At Least 30 Dead after String of Tornadoes Rip through Southern States

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At Least 30 Dead after String of Tornadoes Rip through Southern States


More than 30 people are dead after severe storms that spawned tornados, ripped through Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Arkansas and Texas earlier this week

According to the Associated Press, a string of storms developed on Easter Sunday, setting loose tornadoes and causing flooding and mudslides. 

More than 60 tornadoes are reported to have ripped through the southern states over two days wrecking countless homes and businesses, The Weather Channel reports.

The intensity of the storms caused Alabama’s Governor, Kay Ivey, to temporarily suspend social distancing orders put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, so that citizens, some of whom were adorned with personal protective equipment, could huddle together in storm shelters to take refuge.

The storms, which raged on into Monday, also dropped at least six inches of rain on the Tennessee Valley and according to the National Weather Service, downed hundreds of trees and handfuls of powerlines across the region.

According to poweroutage.us, by Monday, the storm had initially caused power outages for more than 1.3 million people from Texas to Maine. At the time of this writing, however, only 202,000 people are still without power.

USA Today reports that the two-day spree of tornadoes is the nation’s deadliest tornado outbreak since late April in 2014. From April 25 to April 28, 2014, tornadoes in…

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