内容摘要：Jorge Rodríguez, presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, cercano colaborador de Maduro y candidato a la reelección como legislador, fue una de las primeras voces del oficialismo en salir a dar declaraciones el domingo en la noche. Negó que la jornada tuviera una elevada ausencia de electores en los centros de votación y habló de una gran “victoria”.

Jorge Rodríguez, presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, cercano colaborador de Maduro y candidato a la reelección como legislador, fue una de las primeras voces del oficialismo en salir a dar declaraciones el domingo en la noche. Negó que la jornada tuviera una elevada ausencia de electores en los centros de votación y habló de una gran “victoria”.

“The most dangerous period is likely during the late afternoon and evening when strong tornado potential should be maximized,” meteorologists at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, wrote.The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities said Monday afternoon that they had a report of an observed tornado looking west from Fairmont, Minnesota, which is southwest of Minneapolis.

Pea- to marble-sized hail pelted parts of Faribault County in southern Minnesota, and rain was heavy, Sheriff Scott Adams said.“A heavy downpour -- it became extremely dark out,” he said.The National Weather Service reported receiving multiple reports of tornadoes near the small town of Winnebago, Minnesota, about 110 miles (177 kilometers) southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul. But Adams said the reports weren’t confirmed and there appeared to be no wind damage as of Monday evening.

Melissa Dye, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s office in the Twin Cities, said spotters likely saw “gustnados,” which are small whirlwinds that form during thunderstorms but are not connected to a cloud base, as a tornado. She said they can look like tornadoes because of they kick up dust and debris.Dye said spotting a tornado would be difficult because they’d be wrapped by the rain.

The Minneapolis-St. Paul area appeared to largely skirt the worst of the weather.

“Any severe threat is pretty much done for the metro area,” she said Monday evening.to the public on May 10 and runs through Oct. 26.

BANGKOK (AP) — A construction magnate, builders, designers and engineers surrendered to police Friday on criminal negligence charges over the collapse during theof a Bangkok high-rise in which 92 people died.

Premchai Karnasuta, president of Italian-Thai Development Co, the main Thai contractor for the building project, as well as designers and engineers, was among 17 charged with the felony of professional negligence causing death, Bangkok deputy police chief Noppasin Poonsawat said.Noppasin said those who met police on Friday formally denied the charges. Several have previously issued public denials in response to allegations in the media.