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  • Three people killed in North Dakota after tornado hits upper midwest

    Officials say two men and a woman killed around town of Enderlin as region experiences powerful winds and hail

    Powerful winds – including a tornado – that swept across parts of the upper midwest left three people dead and a regional airport heavily damaged, while nearly 150 million Americans were under a heat advisory or warning as the weekend warmed up in much of the US.

    A complex storm system wreaked havoc in parts of North Dakota, northern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin, with reported tornadic activity, large hail and strong wind gusts, according to Brian Hurley, meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center.

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  • Key US weather monitoring offices understaffed as hurricane season starts

    National Weather Service offices are reeling from job cuts and a hiring freeze imposed by Trump

    More than a dozen National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offices along the hurricane-prone Gulf of Mexico coast are understaffed as the US plunges into an expected active season for ruinous storms, data seen by the Guardian shows.

    There is a lack of meteorologists in 15 of the regional weather service offices along the coastline from Texas to Florida, as well as in Puerto Rico – an area that takes the brunt of almost all hurricanes that hit the US. Several offices, including in Miami, Jacksonville, Puerto Rico and Houston, lack at least a third of all the meteorologists required to be fully staffed.

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  • Storms kill 16 across US including nine dead in ‘mass casualty event’ in Kentucky

    Storms also killed seven in Missouri, spawned tornadoes in Wisconsin and brought a heatwave to Texas

    Storm systems sweeping across the midwestern US have left at least 16 dead, including nine people killed after a tornado sparked what authorities called a mass casualty event in south-eastern Kentucky.

    Kentucky authorities said there were also severe injuries when a twister tore across Laurel county late on Friday.

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  • Days of severe storms leave 18 dead as rising rivers threaten US south and midwest

    Power and gas shut off in regions as flooding worsens, threatening waterlogged and badly damaged communities

    After days of intense rain and wind killed at least 18 people in the US south and midwest, rivers rose and flooding worsened on Sunday in those regions, threatening waterlogged and badly damaged communities.

    Utility companies scrambled to shut off power and gas from Texas to Ohio while cities closed roads and deployed sandbags to protect homes and businesses.

    Guardian staff contributed reporting

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  • Torrential rain and flash flooding follow deadly tornadoes as storms rage in central US

    Days of heavy rains have led to rapidly swelling waterways and prompted a series of flood emergencies from Texas to Ohio

    Another round of torrential rain and flash flooding on Saturday hit parts of the US south and midwest already heavily waterlogged by days of severe storms that also spawned deadly tornadoes. Forecasters warned that rivers in some places would continue to rise for days.

    Day after day of heavy rains have pounded the central US, rapidly swelling waterways and prompting a series of flash flood emergencies from Texas to Ohio. The National Weather Service (NWS) said dozens of locations in multiple states were expected to reach major flood stage, with extensive flooding of structures, roads, bridges and other critical infrastructure possible.

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  • US prepares for deadly floods with many National Weather Service offices understaffed

    Dangerous weather comes after Trump administration job cuts left nearly half of offices with 20% vacancy rates

    Donald Trump on Friday approved an emergency declaration for Kentucky as the central US braces for what experts in the region have warned could be a “generational” flooding event, as severe spring storms that have killed at least seven continue to wreak havoc.

    Millions are affected across a swath of the US stretching from Texas to Ohio, and the powerful storm system that has raged for two days is expected to stall over the country’s midsection, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, fueling further deluges and possible tornadoes in areas already drenched from thunderstorms bringing heavy rains.

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  • ‘Potentially historic’ flooding threat looms after almost 100 tornadoes hit US

    Rainfall near Memphis, Tennessee is expected to exceed 12 inches over the next three days

    A prolific tornado outbreak will give way to a rare and widespread flooding threat across the midwest and southern US this week, stressing the nation’s short-staffed weather forecasting and disaster response efforts.

    At least four people have reportedly died so far as nearly 100 tornadoes struck on Wednesday.

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