At least 15 killed by tornadoes as severe storms wreak havoc across the country

At least 15 people, including two children, were killed as tornadoes ripped across the heartland. Homes were leveled and as many as 80 people were trapped inside a collapsed gas station in Texas. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson has more on the extent of the destruction.
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#Weather #ExtremeWeather #Storm

[@GoodWillPrevail]

I don't remember storm season being this crazy....one right after another! Prayers for these dear people.

[@emulaglenn4358]

I wonder why it's getting worse?

[@stache1954]

@@emulaglenn4358 Heh -

[@SuperSweetmind]

Judgement … for we have sinned as a nation . People need to repent or it will only get worse

[@elysiyah3364]

​@@SuperSweetmind It's judgement for what Babylon did to Yahuah's land, stealing from Yahuah's temple and what Babylon did to His true chosen people.

[@emulaglenn4358]

@@SuperSweetmind this nation was founded by freemason's who worshipped pagan gods

[@EarmuffHugger]

Storm cellars were the norm & now most homes & businesses don't even have basements to keep building costs lower...

[@julienalexander6113]

That's what I don't get. Why don't states that experience tornadoes require shelters? Homes should be mandated to have underground shelters built.

[@Machistmo]

There was a man who immigrated from Mexico and he excavated a storm shelter inside his home that didn’t have a basement. He saved his family and many neighbors.

[@user-bj2gq3ug2p]

Gotta pay upfront or on the back end

[@TheShadeslayer21]

I looked up a shelter here in the mid west it would cost me minimum 10K

[@julienalexander6113]

@@TheShadeslayer21 that's nuts

[@sharonl3722]

I hope everyone in the path of these storms stay safe.

[@SpookyFears]

Year by year storm are becoming stronger

[@PSTXFL]

No.

[@Catholic33AD]

I can’t even imagine hurricane season.

[@leilaniholmes8643]

It’s the sign of the times as prophesied by Jesus at Matthew Chap 24🙏🏼

[@onequestion2059]

@@leilaniholmes8643 This has been forecasted by every scientist who has studied the effect of burning carbon-based fuel. It is our duty to burn Hydrogen and save creation. We are responsible!

[@jamessergon]

@@leilaniholmes8643 i knew someone would have to bring God into it. -_-

[@darrelbailey5038]

Prayers 🙏 to everyone affected by these storms

[@Lucinda-M-Kerrigan]

Thank you for your prayers my friend we were impacted on May 8 in my area had four tornadoes.

[@ShawnJonesHellion]

Prayers to whom? Wouldn't God control most this stuff

[@whiteymcprivileged3144]

​@@ShawnJonesHellion Get lost

[@karmakazi219]

​@@ShawnJonesHellion They must be praying for their god to reverse time and change his mind about what he wanted to happen... That sounds like blasphemy though so... 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@user-zp4di9to6t]

Given how religious America is, perhaps your prayers are not working? I have never prayed and never suffered a natural disaster. Could be proof of a vengeful god, more likely proof of how geography determines weather. Try substituting prayer for building stone houses, maybe that would be more effective?

[@jlvandat69]

Try to imagine the time and money being spent by insurance companies in their efforts to find ways to avoid covering the property damage costs.

[@4362mont]

Meanwhile, way out west, insurance companies are canceling coverage for homes that didn't even see a fire except as a distant glow in the sky.

[@HuplesCat]

You care nothing about the deaths and injuries I guess?

[@jlvandat69]

@@HuplesCat You "guessed" wrong, but that's okay.

[@HuplesCat]

@@jlvandat69 I had little to go on. I'm glad you have sadness. It is a sad time

[@HuplesCat]

@@4362mont In a capitalist society their responsibility is to their shareholders not to the policy holders. It is going to be an interesting year. Stay safe

[@solologging2488]

Praying for those in tornado alley 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@Peter144-zn7us]

🇯🇴ISAIAH 29:6 🌬️🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️

[@AlanSimmons-cn1me]

So you won’t wanna help Ridiculous kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoXQdKuYmLeLqZYsi=n-rOPBptuM13KOAg

[@ProfessorNeXt]

@@Peter144-zn7us Yes, let the judgement of The Most High go forth upon the wicked! 🙌🏿

[@Peter144-zn7us]

@@ProfessorNeXtthey not paying attention you're so right kjv 2nd Esdras chapter #15 🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑🌏☢️🕛

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

I'm scared for my nephew in Oklahoma! He's stationed there! Keeping him and everyone in those areas in my prayers! 🙏🏻

[@phillipnickerson]

Hope you hear from him soon and that he’s okay.

