‘Brace for the worst’ blizzards, flooding, tornadoes, oh my

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Important Takeaways:

  • Storm Finn set to sweep across the US bringing blizzards, flooding, tornadoes and freezing temperatures reaching -50 as 70million Americans brace for the worst
  • Around 70 million Americans are in the eye of Storm Finn, a massive weather system that will bring blizzards, tornadoes and frigid temperatures.
  • This new system comes with many still recovering from the effects of Storm Ember, which dumped over a foot of snow in parts of the north east.
  • The National Weather Service has warned that Finn could bring record-breaking Arctic conditions across the Plains and throughout the western part of the country with blizzards expected in Chicago and St. Louis.
  • Tornadoes are expected through the central Gulf, close to New Orleans and into the Florida Panhandle on Monday night, with warnings lasting until Tuesday morning. Heavy winds and hail are also expected in that region.

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Series of powerful tornadoes and storms tore through Tennessee over weekend

Tennessee-Tornados

Important Takeaways:

  • Thousands of Tennesseans are displaced or facing prolonged power outages after a series of powerful tornadoes and storms tore through the state over the weekend, shredding hundreds of homes and killing at least six people, including a mother and her toddler.
  • The destruction caused by storms in Tennessee, where at least two tornadoes touched down Saturday, has prompted officials in some of the hardest-hit areas to declare local states of emergency, open shelters for displaced families and announce the closure of schools on Monday.
  • More than 17,000 homes and businesses were without power Monday morning in the state, where early temperatures were below freezing and are expected to remain below 50 degrees through the day.
  • In Nashville, a local utility estimates it may take days to restore power to some, while residents of Clarksville have been told it could take weeks.

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Weather events around the country are breaking records and costing billions: Seems like we’re in constant survival mode

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Important Takeaways:

  • The US has suffered a record 23-billion-dollar climate disasters so far this year costing an eye-watering $57.6 BILLION – as tornadoes, wildfires and flooding ravaged the nation
  • Hundreds of Americans have died due to climate catastrophes in 2023, which has already smashed records for the highest number of billion-dollar disasters incurred in a single year.
  • The National Center for Environmental Information has released eye-watering figures on the human and financial cost of recent weather events after Hurricane Idalia and the horrific Maui wildfires tipped the scales this year.
  • With four months still to go, the US has been struck by 23 disasters which came at a loss of at least $1 billion each – eclipsing the previous annual record of 22 events with a 10-figure price-tag in 2022.
  • Some 253 people perished in climate catastrophes this year, which have incurred a financial toll of $57.6 billion – and this expense doesn’t yet include Hurricane Idalia.
  • Adam Smith, the NOAA applied climatologist and economist said ‘I would not expect things to slow down anytime soon’

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Illinois impacted by eight tornados leaving thousands without power

Chicago Skyline after Tornadoes

Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Important Takeaways:

  • Thousands are left without power and hundreds of flights are canceled after tornado mega cluster thundered through Chicago ripping off rooftops and uprooting trees
  • A mega cluster of tornadoes and thunderstorms have battered greater Chicago, leaving thousands without power and forcing hundreds of flights to be canceled.
  • Trees were uprooted and rooftops were ripped off, as the series of tornadoes left a path of destruction on Wednesday amid the meteorological chaos.
  • At least eight tornadoes touched down in four counties in northeastern Illinois, including four in Cook County, which is home to Chicago, as officials warned people to take shelter.
  • More than 10,000 customers lost power in the region, according to poweroutage.us.

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Central Plains brace for severe storms

Luke 21:25 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves

Important Takeaways:

  • Strong tornadoes, destructive hail possible as severe storms threaten central, southern Plains
  • The multiday severe weather threat continues Thursday across the central and southern Plains, where thunderstorms packing strong tornadoes and destructive hail are possible during the afternoon and evening.
  • The Denver metro was pounded by hail on Wednesday amid severe storms that prompted the area’s first Tornado Watch in nearly two years.
  • On Thursday, the threat of severe storms shifts a bit farther east in the Plains, extending from the Dakotas to North Texas, with a separate area of strong thunderstorms expected along the Gulf Coast and into Florida. This places more than 25 million people at risk of dangerous weather.
  • The most intense storms will likely be centered over portions of western and central Kansas, including Wichita, and southward into central Oklahoma, including Oklahoma City and Tulsa, shaded in the darkest red on the map below.

