Size Me’ filmmaker dies & more

CNN 5 Things

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News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Dangerous storms and searing heat will impact parts of the US this Memorial Day weekend. Meanwhile, a deadly heat wave is being felt abroad. Haitian gangs fatally shot three missionaries, including an American couple. Today marks two years since an elementary school massacre claimed the lives of 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas. And, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, best known for the McDonald’s documentary “Super Size Me,” has died.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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From CNN, I'm a Foma D.K.

0:09.2

With the five things you need to know for Friday, May 24th.

0:12.3

The unofficial start to summer is... you need to know for Friday, May 24th.

0:13.2

The unofficial start to summer is packing potential tornadoes in record heat in parts of the

0:17.7

U.S.

0:18.7

CNN's Chad Myers has the Memorial Day weekend forecast.

0:22.4

If I'm more thunderstorms likely this weekend all the way from tonight through

0:26.2

Saturday, Sunday and even into Monday.

0:28.8

By Monday, some of that rain could make its way all the way to the East Coast up and down the I-95 for some of your holiday plans there.

0:35.6

Keep that in mind. Some of these storms though will contain tornadoes just as they have all week long.

0:41.8

More than 80 tornadoes reported so far this week alone and

0:45.3

more will be coming later on tonight again for tomorrow and through Sunday. So this has

0:50.3

been a violent week for much of the US and that isn't going to change anytime soon.

0:55.2

More hot weather, of course.

0:58.6

Speaking of hot weather, a deadly heat wave is hitting both India and Mexico.

1:03.0

According to India's government, six people have died in the northwestern part of the country.

1:07.8

Indian authorities say they've been coordinating with local medical departments to ensure staff

1:12.2

and supplies are in place to treat

1:13.6

residents affected by extreme temperatures with little to no relief in sight.

1:17.8

Meanwhile a brutal heat wave in Mexico has killed 22 people in the past week. That's according to the

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