Tornadoes, storms wreak havoc across Midwest
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Deadly weekend storms destroyed thousands of buildings and killed at least 30 people in multiple states. See photos of the destruction.
Two people died in Fairfax County after fierce thunderstorms swept the Washington region Friday, toppling trees, swamping roadways, knocking out power and unleashing a wind gust of 69 mph at Reagan National Airport.
At least 27 people are dead after tornadoes and severe weather hit Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia beginning on Friday, May 16, as states brace for more bad weather.
Tornadoes that swept through Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia killed more than two dozen people, destroyed homes and left thousands without power as residents began clearing widespread storm damage.
At least seven people are dead in Missouri after strong supercell storms that spurred tornado warnings slammed into St. Louis on Friday. Two others died in Virginia.
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The National Weather Service said a “multitude of hazardous weather” would impact the U.S. over the next several days — from thunderstorms and potentially baseball-sized hail on the Plains, to heavy mountain snow in the West and dangerous heat in the South.
Severe storms are expected to erupt across a wide swath of Texas late Monday — from the Dallas-Fort Worth area to East Texas.
Severe storms with damaging wind gusts led to the deaths of two people in the Washington, D.C. area on Friday, as falling trees caused fatalities and widespread power outages. Over 200,000 outages were reported across Fairfax and Alexandria counties.
Over $15 million in new federal funding is heading to Virginia's coastline to help protect communities facing rising seas, crumbling shorelines and mounting flood risks.
"A maturing central U.S. storm system is expected to produce another round of dangerous severe weather and instances of flash flooding today," the National Weather Service warned Monday. The forecast discussion added that "from a broader perspective," locally heavy rain was forecast to reach from the northern Plains to Texas.
Flood advisories were in effect as a dozen states were at risk of severe storms, tornadoes and hail. Some areas could see 2 months' worth of rain.