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Missouri resident vehicle damaged by baseball sized hail others report 97 mph wind gusts and tornadoes

Luke 21:25 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves

Important Takeaways:

  • Tornadoes, large hail, 97-mph wind reported in America’s heartland on Saturday
  • Large hail, strong winds and at least four tornadoes moved through parts of the Midwest Saturday. In Missouri, baseball-sized hail was seen, and the NWS confirmed an EF-1 tornado that moved through St. Louis County.
  • Paige Graves told FOX Weather that her vehicle was heavily damaged when baseball-sized hail fell about 10 miles east of Lamar, Missouri.
  • “We’ve never had damage like this before here,” Graves said.
  • There have also been reports of damaging wind with the storms in Missouri. A gust of 97 mph was recorded near the town of Vichy. There were also reports of damage to a mobile home, barn and trees in the area.
  • Paige Graves told FOX Weather that her vehicle was heavily damaged when baseball-sized hail fell about 10 miles east of Lamar, Missouri.
  • “We’ve never had damage like this before here,” Graves said.
  • There have also been reports of damaging wind with the storms in Missouri. A gust of 97 mph was recorded near the town of Vichy. There were also reports of damage to a mobile home, barn and trees in the area.

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Tornadoes tear through the South: Reports of 42 twisters touching down

Tornado Threat

Luke 21:25 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves

Important Takeaways:

  • Winter storm latest: Deadly tornadoes strike South, snow slams north
  • More tornadoes were expected on Wednesday in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama as the storm moves east.
  • The tornado threat also extended into the Florida Panhandle Wednesday night, with tornadoes possible overnight in the region.
  • This comes after at least 42 tornadoes touched down across the South since Tuesday afternoon in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. A woman and her 8-year-old son were killed when one of those tornadoes swept through Pecan Farms, Louisiana, on Tuesday, according to local officials.

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Across the Nation Blizzards, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Luke 21:25 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves

Important Takeaways:

  • Storms batter California; tornadoes slam Oklahoma, Kansas; heavy snow possible in Northeast: Live updates
  • Heavy rain and snow blanketed much of California and parts of the West on Monday while powerful storms driving hail and possible tornadoes slammed Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas as belligerent weather continued to sweep the nation.
  • In Michigan, 131,000 homes and businesses remained in the dark after five days of high winds, snow and ice that wreaked havoc on power lines.
  • Nine confirmed or suspected tornadoes swept through Kansas and Oklahoma
  • Texas was also blasted by storms that packed heavy winds and hail in some areas – a wind gust of 114 mph was reported in Memphis, Texas, 130 miles northeast of Lubbko.
  • Southern California and other parts of the state got some relief Sunday from the stunning snow, record rain and flooding it got over the weekend. But another storm is expected to last through midweek.

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South hit by tornadoes causing extensive damage

Alabama Tornado

Luke 21:25-26 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Important Takeaways:

  • Storms, Tornadoes Cause Extensive Damage Across U.S. Southeast; at Least 7 Dead
  • Storms and tornadoes caused extensive damage to several communities across the U.S. Southeast on Thursday, including in Alabama, where at least 25 tornadoes were reported, according to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center.
  • At least six fatalities have been confirmed in Autauga County, Alabama, located in the central part of the state, Emergency Management Director Ernie Baggett told Weather.com. “The best we can tell is about 40 homes have major damage or have been completely destroyed,” Baggett added.
  • Kay Ivey declared a state of emergency Thursday in six counties, including Chambers, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, and Tallapoosa.
  • “I — along with my partners at the Alabama EMA — will continue monitoring to determine if an expanded state of emergency is needed. I am ready to be a helping hand to our local officials”
  • Power outages have affected over 88,300 residents, 41,500 in Alabama, 16,500 in Tennessee, 12,300 in North Carolina, and 9,600 in South Carolina, according to utility tracker poweroutage.us.

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Utah, Nevada, and Arizona see rare Tornados

Revelation 16:9 “They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.”

Important Takeaways:

  • Rare tornadoes strike Desert Southwest, touching down in Arizona, Nevada
  • Most of the Desert Southwest averages less than 10 inches of precipitation a year, but when it rains, it pours. Parts of Arizona, Nevada and Utah got a bit more than they bargained for Sunday when afternoon monsoonal downpours popped up, with several tornadoes touching down.
  • Tornadoes are a rarity in the southwestern United States, but multiple twisters were on the ground simultaneously for a time Sunday evening. One churned ominously close to Interstate 15 in Nevada, and another was photographed from near Lake George, Utah, as it slipped into northern Arizona.
  • At the same time, the National Weather Service in Las Vegas was maintaining a tornado warning for a separate rotating thunderstorm near Mesquite, Ariz. At one point, the Weather Service noted that the public confirmed a tornado, and it included a stretch of Interstate 15 in the warning.
  • If that winds up having been the case, then two twisters will have been on the ground simultaneously.

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