#Missouri tornado fatalities

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US monster storm: Threat of tornadoes and wildfires wreak havoc leaving at least 17 dead - The Times of India

Tornadoes tore through parts of the US, leaving a trail of destruction as powerful storms moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Saturday. At least 17 people have died, with Missouri experiencing the highest toll, as officials confirmed 11 fatalities from overnight twisters.The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed multiple injuries alongside the fatalities. “It was…

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This year is the 71st anniversary of the Flint/Beecher tornado of June 8, 1953.

The tornado resulted in 116 fatalities and 844 injuries (not including those who self-treated). This is the most tornado fatalities ever from a single tornado in Michigan and it was the most fatalities in the U.S. from a single tornado until the Joplin, Missouri, tornado of 2011, which had 161 fatalities.

The tornado left 340 homes completely destroyed, 107 had major damage and another 153 had relatively minor damage.

The tornado was rated F5, the highest category, with winds over 200 mph. It was half a mile wide. It stayed on the ground for 27 miles. The forward speed of the tornado was 35 mph. Damage was estimated at $19 million (in 1953 dollars). That would be close to a third of a billion dollars in today’s dollars. The only other F5 tornado in Michigan history was the Hudsonville-Standale Tornado of April 3, 1956. The last F4 tornado in Michigan was the Kalamazoo County to Eaton County twister of April 2, 1977.

The bark was stripped off trees and a few homes were leveled down to the concrete foundation.

Of the 116 fatalities, 113 occurred over a four-block stretch, generally along Coldwater Road. The vast majority of fatalities and injuries were the result of structural failure. Fifty-five of the fatalities were to children under age 20 and 32 of the fatalities were to children under age 10. Two families lost five members.

The tornado struck around 8:30 p.m. and tracked through an area of single-family homes, with many residents employed by auto factories.

The National Guard was mobilized and the Red Cross was one of many agencies that provided relief.

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CNN 5/18/2025

Tornado-spawning storms leave 25 dead in 2 states and swaths of destruction across central US

By Hanna Park, Matt Rehbein and Ray Sanchez, CNN

Updated: 3:10 PM EDT, Sun May 18, 2025

Source: CNN

A violent, tornado-spawning storm system tore across the central US, leaving at least 25 people dead in Missouri and southeastern Kentucky as it cut a path of destruction through several states.

The 18 deaths in Kentucky come on the heels of fatalities reported hours earlier on Friday in the St. Louis area, which endured widespread destruction. Seven people were reported dead in Missouri.

In all, large tornadoes have been reported in Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana. Two additional deaths were reported in northern Virginia. Both fatalities were caused by trees falling onto vehicles, one in FairFax County and another on George Washington Memorial Parkway, Fairfax County police and United States Park Police said.

The storms damaged homes and downed power lines across the Midwest and Great Lakes, brought by the same system that produced destructive storms and tornadoes Thursday.

About 459,000 homes and businesses across a dozen states were without power as of Saturday, with Missouri, Kentucky and Michigan among the hardest hit, according to Poweroutage.us.

It’s part of a multiday spate of widespread severe weather stretching into early next week. As the system that generated deadly tornadoes in Missouri and Kentucky loses strength, another round of severe storms is expected near the border with Mexico, thrusting more than 20 million Americans across the Southwest in the risk zone.

Southeastern Kentucky hit hard

The National Weather Service reported a radar-confirmed, “large, extremely dangerous” tornado sweeping east across lower Kentucky shortly after midnight.

Video and photos from southeastern Kentucky show a trail of destruction that began in Pulaski County before moving east into neighboring Laurel County, leaving at least 18 dead and 10 in critical condition across the state. Videos showed widespread damage to buildings, cars, trees and infrastructure in the wake of the possible tornado.

“I’ve now been governor for at least 14 federally declared disasters, 13 of them weather. And this is one of the worst,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said at a news conference Saturday evening. “It’s one of the worst in terms of the loss of human life. It’s one of the worst in terms of damage.”

