The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Severe weather again targets tornado-ravaged central US
Start your day with the latest weather news. After a dayslong tornado outbreak across America’s heartland, the region is facing a renewed threat of dangerous storms this week.
Weather in America: April 30, 2024
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.
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America’s heartland faces renewed threat of severe weather
There is no rest for the weary across the central U.S. who are still sorting through the chaos left behind by a dayslong tornado outbreak that has killed at least five people across two states. Some of the same areas hit hard by recent storms are facing a renewed threat of severe weather. The worst storms on Tuesday are expected in a swath that stretches from Iowa to Kansas. The area shifts south and west Wednesday.
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More than 100 tornadoes confirmed during recent outbreak
Officials have confirmed more than 100 tornadoes happened during a deadly severe weather outbreak that started Thursday and ended Monday. The strongest was an EF-4 that ripped through Marietta, Oklahoma. Storm surveys are still being conducted.
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Aerial images show paths of destruction
A company that uses aerial photos to help insurance companies assess damage after a disaster released several images of the damage caused by tornadoes in Nebraska and Iowa. One is of an airport near Omaha that was destroyed.
Tornado damage seen from aerial surveys in Elkhorn, Nebraska.
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Watch this: Woman says she survived tornado by clinging to dryer
A Nebraska woman says she hung on to her dryer for dear life when a tornado ripped through Elkhorn. She said her home of 34 years collapsed on top of her. Rescuers later pulled her from the rubble.
Listen: Tornado survivor buried alive as home collapses on her
Marcia Nelson tells FOX Weather how she survived after an EF-3 tornado collapsed her Elkhorn, Nebraska home on top of her. She was buried alive until first responders could dig her out.
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