The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Renewed severe weather threat returns to storm-weary South

Severe storms return to the South over the weekend

The stage is set for the development of strong to severe storms during the late afternoon and evening on Sunday from the eastern Red River Valley through the Ark-La-Tex and into the Mississippi Valley.

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Weekend severe weather threat eyes parts of South recently ravaged by tornado outbreak

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Parts of the South still reeling from the deadly tornado outbreak earlier this week are casting another weary eye on the skies as a renewed threat of severe weather looms this weekend. 

While some severe thunderstorms are in the forecast Saturday in the middle Mississippi Valley, millions are under a stronger severe weather threat on Sunday.

Cities in the risk zone include Shreveport and Memphis.

Wildfire threats continue in Florida as spring breakers flock to sunny beaches

This image comes from a video showing a wildfire burning in Miami-Dade County in Florida on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.

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Florida's sunshine is a big draw for spring breakers, but the lack of rain has led to critical wildfire conditions across a large swath of the state's Atlantic coast. 

A massive fire burning in the southern Miami-Dade County area ballooned to 25,000 acres on Friday while only remaining 30% contained. Nearby flames and smoke have forced hours-long closures of the 18-Mile Stretch of US1 that serves as the main link to the Florida Keys over the past three days.

Watch: Oklahoma man plays ‘Amazing Grace’ outside ruins of home burned in wildfire ‘raining’ from the sky

Watch: Oklahoma man plays 'Amazing Grace' on bagpipes in front of smoking remains of home

Scott McKinley plays the bagpipes in a local Celtic band in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He and his family lost their home on Friday in a devastating wildfire. 

Wildfires burning in Oklahoma have destroyed dozens of homes across the state, including the home of the McKinley family in Stillwater, where thousands of acres have been burned. 

Brittany and Scott said they spent a few hours fighting the fires on the ground and thought they had them put out, but suddenly things changed. "Out of the South came an absolute firestorm," Scott said.  

They fled, only to return and find their home in ruins. 

"We were just standing there looking at it, not saying anything, and Scott turns around and he goes ‘I gotta do something,’" Brittany said.  That's when he pulled his bagpipes out of the car, she said. 

In a video that has since gone viral, Scott began to play "Amazing Grace" in front of the smoking remains of their home.  She said she and Scott both knew they wanted to rebuild their home in that same spot at that moment.

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