Beshear has declared a state of emergency in the state and requested a federal disaster declaration.

Mahala Watts told CNN affiliate WLKY her family was watching the news after 11 p.m. Friday when their phones started blaring with tornado warnings. She grabbed the dog, and her family took cover in the bathroom in the center of theirhome in Laurel County.

The storm suddenly roared over her house – as the family was “breathing in all the debris.” They got on their hands and knees, Watts told the station. A bathroom mirror fell on Watts before the roar went silent.

“We were just kind of praying, you know, scared it was going to come back,” she said. “We had no idea the roof was gone. The fridge was blocking the bathroom door.”

Watts told WLKY her family climbed over the refrigerator and stood outside in the dark, fearing another hit. Cars were overturned and debris wasstrewn about. They used a relative’s car to get to a hospital where they sought refuge before making it to a hotel after the storm passed.

Drone video over London, Kentucky, at daylight Saturday showed a vast wasteland of damaged and overturned vehicles and flattened homes as first responders searched heaps of rubble for possible survivors. London is about 75 miles south of Lexington.

At the London-Corbin Airport, several planes were damaged and a medical helicopter was destroyed, CNN affiliate WLKY reported, adding officials said at least one airplane was pulled into a funnel cloud. Hangars and other buildings were leveled.

In another video from Laurel County, first responders are seen descending on the Sunshine Hills area, a barren landscape of twisted cars, downed trees and piles of debris.

Seventeen deaths were reported in Laurel County, including in London, Mayor Randall Weddle told CNN affiliate WKYT. Among those who died was Maj. Leslie Roger Leatherman of the Laurel County Fire Department, who had been responding to the storm, the governor said Saturday.

“I have never personally witnessed what I’ve witnessed here tonight. There’s a lot of devastation,” Weddle told WKYT.

Police in Corbin, south of London, were responding to mutual aid calls for tornado victims and described the devastation as overwhelming.

“Stop and pray for Laurel County residents and victims of the tornado that touched down there,” the department wrote.

Pulaski County Judge Executive Marshall Todd declared a state of emergency, and crews are working on cleanup efforts, county spokesperson John Alexander told CNN. One person was reported dead in the county.

Heavy damage can be seen in Somerset, a city in Pulaski County to the west of London, where emergency officials urged residents to stay indoors.

“The southern side of the city has been hit by a possible tornado!” the Somerset Fire Department posted on social media around 11 p.m. Friday. “Please avoid the area, poles and power lines are down!”

St. Louis has massive damage

A storm that produced a devastating tornado in the St. Louis area Friday afternoon has left five people dead and many others injured, according to local authorities. The EF3 tornado traveled at least 8 miles, according to an initial survey conducted by the National Weather Service.

“We’re just a city that’s really grieving,” the city’s new mayor, Cara Spencer, told reporters Saturday. About 5,000 buildings have been impacted by the severe weather but she noted, “This community is coming together in a truly, truly amazing way.”

Spencer called the event “one of the worst storms” in the city’s history. A curfew will remain in place overnight and thousands of homes and businesses still have no power. Nearly 40 people were injured, the mayor said. A state of emergency was declared in the city, and officials are seeking a federal major disaster declaration.

More than 130 miles to the south of St. Louis, in Scott County, two others were killed during Friday’s storms, Sheriff Derick Wheetley announced on social media. Several others were taken to medical facilities, “with injuries ranging from minor to severe,” the sheriff added.

“The tornado moved from the eastern part of the county, leaving behind a trail of destruction, with multiple homes completely lost and areas left unrecognizable,” the sheriff said.

The devastation occurred after a tornado warning was issued at 2:34 p.m. Friday and a “likely tornado” touched down seven to eight minutes later, said Ben Herzog, a science and operations officer with the National Weather Service.

One St. Louis resident, Cindy Spellman, told CNN her niece was in her apartment when the storm hit.

“When the sirens sounded, she went to the basement of her building,” Spellman said.

