ceia888 One Devastating Storm System: What to Know About the Havoc

Rain, snow, hail, dust, fire, tornadoes. A giant cross-country storm system last week led to one hazard after another, lashing California with an atmospheric river, fueling wildfires in Oklahoma and spawning tornadoes from Missouri to Alabama.

A part of Texas felt like Mars. Huge stretches of communities across the Midwest and South were reduced to rubble. A governor lost a farmhouse to fire. And the area near a tiny town in Mississippi was struck by a tornado twice.

Since Friday, at least 40 deaths across seven states have been attributed to the storm. On Monday, the storm system is expected to move offshore, but more than 40 million people in the United States, mostly in the Plains, were under a red flag warning, indicating an increased risk of fire danger, according to the National Weather Service.

Number of reported deaths from storms and fires

Officials reported at least 40 deaths across seven states that have been attributed to severe weather in the South and Midwest.

-->

Source: Official reports as of 5 p.m. Central time on Sunday.

By Elena Shao and June Kim

Here are a few things to know about the storm system and its impact.

Almost 100 tornadoes were reported on Friday and Saturday.

That number was reported by the Storm Prediction Center, though it may change. Overall, tornadoes and severe storms have killed at least 24 people across four states — Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri and Mississippi. Missouri has had the highest number of fatalities, 12.

1918pgVideoAt least 40 people were killed in the storms, which ripped through the Midwest, South and East Coast.CreditCredit...Lawrence Bryant/ReutersTornadoes across the South and Midwest

Locations of tornado sightings or damage reported since Friday morning.

The timeline of the deal allows Congress to sidestep a government shutdown during the campaign season, but it all but ensures that spending disputes will dominate the lame-duck period between the election and the inauguration of a new Congress in January.

The names of the students have not been made public. The family of the targeted student had said in a statement published on Friday in The Gettysburgian, the college newspaper, that their son became “the victim of a hate crime” when a teammate used a box cutter to etch a slur against Black people across their son’s chest at an informal swim team gathering on Sept. 6.

66br -->

Source: National Weather Service | Notes: Reports are considered preliminary. Data is for the 72 hours starting on March 14 at 8 a.m. Eastern, during which updates are made every 10 minutes.

By Julie Walton Shaver and John Keefe

We are having trouble retrieving the article content.

Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.

Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.

Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

Already a subscriber? Log in.

Want all of The Times? Subscribe.ceia888