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33 people killed in a series of tornadoes and severe storms across the central and southern United States
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A total of 20 storm-related fatalities have been confirmed across the region. In Kansas, a multi-vehicle crash resulted in the deaths of 8 people. Meanwhile, the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed 12 storm-related fatalities, making Missouri the state with the highest number of fatalities.
The Patrol and local agencies continue incident operations in several locations.
Know where you would take shelter in the event that a warning is issued.
Today may end up as one of the more prolific severe weather outbreaks in recent memory in the bi-state (Missouri and Illinois) region.
Numerous significant tornadoes, some of which may be long-track and potentially violent, should continue into this evening.
The National Guard have been deployed to Arkansas, and my Administration is ready to assist State and Local Officials, as they help their communities to try and recover from the damage.
In the meantime, I just released $250,000 from our Disaster Recovery fund to provide resources for this operation for each of the impacted communities.
We have teams out surveying the damage from last night's tornadoes and have first responders on the ground to assist.
He said to tell the people of Arkansas he loves them and he and his administration are here to help with whatever we need following last night's tornadoes.
And so what that is doing is producing really substantial impacts over a very large area.
What's unique about this one is its large size and intensity.
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sources
- 1.France 24
- 2.The Times of India
- 3.Al Jazeera
- 4.CNN
- 5.CTV News
- 6.Le Monde
- 7.ABC News (Australia)
- 8.The Guardian
- 9.South China Morning Post
- 10.Agence France-Presse
- 11.Associated Press
- 12.Reuters
perspectives
countries
- 1.Canada
- 2.France
- 3.Grenada
- 4.United States
organizations
- 1.US National Weather Service
- 2.US Storm Prediction Center
- 3.Missouri State Highway Patrol
- 4.US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- 5.PowerOutage
- 6.Norman
- 7.KSDK
- 8.California Department of Transportation
- 9.Federal Emergency Management Agency
- 10.Kansas Highway Patrol
- 11.Murray County Sheriff's Office
- 12.Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management
persons
- 1.Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- 2.Jim Akers
- 3.Kevin Stitt
- 4.Bill Bunting
- 5.Jim Salter
- 6.Alicia Wilson
- 7.Charles Daniel
- 8.Cindy Barkley
- 9.David Roth
- 10.Donald Trump
- 11.Allen Ferguson
- 12.Alonzo Adams