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By Mary Gilbert and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Several tornadoes hit Michigan on Tuesday, with one twister pummeling a mobile home park in the southern part of the state, leaving a dozen people hurt and rescuers looking for more possible victims. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared an emergency for Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Branch and Cass

CNN By Sara Tonks, CNN Meteorologist, Joe Sutton, Paradise Afshar, and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — The body of a 4-year-old boy was recovered from floodwaters near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, as search and rescue teams statewide continue to patrol streets and neighborhoods inundated by rainfall. The death is the first reported fatality following

CNN By Sara Tonks, CNN Meteorologist, Joe Sutton and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — As rivers swell across South Texas, leaving homes and businesses flooded and thousands of people displaced, residents were looking skyward Sunday as more rain looms. At least 224 people have been rescued from homes and vehicles in Harris County, an official

By Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — More than 25 million people are under the threat of severe storms Monday from Dallas to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. “Multiple strong/potentially long-track tornadoes, very large to giant hail, and severe/damaging winds all appear likely,” the Storm Prediction Center said Sunday. A Level 4 of 5 risk for severe

By Sara Tonks, CNN Meteorologist, Joe Sutton, Paradise Afshar, and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — The body of a 4-year-old boy was recovered from floodwaters near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, as search and rescue teams statewide continue to patrol streets and neighborhoods inundated by rainfall. The death is the first of at least two

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — At least 224 people have been rescued from homes and vehicles in Harris County, Texas, an official said Saturday night, with more rain expected over the weekend in the wake of strong storms and downpours that damaged homes and triggered evacuations. No deaths or

CITY OF HAWLEY, FACEBOOK, CNN, CITY OF HAWLEY/FACEBOOK By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Powerful storms unloaded flooding rainfall that swept away vehicles and triggered evacuations, delivered hail the size of softballs and spun up at least one damaging tornado in Texas Thursday. The storms were just the latest in a series of brutal

KPRC, KTRK, CNN By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — At least 224 people have been rescued from homes and vehicles in Harris County, Texas, an official said Saturday night, with more rain expected over the weekend in the wake of strong storms and downpours that damaged homes and triggered evacuations.

By Michael Rios, Stefano Pozzebon and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — At least 57 people have been killed and a further 373 are missing as heavy rain and flooding hit the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul this week. At least 74 others have been injured amid the series of catastrophic floods that has

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Powerful storms roared across parts of southern Oklahoma Tuesday night and produced dangerous and unusual tornadoes, including one incredibly rare type. Multiple tornadoes were ongoing simultaneously in Tillman County, Oklahoma, when the weather got weird. At least two of the tornadoes exhibited very odd behavior: one powerful tornado

By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — One person was killed and three other people were injured when a tornado hit the northeastern Kansas town of Westmoreland on Tuesday afternoon, according to a Pottawatomie County spokesperson. Authorities were still in the process of notifying the person’s next of kin, according to spokesperson Becky Ryan, who didn’t

By Maya Blackstone and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — It was Friday afternoon in a western suburb of Omaha, Nebraska, and Roger Slatten had just left for work when he got a phone call that would change his life. A tornado was spotted near his home in an Elkhorn neighborhood, and he needed to get

By Eric Zerkel and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — A devastating, multi-day tornado outbreak leveled entire neighborhoods and businesses starting Friday, upending lives across several states in the American Heartland. Dozens of tornadoes, several EF2 or stronger, have already been confirmed by damage surveys in the areas. The storms have killed at least five

By Maya Blackstone and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — On Saturday, the morning of what was meant to be the best day of his life – his wedding day – Austin Bracker got an unwelcome phone call. The day before, a tornado had torn through Waterloo, Nebraska, just to the west of Omaha, where he

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — It may be spring, but it’s not too soon to look ahead to summer weather, especially when El Niño – a player in last year’s especially brutal summer – is rapidly weakening and will all but vanish by the time the season kicks into gear. El Niño’s disappearing

KOCO By Nouran Salahieh and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — At least four people are dead, including an infant, after a tornado outbreak in Oklahoma overnight, as severe storms threaten more twisters, heavy rain and large hail from Missouri to Texas Sunday. Multiple large and extremely dangerous tornadoes were reported on the ground simultaneously overnight

By Nouran Salahieh and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — At least four people are dead, including an infant, after a tornado outbreak in Oklahoma overnight, as severe storms threaten more twisters, heavy rain and large hail from Missouri to Texas Sunday. Multiple large and extremely dangerous tornadoes were reported on the ground simultaneously overnight Saturday

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — One day after destructive tornadoes plowed through Nebraska and Iowa, millions of people in parts of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma were under tornado watches Saturday evening. One tornado watch area includes the Kansas City metropolitan area and 2.7 million people in southeastern Kansas and western and central Missouri, according

By Mary Gilbert, Zoe Sottile, Sarah Dewberry, Jamiel Lynch, Raja Razek, Sharif Paget, Sara Tonks and Brandon Miller, CNN (CNN) — Devastating tornadoes are tearing across parts of eastern Nebraska and Iowa on Friday as a multiday severe thunderstorm event ramped up in the central United States, injuring at least three people. Storms began in

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Unprecedented, torrential rainfall plunged parts of the United Arab Emirates underwater last week, bringing life to a standstill in Dubai and elsewhere. The flooding that resulted from the UAE’s largest deluge on record was so intense that satellites were still able to see it from space days after