Published 18 days ago • United States • Updated 15 days ago

Residents pick up the pieces after devastating storms scour the US South and Midwest

A dynamic storm system caused at least 44 deaths and extensive destruction in the U.S., including tornadoes and wildfires, according to National Guard and National Weather Service reports.
Missouri reported the highest fatalities with 12 deaths, while Kansas experienced eight deaths from a dust storm collision on Interstate 70.
Oklahoma suffered nearly 300 destroyed structures, with about 170,000 acres burned due to wildfires, as reported by Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt.
President Donald Trump stated his administration is actively monitoring the severe tornadoes and storms and pledged support for recovery efforts in affected states.

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3-day outbreak of severe weather leaves hundreds displaced in U.S. South and Midwest

Kim Atchison was hunkered down in her grandmother’s storm shelter with her 5-year-old grandson Saturday night in their tiny Alabama hometown of Plantersville when her husband and son raced in.“Get down; get all the way down to the bottom of the cellar,” they told her, saying they could see a twister coming.Atchison said she remembers first the “dead silence” and then hearing the wind that felt like a funnel and things outside hitting against eac…

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Dangerous déjà vu: Another mighty, multi-threat storm is tracking across the country

Another potent storm is putting millions in the United States in harm’s way again, just days after a deadly cross-country storm left a trail of destruction in its wake.

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Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

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Residents pick up the pieces after devastating storms

Residents and work crews in the South and Midwest are beginning to clean up and survey the destruction from a three-day outbreak of severe weather. The storms started Friday. They kicked up wildfires, tornadoes and dust storms. The severe weather…

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On the long road to recovery – people facing an uncertain future in Poplar Bluff - KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo., (KBSI) – The road to recovery has begun for some people who were hit by a severe storm in Butler County. Many people are getting fallen trees removed and working with their insurance companies – they told FOX23, their future is yet to be determined. People shared their storm stories with FOX23 as they look to rebuild. Shady Lane just off of Baron Road was hit particularly hard. The power of the storm is seen in gaping holes of…

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‘Everybody has pulled together’: Cleanup efforts underway in the Shoals after major flooding

Neighborhoods remain underwater in the Shoals after this weekend’s storms left some properties submerged and scattered debris throughout the area.

17 days ago·Huntsville, United States

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At Least 36 Dead from Extreme Weather This Weekend

Twenty-six tornadoes were reported as a low-pressure system sent powerful thunderstorms across large swathes of Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi and Missouri. The storms first hit the South and Midwest, before travelling east through Pennsylvania, New York and other states

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