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groundloop

(13,567 posts)
Sat May 17, 2025, 08:54 AM May 2025

At least 23 dead as storms batter states from Heartland to East Coast

Source: ABC News

At least 23 people were reported dead across several states in an expansive outbreak of severe weather from the US heartland to the East Coast.

State officials reported 14 people were killed in Kentucky, 7 in Missouri and 2 in Virginia.

At least 600,000 people are now without power from Michigan to Tennessee.

Remnant storms from Friday's severe weather outbreak are continuing into Saturday morning and, as of this morning, 26 tornadoes have been reported from Friday's storms in Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Illinois and one from New Jersey.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/dozen-people-dead-states-storms-hold-americas-heartland/story?id=121901123

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At least 23 dead as storms batter states from Heartland to East Coast (Original Post) groundloop May 2025 OP
I'm sure Trump and Fema will get right on it. ananda May 2025 #1
NC Appalachians said FEMA sucked stollen May 2025 #6
G.O.P. Billionaire Bros: "Pull yourselves up by your own damn mud boots." BoRaGard May 2025 #2
We had 75 mph wind gusts and rain. It only Emile May 2025 #3
back to the stone age we go. AllaN01Bear May 2025 #4
No NOA and no FEMA. What could possibly go wrong? no_hypocrisy May 2025 #5
💔💔💔 ultralite001 May 2025 #7
Has the orange Hitler expressed his thoughts and prayers for those affected? kimbutgar May 2025 #8
Poor St Louis. And there was the sandstorm leftyladyfrommo May 2025 #9
23 dead?!? angrychair May 2025 #10
We're out of power until Monday afternoon. Ms. Toad May 2025 #11

stollen

(1,040 posts)
6. NC Appalachians said FEMA sucked
Sat May 17, 2025, 09:37 AM
May 2025

Trump agreed. "You can fix your problem yourself."

God, it's going to be an interesting year with no weather service nor FEMA.

I pray my house doesn't get hit. Prayer and a reliable insurance company is all we can hope for. Oh, and a hollowed-out tree in light of the future demise of FDIC.

Putin played this perfectly.

kimbutgar

(26,796 posts)
8. Has the orange Hitler expressed his thoughts and prayers for those affected?
Sat May 17, 2025, 12:07 PM
May 2025

Probably not because the evil cretin only cares about himself !

angrychair

(11,676 posts)
10. 23 dead?!?
Sat May 17, 2025, 01:06 PM
May 2025

That's seems like a lot. I cannot remember so many deaths from a storm system. Even hurricanes rarely have more than that

This is directly related to the cutting of resources for NWS and cut in general.

Ms. Toad

(38,245 posts)
11. We're out of power until Monday afternoon.
Sat May 17, 2025, 06:49 PM
May 2025

Hope we're in the group they get to early, rather than the few who take longer

Spent the day hauling refrigerated and frozen food to my daughter's and charging phones. I had set aside the day to plant my tomatoes. Two of them snapped off last night before I could haul their little pots back into the garage.

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