S: 1 dead, others hurt when strong storms, tornadoes leave destruction from Greene to Monroe and into Brown counties on Friday, May 16.

A relentless stretch of severe weather that left 28 dead and unleashed destruction across the central and eastern United States in recent days isn’t letting up yet, with millions more in the path of dangerous weather this week.

Bloomington could see more tornadoes than usual in the future. Gabriel Filippelli, executive director of the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute, said climate change is shifting Tornado Alley away from the Great Plains towards the Midwest.

Missouri and Arkansas have had a busy year for tornadoes, with Missouri ranking third and Arkansas seventh in the country for tornado count, and 2025 is set to be another active year for severe

Tornadoes struck the Midwest over the weekend, hitting cities and towns in Kansas and Missouri. And one snarl on I-70 left experts concerned about tornado safety.

Tornadoes in southeastern Kentucky resulted in at least 19 confirmed fatalities, with a potential for a higher death toll. While Louisville experienced tree damage and power outages, no life-threatening injuries were reported.

The agency’s office in Jackson, Kentucky, had begun closing nightly as deep cuts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency began hitting. But the weather service kept staffers on overtime Friday night to stay on top of the deadly storms, which killed nearly 20 people in the Jackson office’s forecast area.

Tornadoes that swept through parts of Kentucky Friday night killed 18 people in Kentucky and left several others critically injured. The storms that hit Kentucky came from a weather system