When her niece returned to her apartment, “she had to push her way inside because the tornado had thrown all of her furniture to the far walls.”

They helped clean up after the storm passed and had to park over a mile away due to road closures, Spellman said. Dirt, glass and debris from trees and nearby homes coated everything inside the apartment and building. It took more than four hours to secure her niece’s apartment, clean it and remove her necessary belongings before dark.

Anotherresident, Joan Miller Hitt, was in her home Friday when it was torn apart like a dollhouse.

When a large tree outside started swaying violently and all the doors shut like in the movie “Carrie,” Miller Hitt and her husband took shelter in a bathroom. Seconds later, “the whole back of the house was gone.”

Miller Hitt said she never saw it coming.

“I never had any fear of anything happening to that house with a storm because of where I live and the sound structure of the house,” she told CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield on Saturday afternoon. “I go between being overwhelmed, shocked, teary.”

Gov. Mike Kehoe said he has already been in contact with federal officials about disaster relief. The American Red Cross opened three shelters in St. Louis for storm and tornado victims, the nonprofit announced Saturday.

First responders looking for victims or people in distress searched about 4,000 residences. More technical searches with boom microphones and cameras were being conducted Saturday.

One victim was identified as Patricia Pendleton, who had been serving lunches before the storm caused a roof to collapse at Centennial Christian Church, her family told CNN affiliate KMOV.

Sarah Russell, commissioner of the City Emergency Management Agency in St. Louis, said some of the tornado sirens did not go off Friday, which will be investigated.

“We’re looking into that,” she told reporters Saturday. The focus now is on life-saving measures in the community, she added.

The citywide system of tornado sirens was being replaced and had undergone testing on Thursday. Residents were encouraged to rely on multiple warning systems, including mobile apps and weather radio, she said.

The National Weather Serviceis surveying the damage and has no information on the intensity but estimated winds reached 100 mph.

Herzog’s message for residents: “I think the biggest thing would be staying away if you don’t need to be around.”

Damaging storm risks persist

As the system that hit Missouri and Kentucky weakens and pushes across the Southeast, another round of severe storms threatens the Great Plains and Texas.

The level 3 of 5 threat ofsevere storms will affect the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex Saturday evening, with large hail, damaging winds and the potential for tornadoes.

The possibility of more severe weather stretches through Tuesday in the Great Plains and the lower Mississippi River Valley.

The Plains will remain the main focus of severe weather on Sunday and Monday as well, with damaging storms possible in much of Oklahoma and Kansas. The severe thunderstorm threat will then shift back into parts of the Mississippi Valley on Tuesday.

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Sunday, May 18, 2025

The Mess at Airports Is Part of a Larger Pattern (The Atlantic) On this much, there is bipartisan agreement: The Federal Aviation Administration is in a bad mess. After years of exceptional safety, the U.S. air-travel system has recently been beset with near misses and, in one horrifying case, a collision. Air-traffic-control towers are badly understaffed, and controllers have now twice lost—for about 90 seconds and 30 to 90 seconds, respectively—the ability to track flights coming in and out of Newark. Lots of people saw it coming. Regulators, pilots, controllers, airline executives, and outside observers all warned for years that the system was falling behind and running on outdated technology. Yet successive presidential administrations and Congresses didn’t act. The pattern of neglect observed at the FAA can be seen across the federal government. Other physical infrastructure, including bridges, dams, power lines, and highways, are in a serious state of decay.

Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans under 18th-century law (AP) The Supreme Court on Friday barred the Trump administration from quickly resuming deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th-century wartime law enacted when the nation was just a few years old. Over two dissenting votes, the justices acted on an emergency appeal from lawyers for Venezuelan men who have been accused of being gang members, a designation that the administration says makes them eligible for rapid removal from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The high court action is the latest in a string of judicial setbacks for the Trump administration’s effort to speed deportations of people in the country illegally. The president and his supporters have complained about having to provide due process for people they contend didn’t follow U.S. immigration laws.

