Deadly Storm Slams US Midwest, Extreme Risk Looms in South
Photographer: Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP Photo
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A massive storm system that left over a dozen people dead in the central US was moving toward the Mississippi Valley and southern states on Saturday, prompting the National Weather Service to warn of “the potential for violent, long-track tornadoes.”
Residents in 20 states spanning over more than 500,000 square miles (1.3 million kilometers) are in the path of the severe storm threat this weekend. The system has been blamed for strong winds that fanned wildfires in Texas and Oklahoma and spawned reports of multiple tornadoes in the Midwest late Friday and early Saturday.