The Week Junior - USA (2022-02-11)

February 11, 2022 •The Week Junior 7

Around the world

Melbourne, Australia

Historic tennis tournament victory

Rafael Nadal of Spain won the Australian Open tennis

championship on January 30. The Australian Open is one of

four Grand Slam tournaments, the sport’s most prestigious

competitions. Nadal, age 35, now has 21 Grand Slam wins in his

career, the most of all time, breaking a three-way tie with Novak

Djokovic of Serbia and Roger Federer of Switzerland.

Southern and eastern Africa

Powerful storm devastates countries

Tropical storm Ana has a ected hundreds of thousands

of people in southeast Africa. The storm swept through

Madagascar on January 22 before moving to Mozambique,

Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The heavy rain and strong

winds have destroyed buildings, homes, and crops and left

people without power. At least 88 people have died. Rescue

operations are underway to help those a ected.

Lithuania

Le er arrives 51 years later

A letter written to a 12-year-old girl in Lithuania

has arrived 51 years late. It was sent by a friend

in Poland in 1970 and delivered in December.

The recipient, Genovefa Klonovska, who is now

in her 60s, said she fi rst thought the letter,

which arrived with two paper dolls and a

hand-colored rose, was a prank.

Bratislava, Slovakia

Flying car gets approval

Following 70 hours of test fl ights and 200 takeo s and

landings, a fl ying car has been given approval to fl y by

Slovakian government regulators. The hybrid car-aircraft,

AirCar, can reach a speed of 100 mph. It runs on petrol-pump

fuel and takes two minutes and 15 seconds to turn from car to

aircraft. In June 2021, it completed its fi rst fl ight in Slovakia.

The car makers now plan to fl y it from Paris to London.

Réunion Island

Turtles help

scientists study cyclones

Two sea turtles, named Tiago

and Arthur, have been fi tted

with trackers to help scientists

learn more about cyclones

(tropical storms that form over

the South Pacifi c and the Indian

Ocean). The turtles were released

into the sea near Réunion, in

the Indian Ocean, and their

trackers will send back live data

demonstrating what happens in

the water when a cyclone comes.

The letter was

mailed in 1970.

The fl ying car

Rafael Nadal

Storm damage

in Malawi

A turtle with

its tracker