At least 21 people dead and widespread damage in the wake of severe Midwest storms (CNN) A violent, tornado-spawning storm system tore across the central US, leaving at least 21 people dead in Missouri and southeastern Kentucky as it cut a path of destruction across several states. The 14 deaths in Kentucky come on the heels of fatalities reported hours earlier on Friday in the St. Louis area, which saw widespread destruction. Seven people were reported dead in Missouri. In all, large tornadoes have been reported in Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana. The storms damaged homes and downed power lines across the Midwest and Great Lakes, leaving more than 700,000 homes and businesses across a dozen states without power.

Brazil has a scorpion problem (The Week) Scorpions are “taking over” Brazil’s cities, scientists have warned. And with these infestations comes a huge rise in stinging incidents, some of them fatal, and often caused by Brazilian yellow scorpions, known for their extremely toxic venom. More than 1.1 million scorpion stings were reported in Brazil between 2014 and 2023: with a 155% rise in reports over that period, according to a study published in Frontiers in Public Health. The surge in numbers is “driven by rapid, unplanned urbanisation”, said The Guardian. The sprawl of “high-density housing” encroaches on scorpions’ natural habitats in the wild, and “poor waste disposal” creates new environments where they can “thrive”. This “rampant urbanisation” also “scares away scorpions’ natural predators, such as lizards and birds”, and “boosts the number of available cockroaches”, which make “tasty meals” for the arachnids, said Phys.org. As a result, scorpions have become “the most lethal venomous animal” in Brazil, with 152 deaths from scorpion stings last year, compared to 140 deaths from snake bites.

Britain’s police are restricting speech in worrying ways (Economist) The police arrived at Maxie Allen’s door at midday on January 29th. None of the six officers seemed to know much about why they were there, recalls Mr Allen. But they read out a list of charges and searched the house, before arresting him and his partner and taking them to the police station, where they were held for eight hours. The couple’s alleged crime? Disparaging emails and WhatsApp messages about their daughter’s primary school. Free speech in Britain has been put under the spotlight. J.D. Vance, America’s vice-president, frequently cites cases involving religious activists. Elon Musk, a tech mogul, has claimed that thousands are being locked up for social-media posts. It would be nice if Brits could simply dismiss such attacks as ill-informed and staggeringly hypocritical from an administration that now strives to stifle dissent. Yet the Americans are right in one crucial respect: Britain does have a serious problem. Speech is being restricted, particularly online, in alarming ways and at an increasingly alarming rate. The number of arrests—more than a thousand a month for online posts—shows this is no longer about a few rogue cases. The root cause can be found in the country’s speech laws, which are a mess and ill-suited to the digital age: Brits are prosecuted for the sorts of conversations they would have had in the pub. Many who are arrested have simply said something that someone else considers offensive. Of all the recent cases, it is Mr Allen’s that best captures the careless erosion of a crucial liberty. At one point during his questioning, Mr Allen’s partner asked for an example of a WhatsApp message that constituted “malicious communication”. The detective had to stop and Google the crime.

In Spain, a homelessness crisis unfolds in Madrid’s airport (AP) Every morning at 6 a.m., Teresa sets out in search of work, a shower and a bit of exercise before she returns home. For around six months, that has been Terminal 4 of Madrid’s international airport. Teresa, 54, who didn’t want her full name to be used because of safety concerns, is one of the estimated hundreds of homeless people sleeping in the Spanish capital’s airport amid a growing housing crisis in Spain, where rental costs have risen especially fast in cities like Madrid, the country’s capital, and Barcelona. She and others sleeping at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport—the third-busiest airport in Europe in 2023, according to Eurostat—described a situation where for months, authorities have neither helped them find other living arrangements nor have they kicked them out from the corners of the airport that they have occupied with sleeping bags unfurled on the floor as well as blankets, shopping carts and bags.

