Tornadoes hit NE plains
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T ornadic storms and tennis ball sized-hail kicked off what may be a wild weekend of weather Friday evening. Multiple tornadoes slammed Logan and Washington counties as severe sto
The 2025 tornado season in the United States is the most active in over a decade, with more preliminary tornado reports by May 20 than in any year since 2011.
Residents inspect their home after a tornado completely tore off the back wall of a two-story house in St. Louis, on May 16, 2025. “I have never seen anything like this,” said Jerikah McCloud, who looks out the destroyed second floor of her family home in the Academy neighborhood of St. Louis on May 17, 2025.
Two EF2 tornadoes hit opposite sides of Bennett while another EF2 tore up part of Elkhorn Ranch in Elbert County and an EF1 blew across Manila Village in Arapahoe County.
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Storm surveys are underway following a night of severe weather across North Texas. As of Monday afternoon, at least one tornado has been confirmed near the City of Gordon, located about 66 miles west of Fort Worth. Gordon ISD canceled classes for the week due to extensive damage on campus from the storms.
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Two EF-1 tornadoes were reported, which means they had wind gusts between 86-110 miles per hour. Both were in Palo Pinto County. The first tornado touched down about two miles north of Mingus and its path was about half a mile long, the weather service said. Its wind speeds peaked at 105 miles per hour.
The tornadoes that struck the Kansas towns of Plevna and Grinnell on Sunday were EF3s, the National Weather Service says. No injuries or deaths were reported. Kansas saw 19 tornadoes Sunday: 2 EF0, 1 EF1, 9 EF2 and 7 EF3, according to a weather service tornado outbreak report.
In a post to social media, Beshear said that families in Caldwell, Laurel, Pulaski, Russell, Trigg, and Union counties are now eligible to apply for assistance.
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WAVE 3 News on MSNGov Beshear announces approval of Individual Assistance request following Kentucky tornadoesGovernor Andy Beshear announced via a Facebook post that the Trump administration has approved an initial request for Individual Assistance for six counties following the tornadoes on May 17.
Widespread damage remains after deadly tornadoes struck Tylertown, Mississippi, more than two months ago. The Trump administration has not yet approved a disaster declaration, which was requested days after the storm,