More Than Thirty Dead In Violent Weather Across USA

March 16, 2025 8:30 am

PIEDMONT, Mo. (AP) — Violent tornadoes and high winds have decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that killed at least 32 people ripped its way across the central and southern U.S. Some of the initial storm deaths were reported Friday night in Missouri. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced six people died in three counties and three more people were missing late Saturday as storms moved further east into Alabama, where damaged homes and impassable roads have been reported. Officials confirmed three deaths in Arkansas, where Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has declared a state of emergency. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has declared an emergency in anticipation of the storm’s shift eastward.  (Photo:  AP)