As political theater took center stage in Turkey, the war went on in Ukraine (AP) Since U.S.-brokered talks began in March, Ukraine’s strategy has been to convince the Trump administration that Vladimir Putin is unreliable, and that Kyiv is serious about peace. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has few options, analysts and officials say, but to draw U.S. President Donald Trump’s ire against Putin while depending on the united and stalwart support of European allies. But the political theatrics are underscored by stark realities on the ground. In this war of attrition against Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s position is poised to grow weaker as time goes on, unless powerful sanctions are imposed against Moscow and the U.S. continues arms deliveries. For Ukrainian soldiers fighting along the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line, the theatricality of the week’s political developments stood in harsh contrast with the grinding war. “Better to call it a circus,” said a Ukrainian drone operator.

Fighting India Helps Revive the Pakistani Military’s Popularity (NYT) Pakistan has been mired for years in overlapping political, economic and security crises. But right now, it is feeling like a winner. Its government has declared victory in Pakistan’s most expansive military clash with India in more than 50 years. Political parties and ordinary Pakistanis have staged rallies to celebrate the armed forces’ performance. In analysts’ eyes, the four-day fight was closer to a draw. Pakistan suffered some blows it cannot hide. But by holding its own against its more powerful neighbor, it has for now pushed its dire problems into the background. A renewed, if fragile, public confidence in the state and in the military, Pakistan’s most dominant institution, has begun to emerge. “It feels like we’ve won something. We’re not a failed state,” said Hafeez Siddiqui, a bank accountant in Karachi, the country’s largest city.

Indians urge Turkey boycott amid regional tensions (BBC) What began as public calls to boycott travel to Turkey has now escalated into a broader rupture, with India severing links with Turkish businesses and universities. On Thursday India barred Turkish firm Celebi from operating at its airports, citing national security concerns—an allegation the company denies. Several Indian universities—including Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Millia Islamia, and Maulana Azad National Urdu University- have also suspended academic ties with Turkish institutions. Deadly fighting broke out between India and Pakistan last week after Delhi launched airstrikes on its neighbour, saying it was in response to the deadly Pahalgam attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. Pakistan has denied any involvement in the incident. Turkey and Azerbaijan were quick to back Pakistan after India’s military action—Ankara warned of “all-out war”, while Baku condemned Delhi’s strikes. The fallout sparked a wave of backlash, with boycott calls against Turkey—and Azerbaijan—gaining traction on social media and being echoed by senior political leaders. The boycott gained momentum after reports emerged of Turkish drones being used by Pakistan against India.

From guns to gardens: Former gangsters fight hunger in Kenya (AP) Joseph Kariaga and his friends once lived the “gangster life” in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, snatching phones, mugging people and battling police. But when Kariaga’s brother was shot dead by police, the young men took stock. “We said, ‘We cannot live like this. We are going to lose our lives.’ Many of our friends had died,” said Kariaga, now 27. “I reflected on my life. I had to change.” Now the men are farmers with a social mission. Nearly a dozen of them founded Vision Bearerz in 2017 to steer youth away from crime and address food insecurity in one of Kenya’s poorest communities. Despite challenges, Vision Bearerz makes a modest but meaningful community impact, including feeding over 150 children at lunches each week. Some residents praise the group and call the men role models. Kariaga still feels the pain of his brother’s death, but is proud of his new job. “Farming can change the world,” he said.

In Big Cities, Peace and Quiet Is Becoming a Perk Worth Paying For (Bloomberg) If Yu Kusuda hadn’t met his neighbors, he might not know they were there. The 71-year-old singer-songwriter, who also works as a human resources consultant, lives in an 86-square-meter (283-square-foot) apartment in Tokyo, marketed by its developer Livlan as soundproof. For five years, Kusuda has been hosting online seminars at home, blasting movies at full volume, and playing electric guitar. No one complains, and neither does he. “I have never heard any sound from my neighbors,” Kusuda says. Livlan started exploring soundproof apartments in 1987, and there’s now a waiting list of 6,000, despite higher than average rent. Neighbor noise is a common problem in Japan, where a government survey shows it accounts for 43% of all neighbor complaints at apartments. Chris Berdik, author of Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World and How We Can Take It Back (W.W. Norton, May 25), says there’s been “a massive increase in people’s desire for quiet,” pointing to silent airports and the rise of quiet travel. As the world grows noisier, and digital distractions proliferate, our brains burn energy sorting through various signals to find what matters, he adds. The global market for noise-canceling headphones is projected to reach $41 billion by 2031, according to KBV Research, up from $15.9 billion in 2023.

