At Least 40 Killed In Weekend US Tornadoes

You never think it’s going to happen to your place, and these wildfires just come out of nowhere and can really take over,

Stitt said

Mike Kehoemissouri governor

The scale of devastation across our state is staggering.”

In a statement on Sunday Mike Kehoe, Missouri’s governor, said

Donald Trumppresident

We are actively monitoring the severe tornadoes and storms that have impacted many States across the South and Midwest,

President Donald Trump posted earlier Sunday on Truth Social, putting the toll at 36.

It’s really disturbing for what happened to the people, the casualties last night,

he told the Associated Press

It was a bad dream come true

Steve Romero of Tylertown, Mississippi—about an hour and a half drive south of Jackson—told local CBS affiliate WJAX-TV of a tornado that destroyed their home on Saturday

I was holding my wife to my chest and just watching everything disappear and watching everything get ripped out away from me,

William Shultz of Tylertown, Mississippi, told NBC’s Kathy Park

In all my years I have never driven through so many damage paths on my way home after a chase. So far 7 from south of Memphis, through Williford, AR, to the most recent one I passed through in West Plains, MO."

Aaron Jayjack, a storm chaser who has more than 58,000 followers on the social media platform X, wrote in a post

One of the crazier tornado damage DI's I've ever seen in Diaz, Arkansas. Home taken off its foundation almost in one piece but split in half."

Aaron Rigsby, another storm chaser who has more than 24,000 followers on the platform, wrote in a post

Always Ready, Always There! @arkansasguard members support civilian authorities providing security and humanitarian assistance in communities affected by tornadoes in central and eastern Arkansas."

The state military force shared in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that

Hundreds of homes, schools, and businesses have been either destroyed or severely damaged,

his statement added

It’s really amazing that what we’re looking at right here across the road and what we’re looking at behind us is so drastically different,

Kelly said

Most people at this age really don’t want to get involved, but I love getting involved in my community,

Garrett said

I’ve seen nothing like this since I was a kid,

he told CNN as he raked leaves and debris into piles at the cemetery of Winterboro Community Church

It could have been a lot worse,

said Charles Kelly, pastor of Alpine’s Winterboro Community Church, as he stood in front of his church surveying the damage

Yesterday’s severe weather impacted most of Alabama,

Ivey said in a statement, offering condolences to the affected communities

These folks don’t have to listen to me, but they are listening. They’re slowing down and they’re going the right way. I just love directing traffic,

he added

You’re going to see people at their best in the days ahead, because there’s a lot of things that were lost and damage to some stuff that people care a little bit about, but they’re going to see the best in the most important thing, which is people,

he said

We convey our condolences to the people of the USA and wish a speedy recovery to the injured,

it added

Nobody has enough resources to fight fires when the wind is blowing 70 mph,

said Terry Essary, the fire chief of Stillwater, Oklahoma

We are thankful the Lord provided protection over our community, and over 200 guests at the Recreation Center storm shelter on Saturday night,

the parks department said in a statement