- Title: Tornadoes strike US South, killing at least 10 people
- Date: 15th March 2025
- Summary: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES (MARCH 15, 2025) (REUTERS) MUTE VARIOUS DRONE FOOTAGE OF CHICAGO JOURNEYMEN PLUMBERS LOCAL UNION 130 DYEING THE CHICAGO RIVER GREEN FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY (SOUNDBITE) (English) SARA OPPLE, CHICAGO RESIDENT, SAYING: “Me and my friends and different friends have been here many, many, many years and it's always, every single year it's exciting.
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- Keywords: Drone Florissant Missouri storm
- Location: FLORISSANT, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES
- City: FLORISSANT, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,North America,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
- Reuters ID: LVA001911615032025RP1
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- Story Text: At least 10 people were killed in Missouri as a series of tornadoes hit the U.S. Midwest and Southeast overnight, raking a path of destruction that was still being assessed early on Saturday, police said.
Twenty-six tornadoes were reported but not confirmed to have touched down late on Friday night and early on Saturday as a low-pressure system drove powerful thunderstorms across parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi and Missouri, said David Roth, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center.
Two of the tornado deaths occurred in southern Missouri in the Bakersfield area of Ozark County, about 270 miles (434 km) southeast of Kansas City, and a third death was reported in Butler County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and other officials said.
Seven others were killed in the storms, the Missouri Highway Patrol said on X, without giving details.
As the storms regain strength, the highest possible risk of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms is on Saturday night, forecasters said.
The storms will move east throughout the day on Saturday and could hit as far east as the Florida Panhandle and Atlanta by midnight, according to the NWS.
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