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A tornado overnight become deadly.. Multiple fatalities have been reported following a tornado in Poplar Bluff, Missouri per Butler County Sheriff..

Check out this image posted on X by storm chaser Brandon Montgomery and Corey Gerken of a tornado in Belzoni Mississippi..

https://x.com/Brandonbirdwx/status/1900783962491871743

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Events 5.27 (before 1960)

1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. 1153 – Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. 1199 – John is crowned King of England. 1257 – Richard of Cornwall, and his wife, Sanchia of Provence, are crowned King and Queen of the Germans at Aachen Cathedral. 1644 – Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing. 1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. 1798 – The Pitt–Tierney duel takes place on Putney Heath outside London. A bloodless duel between the Prime Minister of Great Britain William Pitt the Younger and his political opponent George Tierney. 1798 – The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia. 1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland. 1813 – War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George. 1860 – Giuseppe Garibaldi begins the Siege of Palermo, part of the wars of Italian unification. 1863 – American Civil War: The first Union infantry assault of the Siege of Port Hudson occurs. 1874 – The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria. 1883 – Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia. 1896 – The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10 million in damage. 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins. 1915 – HMS Princess Irene explodes and sinks off Sheerness, Kent, with the loss of 352 lives. 1917 – Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church. 1919 – The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight. 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A. 1930 – The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public. 1933 – New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission. 1935 – New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495). 1937 – In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California. 1940 – World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive. 1941 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency". 1941 – World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men. 1942 – World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later. 1950 – The Linnanmäki amusement park is opened for the first time in Helsinki. 1958 – First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.

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At least 18 dead after powerful tornado ripped through Kentucky

At least 18 people have died in Kentucky following severe weather that swept through Missouri and Kentucky. Gov. Andy Beshear said the fatalities were caused by a single tornado, initially estimated to be an EF3.

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Not less than 25 useless as tornadoes and thunderstorms devastate components of Kentucky, Missouri

Not less than 25 folks have perished in extreme climate that swept throughout Missouri and Kentucky over the weekend, authorities stated. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear stated the variety of weather-related fatalities — he attributed them to a single twister initially believed to have touched down at EF3 power in a single day — had risen from 14 to 18 by late Saturday afternoon. “It has taken far too…

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At least 37 killed across multiple states as tornadoes, storms sweep US - The Times of India

A glimpse of damage caused by tornadoes and storms At least 37 people have been killed following numerous tornadoes, severe winds, and dust storms that swept across the United States during the weekend, causing extensive destruction to homes and buildings across multiple states.Fatalities were recorded across Kansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Alabama, and Missouri. In Missouri,…

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Heavy storms sweep Kentucky and kill at least 14 people after Tornado Batter's Missouri

After serious storms, at least 14 people were killed overnight in Kentucky, and the number of fatalities is expected to increase, said governor Andy Beshear on Saturday after the dangerous weather system was torn through the state and the neighboring Missouri -Tornados. NBC News previously reported that at least 16 people were killed when the storm swept through parts of the two countries. It was…

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Heavy storms sweep Kentucky and kill at least 14 people after Tornado Batter's Missouri

After serious storms, at least 14 people were killed overnight in Kentucky, and the number of fatalities is expected to increase, said governor Andy Beshear on Saturday after the dangerous weather system was torn through the state and the neighboring Missouri -Tornados. NBC News previously reported that at least 16 people were killed when the storm swept through parts of the two countries. It was…

