Hey there, all right, let's go. It's Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024.

Welcome to a brand new day. Welcome to First Thing with Kevin Mano, a super quick and

efficient look at all the headlines across the board, so you feel like you know what's going

on in the world around you. It starts right now.

And it always starts with the top story.

It's another wild weather week here in the US.

Yesterday, more than 22 million people were under the

threat of severe weather. The states that got hit the worst were Wisconsin, Illinois,

and Iowa. And Iowa got hit hard. As of now it's reported that multiple people lost their lives and dozens more were injured.

I saw footage, its heartbreaking neighborhoods destroyed wind turbines all twisted up.

Even the hospital in Greenfield, Iowa was badly damaged

which means those hurt in the storms had to be taken elsewhere. Really rough

just a tragic day. While the severe storm threat has weakened slightly more dangerous weather is expected

for much of the country today from Texas and Ohio even up into Western Vermont.

Stay safe.

Let's go! P her in the Indiana fever. The hype is still very strong. She just became the first

ever female athlete to have her own collection with Wilson. That's big she just

signed that deal. People are comparing the structure of it to Michael Jordan's Wilson deal which included

his own line of basketballs and apparel.

This is huge for her and for women's basketball.

I just read that the NFL is considering Australia for a regular season game at some point in the next couple years.

They've been expanding their international presence for a while and yeah it just came out that Australia could be the next one announced probably for the 2025 or

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