Kentucky, Virginia and tornadoes
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A multi-day severe weather event continued on Tuesday as tornado warnings were issued in at least five states.
This after an estimated 21 tornadoes were reported on May 18. Tornadoes damaged homes just before 7 p.m. local time at Grinnell, along Interstate 70 in northeast Kansas, and just before midnight in the area of Plevna in south-central Kansas, the weather service said. No injuries were reported.
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.
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.
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.
The National Weather Service said, based on preliminary information, the tornado that slammed into St. Louis was at least an EF-3, with winds of up to 140 mph.
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Nonstop severe weather that spawned dozens of tornadoes and killed 28 people in recent days is in its final stretch Tuesday, but millions in the eastern half of the United States are still in the path of dangerous storms.