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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — District leaders with Tipton County Schools plan to build two temporary buildings to house Crestview Elementary and Crestview Middle School students and staff for the rest of the school year. Both school buildings were damaged during last week’s tornado outbreak. The new buildings will be constructed at Cobb Parr Park. Families can […]

Three men whose graves were found at the original site of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches were members of its congregation in the early 19th century, a team of archaeologists and scientists in Virginia announced Thursday. The First Baptist Church was formed in 1776 by free and enslaved Black people in Williamsburg, Virginia’s […]

Deadly storms in the past two weeks have unleashed dozens of tornadoes in the United States, mainly in the South and Midwest, killing at least 63 people and damaging or destroying hundreds of homes. This year’s early severe weather, especially in the Midwest, is part of a trend seen over the past few years, according […]

A tornado left a miles-long path of destruction that took the lives of five people in an instant around 3 a.m. Wednesday.

The tornado had no mercy in the surrounding neighborhood. Almost every home was leveled.

WYNNE, Ark. (WREG) — A mother was killed while protecting her children during a tornado, family members in Wynne, Arkansas said. The brother of 29-year-old La’Kristen White said her three children are now recovering from serious injuries, but they are alive. White’s home off West Garfield Avenue is now just a pile of rubble. It […]

GLEN ALLEN, Mo. (AP) — A tornado ripped through southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday, killing five people and causing widespread destruction as the third in a series of deadly massive storms over the past two weeks struck the nation’s heartland. The Missouri tornado touched down around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday and moved through a rural area of […]

This year’s early severe weather, especially in the Midwest, is part of a trend seen over the past few years.

GLEN ALLEN, Mo. (AP) — A tornado ripped through southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday, killing five people and causing widespread destruction as the third in a series of deadly massive storms over the past two weeks struck the nation’s heartland. Forecasters are keeping a wary eye out for more extreme weather as this year’s early severe storm season […]

MARKED TREE, Ark. —The town of Marked Tree, Arkansas, is in recovery hours after storms rolled through the area and forced students to take refuge in a storm shelter Wednesday. The Marked School District addressed the decision on social media, saying in part, “Please understand that once severe weather arrives and we put students in […]

GLEN ALLEN, Mo. (AP) — A tornado ripped through southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday, killing five people and causing widespread destruction as the third in a series of deadly massive storms over the past two weeks struck the nation’s heartland. Forecasters are keeping a wary eye out for more extreme weather as this year’s […]