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✓ Published: 28-May-2024

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Latest news in USA<br/>A series of powerful storms swept over the central and southern U.S. over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, killing at least 22 people and leaving a wide trail of destroyed homes, businesses and power outages.<br/><br/>The destructive storms caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky and were just north of an oppressive, early season heat wave setting records from south Texas to Florida.<br/><br/>Forecasters said the severe weather could shift to the East Coast later Monday and warned millions of people outdoors for the holiday to watch the skies. A tornado watch was issued from North Carolina to Maryland.<br/><br/>Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who earlier declared a state of emergency, said at a Monday press conference that five people had died in his state. The fifth death was a 54-year-old man who had a heart attack while cutting fallen trees in Caldwell County in western Kentucky, the governor’s office said.<br/><br/>- #Storm<br/>- #NaturalDisaster<br/>- #WeatherAlert<br/>- #SevereWeather<br/>- #StormWatch<br/>- #DisasterResponse<br/>- #EmergencyManagement<br/>- #WeatherWarning<br/>- #StormDamage<br/>- #Flood<br/>- #Tornado<br/>- #Hurricane<br/>- #Earthquake<br/>- #Landslide<br/>- #Wildfire<br/>- #ClimateChange<br/>- #ExtremeWeather<br/>- #WeatherExtremes<br/>- #DisasterRelief<br/>- #StormRecovery<br/>- #TexasWeather<br/>- #OklahomaStorms<br/>- #ArkansasWeather<br/>- #KentuckyStorms<br/>- #USWeather<br/>