[@JR-zm2yu]

Please thank your Nephew for His Service💜❤🙌🙏

[@platinumpineapple9943]

lol mam Lawton or Tinker Military bases are perfectly safe. Oklahoma is a huge state both bases were untouched byhundreds of miles

[@Lollipoppa]

Vance afb is safe too

[@helenpauls1496]

I’d imagine a military base would be the safest place there!

[@javiruiz8365]

Omg this is horrible! Poor people and the teen crying made me cry. Stay safe everyone

[@Starship007]

Home Depot sells tornado shelters that you bolt down to garage floor. Probably 8ft by 8ft.

[@4362mont]

@@Starship007 Does the manufacturer have a website?

[@ironsnowflake1076]

He broke my heart too, bless him & all affected.

[@YesItsReallyKeith]

you know if there is one place where bunkers in every home need to be built.....it's in tornado zones !!! a bit of cement and a steel door !!!

[@chesalasanderson7989]

Absolutely, but unfortunately money is more important to corporations than human life. They make it impossible for a average income family to afford shelter, let alone people with even lower income. They also build homes with the lowest quality materials now days, but charge an arm and a leg for it. Brick homes are for the rich, everyone else gets siding or mobile homes. It's do sad how greed has taken over society.

[@AbimaelLopez-hz3qq]

@@chesalasanderson7989ive seen people building bunkers

[@masonkanterbury3007]

A safe space? Are you gonna shoot the tornado, and then drive your giant pickup into the sunset?

[@Catholic33AD]

My prayers for these Americans who lost their life and homes.

[@chandrajones450]

Praying for all

[@DJBIGCG]

Hope my family in Indianapolis are safe from this weather 😢

[@phillipnickerson]

Prayers go out to your family. Make sure you check on them.

[@bobcob3362]

Why not check?

[@DJBIGCG]

@@bobcob3362 I mainly checked and visited them through my great grandmother. She is dead now. Many moved around back there when this happened.

[@joeysworldsewer]

GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY AMEN

[@LemonHead-sq5ws]

I hope my shoes I ordered from Indianapolis are ok 🥹

[@kojakcountrylifestyle3580]

Sending love and prayers from Jamaica 🇯🇲

[@marilynmusgrove1834]

Prayers for USA facing bad weather 🙏🙏🙏💯🔥🔥🔥💘

[@JudyBerry-pb2ig]

It’s weather modification!!

[@JackRowsey]

@@JudyBerry-pb2igif it was weather modification, us meteorologists, wouldn’t be able to forecast the weather. The only weather modification going on is the Carbon Dioxide we’re pumping into the atmosphere making the planet warm. The warmer the planet, the more energy that fuels storms.

[@Gil7111TX]

​@@JudyBerry-pb2ig guess you never heard of Tornado 🌪 season...

[@Esther-yo7un]

Lord protect everyone.

[@joeysworldsewer]

WE NEED TRUMP BIDEN DOESNT CARE ABOUT THE POOR

[@ammitthedevourerofsouls]

Protect the humans that abort their children? Protect the humans that slaughter animals? Humans wake up!

[@Danny451]

Apparently, he isn't.

[@jamessergon]

because this is how it works, right? Pray the Lord -> should help you; Get hit by the tornado regardless -> Lord works in mysterious ways / has a plan. right? :P

[@ammitthedevourerofsouls]

@@Danny451 You have to obey God's ten commandments in order to be protected. God's in control and we're not. Humans need to understand they are the youngest species there is. The planet was here before humans the humans have to obey the ten commandments like everyone else otherwise they don't get protection. Humans are the youngest species there is in the universe. They are not in control, God is. Humans can't create a planet humans can't create a sun a moon water an ocean. When you don't respect God's creation God's creation doesn't respect you. Common sense. Have an amazing great awakening back to reality.

[@TheSadie58]

Horrific!

[@Supportingtruth8258]

The power is off here in southeast Mo... Been off since this morning. A huge oak tree just a few feet from my house blew over - thankfully it blew away from my house. It's pouring down rain now with some hail mixed in.

[@sharonjoy6234]

Yet you can send this message amazing. Am praying for you and wish I could do moref

[@natalietaylor9848]

I can’t imagine how scary that is.

[@jacqueslee2592]

This is also the region that denies climate change is real.

[@onehorsetown3434]

Dod News Briefing STATES April 28, 1997 "Others are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves... So there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations……It's real, and that's the reason why we have to intensify our efforts.