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Raw storms sweep through Kentucky, killing at least 14 people, after Tornado Batters Missouri

At least 14 people died from day to day in Kentucky after strong storms, and the number of fatalities is to increase, said governor Andy Beshear on Saturday, after the dangerous weather system torn out the state and neighboring Missouri, Tarnad Tornada. Earlier, NBC News announced that at least 16 people were killed when the strict weather flew parts of two states. It was not immediately clear…

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Raw storms sweep through Kentucky, killing at least 14 people, after Tornado Batters Missouri

At least 14 people died from day to day in Kentucky after strong storms, and the number of fatalities is to increase, said governor Andy Beshear on Saturday, after the dangerous weather system torn out the state and neighboring Missouri, Tarnad Tornada. Earlier, NBC News announced that at least 16 people were killed when the strict weather flew parts of two states. It was not immediately clear…

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[ad_1] Footage shot on Friday afternoon shows powerful winds in St. Louis, Missouri, hurling brush and debris down Pershing Avenue.ST. LOUIS – At least four people were killed and 10 others were injured Friday after a storm caused significant damage in the St. Louis metro area.The storm was part of a system that has millions of people across several states on alert for the potential of tornadoes, damaging wind and large hail.According to a tweet from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, at least four storm-related fatalities have been confirmed.A representative of St. Louis Children's Hospital said the emergency department has received 10 patients because of the storm. One of the injured was in critical condition. The rest were expected to be discharged later Friday.SIGNIFICANT TORNADO DAMAGE REPORTED IN WISCONSIN AS SEVERE STORMS ROLL THROUGH MINNEAPOLIS, CHICAGO next Storm damage is seen in the Forest Park neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, on May 16, 2025. (Aishah French) prevnext An uprooted tree is seen in Clayton, Missouri, near St. Louis, on May 16, 2025. (timconttreras25/X) prevnext Storm damage is seen in University City, Missouri, near St. Louis, on May 16, 2025. (Kurt/X) prevnext Storm damage is seen in Clayton, Missouri, near St. Louis, on May 16, 2025. (timconttreras25/X) prevnext An ominous cloud formation is seen in the St. Louis metro as a tornado-warned storm moved through the city May 16, 2025. (Sean Malone/KMOX News) prev An ominous cloud formation is seen in the St. Louis metro as a tornado-warned storm moved through the city May 16, 2025. (Sean Malone/KMOX News)Much of the damage seems to have happened in the University City area, where images of downed trees have surfaced on social media.According to storm reports from the National Weather Service, considerable wind damage was reported along Pershing Avenue in west St. Louis.FOX News Multimedia Reporter Olivianna Calmes found damage in Clayton, just south of University City. She said she has seen several trees damaged and some trees have fallen on cars in the area."The skies turned green," Rachel, a resident of Clayton, told Calmes. "The winds started whipping. Then, it fell silent, and then you heard what sounded like a train, and everything started falling."WATCH: TORNADOES, HAIL SPOTTED AS SEVERE STORMS TEAR ACROSS MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN Significant damage has been reported in the St. Louis metro Friday after a tornado-warned storm moved through the area.According to a Facebook post, the St. Louis Zoo sustained damage during the storm and will be closed through Saturday."All animals are safe and accounted for, and there have been no reports of significant injuries to staff, guests or animals," zoo staff wrote in the post.The NWS described the storm as a "Particularly Dangerous Situation" when the Tornado Warning was issued that covered more than a million people across the St. Louis metro.A funnel cloud was also spotted in Fenton, Missouri, about 20 miles southwest of the heart of St. Louis.HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER Video from Friday shows a funnel cloud forming in the distance in Fenton, Missouri. Tornadoes and severe weather blasted the St. Louis area, bringing hail and strong winds. It was not immediately clear if any injuries were reported.More than 100,000 customers were without power across Missouri as of Friday evening, according to PowerOutage.us. The majority of those outages were in the St. Louis metro.Stay with FOX Weather for updates on this developing story. [ad_2] Source link