When will it end? Record snow, record rain, record flooding, record tornados
When will it end? Record snow, record rain, record flooding, record tornado season and record heat: Extreme weather continues to batter the US
Record snow, record rain, record flooding, record tornado season and record heat, 2019 and I'm not talking about the planet, I'm talking about the US.
The record-breaking weather is showing no sign of improving anytime soon as we approach June 2019.
This years tornado season is now officially the 4th worst ever.
Multiple tornadoes ripped through Ohio, blowing houses away, injuring at least seven people, and leaving almost 100,000 people without power.
The National Weather Service (NWS) said the tornadoes hit Dayton, Ohio, and surrounding areas late on Monday, including one that it described as "large and dangerous."
The tornadoes crossed each other's paths, creating so much debris that crews turned to snow ploughs to clear the roads on Tuesday morning.
The City of Dayton on Facebook urged people to conserve water because it had lost power to water plants and pump stations. "First Responders are performing search and rescue operations and debris clearing," it said.
In Celina, a town north of Dayton, the mayor said some areas looked "like a war zone."
Mayor Jeffrey Hazel told NBC affiliate WDTN: "Some of the houses were completely moved off their foundations and gone."
Two levees topped as Arkansas and Oklahoma prepare for the worst flood in their history.
More rain fell on Tuesday on the Arkansas River, which has already reached levels not seen for decades in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
"The levee system is still operating as designed," Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum said Monday, but he added that could quickly change.
"We are asking for everyone to prepare for the worst-case scenario ... the worst flood in our history." Widespread flooding has already occurred along the Arkansas River in parts of eastern Oklahoma and western and central Arkansas.
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