[@masonkanterbury3007]

And they drive bigger and more polluting vehicles with the idea in mind that they are causing harm, and they cry for even bigger trucks, less regulation and more drilling.

[@onehorsetown3434]

@@masonkanterbury3007 google: SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILLIAM S. COHEN April 28th 1997, and read.

[@annsumrall2593]

So so sad. We never had all these tornados before. What is going on

[@Titanusgojira54]

Well not really this is just the peak of. Tornado season

[@cynthiaweir5697]

Buckle up it’s not over. Hurricane season is coming up.

[@JackRowsey]

We, meteorologists have been telling you for decades this would happen as the Earth got warmer. It’s now happening as expected.

[@silentbutdeadly3466]

Government controlling weather

[@EmeraldBayMovies]

​@JackRowsey You aren't a meteorologist bud.

[@taritabonita22]

Heart breaking is right and more to come! ❤️🙏

[@maryjemisonMaryjay1936]

God Bless You little Children 🙏✝️🙏

[@Danny451]

I really don't think he is. Just remember that he struck down all of the innocent firstborn in Egypt at midnight.

[@j.l.5935]

Boy, not stop tornadoes, it's sad ruining every state...🙏😢

[@4362mont]

Hold up. California hasn't had many, yet. We're waiting on an earthquake. (Someone's got to establish disaster diversity.)

[@medavog]

GOD BLESS EVERYONE WHO LOST THEIR HOME - PRAYERS FOR THE CHILDREN AS WELL

[@jamessergon]

yeah, i don't think prayers is what they need

[@medavog]

@@jamessergon $

[@sharonthompson6838]

I'm rethinking mini-homes- underground seems more beneficial

[@4362mont]

Mini-home up top, bunker mansion underneath?

[@ilsavv]

Let's live like moles!

[@4362mont]

@@ilsavv Aw, don't sell subsurface walls short when it comes to heating the place-- or, keeping it cool. You can put in skylights, or just put earthen berms around the walls. Even just having a livable basement helps, as others have nored.

[@jolfer1334]

Hahah so stupid including the delay of the indy 500.....people are dying and losing everything....but I cant believe they include a delay of the indy 500 with all that tragedy

[@jacquieclaypoole1283]

Sending hope and love to the families harmed by this Tornado outbreak.

[@marywoodward7855]

God be with the people who were affected.❤❤❤❤❤

[@SteffiReitsch]

Can we pleease leave your imaginary old man who lives in the clouds out of this. Sheesh.

[@Danny451]

He wasn't with at least 15 people.

[@ItsEasty]

@@Danny451 Ok Mr. Keyboard Warrior. Thanks for the info! 👍👍

[@Danny451]

@@ItsEasty 😂👍

[@eddiefniii]

Sad. So so sad. Heartbreaking. RIH.

[@dimasbeltran866]

God bless everyone in the path of these tornados. May all that lost their life rest in peace. My sincere condolences to their families !!!

[@maudestephens7086]

I'm so sorry to hear what you are all going through. I'm in New Zealand, we only started having very small tornadoes, only 2 in 5 years. But I had a nightmare about what you might be going through. When will people stop with the greed and look at what is happening to innocent people. Only God can help us now. Love from New Zealand. 💔❤️❤️

[@shapiro9640]

I pray for these people to get through these storms safely.😢

[@tinaa.2371]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 for the people affected by the storms.

[@JamieTrentWalker]

Prayers

[@maryjemisonMaryjay1936]

My prayers 🙏✝️🙏

[@deborahmacdonald9471]

My heart aches for all affected.

[@arystenejenny7480]

This is just beginning 😊

[@carlawilliams8136]

Yep

[@augustwest5487]

For sure

[@Endersgame34]

This is the beginning of the end

[@AzariaPaige]

Sending prayers to everyone affected from South Africa

[@Danny451]

No need to. god is "omniscient" and "omnipresent." He knew this would happen and was there when it happened.

[@ohheyyitsbrooke]

Prayers.

[@memecat84]

They keep building them with wood and in square shapes.

[@feartheghostinme675]

Uhh do you know how strong tornados are an EF5 can easily destroy a brick home

[@memecat84]

@@feartheghostinme675 wrong! The last time EF5 was recorded 2013. It may damage but not utterly destroy

[@feartheghostinme675]

@@memecat84 again you don't understand how strong tornados are

[@SowingSeedsWithChristy]

So sorry!❤❤

[@garnetjohnson763]

Praying for Texas and Oklahoma.

[@stephengering1986]

Pray for the family in this bad time from tornado

[@warrior7787]

So sorry

[@lgracie33]

Heartbreaking, just heartbreaking.

[@debbiedean3165]

🙏✝️❤️ Prayers for everyone impacted by these storms, so very sorry ❤️

[@Danny451]

Yes, I prayed. I've done my part now. And all without having to lift a finger. Praise the Lord!

[@UncleWally3]

The News comes and goes but the trauma of these storms lingers for years; hope the help goes deeper than fixing buildings.

[@Chalky52]

Oh no

[@disastermaster1413]

That tornado went….. dancing across the USA on that crazy kings highway

[@4362mont]

Now I have to find out which highway that is, back there. In Cakifirnia, we have an _El Camino Real_ but I don't think it extends across the continent in that direction.

[@John316-wm1nm]

Prayers 🙏🏿

[@essykinuthia9962]

This is very sad

[@AllThingsConsidered333]

I watched Ryan Hall’s livestream yesterday- such crazy violent weather in so many states! This is devastating and horrible… it makes me so sad 😭 I can’t even imagine…

[@ticklemebreathless1394]

Same man. I was also watching the day it hit my state (Iowa) with the EF4. I can't imagine the devastation of having to go through this. 💔 May the y'all squad stay safe while helping as many as they can!

[@davidbowen9596]

400 tornadoes in less than a month is just crazy. Prayers for all effected by these natural disasters.

[@First1ToComment]

Rip

[@HiramOliverslife]

That is incredible power!!!

[@GySgt_USMC_Ret.]

Condolences

[@lindayoung8747]

Praying for the families that have been affected and the bereaved families 🙏🏽

[@buzzstationofficialm.g4222]

I dont understand why these people don't built wall houses since u live in a state that has tornados, why you think most Caribbean countries has concrete houses, because of hurricanes

[@ilsavv]

Because Americans are poor, can't afford concrete, bricks, and stones, just wood and drywalls.

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@aldoe7746 yup

[@JudyBerry-pb2ig]

Weather modification is a horrible thing!!!!

[@mjblue84]

YES!!!

[@wendythibodeaux8268]

Everyone seems to be clueless

[@MelanatednNature]

Exactly at this point is weather weaponized

[@chriswarren-smith62]

Carl Sagan was right all along... modified by big oil

[@user-pu2cj3no5f]

I found the tinfoil hat conspiracy people.

[@MotherUv4]

So devastating 😢

[@richieramus3175]

🙏🏿 Prayers To Everyone.

[@Raising.hell.]

Omg so sad…. My heart goes out to you… 😢😢😢

[@babrawanjiku4132]

My prayers

[@illartist18]

Dome shaped homes with under ground layers are how homes should be built.

[@charlesforrest7678]

She seems excited😮

[@cc3775]

If you live in a tornado prone area you should definitely have a storm shelter.

[@mireyakay1784]

Where

[@jaynfontain6635]

every time severe weather is reported without the mention of global warming it effectively avoids any proactive action being taken, nbc. we need a new system because insurance is not a viable business model any longer. if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

[@JackRowsey]

As an Atmospheric Physicist with the National Weather Service, (retired) I have noticed that as well. The problem is many reporters just don’t understand Global Warming. I still call it Global Warming because that’s what it is. The TV meteorologists who do mention global warming get death threats from the public. It’s pretty unnerving to get death threats when people can find out where you live and you worry about your family. Meteorologists are always the least paid TV broadcaster, even below the sports reporter. So they can’t afford the home security system their colleagues often can. Therefore it’s going to continue to get worse and the right wing side of the spectrum will continue to deny Global Warming and instead say it’s God’s judgement of the USA and a sign of the end times instead of acknowledging what we’ve told everyone for 40 years that this was what was going g to happen. It will continue to get worse.

[@onehorsetown3434]

Yeah, global warming. Dod News Briefing STATES April 28, 1997 "Others are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves... So there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations……It's real, and that's the reason why we have to intensify our efforts.

[@NIGHTSTAR-dr1zq]

The Dome home- is the most disaster resistant building that can be built at a reasonable price. A wind of 250 MPH (used in FEMA 361) pushes with a pressure of 300 pounds per square foot. If the wind speed increases to 300 miles per hour the pressure increases to 404 pounds per square foot (psf). Wind speed of 300 MPH is considered maximum for a tornado. A Force 5 tornado pushes with 4 times the pressure of a Force 5 hurricane. No normal building can withstand that much pressure. Many Monolithic Domes are buried up to 30 feet deep. They must withstand pressured up to 1 ton per square foot (2000 psf). The fact is, Dome home is not flat and therefore never can maximum wind push against more than a small area.

[@hamzakhalil-gs7oc]

Americans are getting extreme tornados and here were getting extreme heat waves, weather has been very erratic this year.

[@brendarico715]

❤❤❤prayers for all those affected❤❤

[@user-wx7tb1yx3k]

May everyone be safe. 😢😢

[@Danny451]

Everyone was NOT safe.

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@Danny451 😂

[@emmettcunninghamjr.5207]

Texas Strong! 🙏🏿

[@figurerobloxdoors2512]

God bless all those involved

[@zoo-xibbitjayne2081]

Looks like Gaza.

[@Titanusgojira54]

Man shut up about Gaza

[@4362mont]

15 people, so sad. Not the context some mentioned 15 in.

[@Jovencio-bv9ln]

Prayers for America and the whole world devastated by storms, flood and heat wave. Prayers and God bless us all.

[@lilwolfpup39]

God bless 😢

[@jacquelinegutierrez9883]

Praying 🙏 for everyone

[@jamesrut4271]

Things are escalating very fast

[@iq-ride9329]

God have mercy

[@summerisbae]

I woke up to sirens just today. My mom screaming to my dad,“Derek there are tornado sirens!” we turned on the news as I shivered in fear. I heard thunder,saw lightning,and branches fall to the ground, heard loud booms and crashes.Our bedroom fan that sits on the floor started slowing down, then starting back up again, along with the TV starting the glitch. We continue watching the news for about a good 2 minutes of so , then boom all the lights turn off and currently still aren’t on after the storm had passed. I’m assuming it’s probably on account of a branch falling on electrical wires. Me and my mom scurried to find our phone in pitch darkness, turned on our flashlights and stayed in the living room. I’m not a Christian or a prayer, I don’t go to church anymore like I used to. But this time something in me felt like I really needed to pray. As I prayed I noticed my sister and mom fell asleep on the couch. My dad was also sleeping in my parents room. I ended up getting really tired and ended up falling asleep as well. Luckily we woke up safe and sound. Really traumatic and scary considering it was my first tornado in YEARS.

[@micolsen9824]

I feel for the trees.

[@joeysworldsewer]

TREES FOR TRUMP

[@4362mont]

@@joeysworldsewer Lynching is not a legal solution!

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

Same

[@MeMeDaVinci]

I remember Joplin's tornado...we don't need wars, we have weather.

[@phil-l]

Why not build houses in concrete??

[@Titanusgojira54]

To expensive and wouldn't really matter to a violent tornado

[@phil-l]

@@Titanusgojira54 losing a 300-400k$ each year seems to be something that could be avoided, and worth the cost of a reinforced concrete

[@brucegibbs2118]

Sad

[@niojilayimchunger4379]

So sad to see 😭😭😭

[@the_Texas_Bandit]

In your tag line " 51 million Americans are under the gun." You should have added, " How many dozens will die ?" That should boost the ratings a point or two.

[@timreid3020]

One day this will be all over!!

[@4362mont]

Tell us we're all gonna die without telling us we're all gonna die?

[@freshevans]

Yea when YHWH returns

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@freshevans pff, sure taking his jolly time

[@freshevans]

@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman All the time belongs to him including yours

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

MAGNIFICENT!!

[@HsingSun]

What were the fans watching, storm, tornado, or rain?

[@coloradobrad6779]

…happens every year…I moved away. Guess what? No storms here. Nor earthquakes…nor fires….

[@ParCru2]

😮.......😢 EXTREMELY Rough Change of SEASON

[@user-sq4jz9up6g]

Indy 500 delayed yeah that's more important than the dead

[@Glenda-rv4bl]

God Bless everyone xxx

[@nighatkhan4318]

Help is needed every where

[@Danny451]

The thoughts and prayers should take care of it.

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@Danny451 😂

[@Alexa_ChinoPacasObssesed]

Not me searching up tornado after I woke up bc I had a dream that my mom was carrying me running for our lives from a tornado 😂 I am 12 idk how she was carrying me 💀 I was kinda scared tbh

[@RADAR91245]

MANY MANY COUNTRIES ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH THE WEATHER!!! SAUDI ARABIA, QUTAR, ETC !!!!

[@4362mont]

And, given their latitudes, it ain't gonna help.

[@carmenwildafuentes2200]

Praying 🙏for the mercy of God in this time. Terrible storms, tornados and earthquake too. God bless 🙏 and blessings 🙏